Annika Felder
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This interactive installation explores the relationship between historical and contemporary photography through themes such as gun violence, racial inequality, poverty, the global impact of the digital revolution and the climate crisis. It was developed as part of the exhibition America in Crisis, presented at the Saatchi Gallery in London.
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Concept
Graphic Design
Storyline
Client
Saatchi Gallery
Project
2022
Technical development
Mr. Beam
Roel Slootman (Soundscape)
Photo credits
David Axelbank
This project was created during employment at LMNOP.works
Focusing on moments of profound social, political, and cultural change in the United States, the installation juxtaposes photographs by Magnum photographers from the 1960s with recent images documenting events such as the storming of the U.S. Capitol and the Black Lives Matter movement. The visual parallels between these two periods are often striking, revealing recurring tensions and unresolved issues across decades.
Presented as a landscape of screens, the installation reflects the fragmented and doom-scrolling nature of contemporary image consumption. A pedal in the centre of the room allows viewers to momentarily pause the visual loop, gamifying the audience’s relationship to the images. This stops the infinite flow and shows the visitors curated selections of images based on certain keywords, such as ‘flag’, ‘crowd’ and ‘police’. Resulting in collections of images taken in both time periods but often overlapping in their symbolism and messaging.
“It speaks to the way in which we’re fed images now: The internet puts us into silos and we are presented with what we like. It’s to encourage people to think about what they’re looking at, and how they read those pictures. Photography is an incredibly slippery medium. “ – Sophie Wright, Curator
