while I see through you, our definiteness decoats

Lucia-Charlotte Ott, while I see through you, our definiteness decoats, 2023, Silber-Gelatine auf Glas, Kohlespuren auf Glas, fiktive Röntgenzeichnungen, Bodycam-Film © The artist

While the sense of seeing enables us to precisely observe, interpret and classify our surroundings, we are at the same time unable to look beyond surfaces with the naked eye. X-Rays, directed at photosensitive material, mostly used to visualize the interior of the human body, simultaneously allow us to look beyond the surface of art objects from a seemingly abstract past – while the layers dissolve, a potential moment of irrational imagination and personal fiction evolves.

Lucia-Charlotte Ott is observing socio-cultural, socio-political and structural movements, which she gets in touch with either directly, physically or online. Photographic or moving image material often acts as a starting point for her further processes and translations into other media. The de- and reconstruction of image and narrative as well as the use of speculation within this process is a recurring strategy. She holds a deep interest in investigating the aesthetics of differing political systems and power systems, as well as the role of public space and the human body in relation to currently practiced cultures and forms of remembrance.