«In 2004 I started the Doppelgänger project. I was interested in exploring the concept of the Doppelgänger in a broader way. Doppelgänger in German means ‘double walker’, it is a ghostly double of a living person, an omen of death and a harbinger of bad luck. The idea of the Doppelgänger also allows me look the alter ego, the conscious mind vs the unconscious mind, inner conflicts, the duality between good and evil and split personalities – the concept gives me plenty of material to think about and work with.
‘The first part of Doppelgänger was created between 2004 and the beginning of 2008. It took me several years to master the technique of shooting single images and putting them together in a grid to create one composition, one environment. Even though the earlier work was carefully planned out, it was more spontaneous then Doppelgänger II. In Doppelgänger II I started to make more elaborate sketches and drawings of the set I wanted to create, often weeks in advance. At times I would create the set by transforming my apartment into a set. I would paint the walls, put up wallpaper, install lamps where there are none, order area rugs and move around furniture to create new images. The more recent images are perhaps more narrative and the props and dresses are chosen carefully. I felt that I have mastered the technique by the time I started Doppelgänger II and could concentrate more on the mood and feeling I wanted to get across. The method of photographing single images and putting them together in a grid, not only allows me to distort the space and the body, but I am also able to break up the self, as in a split personality».
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