Franca Wohlt : Reduit
During World War II, Switzerland established in secret a huge underground system of bunkers. Today privatised the so-called Reduit still exist, although privatization has begun due to high maintenance costs and years of sitting virtually abandoned. Franca Wohlt’s long term project beginning in 2009, deals with the possibility of converting public shelter for use as a private niche. At the same time, it documents the preoccupation with potential emergency situations that led to the construction of numerous bunkers in Switzerland. Today, they remain as historical relics.
Analogue photographs, 4×5 inch large format camera.
Franca Wohlt is a photographer born in 1981 in Southern Germany. In 2009 she graduated from studies in photography at Lette Verein Berlin. Since then, she has been working in Berlin as a freelancer for magazines, NGOs and companies. In 2011 Franca Wohlt joined the team of aff Galerie Berlin, she is a founding member of aff Galerie e.V. Since 2018 she is teaching at the Ostkreuzschule für Fotofrafie in Berlin, Germany.
Arles 2019 – Voies Off
FOTOHAUS/PARISBERLIN
from 30th June to 31st July 2019
7 rue de la Roquette
13200 Arles
