Kaya Behkalam
*1978 in Berlin | lives and works in Berlin
A suitcase full of old precious photographs from a Syrian studio photographer fell into my hands during a research trip to Damascus. It contained images of people who never came to pick up the pictures they had ordered, staging themselves in front of idyllic and exotic landscapes. According to the photographer most of these customers were refugees from Iraq, but also army men coming to the country’s capital on vacation. Confronted with the question how to deal with the material and the representation of those depicted, I started a photographic meditation on the idea of disappearance.
Kaya Behkalam | I Once Fell In Love With Myself Being Somewhere Else | 2010 | Series of Photography Collages | 15 x 10 cm
Kaya Behkalam | I Once Fell In Love With Myself Being Somewhere Else | 2010 | Series of Photography Collages | 15 x 10 cm
Kaya Behkalam | I Once Fell In Love With Myself Being Somewhere Else | 2010 | Series of Photography Collages | 15 x 10 cm
Kaya Behkalam | Anything In View But This Present Time | 2009 | Installation (window wipers) | Dimensions variable
Kaya Behkalam | Anything In View But This Present Time (After Dismanteling) | 2009 | Installation (window wipers)| Dimensions variable