Akosua Viktoria Adu­-Sanyah: Corner Dry Lungs

It’s dark and dripping. The smell of chemical fumes hangs in the air.

Through manual processes and digital or chemical experiments, Akosua Viktoria Adu-Sanyah creates works and spaces that are at once clear, revealing, and ephemeral. In doing so, she questions the limits of the medium of photography both conceptually and through physical practice. Complete control and complete loss of control define the space of the possible. The lengthy process of developing analog photographs is not concealed here but is a visible part of the installation, inextricably linked to the works, their presentation, and ourselves. By exposing the technical nature of the developing process, we are witnesses—and thus part of the photographic reality.

The works created in the exhibition space, under its light, spatial, and institutional conditions, become part of a mourning process; Frankfurt becomes a place of loss. The incessant tears leave the lungs dry.

For the exhibition Corner Dry Lungs at ZOLLAMT MMK, Akosua Viktoria Adu-Sanyah (b. 1990) is creating a new, expansive work.

The exhibition is supported by: Pro Helvetia—Swiss Arts Council