Carlo Rusca
Artist Feature
Every week an artist is featured whose single image was published by Der Greif. The Feature shows the image in the original context of the series.
1/13 Father, Archive image, 2005
2/13 Balance study with boy
3/13 Stem cells before splitting
4/13 Boy III
5/13 Childhood table
6/13 3D generated sunset, 2019
7/13 Evolution study with boy
8/13 Father, Archive material 3D rendering, (late stage) 2005-2019
9/13 Father, Archive material 3D scan/rendering, 2001-2019
10/13 Womb / childhood getaway I
11/13 Father, Archive material 3D rendering/scan, (early stage) 2005-2019
12/13 Father, Archive material 3D rendering, (early stage) 2005-2019
13/13 Father, Archive image, 2005
Simon Lehner - How far is a lightyear?
Jun 17, 2020
“How far is a lightyear?“ (2005-2019) investigates fatherhood, love and the development of identity through family.
We follow the viewpoint of a boy who resembles myself as a child and finds himself in a state of balancing two conflicting sides, while being stuck in the firing line of a bad love story.
The title stems from a question I asked my father when I first met him in 2005, references the passed time since he left my family again and the medium of photography.
The series uses a 3D Renderings/Scan method consisting out of the only images I took of my father dating back to 2005 when I was 9 years old.
Through this method of digitally piecing and reconstructing him with the images I have left, I have the chance to make my father tangible in a digital space as I try to make a portrait without physical contact – hinting at the longing for a father, emotional and physical distance but simultaneously resentment due to his actions.
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FOAM Paul Huf Award 2020 (nominee)
Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2020 (nominee)
Red Hook Labs New Artists III, NYC 2019
Lensculture Emerging Talent 2019
Paris-Photo Carte Blanche Award 2018
Paris-Photo Maison Ruinart Prize 2018
Plat(t)form Winterthur 2019 (+ special mention selection)
