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Self-portrait with White Hair: With Phone

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Self-portraits with White Hair is a series of three photographs that explore self-representation within an internet that has already been entered and experienced. The works were created in parallel with Ostermann’s series SELF OBSERVATIONS, which she began in 2019 to investigate how women claim space on the internet and make it their own. In Self-portraits with White Hair, online and offline worlds merge: the images reference and reinvent digital aesthetics while simultaneously creating space for reflection on self-representation-an act of redefining claims to space in the digital age. Online, the artist encountered various forms of self-representation and was captivated by the aesthetics they produced: bright colors, pink heart-shaped bathtubs, soft pastel materials, endless mirrors, silver masks, and extravagant wigs. She brought these impressions back into her offline studio, where she transformed them into her own aesthetic. She incorporated visual references from what she had seen online and tinted them white - a color she has worn exclusively for ten years and which is deeply embedded in the entirety of her work. She used cultural signifiers such as a wig, a cap, or a fake fur stole to conceal identity markers like the face. Instead, she replaced these markers with badges of belonging that emphasized her artistic identity within the online world, referencing artists like Signe Pierce, Juno Calypso, and Molly Soda. She uses a white wig as her own accessory. Historically, the white wig signified status and origin within high social ranks, particularly for men; today, it is part of our shared visual vocabulary and accessible to everyone.

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franziskaostermann

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