bronek kozka
reConstruction of memory
9 march - 7 april 2012
"Constructed carefully in studio spaces or lit locations, my photographs become 'home' to a cast of actors and models who act out a series of stories created from story boards.
These scenarios range from a man and woman driving a car, a confrontation outside a suburban home, a cleaning lady resting in a quiet room, to a woman and her two children watching TV in a non descript living room; These stories are assembled from fragments of film references, other peoples experiences of spaces they inhabit, and my own memory of spaces I have inhabited.
Through these elaborate tableaux photographs, I am interested in exploring the construction of memory in relation to shared spaces we inhabit as human beings and the psychological tensions that can arise from sharing these spaces. I portray ‘memory’ by playing on the ambiguity of fact and fiction in our ability to recall a scene or happening. These photographs are partly truth and partly myth and explore how memory can confuse, and also assure one’s construct of a story. The installation aspect actively engages the viewer/participant by exposing them to a scene for a split second then challenging them to hold on to the memory, the vision which inevitably disappears from their view and minds eye, almost like a dream just after waking. There is uncertainty in the images between whether it is night or day, dream or reality and filmic references are utilised to create a dark and at times depraved, construct of the shared spaces we inhabit.
Characters are imbued with melancholic drama, full of loss, hopelessness, despair and a sense that they are operating on ‘autopilot’. The photographs ask the viewer to question how they inhabit their spaces, and more importantly, how they connect with other people within this space"
Bronek Kozka, 2012
*all prices are for unframed works
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