{"id":8363,"date":"2026-10-09T17:35:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T15:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edinmustafic.com\/?page_id=8363"},"modified":"2026-10-21T13:30:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T11:30:54","slug":"biografie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.edinmustafic.com\/en\/biografie\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"
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EDIN MUSTAFIC | VIENNA, AT | PORTFOLIO & ARCHIVE<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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\nDe\u00adli\u00adbe\u00adra\u00adte\u00adly losing my\u00adself in space and in life is my me\u00adthod, my state of con\u00adsci\u00adous\u00adness: a fl\u00e2\u00adneur who\u00adse ac\u00adtu\u00adal state is the de\u00adli\u00adbe\u00adra\u00adte search it\u00adself, what was and al\u00adways will re\u00admain \u2013 a con\u00adse\u00adquent drif\u00adting away from pre\u00adde\u00adter\u00admi\u00adned paths. It is nei\u00adther the at\u00adtain\u00adment of a goal nor the pos\u00adses\u00adsion of an ul\u00adti\u00adma\u00adte mea\u00adning that dri\u00adves me, but the per\u00adsis\u00adten\u00adce in the in-be\u00adtween. The re\u00adfu\u00adsal to set\u00adtle into bour\u00adge\u00adois cer\u00adtain\u00adties and re\u00ada\u00addy-ma\u00adde an\u00adswers is not a loss, but ra\u00addi\u00adcal free\u00addom. It is nei\u00adther the goal nor the what that dri\u00adves me \u2013 but the open ques\u00adtion of whe\u00adre it will take me.\n<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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It is nei\u00adther the at\u00adtain\u00adment of a goal nor the pos\u00adses\u00adsion of an ul\u00adti\u00adma\u00adte mea\u00adning that dri\u00adves me, but the per\u00adsis\u00adten\u00adce in the in-be\u00adtween. The re\u00adfu\u00adsal to set\u00adtle into bour\u00adge\u00adois cer\u00adtain\u00adties and re\u00ada\u00addy-ma\u00adde an\u00adswers is not a loss, but ra\u00addi\u00adcal free\u00addom. It is nei\u00adther the goal nor the what that dri\u00adves me \u2013 but the open ques\u00adtion of whe\u00adre it will take me.<\/p>

Born: 25.08.1975, Salz\u00adburg<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201cMea\u00adning is a con\u00adstruct. Non\u00adsen\u00adse a li\u00adbe\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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My ar\u00adtis\u00adtic prac\u00adtice ori\u00adgi\u00adna\u00adtes from my life, my tho\u00adughts, and a con\u00adti\u00adnu\u00adous ob\u00adser\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon of the world. It is sel\u00addom the loud, sc\u00adrea\u00adming mo\u00adments I seek, but qu\u00adi\u00adet, con\u00adden\u00adsed sta\u00adtes gui\u00added by a con\u00adse\u00adquent mi\u00adni\u00adma\u00adlism: I ex\u00adtract sub\u00adjects and mo\u00adtifs from their fa\u00admi\u00adli\u00adar phy\u00adsi\u00adcal and cul\u00adtu\u00adral con\u00adtext to ex\u00adpe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adce them in a de\u00adli\u00adbe\u00adra\u00adte stil\u00adlness and iso\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon \u2013 al\u00adways in search of a bin\u00adding \u201cso\u00adme\u00adthing\u201d that con\u00adnects us all at our co\u00adre.<\/p>

My works and vi\u00adsu\u00adal lan\u00adgua\u00adge are cha\u00adrac\u00adte\u00adri\u00adzed by par\u00adti\u00adal\u00adly re\u00addu\u00adced black-and-white pho\u00adto\u00adgraphs, but al\u00adso by the pur\u00adpo\u00adse\u00adful use of co\u00adlor. I re\u00adact to the\u00admes that mo\u00adve me, oc\u00adcu\u00adpy my mind, or even re\u00adpel me, whe\u00adther of a so\u00adci\u00adal, po\u00adli\u00adti\u00adcal, or pu\u00adre\u00adly aes\u00adthe\u00adtic na\u00adtu\u00adre. I am in\u00adte\u00adres\u00adted in vi\u00adsu\u00adal ef\u00adfects and ha\u00adbits of per\u00adcep\u00adti\u00adon: how and why do we re\u00adact to cer\u00adtain vi\u00adsu\u00adal signs?\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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I want to en\u00adcou\u00adra\u00adge vi\u00adew\u00aders to crit\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly ex\u00adami\u00adne and ques\u00adti\u00adon their own world \u2013 to per\u00adpe\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly re\u00addis\u00adco\u00adver and ex\u00adpe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adce them\u00adsel\u00adves ane\u00adw.<\/p>

An es\u00adsen\u00adti\u00adal fo\u00adcus of my work is the ten\u00adsi\u00adon bet\u00adween (un)sharp\u00adness, re\u00adduc\u00adti\u00adon, and aes\u00adthe\u00adtics. Here, I al\u00adso ex\u00adplo\u00adre the con\u00adcept of beau\u00adty, which I do not re\u00adgard as an ab\u00adso\u00adlu\u00adte or\u00adder, but as a sub\u00adjec\u00adti\u00adve, cul\u00adtu\u00adral\u00adly sha\u00adped va\u00adlue judg\u00adment that con\u00adti\u00adnu\u00adous\u00adly shifts throug\u00adhout the cen\u00adtu\u00adri\u00ades of hu\u00adman his\u00adto\u00adry. A fur\u00adther sty\u00adlis\u00adtic de\u00advi\u00adce on which I pla\u00adce my fo\u00adcus is the tar\u00adge\u00adted de\u00adploy\u00adment of blur and un\u00adsharp\u00adness. In ex\u00adplo\u00adring the space bet\u00adween do\u00adcu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adry de\u00adtail and the with\u00addra\u00adwal of ima\u00adge shar\u00adpness, I li\u00adbe\u00adra\u00adte form from the dic\u00adta\u00adte of the me\u00adre\u00adly vi\u00adsi\u00adble: blur chal\u00adlen\u00adges the ima\u00adgi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon and ren\u00adders the ima\u00adge tan\u00adgi\u00adble as its own sus\u00adpen\u00adse-fil\u00adled, sen\u00adsu\u00adous re\u00ada\u00adli\u00adty.<\/p>

As soon as the two-di\u00admen\u00adsi\u00ado\u00adnal spa\u00adce of the ima\u00adge is ex\u00adha\u00adus\u00adted, my work ur\u00adges into phy\u00adsi\u00adcal space. In ob\u00adject art and in\u00adstal\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon, the cor\u00adpo\u00adre\u00adal pre\u00adsen\u00adce of the idea turns into an ir\u00adre\u00adfu\u00adta\u00adble fact.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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