In this new work ‘On Motherhood’ (working title), I enter a visual and written dialogue on the subject of motherhood with the curator and author Maren Lübbke-Tidow. In a ping-pong-like exchange, letters and images are sent, to which both respond with their own texts and (reference) images. Originally conceived as an analytical discourse, the project developed into a personal manifesto in which radical openness and vulnerability serve as tools for reflection. This exchange lends visual expression to the tension between the photographer‘s personal experience and artistic practice and sheds light on the structural challenges of motherhood in the context of art.

Elodie Grethen (*1988, Metz, FR) lives and works as a freelance artist and photographer in Vienna. Her work spans from photography, performances, and installations, with a focus on intimacy and care. She studied photography at the Friedl Kubelka School for artistic photography Vienna, completing her studies in 2018. In 2017, she published the book ‘Tokyo Stories’, which was recognized as one of Austria‘s most beautiful books of the year. In 2018, she received the ‘Photography Start-up Grant’ from the Federal Chancellery of Austria. In 2020, she was nominated for the ‘C/O Berlin Talent Award’. Since 2022, she works at the University of Applied Arts Vienna in the Department of Applied Photography and Time-Based Media.

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