Feđa Kiselički has spent years exploring moldy landscapes that his own neglect of food allowed to develop on items in the refrigerator. As he explains, his “project of photographic interest in the living world of the fridge” was conceived as a critique of the contemporary careless attitude toward food. Fascinated by the shapes, colors, and light effects of details invisible to the naked eye, Feđa photographed the micro-world created by his own, as well as humanity’s broader, negligence using a macro lens, later magnifying the images multiple times, as evidenced by the photographs displayed here.
Through this artistic method—which could also be seen as a form of bio-art—human irresponsibility takes on monumental dimensions, revealing the dense, unstoppable life of playful mycelia of tiny fungi, challenging viewers to reconsider habits of ignoring and neglecting the problem of food waste. His artistic and photographic signature is unique among a group of artists inspired by mold, including German photographic artist Klaus Pihler, whose still lifes with moldy food critically remind us that nearly a billion people on the planet today are starving, and my personal favorite, Elin Thomas, who knits, crochets, and sews realistic motifs of mold.
He is employed as a photographer at the Museum of the City of Novi Sad and has held eleven solo exhibitions.
Dr Ivana Pražić