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Oscar Lebeck (b.1993, Hamburg, Germany) – studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig and the Glasgow School of Art. His work revolves around history, memory, and society – often by the use of photography, video, and archive collections, expanding the possibilities between the representation of space and models. He lives in Berlin and Leipzig.

Statement

Ich wende mich in erster Linie der Architektur und Fotografie zu, über die eine unlösbare Referenz zur Objekthaftigkeit sichtbar werden soll.
In meiner künstlerischen Praxis weiche Gegenstand einer ästhetischen Wirkungsweise ist, sollen architektonische Untersuchungen eine qualitative und kommunikative  Involvierung bedingen um ihren sozialen politischen und partizipatorischen Charakter zu deklarieren.

Projekt

The project investigates the relationship between the visible and represented traces of memorial sites in the German-Polish border area. It pursues the idea of emphasizing the remaining structures of the sites by making them perceptible in a different way. Based on the narrative energy emanating from these relicts, a new reality is to emerge through the use of volume models. The spatial cubatures of the various areas of the Groß-Rosen concentration camp will be reconstructed in a smaller scale and placed in perspective on a photograph of the foundation walls of the camp, so that the viewer is able to re-establish the connection between inside, outside – and what used to be there. The so created spaces fulfill the classical concept of a place of preservation and memory, while at the same time reconstructing the social space.

Portfolio: link.