The Josephinum presents "WILL - The Lifesaving Machines," an extensive cycle of photographic works by artist Reiner Riedler. This exhibition delves into the realm of medicine, showcasing isolated images of life-saving equipment like dialysis and heart-support devices. The artworks prompt reflection on human inventiveness and the intriguing, sometimes unsettling, nature of these crucial medical instruments, stripped of their usual hospital context.
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This exhibition showcases recent photographic works by Reiner Riedler, exploring the world of modern medicine through isolated images of life-saving machines. The photographs present dialysis, anesthesia, and heart-support devices, highlighting human inventiveness while prompting reflection on the aesthetic and unsettling nature of these medical apparatuses.
As part of "Eyes On – Vienna Month of Photography", the Josephinum presents "WILL", an expansive cycle of recent photographic works by Reiner Riedler. The exhibition takes viewers on a journey into the world of medicine by focusing on the curious machines and apparatuses central to modern healthcare. Freed from their usual hospital environments, these devices—such as modern dialysis, anesthesia, and breathing devices, artificial hearts, heart-lung machines, and pacemakers—are portrayed in isolation. Riedler's monochrome backgrounds emphasize this deliberate removal, stripping away contextual clues that might aid in identification. This approach confronts viewers with objects that are both functional and sculptural, prompting fascination with their aesthetic qualities and unease about their intimate connection to human life and mortality. The works culminate as testaments to centuries of intellectual curiosity, inventiveness, and the persistent human striving to prolong earthly life.
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