artists

Nice & Fit is pleased to announce its next exhibition at its Weinbergsweg 24 space,
that opens on May 20 and will be on view through June 22, 2005.
The show features work by architect Eleanna Horiti and photographer David Fischer.
Eleanna Horiti has built two objects that reflect on the role of the architect as manipulator.
“Torture corridor”, a sleek wood and metal object that has the allure of minimalist sculpture becomes an emblem of the architects’ take on her practice: a self-critical piece that sets the desirability of control as an open question. The formal qualities of the corridor (the high finish of the surfaces with light grey car paint, the set of two 250 cm long razor sharp blades) are countered by Horiti’s “Pet transportation Box”. Built in human scale out of cardboard, with minimal communication to the outside, the Box invites visitors to enter and experience the disorientation and discomfort of animals. Again, this space of limitation becomes a “real” metaphor for architecture’s power over our lives.
David Fischer has singled out one image that encapsulates his desire for intimacy and the inherent difficulty that often presents itself as a self-imposed obstacle, a barrier. In “I’m sick to death of Low”, he approaches the classic assignment of photographing a band, with his own battling ideas about closeness and idealization. We see an image of the “rock star” but also Fischer’s hand as he touches his idol. This need to feel the flesh of an “iconic” figure has tender undertones but it also suggests that Fischer himself creates the parameters of clash: he seems to both want to destroy the pedestal and maintain it for his own satisfaction.
Architecture and photography have tremendous impact on the way we see and experience the world. This exhibition offers a glimpse of the emotional motives and inner conflicts of those who create the spaces and the images that surround us.

- a walk through it simulates a walk through life, in the sense that no one can go through it unscathed
- it is my position as a planner of spaces that allows me to dictate movement/trajectories, thus dictating the behaviour of individuals
- the power is mine/it is at my discretion to create an agreeable or intolerable environment
- through space, I may allow survival or encourage fulfillment
ELEANNA HORITI, (excerpt from Phrases of explanation, April 2005)

I look at photography from two places. One is the process of taking images,
and the other is just looking at them. The process of photography means access and power.
The camera allows me to enter peoples' spaces that I would normally not be in and,
no matter who you are photographing, you are aiming and they are the target with all their
faults and insecurities. So to me photographing people turned into a question of respect
and sensibility, especially since I really hate feeling intrusive.
DAVID FISCHER, (excerpt from Blag interview, 2005)