Katrin Korfmann
Central Station
Photography
size: 170 x 220 cm
year: 2001
size: 170 x 220 cm
year: 2001
Central Station is an early work within the oeuvre of
Korfmann.
The photos that make up the work are a registration of 3 minutes with an old fashioned large format camera at Central Station in Amsterdam. Several performers were asked to stand completely still during the shoot. Because of the long shutter time only the people who stood still are clearly visible, while the passersby that routinely pass through the station’s hall take on vague or ephemeral shapes. Thus, in one image several time layers are imposed.
As often in the artists’ other projects, the work occurs on the border between chance and staging. There is always an element of performance in her work, and the completely still figures doubtless evoked curious responses from the incidental passerby, which is also captured in the image.
The photos that make up the work are a registration of 3 minutes with an old fashioned large format camera at Central Station in Amsterdam. Several performers were asked to stand completely still during the shoot. Because of the long shutter time only the people who stood still are clearly visible, while the passersby that routinely pass through the station’s hall take on vague or ephemeral shapes. Thus, in one image several time layers are imposed.
As often in the artists’ other projects, the work occurs on the border between chance and staging. There is always an element of performance in her work, and the completely still figures doubtless evoked curious responses from the incidental passerby, which is also captured in the image.
