© Ulrike Ottinger "Auch die Berge haben sich in Wale verwandelt. Chamissos Schatten" / Courtesy Johanna Breede PHOTOKUNST
Expositions du 5/12/2015 au 27/2/2016 Terminé
PHOTOKUNST Fasanenstr. 69 10719 Berlin Allemagne
"Wonderful, changeable lands, fields, meadows, mountains, steppes and sand deserts rolled out in front of my amazed eyes; there was no doubt , I had Seven-league boots on my feet." from: Adelbert von Chamisso 'Peter Schlemihl'PHOTOKUNST Fasanenstr. 69 10719 Berlin Allemagne
© Ulrike Ottinger "Zauberwald. Chamissos Schatten" / Courtesy Johanna Breede PHOTOKUNST
The world is disrupted. Behind familiarity there is often the unknown; behind the present history extends itself. Wherever there is light there is also shadow - a discrepancy which is difficult to bear. From here to there it is often only a jump. Only a few manage to make exactly this jump to the homeland; to build a house on the cracks and borders. One who did manage this jump is the German-French naturalist and poet Adelbert von Chamisso. In an either/or situation he tried the third option. Although French was his mother tongue, he wrote some of his most beautiful texts in German; and although he came from an aristocratic background, he remained a free spirit and a liberal. When someone wanted to define this cosmopolitan philosopher by civilization und nation, he would escape in nature and discovery.
