Inside out
2022- ongoing
Danielle Liniger
This work is a kind of self-therapy. It is a search for a new self-awareness, an improved feeling for my body and my being.
There are always moments in my life when I do not feel comfortable in my body. Most of all, I feel my body is too physical. In the past, I felt my body as a kind of prison in such moments. A longing for boundless freedom rose up in me. Remarks about my appearance or feeling cramped in my clothes did not help to promote my body feeling positively. Or was it, the beauty ideals defined by society and the media, which burdened the relationship to my body.
How can I strengthen the feeling towards my body? How do I create a positive relationship to my body? On the one hand, I want to express what it means for me to live in my body and feel it. On the other hand, the confrontation with my body should lead to a more loving treatment of it.
Furthermore, I am interested in how other people deal with their bodies? How do other people feel their body? Is their way of dealing with it reconciliatory? What issues are they concerned with in connection with their own bodies?
In the exhibition I show a first step of my work. Using thoughts and statements, photos, interviews and recordings of shoots. It is important to me to show a communication on and to provide an intimate insight into the subject matter.
Danielle Liniger
Danielle Liniger lives with her family in Bern. She worked in gastronomy, completed the BMS in design and worked as a teacher for several years. The GAF and the studies at the Swiss School of Journalism MAZ in Lucerne helped her to take the step into self-employment. The focus of her work is in the areas of portrait, reportage and documentary photography. She works for various magazines, newspapers and organizations. In her freelance projects, the focus is on personal, social and societal issues.