Poetry of Coincidence (Poesie des Zufalls in German) is a photo project that I have been working on for more than 10 years.
The ever increasing popularity of smartphones seem to make people less aware of the beauty and special moments that surround them every day. "Reality" is mainly consumed through instagram and facebook feeds that other people throw into their timeline.
In this series I focus on the unposed, spontaneous, and special moments that surround us every day and only last for 1/1000s.
These moments happen purely coincidental and tell a story. To me, they are like a single frame cut out from a film-reel of a Hollywood blockbuster. Not knowing what happened before, or what happened after that single frame, I would like for the viewers to explore the images and make up their own stories to the frames.
The series is exhibited at "erstereihe.hamburg" gallery between November 21st and December 7th, 2019.
Here is a quick video of the preparation for the exhibition:
The exhibition started with a vernissage on a Thursday evening and was preceded by coverage from the main local TV station in Hamburg. And despite the rain and cold temperatures at the evening of the vernissage, the gallery was heavily frequented and the exhibition received a lot of positive feedback.
Vernissage opening speech by Marco Larousse - photo credit: Pasa Toskic
Time to enjoy the 30 prints of the exhibition - photo credit: Pasa Toskic
The audience takes time to discover each story behind the prints - photo credit: Pasa Toskic
Art needs to be discussed and enjoyed, too
At the evening of the busy vernissage, not all images could be thoroughly enjoyed and not all questions could be answered by me. Therefore we decided to offer an artist talk on Thursday, November 28th for those who wanted to find out more about the images and the photographer behind them. - photo credit: Pasa Toskic
