Polyrhythmy
Polyrhythmy 1, Stuttgart, Schlossplatz
Polyrhythmy 2, Berlin, Alexanderplatz
Polyrhythmy 3, Zagreb, Trg Bana Jelacica
Polyrhythmy 4, Paris, Place de la Sorbonne
Polyrhythmy 5, Berlin, Alexanderplatz
Polyrhythmy 6, Stuttgart, Schlossplatz
2005
Photographic series – each image 90cm X 60cm, Archival print rear mounted on acrylic with aluminum back
Based on video recordings, the photos depict micro-moments of pedestrian passage in public space. The fleeting moments of ‘being with’ were layered, the surroundings deleted, leaving only a hybrid public body as a residue in a short frame of time.
Biography
The contingency of normality is the focus of Reed’s artistic and textual practice. Normality can only be apprehended as a given reality through social consensus, and this consensus is inherently plastic, malleable. The play with the plasticity (potential) of the normal, both conceptually and materially, constitutes the foundation of her practice. Reed’s (often) obsessive works [...]