Ensembles Assembled

Katrin Korfmann

The focus of Katrin Korfmann’s new work group is on collective rituals that blur individual identity and connect people to their community. The ‘magical moment’ invoked here reveals the presence of a ritual in which people form a larger organism through common activities. These works, rich in detail, are composed from an archive of digital images that serve as a social-realist documentation of an euphoric utopianism. The artist travelled all around Europe to take these pictures: to the Castells (human towers) in Catalonia, the Cascamorra festival, in which black paint applied to the body plays a key role, and the Els Enfarinats festival in Ibi, which entails the use of flour and eggs. The visual record consists of monochromatic and patterned masses of people whereby each individual protagonist is equal. The coloration, corporeality, and clothing frame references to art history while reflecting the present time.