Artist Statement →
“Nissan Rent a Car“ by the Austrian media artist Chris Saupper is a photographic attempt to capture a specific moment in time and space: Witnessing a cloudburst in Kyoto at noon, he uses the aesthetic preconditions of the given situation to reflect upon the chronotopic paradigms of photography. He shows the intertwining of space and time, the tensions between artist and pedestrians, the ways stories unfold. Within only fifteen minutes, the short time span of this downpour, Saupper succeeds in taking a number of unique pictures that remind us of the value of poetic attention. „Nissan Rent a Car“ is another impressive step in Saupper’s endeavour to put traditional concepts of art and identity to test. (Thomas Ballhausen)