Waiting, 2019

In 2019 I started making photos and videos of anonymized people on public transport. This ultimately turned into a deeper curiosity, and maybe inquiry, on the topic of waiting. Any object or place can become one of longing, so I let this series become a space for a personal reflections on this.

This series heavily relied on the image abstraction software I started developing in 2015 (“Geometries Everywhere”), the vector results of which were ultimately plotted onto paper (with the Polargraph DIY plotter), and then manually worked on with ink — resulting in works that look and feel analog, but are the basis of a deep digital process. The line qualities (manual or automated) vary strongly, but can only be understood when viewing the works up-close.

 

 

Works from this series were exhibited at Bildraum.07 (Vienna) in a solo show titled “Folds”, at my first solo show at Untitled Projects (called “inseparable”), and at IP.Forum (Vienna) in a solo show titled “Waiting” (curated by Gabi Baumgartner); in addition works from this series have been travelling through various group shows since then, eg. Künstlerhaus Wien (“(K)ein Mensch ist eine Insel”), Kunst Meran (“Kunst Ist”), Art Rotterdam (via Untitled Projects), Drawing Wow (Berlin), etc.
Old Man, 2019; ink on paper
150 × 150 cm | 59 × 59 in
Man, 2019; ink on paper
150 × 150 cm | 59 × 59 in
Waiting Man, 2019; ink on paper
166 × 150 cm | 65 × 59 in
Son, 2019; ink on paper
150 × 150 cm | 59 × 59 in
Old Woman, 2019; ink on paper
150 × 150 cm | 59 × 59 in
Another Old Man, 2019; ink on paper
150 × 150 cm | 59 × 59 in
Installation View, Christian Bazant-Hegemark, Bildraum 07, Vienna, 2019
Zimmermann, 2019; ink on paper
70 × 100 cm | 28 × 39 in
Typewriter, 2019; ink on paper
70 × 100 cm | 28 × 39 in
Bird, 2019 | ink on paper
70 × 100 cm
Book, 2019 | ink on paper
35 × 50 cm
Plant, 2019 | ink on paper
70 × 50 cm
Scarf, 2019 | ink on paper
70 × 50 cm
Fragment 04, 2019 | ink on paper
50 × 70 cm
Play, 2019 | ink on paper
100 × 70 cm
Exhibition View "inseparable" at Untitled Projects, 2019
Solo Exhibition by Christian Bazant-Hegemark