Invited by the blackprint gallery, Daniel Rojatz had the unique opportunity to work with historical negative plates from around 1910, part of the private blackprint collection. The result is the overpainting series ‘Der Theatral’ based on two plates, which belong to a lot of approximately 100 negatives from which the very first blackprint edition was produced. Two works, curated by balckprint, where displayed at art salon zurich in november 2024

The series consists of 17 unique works, all printed by blackprint on artisanal “Cartalafranca” paper, handcrafted in the Swiss canton of Ticino by artist François Lafranca. Each physical piece is linked to a unique digital counterpart and is delivered in a handcrafted frame with museum glass, numbered, signed, and accompanied by a blockchain-certified Verisart certificate of authenticity.

‘Der Theatral’ is displayed at blackprint gallery and can be purchased over their blackprint webshop or directly at the blackprint gallery - Zypressenstrasse 57 CH-8004, Zurich. Photographs shown above by courtesy of blackprint gallery.

DE | daniel rojatz lebt in österreich und arbeitet seit über 20 jahren im bereich der visuellen kommunikation und werbung. seine berufliche erfahrung umfasst fotografie, grafik-design und art direction. seine künstlerische arbeit konzentriert sich auf textur, abstrakte komposition und detaildichte, hauptsächlich fragmente von plakaten, fundstücken und oberflächen, verwittert und gezeichnet von der zeit, welche meist mittels übermalungen bearbeitet werden. die willkürliche änderung des inhalts ist ein wichtiger aspekt. es geht um den moment, in dem das dokumentarische der schöpfung unterliegt, wo es als erklärung nicht mehr ausreicht und weicht - dem gesehenen, dem gefundenen ermöglicht zu transzendieren - zu werden ...

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EN | daniel rojatz is a photographer and artist living in Austria. He has worked in the field of visual communication and art for more than 20 years.

As an artist, he focuses on abstract compositions, alienation, and density of detail, mainly based on old photographs, fragments of posters, and found objects, weathered and drawn by time. His ‘overpainting’ is closer to calligraphy than to traditional painting, as it focuses less on depiction and more on transformative gestures. it is a search for the moment when documentary becomes an object of creation, the moment when it no longer suffices as mere description and offers the opportunity to transcend what has been seen and found.

‘I’m in search of the aura of the real that was lost in between the original trace and its countless reiterations. I encounter forms and shapes along the way that seem alive, like ghosts. These moments I keep and share as a tribute to their kindness.’

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