︎ MICHAELA PUTZ

Extinction Ballads Pt. 1
Global flora

Digital works based on found footage photography of online archives of recently extinct plant species. 
2021 - 2022

Salzamt Linz (exhibition with Simon Lehner and
Flavia Mazzanti, 2021, in cooperation with Bildrecht, Ars Electronica
Festival and Salzamt | UV-Prints on PVC-Foil
Photo: Anna-Katharina Nickel, 2021

“The digital works include found-footage footage of recently extinct or endangered plants. Michaela Putz translates the evidence of former diversity into a transfiguring baroque aesthetic, interrupted only by the smudgy traces of the often inconsequential scrolling we find on our tablets and smartphones. In the work, the artist refers to a conspicuously invasive-destructive element of human action as well as to the increasingly evident futility of fleeting ‘gestures’.” (translated from a text by Esther Mlenek) 

“Flora Iranica” at Yassi Foundation, Teheran/Iran
July 2022
Photo: Yassi Foundation

Proximity and Distance
Flederhaus and KulturQuartier Seestadt, Vienna, July - September 2022
Photo on MDF, 2022

Proximity and Distance
Flederhaus and KulturQuartier Seestadt, Vienna, July - September 2022
Photo on MDF, 2022

ConClusius Güssing, 2021
Fine Art Print on Hahnemühle Ultra Smooth,
framed with museum glass, 125x75cm

Vienna Art Week Open Studio 
Installation in cooperation with Bettina Eigner

Extinction Ballds #03
2021
Fine Art Prints on Hahnemühle Ultra Smooth,
framed, 100x60cm