Veit Mette -

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Résumé :
In his work, Veit Mette (*1961) deconstructs and reconstructs imagery. For example, he projects photographs from the collections of Kunsthalle Karlsruhe and the Peter August B?ckstiegel Museum onto heads and bodies which he presents both digitally and in physical exhibitions. For his latest work, he visited a specialised facility for patients with eating disorders, the Klinik am Korso, to explore issues relating to our public image and self-image. Patients were asked to select images from the painting collection at Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, which were then projected onto their faces. Texts written by the men and women who were photographed accompany the images....

Biographie:
In his work, Veit Mette (*1961) deconstructs and reconstructs imagery. For example, he projects photographs from the collections of Kunsthalle Karlsruhe and the Peter August B?ckstiegel Museum onto heads and bodies which he presents both digitally and in physical exhibitions. For his latest work, he visited a specialised facility for patients with eating disorders, the Klinik am Korso, to explore issues relating to our public image and self-image. Patients were asked to select images from the painting collection at Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, which were then projected onto their faces. Texts written by the men and women who were photographed accompany the images....

Sommaire:
Veit Mette (*1961) besch?ftigt sich mit der Dekonstruktion und Neukonstruktion von Bilderwelten. Bilder aus der Sammlung der Kunsthalle Karlsruhe und dem Museum Peter August B?ckstiegel projiziert er auf K?pfe und K?rper und pr?sentiert sie digital und in Ausstellungen. In seiner neuesten Arbeit besucht er die Klinik am Korso, eine Einrichtung f?r essgest?rte Patient*innen und besch?ftigt sich mit der Frage von Fremd- und Eigenbild. Die Patient*innen w?hlten aus Bildern der Gem?ldesammlung der Staatlichen Kunsthalle Karlsruhe Motive aus, die ihnen auf ihr Gesicht projiziert wurden. Begleitet werden die Bilder durch Texte der Frauen und M?nner die fotografiert wurden...