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In my work, I use photography, cinema, and installation as my main mediums. In my film and video works I explore a hybrid form where documentary and fictional cinematic techniques seamlessly merge, allowing me to reconstruct the missing fragments of both personal and historical narratives.

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​During my Bachelor’s studies, majoring in Photography, I found that the photographic medium appears as a red thread throughout my family history. My grandfather, a Holocaust survivor, opened a photography shop in post-WWII Munich, leaving behind 8mm film reels, photographs, cameras, and film projectors. These remnants led me to pursue a Master’s in Cinema Studies, and ultimately formed the foundation of my debut film, Return.

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Found objects and archival materials are frequently incorporated in my work. They have a transcendental effect on me. The memories, rituals, and stories embedded within them become the center of my artistic research—where I am questioning what is remembered, what has been lost, and what has been deliberately altered over time.

Moving image, a portrait of my mother, scaned photograph from family archive, 2022

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