SIW-AMINA BECH: CV | Utstilling
My work has in it´s onset based a lot on pictorialism. Especially through it’s theatrical and artificially arranged scenes. The combined tools of digital cameras together with computer-based applications have in essence made much of this more viable today. I´m preoccupied by environments that are marked by decay and finality - old factory halls, buildings, vacated industrial sites and desolate environments. I try to express the rhythmic presence of duality in life: good vs. evil; the beautiful vs. the ugly; the sacred vs. the profane; or, put another way, body vs. spirit. I try to capture both a sense of finality and endlessness. I use my background in scenography to create scenes. In the constructions both background and models (or objects) are photographed separately. Both the background and foreground are, each in itself, put together from several images. I prefer this way of working because it gives me a total control over the final result which differs from conventional photography. Memory and Identity Most of my works is based on either an affiliation, personal experience, reoccurring dreams, or human mental structures and processes. I use my own story to reflect on a larger set of issues. I really enjoy the evolving process of work which can start from a vague idea which then develops into a universe all its own. Nothing can be more frustrating and giving at the same time as that. What excites me the most is when an emotional trigger connects unexpectedly with a visual memory. Short bio I was born in the country - eastern Norway. While my family on my mothers side were all laestadians; a fundamental religious sect primarily based in the northern part of Norway, my father derived from several generations of corn farmers. I spent my childhood on my grandparent's farm – literally in a converted hen house. This little cottage housed my family of five. Today I find this quite amusing. There was a big barn built on a tall wall made of granite, but no animals. Or, there might have been a cow there once - and then rabbits...a lot of rabbits. amina bech
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Født: 19.11.1962