2013

BOGOMIR DORINGER “FASHION AND DESPAIR”

The principle that unites the various spheres of Bogomir Doringer's activity—such as art, fashion, and filmmaking—as well as his artistic projects, is strongly linked to the process of editing. 
As he points out, his “projects tend to translate the construction of the film narrative into the physical space.” 
Assembling various elements inherent to his artistic projects in a manner similar to how they would appear on a film timeline, he ultimately chose to arrange them in space, allowing the viewer to move through the work and create their own visual and physical experience. 
Doringer applied a similar principle to his photo installation, which showcased the “Fashion and Despair” project within the “Wonderingmode” exhibition. 
Using a series of photos and film stills, he crafted a visual map divided into four segments corresponding to the episodes, through which he conveyed his project dedicated to the story of Natascha Kampusch, a girl who, having been kidnapped and subjected to child abuse, became a sort of media icon and hero. 
Through this project, Doringer examines how highly aestheticised imagery, closely connected to fashion, can also be used for reflection and social critique. 
In his other projects as well, he explores fabricated socio-political issues portrayed by mass media, which are intriguing due to their content or the way the media present them. Doringer examines these phenomena, which he terms “media fabrications," such as the case of Natascha Kampusch, and uses them as a basis to challenge the relationship between fiction and reality. 

While studying sociology, Bogomir Doringer was “subversively” involved in the fashion industry, which he used for social critique. 
He earned his bachelor's degree from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam and graduated from the Master of Film programme at the Nederlandse Film en Televisie Academie.
Bogomir Doringer works with various art forms, including fashion, film/video, and performance, blending these forms into complex projects through which he can explore the conventions and boundaries of media representations.