I Am Now! – Currents in Photography . April 20th . 2008 . 2pm – 5pm

When pressed to describe the essence of photography within one heartbeat, three keywords come immediately to mind: space, light and time. It is these three determining factors that establish photography as a form of art and connect but also differentiate it from its older cousin, fine art painting. Whereas space and light are common denominators, it is the unique notion of time that makes photography so very special and intriguing.

The genesis of each photograph made today (not “taken” as Ansel Adams likes to remind us) takes place in just a tiny fraction of a second. It is therefore this short defining moment, however decisive it might be in the end, which sums up the life of each image. There is no past, there is no future there is just the “Now”, a miniscule piece of frozen time. And it is this tension between the photographs moment in time and our own being right here, right now that sets photography apart from every other form of art known to man.

We are happy and proud to present with our opening exhibition “I Am Now – Currents in photography” our own perception of contemporary photography, and that of the Chinese and international artists working with us.

Download the kunst.licht spring 2008 catalogue (2.2 MB) in PDF format [here].