Biographie
Rostock, Germany,1975. Ulricke Schmitz studied photography at the Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie in Berlin. She is represented by Exp 12, Gallery for contemporary photography in Berlin.
Présentation
The genome of Neanderthals, a human species that became extinct 39,000 years ago, has recently been decoded. Scientists from Harvard University are now working on its synthetic reproduction within a human stem cell that could be incorporated into a human surrogate mother. The (re)birth of a Neanderthal clone has hereby become a real future scenario. The surreal case of the Neanderthal clone has caught the interest of the photographer, who deals in her project with both aspects – our origin and our potential future. The images follow a process of metaphorical documentation.