Irène Hänni

My works are created on the base of  photographs. In part, I incorporate different photographs and geometric elements into one picture, thus developing very complex works, analogous to the condensation that currently manifests itself everywhere in our lives, for example in the sensory overload, but also in the dense building development in the country and in towns or in the partly chaotic political situation in various countries. These works are printed on different media and shown either as an installation (also with light) or as single or multi-element pictures. Since the end of 2014, I have also been exhibiting my photographs as lightly edited works. Here again, the multi-layered, condensed and extremely chaotic, the reflection, the depth, the special light situations and scenes is what captivates me over and over. The visitors keep telling me my works have an incredible depth and such a fascinating density that you can look at them anytime and always find something new in them. This is exactly what my work is all about: the observer of my pictures should become aware, in the confrontation with my work, of how his or her current condition influences and determines his or her very own point of view on this particular day. The first impression of something not always says the most about what is important to us, sometimes it is essential to let several aspects of an event or a person have their say. (translated by Lucia Sollami Bützer)