Anatomy of a connection

A performative and photographic exploration

A connection is more than just a thread or a line that joins two points together. It is a living structure with its own anatomy. It bends, tears, stretches, and contracts; it breathes.

Text: Photos: Laura Sauer

It is the space in between that shapes and holds sensing beings in relationship. Like all living things, it needs to be nurtured and cared for. It needs to be listened to.

We are each other's mother, sister, and daughter. It is an act of presence. It is warm, connecting, and soft, but also deep and sometimes painfully open.

A project on the theme of M(OTHER)ING, realized in collaboration with the Applied Photography and Time-Based Media class led by Prof. Maria Ziegelböck at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. Created as part of Yasmina Haddad's MATCH! #4 course.

The interrelationship between photography, fashion, and casting is examined, with a focus on the relationship between photographer and subject—and vice versa. The mother figure is not meant biologically, but is considered through acts of care:

m(other)ing is a verb.

mothers mother

fathers mother

friends mother

(you can be the mother of a house)

Are you maternal? Or are you mom? Like, queen?*

Laura Sauer works in performance, photography, stage design, and video. With a background in communication design, she moves between disciplines in search of images, spaces, and moments.

Tänzerinnen: Ida Mariboe, Anouk Lucas

Semisensory

Text: Photos: Ojaswit

Anaesthetised skin and deadened fingertips, veiled eyes, and hollowed figures. Impalpable yet visible, inaudible yet tangible, invisible yet loud—semisensory. This project is a meditation on dissociation and distance, on presence and absence, and on feeling— partially, incompletely.

Photography Young Talent Art Social

ImmerHin

Text: Photos: Beatrice Signorello

Ten years ago, I lost my mother suddenly in a traumatic event. Our relationship had always been complicated, and her unexpected death left me grappling with unresolved emotions. Since then, I have been haunted by nightly dreams of her, fueling a deep desire to bring her presence back into my life in some form.

Photography Young Talent Art Social

Mother of forms

Text: Photos: Vivienne Aubin

Forms carrying each other, containing one another, thinking themselves safe under the protection of others.

Photography Young Talent Art Social