![]() Helicopters from several states are rescuing people stranded on the top of buildings.At least six houses collapsed and up to 25 more are in danger of caving in.Authorities have said at least 58 people have been killed in Germany.Spector Books is publishing a series of publications: selected photographic and video works by Tobias Zielony are paired with texts by Dora Koderhold, Sophia Eisenhut, Joshua Groß, Mazlum Nergiz, Enis Maci und Jakob Nolte.Click here for more up-to-date information on flooding and rescue efforts in western Germany In this interplay, Zielony shows his subjects as confident participants acting in a global cosmos of social codes and self-portraits – in spite of cultural and social differences. Everyone – and this includes his protagonists – now uses the photographic medium with their smart phone in order to send and receive images. Social networks and the exchange of photographic images they entail have fundamentally changed the notion of the self and the forms of (self-)representation. In his work, Tobias Zielony has time and again addressed youth culture with a view to background, representation and fashion and the definition of identity in a world changing in terms of the media used. Tobias Zielony, Hansha, 2019, Installation view, HD Video, 6:01 min. Courtesy KOW, Berlin, © Tobias Zielony Encounters, situations and places exist alongside and enter into relationship with each other, and in their spatial consolidation cite the ever-present flood of images on social media. A symbolic city space is created in the exhibition’s central space, which offers a space to meet and sojourn. The exhibition is the first to bring together Zielony’s visual worlds from different parts of the world and show them as global phenomena with specific characteristics. ‘The Fall’ combines well-known photography series and early video works ranging from Curfew (2001), Big Sexyland (2006), the well-known stop-motion videos Vele (2009- 10), Maskirovka (2016-7), to the video work Hansha (2019) created in Japan. ![]() His photographic works and films are characterized by a critical understanding of the genre and the quest for self-determination and emancipation of those portrayed in them. In all of this, he explores the intersection between fictional and documentary assertions and investigates the political and aesthetic potential as well as the boundaries of authentic self-representation. Zielony operates globally and allows himself to be guided by his curiosity, which affords him ever new encounters with young people in their respective social contexts. Tobias Zielony, Yusuke, 2020, Inkjet-Print, 120 x 80 cm. Courtesy KOW, Berlin, © Tobias Zielony The youths and young adults whom Zielony accompanies with his camera as a confidant and observer belong to the Techno, LGBTQIT* or skater scene, amongst others. ![]() The people and spaces that attract Tobias Zielony are not on the margins of society, but the places in deprived areas where adolescents meet, hang out and show off: be this in Wuppertal, Trona, Naples, Osaka, Halle-Neustadt or Kiev. The largest presentation of his photographs and video works to date offers a comprehensive insight into Zielony's work of the last 20 years. His work ‘The Citizen’, on the topic of migration, was shown in the German Pavilion at the 2015 Venice Biennial and viewed by a broad international public. Few photographers have observed developments in society and the media as keenly and translated these into a contemporary visual language as he has. His visual world is seen as paving the way for a younger generation. ![]() Zielony stands in a long lineage of artistic photography. ![]() Museum Folkwang is presenting the first major overview exhibition of the work of Tobias Zielony from June 25-Septemtitled ‘The Fall’. ![]()
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