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About

Anna Schlechter (*1997) is a German Visual Artist, currently based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Drawn to the North, she fist studied at the School of Photography in Iceland and went through with her Masters in Photography at HDK-Valand in Gothenburg.

 

Working mainly with photography, moving image and language, absurdity is a core condition in her practice. Purposely contrasting the earnest with the playful, the sincere with the silly, she devices absurdity as a method of defying expectations, thereby allowing for an element of humour to enter the work.

 

She draws inspiration from artists such as Sigurður Guðmundsson and Ragnar Kjartansson, as well as from the British comedy troupe Monthy Python and the appropriately dressed, yet clumsy bird, the penguin.

Statement

Bringing a fish back to live in a shower. Scientists listening to toilets. Playing an egg cutter. Air plane hands. Waking up as a bird.

 

Absurdity.

 

Absurdity as a serious mismatch between intention and reality.

Absurdity as the condition we live in, knowing how small and insignificant we are compared to the universe, yet striving to lead meaningful lives.

Absurdity as a source of humour, where our reasoning surrenders, laughter prevails.

 

I use absurdity as a tool to dig into the constructs and rules, we live by, but are not always aware of. By creating photographs and videos that cross the sincere with the pointless, I like to play with expectations and remind myself that life holds both ends in one hand, being remarkably silly and serious at the same time.

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