Jamais vu II

curated by Liudmila Kirsanova

Maximiliane Leni Armann
Sarah Pedde
Darja Shatalova

2 June – 4 July 2021
open by appointment

Soft opening on Wednesday, 2 June 3-8pm.

Jamais vu II takes part in Independent Space Index 3-4 July 2021, 12-7pm

Jamais vu, literally means ‘never seen’, is the opposite of de´ja` vu and implies perceiving something familiar, something you should be accustomed to, as obscure, eerie, and uncanny. Originally a psychological term, since the pandemic has started, it’s shifted to social and political fields and might be used to describe an extraordinary collective sensation of glitch, for we do not recognize ourselves and the outside world.
The exhibitions Jamais vu I and Jamais vu II explore the poetics of jamais vu experience. Both parts are meant to be seen in a dialogue, in a looped play of inward-outward. All artworks appear ‘not what they seem’, shimmering, oscillating between familiar and unfamiliar, manifested and concealed, lucid and opaque so to create a sensitive space of fluid visuals and shifting meanings.

Maximiliane Leni Armann studied Fine Arts in the photography department at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and at the Vilnius Academy of Arts. In 2017 she had a solo exhibition at Eissalon in Vienna. Recently she has shown her work at Taurage Region Museum in Lithuania, Kra´sova 27 in Praha, Galerie Kunsthandel und Edition in Hamburg, Galerie Rudolf Leeb and Krinzinger Projekte in Vienna. In 2019 she participated in FOTO Wien Festival.

Sarah Pedde studied Art History at the Free University in Berlin, Photography and Media Art at the University of Applied Sciences in Bielefeld, and Site-Specific-Art at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. She publishes an artistic zine Apocalypse. In her drawings she reflects upon representation of bodies and desire in contemporary visual culture. She has shown her work within group shows at Krinzinger Projekte in Vienna, Projektraum Bethanien in Berlin, World Hertitage Zollverein in Essen.

Darja Shatalova studied Arts and Mathematics at the University of Cologne and Transmedia Arts at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. Her artistic research is focused on micro and macro structures within set up systems. She has exhibited her works among others at Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof Hamburg, Künstlerhaus and Krinzinger Projekte Vienna. Her artworks are part of the Artothek des Bundes of the Republic of Austria and the Collection Wien Museum in Vienna.