Odyssey – A body in time and space
Pauline Köhlen a visual artist born in 1999 in Germany, she uses her work to gain an understanding of the human experience, contemplating the interplay between the self and the spaces in which it emerges and evolves. She is fascinated by those intangible processes hidden from the naked eye, yearning to capture and describe them through her artistic expression. By incorporating her persona and body into her artistic practice, she uncovers the immense value of transparency and vulnerability. With photography as her tool, she wants to let light into mental and physical processes, which help her to understand and communicate her research on a deeper and more instinctive level than words alone.
Odyssey – A body in time and space is a visual exploration of time, space, and self, through experiencing and capturing time, space, and self.
“As I stood within these extensive landscapes, under the boundless sky, my perspective was almost the only thing that reminded me of myself. My thoughts wandered, they scattered over the endless landscape, they went as far away from me as they could. How grand, the lived experience, to feel and be able to construct our own narratives. Each and every one of us composing our own perpetual growing blueprint of how we bind ourselves to the world.
In the process of gaining a better understanding of such interplay, the components show their fluctuating character. The process of becoming, of things being in constant change, is the underlying element of it all, and my camera what makes the flux visible. As time, space and self collide, they acquire new characteristics. in my work, I visualize how each element encountering the other, also goes on existing within the other as well.”
Project details
- Year
- 2024
- Programme
- Bachelor – Photography
- Practices
- Honours Programme
- Minor
- Visual Culture