„Migration always means a change, a change of place, the change of the known surrounding into something new and unknown.So when I come to a new environment and walk in it, move in it, don ́t I walk with every step into the unknown? Don’t I enter it and make it in a certain way to mine? Conquer it. With every step in this unknown place I migrate to a new location. Don ́t I make it just with my presence somehow to mine? Don’t I leave in every location a trace and every place one in me? And if I walked an entire site, went through every road, didn’t I make it to my place?“
Joanna Kischka, studied Photography at the Folkwang University of Arts in Essen, Germany. Her idea during her residency is to walk the whole public space of Vaasa. The walking is recorded by an GPS-tracker, so in the end there are exact recordings of the routes done. The performative aspect of walking is connected with photography. She wants to capture those places photographically, where she has the feeling of connection, or which brand into her visual memory. In the end, the tracks and the photographs will be published in a book. The whole project is an experiment with, space, memory and traces.
During the Night of the Arts Kischka presented her ongoing project „µ-Micro“. Using an analog compact camera, Kischka has collected images during 5 years. The photographic works are showing moments of dreaminess, of absurdity and beauty in everyday life. Just a little divergence in the way of looking, unveils the particularity of a certain moment. In a philosophic way, this work is searching for a truth behind the seemingly ordinary.
