These Volatile Bodies with Daniel Hojnacki
These Volatile Bodies with Daniel Hojnacki
Join us via Zoom on Wednesday, July 16th, 7 pm EDT
The photographic practice is a product of all things elemental (water, light, time), inviting us to be in direct response to and in accordance with the natural changes within the world around us. This allows for wondrous chance happenings to exist, and in these moments of joy and play, we keep returning to the elemental.
Join us for a rich conversation with Daniel Hojnacki about his experimental photography and how the element of fire inspires his creative practices. For Daniel, fire’s influence lies in the delicate atmospheric nature of its grace.
Elemental and unpredictable, fire leaves a significant trace. Often, through its destruction, there is a hope for growth. It is the base for alchemy, instigating change and rebirth while also being a contradictory material, one that can sometimes bring comfort, yet is equally feared.
Together, we will explore fire's alchemical and contradictory nature and ponder the ways that fire can ignite your own creative process.
Daniel Hojnacki (b.1989) uses experimental techniques in photography to investigate the quietness of being an observer within the world, creating work that explores the importance of materiality in the image-making process. Daniel seeks out ways of recording the movement of the body and natural world, trusting chance happenings within photography to capture the subtle and fleeting textural gestures around us. Daniel received his MFA from the University of New Mexico in 2022, and he is a recipient of the Penumbra Foundation Workspace Artist-In-Residence, The Patrick Nagatani Photography Scholarship, The Phyllis Muth Arts Award, among other honors. He has exhibited work at the Museum of Contemporary Photography, University of New Mexico Art Museum, and the Chicago Cultural Center. His work has been featured in Aint-Bad, Pamplemousse Magazine and Southwest Contemporary Magazine. He is represented by 203 Fine Art in Taos, NM, and he currently lives and works in Chicago, IL.
