At the age of 5, I was diagnosed with Perthes disease. Due to a circulatory disorder, bone tissue in the hip dies: necrosis.
Issues that have shaped me since my childhood, such as the instability of my body, my tilted position, bone fragility or the desire for a new leg are visualized in this project. Looking through the images of our family archive led me back to my younger self, which was mentally quite unstable due to this health condition. Some of these genetic characteristics were passed on to me ‘through’ my father’s shoes – until the time when I had to carry my own (shoe) mutations. From the origin, to the effects, to the therapeutic measures, ‘NECROSiS’ shows the internal path to myself using photoscans, self-taken and modified images. Within this process, I managed not only to learn new visual techniques, but also took a look back at myself, through the lens, carefully and courageously.

Christian Henninger (*1992, Hollabrunn, AT). Christian Henninger‘s education at the Higher Federal Institution for Graphic Education and Research in Vienna and his bachelor‘s degree at the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences laid the foundation for his engagement with multimedia art. Following his bachelor‘s degree, Henninger received a one-year scholarship for the Anzenberger Masterclass in Vienna. There, he concentrated on artistic expansion through photography, which subsequently led him to pursue a master‘s degree at FAMU in Prague. Since 2016, Henninger has been working as a photographer and graphic designer at an agency in Vienna.

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