Until June 16th, OPIOM Gallery presents Moving Stills by German artist Stephan Zirwes, winner of the Sony World Photography Award 2016 (3rd prize in Architecture category). To complement his aerial photography, his recent video works filmed by an ultra high resolution drone (4K), will be exhibited for the first time in France.
Suspended from a helicopter a hundred meters above the ground with a climbing harness, Stephan Zirwes erases the physical borders between reality and fiction. Aesthetic and pure at first sight, his work reveals a deeper aspect to the gazing eye. Indeed, he also investigates political as well as social topics through the structures, contrasts and connections between the various components of his images. Yet, his photos don’t tell a story but trigger an emotional vision.
In his recent video works, Stephan Zirwes remains faithful to his now classic bird’s-eye shots. Still attached to his Hasselblad for all photographic works, he swapped his camera for an ultra high-resolution drone (4K) and, for the first time ever, a completely static aerial video is submitted to our eyes. He questions our traditional conception of time by highlighting the transitory aspect of our daily acts face to face with terrestrial permanence. The antagonism of pace, along with the omnipotent vision vision from the sky, imbues the viewer with a form of divine identity. It invites us to take a step back and meditate on our relationship with our planet.
EXHIBITION
Moving Stills
Stephan Zirwes
From May 13th to June 16th, 2016
OPIOM Gallery
11, Chemin du Village
06650 Opio, France
T. +33 (0)4.93.09.00.00
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http://www.stephanzirwes.com
