Berliner Fernsehturm

30 345 kr
Includes 5% art tax

Tammo Rist
Artist · Oslo, Norway

Size73 × 89 × 1 cm
Medium
  • Digital
  • Photography
  • Painting
  • Other
Year2020
Photographed in Berlin around 2005, this view of the Fernsehturm began as a quiet act of attention: a Hasselblad, medium format black-and-white film, and that unmistakable needle of modernity rising into the sky. The tower is pure East-Berlin futurism—equal parts promise and surveillance—yet on film it becomes something softer: a memory with sharp edges. After developing the negative, I scanned and edited it, then printed the image in black and white on FineArt paper. That’s where the process turns: colour enters only after the photograph already exists—almost like a reversal of the usual logic. The print goes through a “reverse analog” developing stage, an act of sophisticated studio alchemy. FineArt paper is gently bathed in tinted water, letting pigment seep, bloom, and settle into the fibres like a slow dye–a process that required patience. The result isn’t a digital overlay but a physical stain—part photograph, part atmosphere—so each print carries the same Berlin moment, yet becomes its own, subtly unrepeatable version. This piece is unique (1/1) This is a one-off. There isn’t another copy, and there won’t be. If you’re here for something that holds up over time — visually and conceptually — you’re in the right place. This work comes from a practice built across many years and many contexts: from independent local scenes to major institutions. Unique works are the ones people regret not buying — not because they’re “better”, but because hesitation has consequences: you can’t come back later and find the same piece waiting for you. And hey! If you’re unsure about size: send me a wall photo with measurements and I’ll tell you what will actually work.

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