Kien Hoang
Moritz Broszat
Kien:
"Ever since I was a child, friendship and intimacy have been something that didn't come naturally or effortlessly for me. During adulthood, I expected to stay within my own world, rarely stepping out of my comfort zone to connect with others. I soon realize this was not what I want for myself since humans are intimate creatures, always craving togetherness. When I met my now best friend, I was taught the important life lesson of friendship, of opening up and letting people join my world. Now, I have created relationships with lots of people around me, who support me, have fun and share experiences with me. Photography is my means of cherishing the moments I share with them, and these pictures serve as a visual diary documenting the amazing times I've had with those close to me."
"Ever since I was a child, friendship and intimacy have been something that didn't come naturally or effortlessly for me. During adulthood, I expected to stay within my own world, rarely stepping out of my comfort zone to connect with others. I soon realize this was not what I want for myself since humans are intimate creatures, always craving togetherness. When I met my now best friend, I was taught the important life lesson of friendship, of opening up and letting people join my world. Now, I have created relationships with lots of people around me, who support me, have fun and share experiences with me. Photography is my means of cherishing the moments I share with them, and these pictures serve as a visual diary documenting the amazing times I've had with those close to me."
Moritz:
"As a state of deepest familiarity, intimacy is a personal value that is defined by the presence exclusively of certain or no other people and does not affect outsiders. Due to the recent loss of a family member, I dealt with tributes as a token of appreciation. Objects, supplements and words that are given to someone testify to a bond and deepest familiarity. Since I was denied the opportunity to pay tribute myself, I went in search of this intimate sphere and collected impressions of the objects with personal value. I went to a local burial site to get an impression. I am aware that I want to avoid indescretion in order to maintain a certain intimacy, but the photographic act still felt like an intrusion.
In the form of a tryptych, I connect the different subjects who convey different values. On the one hand, the portrait as a memory, as well as the personal figurative attribute and the representative gesture as an expression of affection and the intimate relationship. For me personally, the sculpture as a form of expression was special, as it preserves intimacy in its discretion and therefore only communicates on this sphere."
"As a state of deepest familiarity, intimacy is a personal value that is defined by the presence exclusively of certain or no other people and does not affect outsiders. Due to the recent loss of a family member, I dealt with tributes as a token of appreciation. Objects, supplements and words that are given to someone testify to a bond and deepest familiarity. Since I was denied the opportunity to pay tribute myself, I went in search of this intimate sphere and collected impressions of the objects with personal value. I went to a local burial site to get an impression. I am aware that I want to avoid indescretion in order to maintain a certain intimacy, but the photographic act still felt like an intrusion.
In the form of a tryptych, I connect the different subjects who convey different values. On the one hand, the portrait as a memory, as well as the personal figurative attribute and the representative gesture as an expression of affection and the intimate relationship. For me personally, the sculpture as a form of expression was special, as it preserves intimacy in its discretion and therefore only communicates on this sphere."
Moritz Broszat