Gudrun Kemsa

Portrait of a woman with brunette hair and a red top in front of a blurred green foliage background.

Moving Portraits 20.7.2019 until 6.10.2019

Neue Residenz

About the exhibition

In her photographic works and video installations, Düsseldorf-based photo and video artist Gudrun Kemsa explores the representation of space, time, and movement. She focuses on public, mostly urban spaces such as streets and squares, where she documents the unfolding of events. The images she captures around the world reveal the influence of time on perception and the dynamization of the static pictorial space. Time expresses itself through movement, and the energetic power of light becomes a central motif. Gudrun Kemsa’s works include viewers as subjects of observation and prompt them to engage in an active form of reception.

“The sudden sensation of moving oneself sharpens one’s attention to the frame of reference of cinematic and real space, relativizes the awareness of one’s own presence in actual space and real time, and ultimately emphasizes the physicality of seeing.” (Martin Hochleitner)

In the exhibition at the Salzburg Museum, Gudrun Kemsa presents her newly developed video series titled “Moving Portraits.” Kemsa “accompanies” Salzburg cultural figures such as Festival President Helga Rabl-Stadler, the Abbot of St. Peter’s, Korbinian Birnbacher, Gabriele Ramsauer, director of the Mozart Museums, and others through their respective institutions.

Curated by
Martin Hochleitner
Bildergalerie
Three-part panoramic shot of Ingrid Sonvilla at Hellbrunn Palace next to a historical globe and Chinese wallpaper. Three-part panoramic shot of a woman in a red jacket reading a sheet of music in a historically decorated room with Baroque furniture. Three-part panoramic shot of a man in a suit reading a book in a historic museum hall with green patterned wallpaper and oil paintings. Three-part panoramic shot of a man in a suit in a historic wooden hall with a gothic stone portal, coat of arms border, and twisted columns. Three-part panoramic shot of a woman in an opulent Baroque hall with a huge wall tapestry, a gilded tiled stove, and historic upholstered furniture. Three-part panoramic shot of a clergyman in a black habit in the magnificent conference and reception hall of a monastery or abbey. Three-part panoramic shot of the foyer area of the Felsenreitschule with marble elements, a Rolex wall clock, and a woman reading a booklet. Three-part panoramic shot of Thorsten Sadowsky on a concrete staircase in the Museum der Moderne, flanked by exposed concrete walls and a view into the exhibition space.