Intus Camera
Frauke van Lierop
Rotterdam, Nederland
About
In her visual arts practice Frauke van Lierop asks the question: what is photography? What are the boundaries of a photograph? When is a photograph no longer perceived as photography?
By not hanging photography in a framed passe-partout on the wall, but rather bringing it into space, van Lierop tries to find an answer to these questions. She wants to use photography as if it were clay, where it is no longer about the subject matter but about the sculpture. To do this, she combines photography with other media, with a preference for textiles.
Project
What if a camera can only take one picture?
In this research, the what of the photograph is subordinate to the how. In these works, the how is a crocheted object that is both a camera and a sculpture.
The work shifts attention away from representation towards the physical and conceptual construction of the image. Rather than documenting the outside world, the camera becomes a self-reflective system in which process, material, and optical behaviour generate the image.