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Group show: You, me and I - Copenhagen Photo Festival
3. June - 19. June
« Nina Sikkersoq x Ida Kleist: Sikkernerup Nalaa
“As we choose to no longer stand behind te camera, we do still hear te shutter being triggered at our
release; but all our eyes can remember is that imprinted afterimage”
From Uncertain States Scandinavia, Issue 16
Today, unimaginable numbers ofselfies are being produced with our phones for social media – all those we see
and all those we never see.
However, te presentation of ourselves in photographic self-portraits is something that goes far back in time.
Te first photographic self-portrait we know is believed to have been made by Robert Cornelius in 1839 and
several well-known artists began to use this form early in his artistic practice: Edvard Munch, Edgar Degas,
Andy Warhol, Ilse Bing, Francesca Woodman.
In te exhibition, te artists explore what te photographic self-portrait can do. Te self-portrait is a tool for
staging oneself as a subject and / or object. It can be used to create persona, alter ego and symbolic icons. It
can be fiction, concept based and it can be personally documentary, skinless and honest like a diary.
By placing yourself both in front of and behind te camera, te artist can explore their own relationship to, for
example, family, history and heritage. It can help te artist to accept te world, time, te course of life and
own destiny, memories, themes, and emotions from one’s own life. Te process of creating self-portraits can
help te artist become better acquainted with te self both physically and mentally and thus develop te
creative sides and self-esteem. We see that te photographic self-portrait is a very powerful and used tool
today because it helps te artist to stand out, take a stand and stand by te self, gender, identity and existence
Aage A. Mikalsen (NO)
Hans Jørgen Ro (NO)
Leonard Vincent Rode (S)
Paulina Cid Tamara (NO/CL)
“As we choose to no longer stand behind te camera, we do still hear te shutter being triggered at our
release; but all our eyes can remember is that imprinted afterimage”
From Uncertain States Scandinavia, Issue 16
I dag bliver der produceret uanede antal selfies med vores telefoner til de sociale medier – alle dem viser og
alle dem vi aldrig ser.
Men, præsentationen af os selv i fotografiske selvportræt er noget der går langt tilbage i tid. Det første
fotografiske selvportræt vi kender, regnes for at være lavet af Robert Cornelius i 1839 og flere kendte
kunstnere begyndte tidligt at bruge denne form i sin kunstneriske praksis: Edvard Munch, Edgar Degas, Andy
Warhol, Ilse Bing, Francesca Woodman.
I udstillingen udforsker kunstnerne hvad det fotografiske selvportræt kan. Selvportrættet er et værktøj til at
iscenesætte sig selv som subjekt og/eller objekt. Det kan bruges til at skabe persona, alter ego og symbolske
ikoner. Det kan være fiktion, koncept baseret og det kan være personlig dokumentarisk, hudløst og ærligt som
Ved at pladsere sig selv både foran og bag kamera, kan kunstneren udforske egen relation til for eksempel
familie, historie og arv. Det kan hjælpe kunstneren til at acceptere verden, tiden, livets gang og sin egen
skæbne, bearbejde minder, temaer og følelser fra ens eget liv. Processen i at skabe selvportrætter kan bidrage
til at kunstneren bliver bedre kendt med sig selv både fysisk og mentalt og dermed udvikle sine kreative sider
og selvfølelse. Vi ser at det fotografiske selvportræt er et meget stærkt og brugt virkemiddel i dag fordi det
hjælper kunstneren til at stå frem, ta plads og stå ved sig selv, sit køn, sin identitet og eksistens i vores
Med selvportrættet kan du nemlig skrive din egen historie. Og ved at vise det til verden, kan det fotografiske
selvportræt bidrage til at vi spejler hinanden og gøre os mindre ensomme og fremmede for hinanden. For det
er i os selv vi også kan lære hinanden at kende.
Aage A. Mikalsen (NO)
Hans Jørgen Ro (NO)
Leonard Vincent Rode (S)
Paulina Cid Tamara (NO/CL)
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