MORNING FACES, EVENING FACES

Installations
Helmhaus, Zurich, 2020-2021
Group exhibition “Am nächsten Tag ging die Sonne auf”
Curated by Nadja Baldini, Vreni Spieser, Simon Maurer and Daniel Morgenthaler

Thermal paper, ticket printer, tripod
700 x 250 x 50 cm

„Morning and evening look each other in the face, about 2000 times. Unrested and awake, tired and exhilarated. Instead of looking in the mirror, Alicia Velázquez has been looking into the camera every morning and every evening for almost seven years and taking a self-portrait. In doing so, she is her own object. Which simultaneously alienates her from herself and brings her closer to herself. 4000 different faces - and always the same person. The moment the photo is taken, the face moves into the past. A moment later, the identity is already another. The artist calls this „a graveyard of moments“. And: „a prison“. But also: a proof of being alive, a celebration of presence.“
Text excerpt from the exhibition catalogue by Simon Maurer (translated from German).

Photos N.1-3: © Zoe Tempest
Video: © Helmhaus