In February 2025, Daniela Zeilinger came to Ithaque for a residency. Originally from Austria, where she obtained several degrees, including in Art and Photography at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, she has developed an experimental and conceptual approach to analog photography. Her work explores the materiality of the image and the links between perception, light and space.

Through a dialogue between photography, painting and installation, Daniela questions the way light shapes our perception of reality. Her current project is based on spatial compositions of colored filters typically used in studio photography and on film sets. By transforming them into projected shadows, she reveals their immaterial materiality and infinite variations depending on the angle of observation.

Within her residency in Ithaque, Daniela explored the potential of chiaroscuro in silver photography, working on a series of photograms and black-and-white prints. This project is part of a broader reflection on image construction and the fluidity of perception. Her work will be presented on Tuesday February 12 at her open studio at the Cité internationale des arts paris, from 6pm to 9pm.

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