Konversion
Allemagne
2013
In the “Konversion” series, Isabel Kiesewetter catalogues the places that bear the mark of political and social changes and which transformation is still perceptible. She goes all over the urban zones and the peripheral regions since October 2011, to investigate about the physical evolution of the former military sites and to know how they are used now. The metamorphosis of these former military bases creates a surreal landscape. Some pictures are a testimony of the length of the transformation process of the places in Germany, almost 20 years after the departure of the allied forces. The transformation process comes to its appointed end with the reform of the Bundeswehr in 2011. The final list of the 31 sites will be made public within the next few years.
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About the artist
Isabel Kiesewetter was born in 1974 in Lubeck, Germany. In 2006 she started working as a photographer’s assistant at the Markus Hauser Studio. In 2008 she studies photography in Ostkreuz at the photography school of Berlin. In 2010 she takes part in Peter Bialobrzeski ‘s the “A sense of space” workshop in Leipzig. Isabel Kiesewetter lives and works as a photographer in Berlin and in Hamburg.
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