zäzilia – centenary

remembrance for a forgotten woman (2021-2022)

selected for the catalogue and showcased at

photo graz 022 – BIENNALE Photo.Art STYRIA

installation view…

Lee Lee Moss | photo graz 022 | BIENNALE Photo Art STYRIA | Biennale der steirischen Photokunst | Kulturvermittlung Steiermark

‘zäzilia-centenary’ – six distinct selections from the series; archival pigment on photo rag, unique prints; matting and framing in color and style resembling the building that had housed the room portrayed...

for close ups and accompanying soundscape see the moving version

moving version.

installation view – video

 

Lee Lee Moss: concept; photo, video; text*, voice, capture of birdsong in-situ
Roberto García de Mesa: music composition & sound design
*a poem in English and German editions by lee lee moss


a true artistic intervention equals energy surgery

 

when there are no photographs of the people that went before,
then at times the places they built or inhabited,
still allow to grasp a sense of who they were...

buildings abandoned to decay afford a glimpse into the dysfunction
of family or enterprise; the broken open wounds informing of
the unaddressed and of failure, of neglect
– of a lack of care and a lack of love...

displayed is the sole fairly intact room of a centuries old house;
images taken shortly before tear down
– forever burying memories.

various cameras are my most cherished companions since the age of seven, as slipping into the position of observer always had special appeal to me; aside from planned assignments I delight in chance encounters, found objects and here particularly collections and sequences, as they bring forth not only the third and fourth dimension – but especially the unseen...


for work implementation, including the printing process, I do leave nothing to chance – every selection, measurement and choice of material is deliberate and informed by conceptual approach: because it is alchemy that allows for transformation to occur.


 
 
Lee Lee Moss | Luise Kloos | Severin Hirsch | Herman Herzele | Bernd Sieber | Aurelia Meinhardt

photo graz 022

Lee Lee Moss | photo graz 022 | BIENNALE Photo Art STYRIA | Biennale der steirischen Photokunst | Kulturvermittlung Steiermark

September 24 – November 05, 2022

Altes Kino, Leibnitz

curatorial direction: Gerhard Gross

jury:

Taco Hidde Bakker (Amsterdam)

Klaus-Dieter Hartl (Leibnitz)

Ruth Horak (Vienna)

 

English.

she was born in eighteen fifty


she was from an affluent family


she was the eldest


she had four siblings


she was proud


she had an only son


her son's father's name, first and last,
are to be found in the official record of birth


she never married


she carried forward the family name


she had wealthy friends


she had culture and taste


she owned ample property


she died aged seventy two in her house


her son's father had died fifteen years previously
at the next building down the street – overlooking her garden


her son died less than a year after her at the same
address as she – and he heads the family tombstone



she has no grave


'zäzilia'

on the occasion of the centenary of her death
(2022) lee lee moss


German.

sie wurde achtzehnfünfzig geboren


sie war aus einer begüterten familie


sie war die älteste


sie hatte vier geschwister


sie war stolz


sie hatte einen einzigen sohn


ihres sohnes vaters namen, vor- und nach-,
finden sich im amtlichen geburtsregister


sie heiratete nie


sie führte den familien namen weiter


sie hatte wohlhabende freunde


sie hatte kultur und geschmack


sie besaß weitläufige realitäten


sie starb im alter von zweiundsiebzig jahren in ihrem haus


ihres sohnes vater war fünfzehn jahre zuvor gestorben
im nächsten gebäude die straße runter – mit blick auf ihren garten


ihr sohn starb weniger als ein jahr nach ihr an der selben
adresse wie sie – und er führt den familiengrabstein an



sie hat kein grab


'zäzilia'

zum Anlass ihres hundertsten Todestages
(2022) lee lee moss


Lee Lee Moss: concept; text*, voice, capture of birdsong in-situ
Roberto García de Mesa: music composition & sound design
*a poem in English and German editions by lee lee moss 

also see the video of the installation view

Above soundscape found application in the 2024 version of the avant-garde theatre piece Poco (o alguien dirá que nos equivocamos) by Cia. Roberto García de Mesa, performed in Arrecife de Lanzarote, Santa Cruz de Tenerife and San Cristobal de La Laguna, as well as Las Palmas de Gran Canaria – originally premiered during the 2023 Festival Escenas do Cambio in Santiago de Compostela.