Human Patterns By Claudia Rogge

Well-known Düsseldorf photographer. This Retrospective presents large-scale photographs, as well as an installation that reflects the author’s ongoing fascination with the theme of the individual and the crowd. For the last several years, Claudia Rogge has reflected on the two seemingly paradoxical and contrasting phenomena, individualism and mass society. In composing her intricate photographic ensembles, Claudia Rogge is simultaneously ringmaster, choreographer, and collagist. Each new series of works typically begins with all-night sessions in which the artist takes as many as 10.000 individual photos, later assembling selected images on the computer to give the impression of single moments in a group performance. In fact, Rogge asks each of her solo players to demonstrate the same simple tasks or motions. Dance, theater and — above all — opera are major sources of inspiration here.