WHETHER YOU HAVE TRIED MIND ALTERING SUBSTANCES OR NOT, WE ALL HAVE AN IDEA
OF WHAT A DRUG FEELS LIKE, BE IT IMAGINED, ANECDOTAL OR FROM DIRECT EXPOSURE.
BUT WHAT MIGHT THE EFFECT OF A DRUG LOOK LIKE?
OF WHAT A DRUG FEELS LIKE, BE IT IMAGINED, ANECDOTAL OR FROM DIRECT EXPOSURE.
BUT WHAT MIGHT THE EFFECT OF A DRUG LOOK LIKE?
THAT WAS THE QUESTION ASKED BY ARTIST SARAH SCHOENFELD, WHO HAD AMPLE EXPOSURE
TO THE REALITIES OF DRUGS WHILE WORKING IN A NIGHTCLUB IN BERLIN.
TO THE REALITIES OF DRUGS WHILE WORKING IN A NIGHTCLUB IN BERLIN.
SARAH TRANSFORMED HER PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO INTO A LABORATORY AND EXPOSED BOTH LEGAL AND ILLEGAL LIQUID DRUG
MIXTURES TO FILM NEGATIVES. THE RESULTING CHEMICAL REACTIONS WERE THEN MAGNIFIED INTO LARGE PRINTS TO FORM
HER BODY OF WORK TITLED 'ALL YOU CAN FEEL'.
MIXTURES TO FILM NEGATIVES. THE RESULTING CHEMICAL REACTIONS WERE THEN MAGNIFIED INTO LARGE PRINTS TO FORM
HER BODY OF WORK TITLED 'ALL YOU CAN FEEL'.
THESE OTHERWORLDLY IMAGES OF HEROINE, COCAINE, MDMA AND OTHER SUBSTANCES EXPLORE
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHOTOGRAPHY, ALCHEMY, PHARMACY AND PSYCHOLOGY.
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHOTOGRAPHY, ALCHEMY, PHARMACY AND PSYCHOLOGY.
ADRENALINE
CAFFEINE
COCAINE
CRYSTAL METH
ECSTASY
HEROINE
KETAMINE
LSD
MAGIC
ORPHIRIL
PHARMACEUTICAL SPEED
SPEED
VALIUM
MDMA
YOU CAN'T HELP BUT DRAW PARALLELS BETWEEN SCHOENFELD'S PHOTOS AND THE PERCEIVED EFFECTS OF THE VARIOUSNARCOTICS, BE IT THE SHARP, ELECTRIFIED BALL OF KETAMINE, OR THE COLD ISOLATED SPHERE OF LSD.
SOME TAKE YOU FAR OUT TO SPACE, OR LOOK LIKE UNSTABLE TECTONIC PLATES, A CONTINENT ON THE VERGE OF DESTRUCTION.
SINCE THE 1950's, WE IN THE WESTERN WORLD HAVE INCREASINGLY COME TO UNDERSTAND OUR MOST INTIMATE DESIRES
AND EXPERIENCES, AS THE PRODUCTS OF A SO-CALLED 'CHEMICAL SELF".
WE ARE ABLE TO EXPLAIN MOODS, ANGERS, AND DISEASES
BOTH PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL THROUGH AN IMBALANCE OF SUBSTANCES IN THE BODY.
ALL OF THIS, OF COURSE, TAKES PLACE AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF A CONSTANTLY SHIFTING LEGAL
AND POLITICAL CLIMATE REGARDING THE REGULATION OF DIFFERENT MOOD ALTERING SUBSTANCES.
EACH DROP ALTERS THE COATING ON THE FILM, MUCH LIKE THE EFFECT OF SOME OF THESE SUBSTANCES ON HUMANS.
THE SHAPES AND COLOURS REVEAL UNIQUE INTERNAL UNIVERSES.
'ALL YOU CAN FEEL' IS AVAILABLE AS A BOOK THROUGH KERBER PRESS, AND A COLLECTION OF THE IMAGES WERE ON VIEW AS
PART OF A GROUP SHOW, 'IT IS ONLY A STATE OF MIND' AT HEIDELBERGER KUNSTVEREIN IN HEIDELBERG IN FEBRUARY 2014.
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ALL OF THIS, OF COURSE, TAKES PLACE AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF A CONSTANTLY SHIFTING LEGAL
AND POLITICAL CLIMATE REGARDING THE REGULATION OF DIFFERENT MOOD ALTERING SUBSTANCES.
EACH DROP ALTERS THE COATING ON THE FILM, MUCH LIKE THE EFFECT OF SOME OF THESE SUBSTANCES ON HUMANS.
THE SHAPES AND COLOURS REVEAL UNIQUE INTERNAL UNIVERSES.
'ALL YOU CAN FEEL' IS AVAILABLE AS A BOOK THROUGH KERBER PRESS, AND A COLLECTION OF THE IMAGES WERE ON VIEW AS
PART OF A GROUP SHOW, 'IT IS ONLY A STATE OF MIND' AT HEIDELBERGER KUNSTVEREIN IN HEIDELBERG IN FEBRUARY 2014.
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