Artist Blog
Every week an artist whose single image was published by Der Greif is given a platform in which to blog about contemporary photography.
There is nothing new under the sun
Mar 23, 2018 - Heikki Humberg
I got to know Eva Donckers a few years ago. She is a master of finding weird situations and places, nuclear fallout shelters, religious cults etc. Somehow I feel much kinship with her, so enjoy some of her new works.
In her recent project “There is nothing new under the sun”, Donckers visits those who are on the edge of society because of spiritual reasons. For centuries, people are searching for a certain truth which aspires to a higher order. A term known by it’s longing for something higher, is New Age. It includes a range of spiritual beliefs and practices developed in the seventies. They claim a new time has arrived, in which human will reach a higher spiritual level of consciousness. While working on the project, Eva visited numerous of it’s members. These interactions and perceptions are an important key for the research. From moving spiritual experiences to claustrophobic undertones; these are what she wants to convey when she takes photos or selects pictures from her archive. The project comprises portraits, environments, objects and the use of text. The combination of pictures create a cinematic feeling of alienation and tension: the translation of Donckers’ experiences.