Ola Kolehmainen

Cathedral of Light

Can the holdings of image archives or photography collections inspire new works of art? This question is the focus of the project 'Artist Meets Archive' (AMA) of the Internationale Photoszene Köln, within which Ola Kolehmainen has created the series 'Cathedral of Light'. In this series he deals with the duality of the photographic medium as a haptic object with its very own aesthetics on the one hand and as an information carrier on the other. He is doing this by using historical photographs from the Rheinisches Bildarchiv (RBA). ‘Cathedral of Light' shows new photographic artworks, in which Ola Kolehmainen processes sacred interiors and exteriors. The aspects of light, space and colour play a decisive role. He is particularly interested in the 'old light' and the interplay of light and space within the places that have been documented in photographs or drawings. He questions the historical space-light conditions and processes them using traditional and digital photographic techniques.

Ola KOLEHMAINEN (*1964, Finland): Das ist der Dom in Coeln I – Christophe Guye Galerie — Das ist der Dom in Coeln I

Ola KOLEHMAINEN (*1964, Finland): Dom in Coeln 1248-1880 I – Christophe Guye Galerie — Dom in Coeln 1248-1880 I

Ola KOLEHMAINEN (*1964, Finland): Dom in Coeln 1248-1880 III – Christophe Guye Galerie — Dom in Coeln 1248-1880 III

Ola KOLEHMAINEN (*1964, Finland): Dom in Coeln, (anticipated interior view 1795) – Christophe Guye Galerie — Dom in Coeln, (anticipated interior view 1795)

Ola KOLEHMAINEN (*1964, Finland): Magdeburg Dom 1. half 14c – Christophe Guye Galerie — Magdeburg Dom 1. half 14c

Ola KOLEHMAINEN (*1964, Finland): Reliquary with Holy Spirit Dove c.1300 – Christophe Guye Galerie — Reliquary with Holy Spirit Dove c.1300

Ola KOLEHMAINEN (*1964, Finland): St. Gereon 612 - 1227 I – Christophe Guye Galerie — St. Gereon 612 - 1227 I

Ola KOLEHMAINEN (*1964, Finland): St. Gereon 612 - 1227 III – Christophe Guye Galerie — St. Gereon 612 - 1227 III

Ola KOLEHMAINEN (*1964, Finland): St. Kolumba I 830 – 1944 – Christophe Guye Galerie — St. Kolumba I 830 – 1944

Ola KOLEHMAINEN (*1964, Finland): St. Maria vom Frieden 1685 I – Christophe Guye Galerie — St. Maria vom Frieden 1685 I

Ola KOLEHMAINEN (*1964, Finland): St. Ursula Reliquary 15c. II – Christophe Guye Galerie — St. Ursula Reliquary 15c. II

Ola KOLEHMAINEN (*1964, Finland): Synagogue in Glockenkasse Köln 1861 (Destroyed 9.11.38) I – Christophe Guye Galerie — Synagogue in Glockenkasse Köln 1861 (Destroyed 9.11.38) I