Combining photography and sculpture… Katinka Bock succeeded in this tour de force for her exhibition at the Pernod Ricard Foundation. Ceramics, wood, brass, the Franco-German artist has abandoned her sculpture in the round here to reveal for the first time the most intimate part of her work. “Until now, I only exploited my photographic work through the publications that I self-produce, editions of 100 copies, which I give from hand to hand, linked to an exhibition, a trip, she says. In my process, photography is above all a point of contact between me and the world. When the foundation offered to show her images, she admitted to being “almost shocked.”
“This invitation took me out of my comfort zone and allowed me to watch all of my images, like in shuffle mode. “Hands playing with archaeological objects, irruptions of Stromboli… To exhibit her photos, she imagined “suspended sections of wall, in slightly milky aluminum or fabric, on which the photographs arise in line with each other. ‘skyline’.
As a title, she chose to play on words. “Sonnenstich, in my language, means ‘sunstroke.’ If we break it down, it means exactly “sting of the sun”. This term sums up in my eyes what silver photography is. When the room opens, the sun stings the sensitive surface, as it stings our skin. »
