Maldives of Consciousness, 2019-2021 Maldives of Consciousness These works form part of a new series that looks at what lies on the periphery of human consciousness; what is in the realm of our cognition, and what is ineffable? In our hyper-socialised societies, the ability to find the transcendent in the matter that surrounds us, the
Illuminations:Towards Abyssinia, 2016 – 2018 Illuminations: Towards Abyssinia, comprises a series of photographic works that implicitly reference the life of poet Arthur Rimbaud. Here begins a journey of transformation inspired by his own, one of unrelenting reaction against established society. ’Abyssinia’ here is both state of mind and ultimate destination, the objective being to disappear,
Portraits by Monika K. Adler. “I am fascinated with human existence – the moral choices we make, our mentality and psychology …”
Chernobyl of Love (photography series), 2012 Chernobyl of Love (photography series), 2012 In a hotel in Kyiv a young women after murdering a man, is consuming his brain. Her act of cannibalism evokes traumatic memories which take us to the Red Forest near the abandoned town of Chernobyl in the Ukraine. It relates through harsh,
Derange in London, 2011 Derange in London, 2011 *Derange /dɪˈreɪn(d)ʒ/ verb: make (someone) insane. IN *London /ˈlʌndən/ proper noun. Britannica Dictionary definition of LONDON: city in England.
Beyond Time, 2012 – 18 Beyond Time, 2012 – 18 In Adler’s photographs both human beings and objects emanate a sense of abandonment or otherness, strange and liminal manifestations existing on the border between our familiar world and some mysterious and ineffable dimension not amenable to full disclosure or to rational discourse. Twilight glimpses of
Yggdrasil, 2015-2018 Yggdrasil, 2015-2018 One interpretation of the name Yggdrasil asserts that it refers to the old norse word ‘yggr’ meaning “terror”. Yggdrasil would then etymologically equate to ‘tree of terror, gallows’. This rich and archetypal symbol runs through the pre-Christian religions and folklore of a number of Nordic and Germanic societies. Its fruit was
New York, 2005-18 New York 2005-18 I’m fascinated with human existence – the moral choices we make, our mentality and psychology, and on the other hand, the extraordinary bestiality, brutality and low levels of awareness. Life has always fascinated me – it’s intensity, a liberation from the everyday reality frameworks in which people impose upon
Coyote, 2013-18 coyote, 2013 The works in ‘Coyote’ are a series of portraits of the artist and her partner made in 2013-2018. The work communicates the intimacy of living together executed in the style of film stills from a movie. The piece employs the convention of the film still, whilst also being a play upon
Existence, 2013 – 2018 “I am fascinated with human existence – the moral choices we make, our mentality and psychology, bestiality and low levels of awareness” Monika k. adler Monika K. Adler’s work is certainly of high value, not only in her work but in terms of her dialectic – there resides the subject matter
