Metamorphosen Metamorphoses we witness the transformation of

we witness the transformation of books into book-objects which open up new interpretative spaces: Museum of Chance (2014)

including contact sheets

Images and texts are no longer just traces of the past

Upon opening the bag

Schindler in 1922

Metamorphosen Metamorphoses we witness the transformation ofIn the long line of Herlinde Koelbls projects, this is the first time that no people are to be seen, and yet her main theme remains: transience. Metamorphoses comprises vivid portraits of flora in various states of bloom and decay: light piercing a broken leaf revealing a network of fine, branched veins; a lemon like a porous stone; a berry wrapped in delicate threads; petals curled in erotic shapes. The book is an investigation into the nature of