https://kallekataila.com Kalle Kataila Sat, 04 Feb 2023 19:34:22 +0000 https://kallekataila.com en https://kallekataila.com/Header-1 Mon, 03 Jan 2022 10:49:20 +0000 Kalle Kataila https://kallekataila.com/Header-1 https://kallekataila.com/Landscapes-and-Contemplations Mon, 03 Jan 2022 10:49:20 +0000 Kalle Kataila https://kallekataila.com/Landscapes-and-Contemplations Landscapes and Contemplations&nbsp;&nbsp; 2004— <img width="1980" height="1455" width_o="1980" height_o="1455" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b1ea9e8a1f00e844f7fc02e79eebb5d73a6065cdf94bc23682a3063ed5bee70a/Contemplation-Madrid_1980.jpg" data-mid="128807675" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b1ea9e8a1f00e844f7fc02e79eebb5d73a6065cdf94bc23682a3063ed5bee70a/Contemplation-Madrid_1980.jpg" /> <img width="1980" height="1605" width_o="1980" height_o="1605" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/247d9c673d3ca9354ea9f899a4290003ecdbac2f435e5dfa5ebc3ae852e289cc/kataila_white_crest0802_09_1980.jpg" data-mid="128807678" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/247d9c673d3ca9354ea9f899a4290003ecdbac2f435e5dfa5ebc3ae852e289cc/kataila_white_crest0802_09_1980.jpg" /> <img width="1980" height="1492" width_o="1980" height_o="1492" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a943418b970c6cda6c77f795922e6cc57e690d0b18634c0869578656c1234b76/Kataila_Lapland_07_1980.jpg" data-mid="128807679" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a943418b970c6cda6c77f795922e6cc57e690d0b18634c0869578656c1234b76/Kataila_Lapland_07_1980.jpg" /> <img width="1980" height="1635" width_o="1980" height_o="1635" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bb29a856a8b90729cb536fcff07887dd310485adf9ba04851944aa156f34f8e2/umbrella2010print0802_08_1980.jpg" data-mid="128807680" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bb29a856a8b90729cb536fcff07887dd310485adf9ba04851944aa156f34f8e2/umbrella2010print0802_08_1980.jpg" /> <img width="1980" height="1456" width_o="1980" height_o="1456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9a9019358611a13010d6f84836c61d5284b6d9576d28478ff87b0aaddec3604f/Kataila_Guhyaloka_06_1980.jpg" data-mid="128807681" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9a9019358611a13010d6f84836c61d5284b6d9576d28478ff87b0aaddec3604f/Kataila_Guhyaloka_06_1980.jpg" /> <img width="1980" height="1605" width_o="1980" height_o="1605" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e4f84fcfa32b855f7587d7d5bc4cf32a0d2a13a12bd22e38d1838e660c91e001/lost_in_contempl_05_1980.jpg" data-mid="128807682" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e4f84fcfa32b855f7587d7d5bc4cf32a0d2a13a12bd22e38d1838e660c91e001/lost_in_contempl_05_1980.jpg" /> <img width="1980" height="1603" width_o="1980" height_o="1603" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7f615ca81df60b26ea541864acc87390c7ec4803190c6baa8a87196e0dcdeb57/Contemplation-11_04_1980.jpg" data-mid="128807683" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7f615ca81df60b26ea541864acc87390c7ec4803190c6baa8a87196e0dcdeb57/Contemplation-11_04_1980.jpg" /> <img width="1980" height="1602" width_o="1980" height_o="1602" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/39bf57ce974660153db3bec7d3d69851d2c74a1ee3ff5ce0bca1bd7858eadc08/Shepherd_03_1980.jpg" data-mid="128807684" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/39bf57ce974660153db3bec7d3d69851d2c74a1ee3ff5ce0bca1bd7858eadc08/Shepherd_03_1980.jpg" /> <img width="1980" height="1453" width_o="1980" height_o="1453" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9c8bc5f9167c2cbc9a7c96264ae124f7d009ee4eb02263e3e1d74d60c340b4fb/Contemplation-Somerset_02_1980.jpg" data-mid="128807685" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9c8bc5f9167c2cbc9a7c96264ae124f7d009ee4eb02263e3e1d74d60c340b4fb/Contemplation-Somerset_02_1980.jpg" /> <img width="1980" height="1605" width_o="1980" height_o="1605" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dc6ee88d92f0bfe776b4ea130920cc2752e5331eb036fe3dd9f28ab0dceb4aaf/kataila_passed_time_print0802_10_1980.jpg" data-mid="128807677" border="0" data-scale="86" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dc6ee88d92f0bfe776b4ea130920cc2752e5331eb036fe3dd9f28ab0dceb4aaf/kataila_passed_time_print0802_10_1980.jpg" /> Taking up the tradition of romantic landscape painting, Kalle Kataila thematizes man, quiescent and motionless, tarrying before nature ́s grandiose scenery. In more recent works, Kataila not only finds his atmospheric landscapes at spectacular or exotic sites, but also in urban localities. Yet Kataila always shows a man in lonely places, under a broad stretch of sky and a low-lying horizon. The artist, from an elevated standpoint and from a certain distance, observes his back-view figures as they are caught up in nature ́s spectacle. In contrast to the German romantic painter, Caspar David Friedrich, the head of the figure hardly even once rises above the horizon line. Whereas Friedrich submerges his characters mentally in an imaginative heavenly sphere, Kataila ́s figure is fully rooted to the earth. As in romantic painting, the landscape could very well serve as a mirror of one ́s state of mind. Meanwhile, the pictures inquire into present-day nature religion and ask why man seeks out exalted vantage points, why faraway natural wonders?Ever since Romanticism, the prerequisite for an enthusiastic delight in nature has been a mastery of, and control over, nature through civilization, a phenomenon at first viewed positively. But more recent photography especially —starting with American “New Topographics”—has condemned humanity ́s way of dealing with nature as being mere consumerism and has, above all, shown the wounds that man has inflicted on nature. However, different from this movement that has molded landscape photography since the 1970s, Kataila does not stylize man openly as an antagonist hostile to nature. More exactly, his figures have a touch of the vulnerable, the solitary and the deeply melancholy about them.Katrin Hiller von Gaertringen https://kallekataila.com/Cloud-Based-Photography Mon, 03 Jan 2022 10:49:20 +0000 Kalle Kataila https://kallekataila.com/Cloud-Based-Photography Cloud Based Photography <img width="1199" height="1500" width_o="1199" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cc0b62645fe02d5c8eefde29adb32aa79796a338c33a73618366f792d382c75c/Clouds_grid.jpg" data-mid="128807686" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cc0b62645fe02d5c8eefde29adb32aa79796a338c33a73618366f792d382c75c/Clouds_grid.jpg" /><img width="4480" height="6720" width_o="4480" height_o="6720" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5e7a6be488b4aa308f2940456e804e896badaf8bd30cfcaa4f31e42b009a8153/Kalle-Kataila_2017._Kuva_Anna-_Autio.jpg" data-mid="128807687" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5e7a6be488b4aa308f2940456e804e896badaf8bd30cfcaa4f31e42b009a8153/Kalle-Kataila_2017._Kuva_Anna-_Autio.jpg" /> "Cloud-Based Photography" is a grid of black and white photographs, reminiscent of a window. The printing process invites contemplation of not only the layered cloudscape, but also the technological transformations of the medium. The webcam that captures the images is located on the opposite side of the world from the artist's printing darkroom. The fleeting stream of data is projected onto a grid of gelatin silver process paper using a data projector, resulting in this unique exposure. The interplay of different technologies can be seen in the prints, as the marks from the developing chemicals interact with the grid produced by the projector's digital LCD sensors. Cloud Based Photography, 2017 9pcs unique 40x50cm silver gelatin prints #atmorelational #forumboxgallery&nbsp; https://kallekataila.com/Do-the-Clouds-Dance Mon, 03 Jan 2022 10:49:20 +0000 Kalle Kataila https://kallekataila.com/Do-the-Clouds-Dance Do the Clouds Dance if There is Nobody to See, pt.1&nbsp;2015 "Do the Clouds Dance if There is Nobody to See" is a 16mm film projection that loops for one minute. The film showcases time-lapsed footage of the nightly sky with cloud formations. The footage is captured by a specially designed low-light camera located on top of a mountain, producing inverted images that resemble the brightness of a midday sky. The feed from the webcam is transferred to 16mm film using digital direct techniques. By reversing and rearranging technologies, the work questions the ways in which these technologies shape our experiences of temporality and spatiality. The use of an obsolete 16mm projector adds a sense of nostalgia, as the film not only depicts clouds reminiscent of 19th-century romantic landscape paintings, but also the grainy texture, dust, and inherent color palette of film materiality. Accompanying the film are polaroid images of the same cloud skies, adding a personal touch and memories to the experience. https://kallekataila.com/Untitled-Page Sat, 04 Feb 2023 19:34:22 +0000 Kalle Kataila https://kallekataila.com/Untitled-Page https://kallekataila.com/Waves-Infront Mon, 03 Jan 2022 10:49:21 +0000 Kalle Kataila https://kallekataila.com/Waves-Infront Waves Infront2017 "Waves infront" is a 16mm black and white film projection that reflects on the captivatingly slow breaking of waves. The work explores the ways in which photographic technologies reveal details of the world and raises questions about how time is a material in photography. The crashing of the waves was captured with a modern high-speed camera, which recorded 800 frames per second, and then transformed into the now-obsolete black and white film. The inspiration for the work came from a 1903 study by Albert Londe, a pioneer of chronophotography, which focused on the motion of waves, considered too abstract by Londe's contemporaries. https://kallekataila.com/Distant-Lens Mon, 03 Jan 2022 10:49:21 +0000 Kalle Kataila https://kallekataila.com/Distant-Lens Distant Lens2015 <img width="1165" height="1417" width_o="1165" height_o="1417" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fadca2f38b82e30e9c3775dec6faf32bd71d3e4ab6d8fcdc10561de51fe07808/DistantLens-0673_1165.jpg" data-mid="128807701" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fadca2f38b82e30e9c3775dec6faf32bd71d3e4ab6d8fcdc10561de51fe07808/DistantLens-0673_1165.jpg" /> "Distant Lens" is a modified 8x10" view camera equipped with a pico-projector inside its bellows. The projector projects video onto the camera's large viewfinder, creating an illusion of moving waves. A custom-made lens board holds an Ethernet socket and cable, replacing the camera lens and highlighting the critical addition of technology to the camera's construction and concept. The video feed is from a webcam located in Hawaii and emphasizes the telematic quality of live webcam feeds. The camera is mounted on a tripod with an Ethernet cable and blends photography and video, typically separated by just a swipe on mobile devices. In this work, the video is viewed through the static frame of the camera.&nbsp;Distant Lens reimagines photography as a fusion of tradition and innovation, dissolving boundaries between stillness and motion, art and technology, to expand perception and connect distant realities. The works Distant Lens and Analogue Waves were exhibited on March 2015 at Gallery Taik Persons Berlin. https://kallekataila.com/Distant-Lens-Analoque-Waves Mon, 03 Jan 2022 10:49:21 +0000 Kalle Kataila https://kallekataila.com/Distant-Lens-Analoque-Waves Distant Lens&nbsp;Analogue Waves from Digital Ocean2015 <img width="3118" height="2079" width_o="3118" height_o="2079" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dfd013ac6a924e6f396b996c11202360143322f38f555ac90d6c57f21cd5fe92/DistantLens-1994-2_3118.jpg" data-mid="128807707" border="0" data-scale="99" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dfd013ac6a924e6f396b996c11202360143322f38f555ac90d6c57f21cd5fe92/DistantLens-1994-2_3118.jpg" /> Distant Lens / Analogue Waves from Digital Ocean is body of work that constitutes from traditional silver gelatine black and white prints and&nbsp;installed video projection sculpture. The work is an investigation and interrogation on photographic media that has been dramatically changed by the advent of the networked digital culture. Besides the examination on photography, it’s devices, processes and technologies the work creates parallel contemplation on waves and their movement that at once mesmerise and talk on different temporality but also idiomatically express the nature of contemporary photography nested on ubiquitous screens and their endless feeds.The work Analogue Waves is created from 468 unique black and white prints measured each 9 x 13 cm and making a grid sized of 1,9 x 3,8 m. The prints depicting each different exposure of sea surface with waves is created in traditional wet darkroom by exposing the light to the movement of crushing waves. The works Distant Lens and Analogue Waves were exhibited on March 2015 at Gallery Taik Persons Berlin.