The series ‘Black Sea’ shows pictures of a sunset on the English Channel in October 2024. Of course, the sea is not black. It is dark blue, turquoise, has white spray, blue waves and dark green areas. The water turns black due to exposure time, light conditions, shooting position, choice of film, time of shooting and focusing.
Just as the play on words is intended to evoke the famous inland sea where a war is being fought, the motif and the optical illusion play with the narrative of the change of perspective. We know what the place actually looks like, but it is also not wrong to imagine the water as black ink. By contemplating a daily sunset, the series aims to get to the source of our reality and question fixed beliefs.
The series will be exhibited both as a digital presentation and as a film print at the Palais Rössl.
7 images, 35mm, b/w
Photo print on Forex, Artbox wooden frame, black oak
Motif dimensions: 45.2 x 30cm
Outer dimensions: 46 x 30.8 cm
Photo serial numbers: 2025-040 to 2024-046
Artist:
Karl H. Schönswetter
Palais Rössl resident and photographer, musician and radio DJ.
With his ‘Karlender’ he has been presenting daily prints of analogue photographs since 2012. Maximum 1 frame per day.