Lunch Time Lecture: Kasia Ozga – „The Internal Frontier“

The Internal Frontier Series is an artwork consisting of cutouts made from human chest x-rays, displayed on medical-grade light boxes. The artwork juxtaposes biomedical imagery from immigrants currently living in France with reproductions of various borders and conflict zones, around the world. Some of these images directly relate to the personal histories of the individuals who have donated their x-rays, whereas others involve imagery of borders obtained via internet search engines. The works explore how our identities are formed as we pass through the many borders, physical, as well as mental, that we must cross on a daily basis. The works’ ambiguity underscores the dual symbolism of the border as a barrier and as a springboard, simultaneously inhibiting and enabling interactions between individuals and select geographic locations. 
Kasia Ozga is a Polish American sculptor and installation artist based between Chicago, IL and Brest, France. She creates public artworks and sculptural installations in a variety of materials for both interior and exterior spaces. Her works depict change in the body’s relationship to physical and social spaces, either directly, through the use of organic materials intentionally affected by weather conditions over time, or indirectly, via visual metaphors for the experience of time. Ozga is a former Kosciuszko Foundation Fellowship recipient, Harriet Hale Woolley Grant recipient from the Fondation des Etats-Unis and Young Professional Artist Travel Grant recipient from the Polish Ministry of Culture grantee. Her work has been exhibited in over 10 countries. She currently teaches at the European Academy of Art in Brittany (EESAB Brest) and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Paris 8, an M.F.A. from the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, and a B.F.A. from the SMFA, Boston.
Architekturtheorie
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sokratis Georgiadis
LB Claudia Nitsche, MA
LA Thomas Cappellaro, MA