Can we see ourselves reflected in surfaces, structures and textures? Dorothee Krings (Berlin) has been, and continues to be, a photographer, amongst many other things. In recent years, she has organised private ‘trauma salons’, where participants could share personal perspectives on their own histories, their wounds and how they cope with them. For her, macro photography is an imaging technique that visually reveals what seems impossible: the deeper layers of time. Her images speak of the fragility of our world and, by extension, of our own vulnerability.
Trauma in Art & Practice
Collection of artworks, images and exhibitions photos related to transsomatic trauma
How can one express absence and pain? – Between 1991 and 2012, 900 teachers were murdered in Colombia (source: Human Rights Observatory. Mario Novelli. War in the Classrooms. Political Violence against Trade Unions in the Education Sector in Colombia 2009). According to estimates, 91 students were murdered between 1954 and 2011 as part of the repression of the country’s student movements. – Exhibition at the Museo Casa de la Memoria (House of Memory) in Medellín, Colombia, 2023. LINK
Somatic Memory of Historical Violence
Transgenerational Epigenetics of Trauma - the Shoah, Antisemitism, and Racism
