Martínez, Edna
Dolní Poustvena / 2011
Photography, C-Print, 14 Photos, 20x30cm
Dolní Poustevna is a city in the Czech Republic, near Germany. For legal reasons of the European Union, the Czech-German border is open, no posts or towers, but it lies just across a bridge and you realize you are entering a new normality. This normality and its relation to the characteristic border economy is what I want to point out in this series. It is the first result of a documentary work about this small town.
Gesichts- und spurlos / 2011
Booklet, 21cm x 15cm
In this little booklet I approach the topic disappearance and memory. How long does it take for an image to be forgotten, to disappear? How long does It take for a person to be forgotten by the system?
artefacte / 2009
Photography, C-Print, 18 Images, Different sizes
In these series I try to abroad the concept of impairment. The photos were taken between 2006 and 2009 and belong to different contexts: Bolivia, Brazil and Germany. What happens to the things we use and throw away? What do these objects say about society?
Vita
*1983 in Colombia
Education
Since 2009 Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig, GER
2007-08 Multimedia Arts at IUNA – Photography at Andy Goldstein School– Buenos Aires, ARG
2006-07 Independent travels around South America scholarship for Portuguese language course – Federal University of Paraná, BRA
2003-05 Philosophy at University of Cartagena – Visual Arts at the College of Fine Arts, Cartagena de Indias, COL
Exhibitions
2011 Pre-Diploma Photography, Galerie Pierogi, Spinnerei Leipzig
2010 Döben 10, HGB Leipzig