'Films made shortly before and after 1900 often make explicit the contrast between the new medium of film and the traditional arts by means of the motif of the statue or the painting coming to life. In so doing, early film continued a form of popular entertainment that combined the art of the theatre with those of painting and sculpture, namely the tableau vivant, or living picture: a theatrically lit composition, often based on a famous artwork or literary passage, of living human bodies that do not move throughout the duration of the display.'
From V. Adriaensens & S. Jacobs (2015).
Ursa Majeure (*2023, Stuttgart) was born Athena-style from the combined heads of a two-part organism wandering the forests around a 1700s schloss. If experience were summative, she would have a three-decade long photographic career by now, despite being birthed in January of last year. She has grand plans for her future as a photographer, including experimenting with different techniques—state-of-the-art as well as historical. A crucial feature of her practice is the symbiosis of photography and text, or, more broadly, the fusion of art and science—the perennial holy grail of contemporality.
Awards Chromatic Photography Awards 2023 - People: Honorable Mention (Amateur)
Monochrome Photography Awards 2023 - Portrait: Honorable Mention (Amateur)
