Kien Hoang
Moritz Broszat
Kien:
"This week I photograph my grandparents. Because my parents often go on business, my childhood is associated with grandparents in their old apartment. However, when I grow up, my relationship with them has become more and more distant. Gradually I only met my grandparents for a while on holidays. I can't remember the last time I confided in them. So I spent a week at their house shooting and asking them about old stories. It's funny that I have taken countless photos of strangers but have never taken pictures of my family. During the time, I realized that I had never noticed the youth photos of my grandpa in his health logbook. And I can't remember the last time I saw the smile of grandma. Apart from doing this week's assignment, I decided to capture my grandparents wanting nothing more than an opportunity to spend time with them, to let me and my grandparents once again enter each other's world."
"This week I photograph my grandparents. Because my parents often go on business, my childhood is associated with grandparents in their old apartment. However, when I grow up, my relationship with them has become more and more distant. Gradually I only met my grandparents for a while on holidays. I can't remember the last time I confided in them. So I spent a week at their house shooting and asking them about old stories. It's funny that I have taken countless photos of strangers but have never taken pictures of my family. During the time, I realized that I had never noticed the youth photos of my grandpa in his health logbook. And I can't remember the last time I saw the smile of grandma. Apart from doing this week's assignment, I decided to capture my grandparents wanting nothing more than an opportunity to spend time with them, to let me and my grandparents once again enter each other's world."
Moritz:
"I am form Düsseldorf, Germany. Since I started my study at the Academy, I now live in Antwerp for almost one and a half year. I count several artists from my hometown like Joseph Beuys, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Thomas Ruff or Wim Wenders to my favorites that got me into art and inspired me over time.
"I am form Düsseldorf, Germany. Since I started my study at the Academy, I now live in Antwerp for almost one and a half year. I count several artists from my hometown like Joseph Beuys, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Thomas Ruff or Wim Wenders to my favorites that got me into art and inspired me over time.
Currently, I feel the lack of fresh input that I normally get by travelling and exploring, that is the key to keep up with new ideas in my opinion. Therefore, I see a lot of potential in this collaboration to get some new impressions that nowadays are mainly denied by the circumstances of the pandemic."
"In terms of family, I am primarily referring to my parents. For me they form a constant in life that conveys an emotional value and represents an exclusive bond. The relationship with my parents is difficult to define. Basically, it does not consist of exceptional circumstances. My parents live separately and I have neither a particularly close nor stressful relationship. In this respect, I looked back a generation and, in conversation with my mother, dealt with the extremely difficult childhood experiences of my parents. Despite very formative discrepancies, they succeeded in the act of reconciliation. By going through this healing process, a new bond arose and, in a certain way, paved the way for me. So, I'm interested in this special interpersonal relationship and the intergenerational process on an emotional level within the family line. Now, I want to transalte the meaning of reconcililiation and this inner release within a collage made from personal archives."