Ludwig Nikulski

Konzept: Opal

Das Projekt „Opal“ ist eine konzeptuelle und autobiographische Auseinandersetzung mit Isolation, fotografiert in entlegenen Gemeinden in Island. Die Fotografien zeigen abgeschiedene Orte Islands und Portraits von Einheimischen. Sie stehen aber vor allem als Metaphern, die Aspekte von Isolation widerspiegeln – innere Orte der Ruhe, der Einsamkeit oder des Chaos.
Das Projekt wird von folgendem Prosa-Text begleitet:

After giving birth my mother nearly did. I was put aside on the first day of my life. Tue sun was shining bright and left a fish skin structured reflection on the water. I waited for the one-eyed man and was attacked by a black bird, ran away and screamed. Horses turned their back on me, as did Simbi, the Snake-God, who did not like me. Also Siggi, the oldest man from town, was hiding behind his blue car, as if I were the devil.
I went down the alley following the music. They call it the Death-Valley. In a window I saw a photograph of Claudia Schiffer, smiling, wearing a cowboy hat. I went closer. Suddenly the door opened, offering a new creation of land, a weird touch of reality, split up into many pieces, working like an anthill into the descendants of this colourful light.“
„Opal“ besteht aus 22 analogen Farbfotografien, fotografiert im August 2020 auf einer Artist Residency in Island.