Artist Talk – Christoph Franke

Date: 13 May 2020
Time: 5:00pm
Locations: Online
Cost: Free, donations welcome

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This exhibition deals with our relationship to trees. It is an opportunity to rethink trees and to put aside what we know about them. Oxygen surrounds us like water surrounds fish. With every breath we take, we are connected to the seemingly airless space that trees create for us as a habitable world. I wanted to portray these natural beings intimately. 

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Available after 1 May 2020

A self-taught photographer, Christoph started his own business in 1987 with a passion for working with people in various industries including music, cosmetics, recruitment, and marketing for international companies. Since 2009, Christoph deepened his photography practice with a philosophical approach. He is particularly interested in the principle of polarity. Opposites make the reality as we know it. It is with the help of these basic fundamentals — above and below, light and shadow or yin and yang — that we can perceive the material world. Christoph lives and works in Germany.

How live sessions work

Once you’ve registered, you’ll receive an email confirmation. The next steps are: 

1. We will send you an email with a hyperlink to join the session at least 24 hours before the class start time  
2. We will open the room 5 minutes before the scheduled start of the session  
3. You will be able to listen through your computer speakers and view the presenter(s) and their images on the screen  
4. You will be able to ask questions through the ‘live chat’ during the session. We will answer the questions towards the end  
5. In some sessions, you will be able to ask live questions via your webcam and microphone (depending on your system, you may have to click on permissions or change settings)  
6. We will let you know within 48 hours when the recording is available