"icarus"

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Michael Goerner, Germany
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/goerner_art/

In his project “icarus”, Michael Goerner works with modern man's delusions of grandeur and his failure. The project started in April 2024 at an unreal location in the Swiss Alps. Not far from the San Bernardino Pass and far from any human settlement, an abandoned restaurant bears witness to former sky-scraping plans. Reality has transformed the building into a ruin. The mountains are reflected in the mostly broken double-glazed windows. The minutely changing reflections form the basis for the project. The abandoned building bears a significant name: “Mia Colpa”, which means “My Fault”.

Michael Goerner was born on the last day of the 60s. His mission is the visualization of individual and social emotions in the face of the profound change to a predatory culture. He is driven by the search for truth and truthfulness. Michael lives and works in Hamburg/Germany, at Lake Constance and in Northern Italy.
In the field of photography Michael moves between mminimalism, ICM and street. His role models include Antoine D'Agata, Michael Ackerman and Martin Bogren.
Recently, his works have been presented in several solo and group exhibitions in France, Germany, Switzerland and the UK.

Awards Exhibitions and Shows
09/22 "Violences ordinaires“, Rencontres d'Arles, CROISIÈRE, Arles, France (Group Show)
07/23 "Truth or Consequences“, Kunst im Quartier, Hamburg, Germany (Solo Show)
10/23 HAAM, Hamburg, Germany (Group Show)
02/24 "Everyone but Caspar!“, Künstlerhaus Sootboern, Kunsthalle Niendorf, Germany (Group Show)
02/24 "The Dark Side“, Boomer Gallery, London, UK (Group Show)
04/24 KOMETA Kunstfestival, Burgdorf, Switzerland (Group Show)
04/24 ArtFest 24, University Bremen, Germany (Group Show)
05/24 ImageNation 2024, Galerie Joseph Le Palais, Paris, France (Group Show)