BODY OF WORK: UNSHARP #03, 2014

The ques­tion re­mains: Does truth re­si­de in the ob­jec­tive­ly mea­su­ra­ble sharp­ness or in the es­sen­ce of the un­sharp? While pho­to­gra­phy world­wi­de con­ti­nues to des­pe­ra­te­ly drown eve­ry sin­gle eye­lash in mil­li­ons of pi­xels, "Un­sharp #03" sim­ply takes the game to the next le­vel. This is no mere re­pe­ti­tion, but the lo­gi­cal mu­ta­ti­on of a the­me that won’t let me go: If we can­not ful­ly grasp the world an­y­way, why per­sist in fo­cu­sing on it so pe­dan­ti­cal­ly?

Dies­mal geht die Rei­se zu­rück ins Ana­lo­ge – dort, wo man die Kon­trol­le end­gül­tig an che­mi­sche Re­ak­tio­nen, Film­korn und das Licht ab­tritt. Die Kör­per lösen sich noch ra­di­ka­ler auf, wer­den zu schweb­en­den Sche­men zwi­schen Da­sein und Ver­schwin­den. Die Un­schär­fe ist hier kein Ma­kel und kein Ver­se­hen, son­dern das zen­tra­le Werk­zeug: Sie nimmt dem Bild die stei­fe Ernst­haf­tig­keit und er­in­nert uns da­ran, dass die span­nends­ten Din­ge meist au­ßer­halb un­se­res Fo­kus lie­gen.

Seeing everything in focus means overlooking the essence.

© 2014 Edin Mustafic – Unsharp #03
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Title: Unsharp #03 (Elementar) | Year: 2014 | Print: 30×30 cm | Ink: Epson Ultra Chrome K3 Pigment Ink | Paper: Hahne­mühle Fine Art Ultra­smooth, 305 g/m² | Framing: Museum fra­ming white, dimen­sions: 30×30 cm, depth: 20 mm, gallery card­board, museum mat board, white, thick­ness: 3 mm, museum ba­cking board, acid-free | Glass: Clarity 92% / Museum glass | Series: 6 indi­vi­dual pho­to­graphs

Edition A (P: 30×30 cm): 1 (+1 AP)

  • 26.02.–01.03.2020
    ART MA­DRID 2020 (15th Edi­ti­on) Con­tem­po­ra­ry Art Fair
    Pa­la­cio de Ci­be­les, Ma­drid (ES)
  • 26.02.–03.03.2019
    JUST­MAD (X Edi­ti­on) Emer­ging Art Fair
    Pa­la­cio Nep­tu­no, Ma­drid (ES)
  • 07.12.–28.12.2018
    pa­nop­ti­kum.WERK­SCHAU 2018
    off­space | ga­le­rie pa­nop­ti­kum
    Ru­der­stall­gas­sen 4, A-5133 Gil­gen­berg aW (OÖ)/AUT
  • 15.09.–31.10.2017
    pa­nop­ti­kum.WERK­SCHAU 2017
    off­space | ga­le­rie pa­nop­ti­kum
    Ru­der­stall­gas­sen 4, A-5133 Gil­gen­berg aW (OÖ)/AUT
  • 18.05.–21.05.2017
    MAF 2017 – Me­tro­po­li­tain Art Fair (5th edi­ti­on)
    Gar­den­pa­lais Schoen­born, Vi­en­na/AUT

Work note, Vienna 2015
Tur­ning to ana­log ma­te­ri­als was a li­be­ra­ti­on from the com­pul­sion of im­me­di­ate dis­play inspec­tion. No click, no 100-per­cent zoom, no di­gi­tal noi­se. Just film, light, and the de­li­be­ra­te re­nun­ci­a­ti­on of the sharp edge.

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