<\/p>\r\n To get the desired images in over\u00adlay, John used special co\u00advers that turned the ob\u00adser\u00adva\u00adtion slits of the bun\u00adkers in the lens of the camera obscura which projected the \u00bbmilitary point of view\u00ab directly onto the concrete walls of the bun\u00adkers. These mirrored realities can also be seen as the \u00bbeyes\u00ab of the \u00bbmili\u00adtary brain\u00ab, upside-down reality in motion and in color in rela\u00adtion to Plato’s Cave.*<\/strong><\/p>\r\n By using a camera at long exposure time Franz John \u00bbengraved\u00ab these moving images such as ocean waves or passing ships on photo\u00adgraphic emulsion. The re\u00adsult\u00ading works exhibit a haunt\u00ading, soft beauty often resembling \u00bbRenais\u00adsance painting\u00ab.<\/p>\r\n Franz John’s \u00bbMilitary Eyes\u00ab is one of the most imaginative and most suc\u00adcess\u00adfully realized projects to use the unique site and history of the Marin Head\u00adlands. It is artistically provoc\u00adative on many levels, marrying contem\u00adpo\u00adrary tech\u00adnol\u00adogy and artistic practice to older human pastimes, states of mind and per\u00adcep\u00adtion. We are indebted to this artist for showing us how to see, with new eyes, that which was both forgot\u00adten and familiar. We will never look at these sites the same way again. <\/p>\r\n This project was made pos\u00adsible by the generous sup\u00adport of: German Cultural Center of San Francisco (Goethe Insti\u00adtute); ifa – German Insti\u00adtute for Foreign Cultural Relations; Senats\u00adver\u00adwal\u00adtung f\u00fcr kultu\u00adrelle Ange\u00adlegen\u00adheiten, Berlin; Head\u00adlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito (USA)<\/p>\r\n Refering link: Franz John – Headlands Center for the Arts<\/a><\/p>\r\n Exhibitions on Military Eyes (selection)<\/strong><\/span> Publications on Military Eyes (selection) <\/strong><\/span> <\/p>\r\n![\"Military](\"https:\/\/f-john.de\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/military_eyes_BATTERY-WAGNER.jpg\")
\u00a0Military Eyes<\/em> \u2013 Battery Wagner, 1996. (camera obscura, light on concrete)
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Kathryn Reasoner, Executive Director, Headlands Center for the Arts<\/i><\/p>\r\n*In Plato’s allegory, the limited view of the cave dweller substitutes shadow for the realities in light of day.<\/i><\/b><\/h6>\r\n
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Franz John – Military Eyes<\/strong>, Galerie Sch\u00fcppenhauer, K\u00f6ln (D), 1997. Franz John – Military Eyes<\/strong>, Goethe Institut, Warschau (PL), 1998. Franz John – Military Eyes<\/strong>, Galerie Wolf, Berlin (D), 1998. Mediascape 6<\/strong>, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb (HR), 1998. Franz John – Grenzpassagen<\/strong>, Kunstverein Frankfurt\/Oder (D), 2001. Transformationsprozesse<\/strong>, Haus am Kleistpark (Berlin), Kunsthalle Erfurt, Kultur Forum Dresden (D), 2018.<\/p>\r\n
Franz John – Military Eyes<\/strong> (single catalogue), Galerie Sch\u00fcppenhauer, K\u00f6ln (D), 1999. Military Eyes<\/strong>, in: Pinhole Photography<\/em><\/a>, Eric Renner (Ed.), USA, 2008. Military Eyes<\/strong>, in: Reframing Photography<\/a>, Rebekah Modrak with Bill Anthes (Ed.), Routledge UK, USA, Canada, 2010. Franz John – Military Eyes<\/strong>, Manfred Brunner in: neue bildende kunst (D), 1998. Franz John – Fotografische Bilder ohne Kamera<\/strong>, Anne Kotzan in: Zeitschrift Photographie<\/a> (D), 2011.<\/p>\r\n