Brigitte Konyen: Between Fact and Fiction
© Brigitte Konyen
Une enfance (im)possible avec mon père/ An (Im)possible Childhood with my Father
If one looks at a photo without knowing the context of its origins, it is a completely neutral object. It is only when one has a personal relationship to it or it is covered in commentary and text material that it can be called truthful or untruthful. I made use of that fact in my work " Une enfance (im)possible avec mon père".
After my father died I created new childhood memories using the few photos I have of him and those of my own childhood. I constructed a common history in which he was present right from the beginning though in real life my parents separated before I was born. The intensive work on the photo montages was also a profound involvement with my father and my own childhood yearnings.
© Brigitte Konyen 2014