Ronit Porat - Hunting In Time
Ronit Porat - Hunting In Time
| Author | Ronit Porat |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Sternthal Books |
| ISBN | 9781988689098 |
| Idea Code | 23194 |
| Status | reprinting |
'Hunting in Time'by Ronit Porat draws from a trilogy of exhibitions about a mysterious crime committed in Berlin at the turn of the century. In her work, Porat creates archives, telling historical stories with collage, altering and re-contextualising images. She is most interested in the Weimar period in Berlin, Germany, a period in which gender roles became more fluid, and that we currently view with the shadow of its future cast over it. Animals, particularly birds, are a recurring motif, echoing the shapes of the human body and adding a layer of mystery. In creating distance between the viewer and the characters, Porat respects the multiple viewpoints within each story. Mindful of the power of the medium, her work raises a question at its core: who owns a photograph – the photographer, the subject, the archivist, or the viewer?
| 192 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, hb, English |
