Wait until the night is silent
Iris Andraschek
Fotohof
English
Hardcover
127 pages
245 x 320 mm
2015
ISBN 9783902993168
The artist’s book by Iris Andraschek features the self-determined alternative way of life, close to nature, of a community of people in Canada. The photographs taken in 2002 and 2010 alternate between reality and fiction. They depict an almost fairytale-like communitas as a utopian alternative to the constraints of industrial societies with their work, leisure and consumerist regimes. The series from 2002 was created during a residency in Durham, Ontario. The artist returned there again in 2010 to complete this particular work and, now that a certain period of time had elapsed, once again photographed a number of the protagonists and the location itself.
(Source: https://fotohof.at/en/shop/publications/wait-until-the-night-is-silent)
About the Artist
Iris Andraschek was born in Horn, Lower Austria, in 1963, and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, complementing her studies with fresco painting at the Scuola degli arti ornamentali in Rome and Bolzano. Work stays abroad in Durham, Ontario (2002), New York (2010), the Djerassi Resident Artists Program in Woodside, CA (2012), and in Istanbul (2015). She lives and works in Vienna and Mödring (Lower Austria).
https://irisandraschek.com
(Source: https://www.kunsthauswien.com/exhibition/iris-andraschek)
About the Publisher
Since its founding in 1981, FOTOHOF has been the center for artistic photography in Salzburg, with diverse activities both nationally and internationally. In addition to exhibitions at its gallery in Lehen, FOTOHOF’s program includes one of the most comprehensive specialist libraries for photography in Austria, an internationally active photobook publisher, an archive for historical and contemporary photography, international traveling exhibitions, and a wide range of educational programs with workshops and discussions.
https://fotohof.at
(Source: https://fotohof.at/galerie-info)
