Claudia Breitschmid*1983, Fotografiestudium an der Zürcher Hochschule der Künste und Masterstudium in Contemporary Arts Practice an der Hochschule der Künste Bern. Seit 2008 aktiv als Künstlerin und Fotografin. Mitbegründerin von jmcb – Kollektiv für visuelle Feldforschung.
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What remains of the rain

photo objects, UV print on canvas, reworked with biobased epoxy resin
various dimensions
2024

This work investigates puddles as transient formations that act as both archive and resonance body. The work takes photographic recordings of these ephemeral micro-waters as its point of departure and translates them into sculptural photo objects. Through enlargement, cutting and material transformation, the images are detached from a purely docu- mentary function and re-enter space as situated fragments that include parts of their immediate surroundings.

Glossy, slightly domed surfaces echo the optical qualities of water, pro- ducing effects of reflection, translucency and depth. Installed on the floor, the work remains close to the ground, shifting the act of looking from a frontal to a bodily, spatial experience.

Rather than preserving a moment, the work focuses on what remains after disappearance: traces, residues, inscriptions. Landscape is appro- ached not as a stable backdrop but as a constructed condition shaped by framing, scale and material decisions.

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