Stefanie Schneider - Bells Ringing (Sidewinder) - 18 Vintage Prints

Bells Ringing (Sidewinder) - 2005 -

Edition 2/5,
104 x 424cm (installed), each piece has the measurement of 48x46cm.
16 analog C-Prints, enlarged and hand-printed by the artist and printed on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, based on 16 original expired SX-70 Polaroids.
Artist inventory Number 3333.02.
Signature label and Certificate.
Not mounted.

from the project SIDEWINDER - Director / Artist / Camera / Editing - Stefanie Schneider, actor, music and poems JD Rudometkin

private history turned into an intimate mythology of elemental fantasies where reality is perceived through a veil of psychedelic memories and unconscious projections. such is a collection of passions and dreams, an uncanny diary of ephemeral narratives and mental intensities in Stefanie Schneider’s painterly photographs where subjectivity of an ontological doubt uses a poetics of pastische as a vehicle for an intertextual journey towards the truth and the authenticity of primary emotions. here time is immersed in a nostalgic suspense of oneiric dimension, a sort of ambiguous coma of silence and comfort, and open space embraces a psychotic landscape of solitude and accidental pleasure. fetishisized surface of extreme feelings gives a stage for an unsolicited promise of unconditional love and unlimited freedom, a promise framed by sensual tension between fulfillment and expectation. (Adam Budak, Kunsthaus Graz, Oct 2005)

Vintage Prints:

Vintage analog C-prints hold a presence that simply can’t be replicated digitally. Hand-printed by the artist in the darkroom, these works originate from physical negatives — light passing through film onto photographic paper — creating an image built from organic silver-halide grain rather than the hard geometry of pixels. This grain gives the print a softness, a depth, and a living quality unique to analog materials.
In an era dominated by digital files and automated printing, the fact that the artist personally prints each piece in her own studio is exceptionally rare. Every print carries the subtle variations of human touch, darkroom judgement, and the irreplaceable character of the vintage photographic process. These are not simply images; they are crafted objects — one step removed from the negative itself, rooted in light, chemistry, and time.