Michael Kämpf (* Berlin) studied philosophy (Freie Universität Berlin) and photography (Lette Verein Berlin).

„IN MY ART, I CREATE DIFFERENT TRIPTYCHS.  ABOVE ALL THE TRIPTYCHS SHOW DIFFERENT ASPECTS AND POSSIBILITIES OF LIFE. MOMENTS AND SITUATIONS CAUSE DIFFERENT EMOTIONS WITHIN US.   ESPECIALLY INTERESTING IS HOW WE CONSCIOUSLY OR UNCONSCIOUSLY MAKE THE DECISION TO FILL OUR ‘SOUL SPACE’ WITH DIFFERENT EMOTIONS AND THOUGHTS.  OR REFUSE TO DO SO. NOT EVERYTHING WE EXPERIENCE IS DEPENDENT ON THE ‘OUTSIDE’, BUT OFTEN RATHER ON THE ‘INSIDE’ WHICH AIMS AT INTERPRETING VARIOUS THINGS AND IDENTIFIES ITSELF WITH A SUPPOSED FINDING. IN PARTICULAR, THE SEQUENCE OF THREE PICTURES IS A REFLECTION OF OURSELVES AS THE SPACE BETWEEN THE PICTURES REPRESENTS OUR STRICTLY INDIVIDUAL INTERPRETATION OF THE ACTUAL SITUATION.

WHILE THE TRIPTYCHS ARE HANG, THE EXHIBITION CONCEPT INCLUDES AN INSTALLATION, WHICH INTENDS TO DEFINE THE CONTENT OF THE EXHIBITION. THE INSTALLATION POINTS OUT THE IMPERCEPTIBLE ENTIRETY OF POSSIBILITIES AND EMOTIONS THROUGH A DENSIFICATION INTO BLACK. THE INSTALLATION CONSISTS OF REPRODUCTIONS OF THE TRIPTYCHS ON SLIDE MATERIAL. THE SLIDE FILMS ARE HUNG ONE BEHIND THE OTHER; ALL POSITIVES ARE LIT BY A LIGHT SOURCE FROM BEHIND. VIEWED FROM THE FRONT, THE DIFFERENT REPRODUCTIONS OF THE TRIPTYCHS THICKEN INTO BLACK AS THE LIGHT CAN NOT REACH EVERY LAYER OF POSITIVES. IF YOU LOOK AT THE INSTALLATION FROM THE SIDE THE INDIVIDUAL REPRODUCTIONS BECOME VISIBLE. WHAT WE EXPERIENCE ARE THUS CERTAIN ASPECTS WHICH WE EXTRACT FROM THE ENTIRETY OF POSSIBILITIES.“