About Me

Born and grown up in an idyllic village in the mountainous South-Eastern  part of Tyrol, I was confronted with the sobriety of nature which has  captivated my eye from an early age on and forced me to look very  carefully and closely on the signs of nature. Fascinated by the abundance of natural wonders being surrounded by, I have never stopped engaging myself with decoding the secrets of life and constantly developed  my analytical abilities which finally have guided me into  science. Following the principles and concepts of critical theory, I have  been focusing on phenomena which are noticeable but due to various social and political power structures often remain silenced and  suppressed. Referring to the Visual with a close look on the photographic  image, I try to analyse and carve out patterns of hidden visual codes  which seems to have an impact on society. In my research, I deal with the  visual construction of gender, difference, illness or minorities in (mass)  media. Reflecting on the work of gaze theorists like Laura Mulvey (male  gaze) or Michel Foulcault (medical gaze), I am interested in the act of  seeing and being seen with a special interest in the iconographic construction of otherness. In order to be able to plug holes between  theory and practice and to reflect on what I have found out by applying scientific methods, I also make moving and still images myself. As far more work needs to be done on the socio-cultural and medial  construction of categories like gender and difference on a theoretical, practical as well as artistical level, I hope that my commitment will never fatigue and my thirst for knowledge will never be quenched...