Meike Eggers
lotje.eu@gmail.com

Lichtwolke
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lichtwolke at QuickScan#1 Nederlands Fotomuseum Rotterdam
16 january 2010 - 24 may 2010


Meike Eggers en Michael Anhalt
"De zwaarte van de geschiedenis, vertaald naar rust en traagheid,
staat er tegenover de gewichtsloosheid en vluchtigheid van hedendaagse beeldcultuur,
omgezet naar snelheid en een Babylonische kakofonie."
Frits Gierstberg

lichtwolke @ QuickScan, NFM Rotterdam 2010



lichtwolke at Fotofestival Naarden,
opening may 16, 2009

Imagine: a film of Chinese women dancing for Mao or tourists visiting the Statue of Liberty in New York, the vice squad arrests someone, a girl mounts a bicycle. As you view this collection of projections you hear the steady sound of a slide projector.
East Germany. Click. A family snapshot of a bedroom. Click. The same place, now empty. Click. Notes from the police. Click.

The “Light Cloud” installation is a collection of historic and contemporary amateur materials, each of which examining the phenomenon of “power”.

Meike Eggers and Michael Anhalt are fascinated by the chaos of images – from countless authors – that inundate us.

Often, a clear boundary between the manufactures and consumers of images and their origin and meaning can no longer be distinguished, making images free for interpretation, aimless and easy to abuse. They no longer follow a set interpretation of reality or a collective “truth”. Our perception of the world is no longer exclusively constructed by those who have the power, but by everyone. We have all become makers of reality.

“Light Cloud” is composed of nine projections combining photography and film.
The visitors subconsciously influence the images by movement detectors that guide the films and photos. The projections change location and form new combinations with every movement of the viewer. The only refuge in the chaos is a series of photos that are projected with an old-fashioned slide projector.The series of photos depicts the subtle boundary between what you see and what you think you see.
Fotofestival Naarden, maart 2009