(english)
»Ortstermin mit Eltern« (2003-2006)
Eltern - jeder hat sie und die eigenen sind letztlich immer da, egal wie
weit man von zuhause wegzieht. Was aber ist mit den Eltern von unseren
Freunden?
In der Kindheit waren sie einem fast genauso vertraut wie die Freunde
selbst.
Sie hatten Saftgläser in der Hand, waren wahlweise viel strenger
oder viel lockerer als die eigenen, trugen verschwitzte Unterhemden beim
Rasenmähen oder schimpften aus Küchenfenstern hinaus.
Heute kennen wir die Eltern unserer Freunde kaum, höchstens aus Erzählungen
- und diese wecken irgendwann Neugierde.
Die Düsseldorfer Fotografin Claudia Rath ist dieser Neugierde nachgegangen:
Sie hat gemeinsam mit ihren Freunden deren Eltern besucht um sie gemeinsam
zu porträtieren. Die Idee: Den Ort für die Aufnahme ließ
sie ihre Freunde selbst auswählen. Einen Platz, eine Stelle, eine
Situation, die typisch für zuhause ist. Einen solchen Ort kennt jeder
- es kann eine Ecke im Garten sein, ein Zimmer im Haus, ein regelmäßiges
Ausflugsziel, ein Urlaubsort. An diesen Orten entstand die Erinnerung
an Kindheit, und hier fühlt sie sich für immer wie etwas Warmes
an.
Zur Ausstellung gibt es ein Buch:
Claudia Rath . Ortstermin mit Eltern . 56 Seiten, Oktober 2006,
ISBN 3-00-019418-5, Preis: 20,- Euro
Bestellung auch unter: www.claudiarath.de
Ortstermin
mit Eltern
Claudia
Rath
Eröffnung: 9. Februar
2007, 19 Uhr
Ausstellungsdauer: 09.02 - 05.03.2007
Ausstellungsdauer: 09.02 - 05.03.2007
APPOINTMENTS
WITH PARENTS
Claudia Rath
»Appointments with Parents« (2003-2006)
Parents - everyone has them and our own parents are always there in the end, however far away you move from home. But what about the parents of our friends?
In our childhood they were almost as familiar to us as our friends themselves.
They had glasses of juice in their hands, they were sometimes much stricter and sometimes much more relaxed than our own parents, they wore sweaty vests to mow the lawn or they nagged out of the kitchen window.
Today we hardly know our friends’ parents, or if at all, through stories - and at some point these start to make us curious.
The Düsseldorf photographer Claudia Rath has tried to satisfy this curiosity:
Together with her friends, she visited their parents to make a joint portrait of them. The concept: she let her friends choose the location for the photograph. A place, a setting, a situation, which is typical of home. Everyone knows such a place - it can be a corner of the garden, a room in the house, a regular excursion destination, a holiday location. These places gave us our memories of childhood and they will always be associated with warm feelings.
A book will be presented as part of the exhibition:
Claudia Rath . Ortstermin mit Eltern . 56 pages, October 2006,
ISBN 3-00-019418-5, price: 20,- Euro
Can also be ordered at: www.claudiarath.de
Opening: 9 February 2007, 7 P.M.
Exhibition: 09.02 - 05.03.2007
Claudia Rath
»Appointments with Parents« (2003-2006)
Parents - everyone has them and our own parents are always there in the end, however far away you move from home. But what about the parents of our friends?
In our childhood they were almost as familiar to us as our friends themselves.
They had glasses of juice in their hands, they were sometimes much stricter and sometimes much more relaxed than our own parents, they wore sweaty vests to mow the lawn or they nagged out of the kitchen window.
Today we hardly know our friends’ parents, or if at all, through stories - and at some point these start to make us curious.
The Düsseldorf photographer Claudia Rath has tried to satisfy this curiosity:
Together with her friends, she visited their parents to make a joint portrait of them. The concept: she let her friends choose the location for the photograph. A place, a setting, a situation, which is typical of home. Everyone knows such a place - it can be a corner of the garden, a room in the house, a regular excursion destination, a holiday location. These places gave us our memories of childhood and they will always be associated with warm feelings.
A book will be presented as part of the exhibition:
Claudia Rath . Ortstermin mit Eltern . 56 pages, October 2006,
ISBN 3-00-019418-5, price: 20,- Euro
Can also be ordered at: www.claudiarath.de
Opening: 9 February 2007, 7 P.M.
Exhibition: 09.02 - 05.03.2007