Frauke Thielking (Germany)

Ready, steady, go (2006)

Programme: Książnica Pomorska, Galeria pod Piramidą, Podgórna 15-16 Saturday (21.03) Start 13:00

Born in 1977 in Minden, Mid-West Germany, first studied teacher education before she took up her studies in photography at the University of  Applied Sciences Dortmund in 2000. In 2004 she received a scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for studying at the  Academy of  Arts
and Design in Beijing, China.
In 2006 she graduated with her work  Ready, steady, go and gained several awards in the field of photographic arts.
She works as a freelance photographer for magazines and has had numerous exhibitions in Germany and abroad.

Ready, steady, go
This work – finally – it is about entering new living spaces.  The pictures represent different stages of orientation in life. It ranges from the very adaptive behaviour of the human being like following rules and norms to the disengagement from all conventions.
We people must act and decide how we want to shape our lives. Life orientation is a process to which we permanently are subjected. Life is continual development, change and adaptation. Every one of us is on the search, needs orientation, reorganization and adaptation in order to deal with itself and the constant variations of life.  
Our living space consists of more than only one space. We live in a variety of differently construted spaces that are complex and permanently remodel. We go differently in different directions, move between order and chaos, between norma-lity and deviation.  
We obey laws, observe rules and conform to signs. Order creates normality . Normality creates order . Order gives a feeling of security , a joint with others.
Forced order , cemented thinking, mechanical behaviour leads to stiffness and lifelessness. We must learn to liberate internally in order to avoid stillstand.
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A key experience is first often something small, insignificant and comes unexpected. New spaces arise in the unforeseen, with crises, chaos, discontent, with feelings of senselessness and alienation. Incisions in life open new spaces and realities, allow blurring boundaries and redefining new boundaries.
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Out of the narrow of the habit – into new, unknown. Living spaces must be performed. Often these are protracted processes.
We need connections in order to construct new rooms. Interfaces, contacts, exchange. New impulses and perspectives are opened for us that release energy for entering new spaces.
Ready, steady, go.