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BODY OF WORK: FIG LEAF & HEMP, 2009
In human psychology according to Freud, the super-ego functions as a controlling instance whose aim is to bring one's own behavior into accordance with the ideal image through self-observation.
My intention was to portray young adults from a different perspective. Their lives are shaped by inner struggles that take place every single day. In this series, I capture the moments of these young people who seem to be losing that inner fight. A struggle to escape the tight corset of expectations imposed by family and society – as well as their own. In black-and-white photographs, the series exposes emotional moments of vulnerability, fear, despair, and resignation.
"Between inner outburst and silent resignation."
© 2009 Edin Mustafic – Fig Leaf & Hemp
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15.09.–31.10.2017
panoptikum. WERKSCHAU 2017
offSpace | galerie panoptikum., Ruderstallgassen 4, A-5133 Gilgenberg aW (OÖ)/AUT
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18.–21.05.2017
MAF 2017 – Metropolitain Art Fair (5th edition)
Gardenpalais Schoenborn, Vienna/AUT
Studio note, 2009:
Die Arbeit entstand 2009 im Rahmen einer Jugendfilmproduktion mit dem Ziel, die psychische Zerrissenheit und die inneren Konflikte junger Erwachsener fotografisch zu verdichten. Fotografiert wurde rein analog im „STUDIO 5133“ – meinem damaligen Fotostudio im unwirtlichen, eiskalten Ambiente eines alten Schlachthofs. Die Figur des Mannes im Hintergrund verkörpert dabei das Über-Ich als ständige Kontrollinstanz zwischen gesellschaftlichem Druck und innerem Ausbruch.