Kaspar Lukas
Journal
[Newspaper; 280 X 400mm⸻Inventing Life] A newspaper created to accompany three photographs exhibited at the University of Arts Linz. Through selection, sequencing and reproduction, the project examines how images construct reality.
[Zine, A4⸻Kugel] First drafts for an upcoming project. Interviews with students.
[Restaurant Photos, InstaPosts⸻Nihat] Restaurant El Paso, Ok Platz 1A, Linz.
[Identity; ⸻Michael Sirch, Chemist] In the laboratory from Michael Sirch, they work with oleochemistry and the sustainable transformation of used oils into green solutions. The idea behind the logo is based on mixing blue and yellow — resulting in green. Together we created a website, business cards, letterheads, envelopes, and portrait photographs of Michi.
[Poster; A0⸻Das Leben ist schön] La Vita è bella (1997) by Roberto Benigni was the starting point of the poster. In the film, Guido Orefice creates an alternative reality for a child, exposing the absurdity of racial theory. I wanted to make a poster, for a child as well — for Rosa, my eleven-year-old half-sister. I gave it to her on her birthday, and she was very happy with it. Maybe she will look at it in the future and it will remind her that tolerance, imagination, and hope, help in difficult times. Typography —Climax!
[Poster; A0⸻Echo] A poster series made in cooperation with students of the Filmakademie Wien for the experimental short film Echo. An Echo from loud to quiet, and quiet to loud.
[Poster; A0, A1⸻Presentation, Exhibition Poster, Masters]
[Info Sheet⸻Before Publishing, After Publishing]
[Fine Art Print; 40X50cm⸻Untitled] Cut-outs, Funk-Technik (1946–1986).
[Fine Art Print; Mounted on Alu Dibond; Box Frame; 350X500mm⸻Unititled I-V] Through newly arranged and photographically reproduced editorial images from Life Magazine, the series thematizes work processes such as selection, sequencing and reproduction. It reflects the dissolution of the boundaries between representation and reality. The constructive level of image creation becomes visible in the photographs. Traces such as reflections, traces of use or the materiality of the prints refer to human intervention. This makes it possible to experience the photograph as a constructed object that distances itself from reality.
[Fine Art Print⸻Fußgänger Bronx]
[Fine Art Print—Photorag Ultrasmooth; 350X500mm⸻Konvergenz] The photo series is based on predefined rules. The aim became to create different versions of the same motif—to make the similarities and differences of a subject visible. Applied to people walking, the resulting series reveals an individual loneliness of the persons, which at the same time creates a sense of connectedness through recurring and differing characteristics. Everything is the same—even if it is different.
My work includes publications, websites, corporate identities, visual communication for exhibitions, posters, and, in my spare time, close to my heart, artistic photography. I think it's nice to see design as something that can help create meaning, happiness and contentment for yourself and others.