In her photographic series Sanctuary, Korfmann visualizes a refreshing view of the world in which no distinction is made between nature and culture. She focuses on the concept of life as a metamorphosis, in which coexistence coincides with transience.
Sanctuary
Hanami
Piezography
size: 145 x 100 cm / 57” x 39 "
year: 2022
Sanctuary
Nelson Mandela Park Paradise
Piezography
size: 100 x 145 x cm / 39 " x 57” I 200 x 288 cm / 79” x 113”
year: 2022
Sanctuary
Waldung
ultrachrome print
size: 173 x 120 cm
68" x 47"
year: 2013
‘Waldung’, german for grove, depicts a section of trees in a forest, some of them fitted with platforms on various hights, ropes and wires hung from
one tree to another.
A handfull of people are standing on the platforms or hang in the ropes.
This, for Korfmann’s work unusual perspective nevertheless challenges the
viewers eye. The trees appear taller, some of them endlessly growing into space; there is no ground we could refer to nor a distinguished end of sight. As in many of Korfmann’s works it’s an arbitrary still in time and space and it is unclear at which point we are at.
Looking at trees is soothing for our minds and fills us with joy.
Climbing in trees even takes us a step further and unites us with the beloved nature that we still feel to be part of but can’t seem to find an adequate way to relate to it.
Sanctuary
Cobra / Waldung
installation view Gallery Andersson/Sandström, Stockholm
In her photographic series Sanctuary, Korfmann visualizes a refreshing view of the world in which no distinction is made between nature and culture. She focuses on the concept of life as a metamorphosis, in which coexistence coincides with transience.