Marya Mekkaoui Alaoui

Marya Mekkaoui Alaoui (°2008, Hannover, Germany) is an artist who mainly works with photography. As he questions the concept of movement, Mekkaoui Alaoui creates intense moments that masterfully utilize time and reflection to enchant the viewer.

Her photos isolate objects’ movements. By doing so, new sequences are created which reveal motion and sound as inseparable. By abstracting movement, she finds its inherent awkwardness and humor. The artist also considers movement as a metaphor for the ever-seeking man who experiences continuous loss.

Her work doesn’t reference a recognizable form. The results are deconstructed to the extent that meaning is shifted and possible interpretation becomes multifaceted. By putting the viewer on the wrong track, she tries to create works in which the actual event still has to take place or just has ended: moments evocative of atmosphere and suspense that are not part of a narrative thread. The drama unfolds elsewhere while the build-up of tension is frozen to become the memory of an event that will never take place.

Her works are given improper functions: significations are inversed and form and content merge. Shapes are dissociated from their original meaning, by which the system in which they normally function is exposed. Initially, unambiguous meanings are shattered and disseminated endlessly.