Stars for Europe
book and exhibition (2022 & 2023)
@Camera Arts HSLU/ Fotowerkschau Luzern
Equipped with a camera, a notepad, and twenty printed questionnaires I traveled to Bucharest in autumn 2022. I met young Romanians and a dialogue emerged about the construct of Europe, our different realities, and shared hopes – about what connects us more than 2000 kilometers apart.
The project «Stars for Europe» was part of a group exhibition at Hochschule Luzern in 2022 and exhibited at Fotowerkschau Luzern in 2023. In this context, the dummy of a photobook transformed into a Zine which contains images and a written reportage. The photographs and handwritten charts became part of a projection which presented them as ephemeral memories. Furthermore, I extended the collaborative part to the Swiss audience and invited them to share their thoughts about Switzerland and Europe. Thus, I revisited my method of expressing questions of identity via collaborative charts.
Fotowerkschau Luzern 2023
![Exhibition view Fotowerkschau Luzern 2023](https://assets-global.website-files.com/63a1cc7d8503965908411d55/653e2a78a494cdf30509a900_exhibition%20view_Fotodok%20Werkschau_Luzern%2020231.jpg)
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![This image is part of the project Stars for Europe by Salome Erni.](https://assets-global.website-files.com/63a1cc7d8503965908411d55/63c418801c21780168c3fc24__DSC5815%20Gro%C3%9F.jpeg)
![This image is part of the project Stars for Europe by Salome Erni.](https://assets-global.website-files.com/63a1cc7d8503965908411d55/63c418970a0060aad3db5ef8__DSC4617%20Gro%C3%9F.jpeg)
![handwritten charts, collaboration in Romania](https://assets-global.website-files.com/63a1cc7d8503965908411d55/64efb34a490ca9180aedefe7_20221017173051_002.png)
![This image is part of the project Stars for Europe by Salome Erni.](https://assets-global.website-files.com/63a1cc7d8503965908411d55/63c41921d3e27e86fea2d6cb__DSC5253%20Gro%C3%9F.jpeg)
![This image is part of the project Stars for Europe by Salome Erni.](https://assets-global.website-files.com/63a1cc7d8503965908411d55/63c4199674f9340c0ebc8318__DSC5756%20Gro%C3%9F.jpeg)
![This image is part of the project Stars for Europe by Salome Erni.](https://assets-global.website-files.com/63a1cc7d8503965908411d55/63c4199c0a00600f5ddb6f09__DSC5769%20Gro%C3%9F.jpeg)
![This image is part of the project Stars for Europe by Salome Erni.](https://assets-global.website-files.com/63a1cc7d8503965908411d55/63c419b96c82065818970687__DSC5011%20Gro%C3%9F.jpeg)
![This image is part of the project Stars for Europe by Salome Erni.](https://assets-global.website-files.com/63a1cc7d8503965908411d55/63c424b93b2b7649abac8b16__DSC5269%20Gro%C3%9F.jpeg)
![handwritten charts, collaboration in Romania](https://assets-global.website-files.com/63a1cc7d8503965908411d55/64efb355e56868a4a5265d8e_20221017173051_006.png)
![handwritten charts, collaboration in Romania](https://assets-global.website-files.com/63a1cc7d8503965908411d55/64efb34a490ca9180aedefe7_20221017173051_002.png)
![This image is part of the project Stars for Europe by Salome Erni.](https://assets-global.website-files.com/63a1cc7d8503965908411d55/63c41f73810a9a7064bb55e1__DSC4656%20Gro%C3%9F.jpeg)
![This image is part of the project Stars for Europe by Salome Erni.](https://assets-global.website-files.com/63a1cc7d8503965908411d55/63c4208874f93417dcbd0f14__DSC5654%20Gro%C3%9F.jpeg)
![handwritten charts, collaboration in Romania](https://assets-global.website-files.com/63a1cc7d8503965908411d55/64efb3680b8a7866f219a8dc_20221017182341_001.png)
![This image is part of the project Stars for Europe by Salome Erni.](https://assets-global.website-files.com/63a1cc7d8503965908411d55/63c4201f2528491f1415b6bd__DSC6079%20Gro%C3%9F.jpeg)
Exhibition at Hochschule Luzern 2022
![Details of the exhibition Stars for Europe at HSLU in 2022 by Salome Erni.](https://assets-global.website-files.com/63a1cc7d8503965908411d55/63c28dd71a14156c4c15a9f3_Salome%20Erni_Stars%20for%20Europe_exhibition%201.jpeg)
![Details of the exhibition Stars for Europe at HSLU in 2022 by Salome Erni.](https://assets-global.website-files.com/63a1cc7d8503965908411d55/63c28dd78ffd31b67f50956e_Salome%20Erni_Stars%20for%20Europe_exhibition%202.jpeg)
![Details of the exhibition Stars for Europe at HSLU in 2022 by Salome Erni.](https://assets-global.website-files.com/63a1cc7d8503965908411d55/63c28dd74553f6c3c5b684fb_Salome%20Erni_Stars%20for%20Europe_exhibition%203.jpeg)
![Details of the exhibition Stars for Europe at HSLU in 2022.](https://assets-global.website-files.com/63a1cc7d8503965908411d55/63c28dce74f9344fa6a327e0_Salome%20Erni_Stars%20for%20Europe_book%201.jpeg)
![Details of the book Stars for Europe](https://assets-global.website-files.com/63a1cc7d8503965908411d55/63c28dcebe9ea51c1e7bb01c_Salome%20Erni_Stars%20for%20Europe_book%202.jpeg)