http://8oinks.com Shirin Kavin 2011

i saw the sun. she kissed the moon.

Shirin Kavin 2011

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The quality of being transient, temporary, brief or fleeting. Countable and uncountable. We have no insight into infinity and the infinitesimal nature of the universe. Neither infinite time nor infinite space. But does the limitation in the pos-sibility of an enjoyment raise the value of the enjoyment? The state or fact of lasting only for a short time. Infinitesimals have been used to express the idea of objects so small that there is no way to see them or to measure them, a quantity less than any finite quantity yet not zero. So that in relation to the length of our lives – a short-lived burst of energy in a system caused by a sudden change of state; an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying – it can in fact be regarded as eternal.

The following body of work is inspired by transience.

far be it from me to dream (window)2011 photograph 50 x 75 cm

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far be it from me to dream (grass)2011 photograph 72 x 110 cm

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i saw the sun (fig.1)2011 photograph 30 x 45 cm

Two dried leaves on a marble plate illuminated with the light of a prism.

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infinitesimal parallelepiped (fig.1)2010 photograph, object, with digital post processing 30 x 45 cm

Installation with wool, meat and glass. Floating pearls and the shadow of a key with the light of a prism digitally added.

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found sense (fig.1, fig.2)2010 photograph, objectdiptych, each 20 x 30 cmframed together, with passe-partout 60 x 80 cm (total size)

A heart cut into two pieces. Pearls sewn into each half.

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empty page (1, 2-7 diptychs)2010 photographs with digital post processing(1) 60 x 90 cm(2a, 2b) each 27 x 40 cm framed with passe-partout each 62 x 75 cm (total size)(3a, 3b) each 50 x 75 cm(4a, 4b) each 35 x 53 cmframed with shadow gap each 40 x 58 cm (total size)(5a, 5b) each 50 x 75 cm(6a, 6b) 40 x 60 cm/46 x 60 cm(7a, 7b) each 40 x 60 cmframed with shadow gap each 45 x 65 cm (total size)

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not resisting deformation, or resisting it only lightly and the ability to flow (1-3)2011 photographs each 30 x 45 cm(3) also available in 60 x 90 cm

Durch ein eigenes Gelübde zur ewigen JungfräulichkeitAltar geschlossen 50 x 50 cm/geöffnet 50 x100 cm

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don’t believe a thing they say2010 photograph 17 x 25 cmframed with shadow gap 23 x 31 cm (total size)

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to my own dirty nature (fig.1)2011 photograph, object 50 x 75 cm

A flower stalk with a blossom made out of small stripes of meat and a small copper spiral. A graphite drawing in the background.

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therefore: La (1-5)2011 photographs, each 40 x 60 cm

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may – be – come – some – were (red)2010 photograph with digital post processing/databending 50 x 75 cm

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may – be – come – some – were (blue)2010 photograph with digital post processing/databendingavailable as a single photograph or as a series of four, each 40 x 60 cm

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wish drop (fig.1)2011 photograph 23 x 35 cm

A crystal illuminated with a coloured light on a piece of wood.

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“She doesn’t aim for creation, she only wants to demonstrate that all of us can fly.”

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Shirin Katya Aleyda Kavin was born in Zurich, October 1984. Influenced by her multicultural background, she pursued several ways of expression. Driven by the fascination of the human body, its modification and the love for extremes, she worked as a body-piercer, trained oriental dancing and acquired the skills of make-up artistry in theatre, fashion and film. This early process of orchestrating the human being and body lead Shirin Kavin to photography. The artist is captivated by an immediate, intense and diverse language, that seems to listen more than it speaks. Based on clear conceptual aspirations Shirin Kavin assembles. Handmade miniature installations made from organic materials, painting and digital techniques take part in an illusionary visual language, perpetually aiming, to visualise the invisible texture of the soul.

Since 2014 Shirin Kavin is living and working in Vienna, together with her husband and their son.

Publications

2016 i saw the sun. she kissed the moon. Shirin Kavin 2010-2011, Catalogue (A) 2016 Art Reveal Magazine, Issue 18, Artmagazine, London (UK)2016 Forge. Art Magazine, Issue 12/Patience, Artmagazine, New York (NY)2016 Virginity Purity Innocence Youth, Shirin Kavin 2015-2016, Catalogue (A)2014 i saw the sun. she kissed the moon., Shirin Kavin 2010-2013, Artbook (A)2013 Humans, Kunstverein Kärnten, Exhibition-Catalogue, ISBN 978-3-200-03055-8 (A)2011 Père&Mère, 155 épreuves d’artistes, la Martinière, Artbook, ISBN 978-2-7324-4917-3 (FR)2011 Breaking the Surface, la Martinière, Editions-Catalogue, ISBN 978-2-7324-4950-0 (FR)2011 Le Pater et La Mater, Libération Le Mag, Newspaper -Cover, Paris (FR)2010 Doze Mag, Junkland, Artmagazine, Madrid (E)2009 Der Greif/Poster Edition, Photomagazine, Berlin (DE)2008 Caldo de Cultivo, Me, Myself and i 2.0, Artmagazine, Bogotá (COL)

Exhibitions

2016 Virginity Purity Innocence Youth, Solo Exhibition, Herr Leutner, Vienna (A)2016 Art Walk im MQ, Group Exhibition, Museumsquartier Ovalhalle, Vienna (A2016 Begegnung mit dem Anderen, Group Exhibition, Amtshaus Wieden, Vienna (A)2016 Kunstschaffen Walk of Art 2016, Beamboard Naschmarkt, Vienna (A)2015 Ready, Media Art Culture Festival, Group Exhibition, Schmiede, Hallein (A)2015 ltd Exposition, Group Exhibition, Galerie Kiosk Tabak, Zürich (CH)2013 Auftakt, Group Exhibition, Ce Leste, Vienna (A)2013 Re-turn, Media Art Culture Festival, Group Exhibition, Schmiede, Hallein (A)2013 Humans, Group Exhibition, Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt (A)2013 Humans, Group Exhibition, Galerie Prisma, Bozen (I)2013 Kunstbar, Group Exhibition, Galerie Kiosk Tabak, Zürich (CH)2010 Duprass, Group Exhibition, Kunstraum Pro Arte, Hallein (A)2010 Panama Plus, Group Exhibition, Festival, Ampere Muffatwerk, München (DE)2010 Discontent, Media Art Culture Festival, Group Exhibition, Schmiede, Hallein (A)2009 Aufbruch, Media Art Culture Festival, Group Exhibition, Schmiede, Hallein (A)2008 We Are, Media Art Culture Festival, Group Exhibition, Schmiede, Hallein (A

PublisherShirin Kavin

Websitehttp://8oinks.com

CopyrightShirin Kavin

Graphic designUrban Grünfelder

PrintingdigiDruck GesmbHIndustriestraße B182345 Brunn/Gebirge

2. Edition150 copies

Year of publication2016

The 1. Edition of “i saw the sun. she kissed the moon.” was published in 2014 as a hardcover book, 30 x 30 cm, 80 copies (sold out)

Shirin Kavin s photos are printed on fine art photo paper and come sealed behind acrylic glass or custom framed.Each work of art is published as an edition of 3 copies (+AP+EP). Special editions are listed on the website.

http://8oinks.com Shirin Kavin 2011