Wings, Steps, Fire

Wings, Steps, Fire
3. – 5.6.2022

elinasaalfeld.com
yildizseda.com

Artist: Elina Saalfeld
Curated by: Seda Yıldız

Wings, Steps, Fire poses questions about historical objects found in fields and forests
by so-called probers. These finds are not only considered evidence of “historical” narratives but also trophies that circulate on online forums—a form of tangible currency for the time amateur archaeologists spend with metal detectors, searching for artifacts. The finds are photographed and uploaded to the forums to be commented on and admired, as well as for the purpose of sale and resale.

Wings, Steps, Fire observes historical narratives—and the objects and photographs that support them—as currencies, as trophies of power, and as objects of desire. The result is a cacophony of contradictory narrative logics, temporalities, and sensations that range from reassuring to uncomfortable, and that raise questions about the process that presents found objects as carriers of historical authenticity and vessels of nostalgia and projection—much like the processes of cinema and photography.

3.6.2022, 6.00 – 9.00 pm
Opening
8.00 pm
Audio Performance with Mathias Becker, Elina Saalfeld
How to Move Static Objects

5.6.2022, 4.00 pm*
Meet the Artist and the Curator

*Exhibition tours in German, English, or Turkish can be arranged

Mikropol
Billhörner Mühlenweg 14
20539 Hamburg