February 9th, 2020,

Chihiro Lia Ottsu
‘Commemorative Photograph‘
記念写真

Staying in touch with one’s family is often hard. Even the strongest memories can prove to be false. So why not just take perfectly set-up family portraits and misconstrue them actively by yourself? You can’t put your arms around a memory. Read more

November 19th, 2019,

But in the Meta town no.

also I like to experiment with society’s ‘wrongness’, I came to realise the word stigmatization could be a powerful tool, yet to me this stigma, if any, is good as it is. Also taboos, if any, are placed rightly as they are. Otherwise, it would cease to be it without them, in which case probably I would not be interested in. I think. But there is way more. Read more

November 11th, 2019,

The Fiasco of West Germany —
a Kaffeefahrt to Bitburg

The „homeland“ is hip again! Set the table with Rosenthal tableware, place yourself in the cantilever chair an take a good gulp of the splendid Dallmayr Prodomo coffee, because: 30 years after the fall of Berlin’s wall the cultural industry invites for a festival week to celebrate the peaceful revolution — and commands partying, remembering, debating and participation. While the capital is turned into a jolly open-air exhibition and event space, the Galerie Anton Janizewski announces a different kind of spectacle: the funeral of the Bonn republic. Read more

October 21st, 2019,

Ficken ist Frieden

Until 2007, Helga Goetze stood in front of Berlin’s Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church every day for twenty-four years to proclaim her credo. The latest exhibition at Delmes & Zander, Cologne is dedicated to the unwavering provocateur. Read more

August 27th, 2019,

Tim Bruening —
Bucharest Impressions

Two months ago, TISSUE sent me to Telekom Electronic Beats Festival in Bucharest to photograph Umfang for the upcoming TISSUE No. 666fff. From the airport into town, I already fell in love with the city and its weird architecture. Passing by huge empty villas, I immediately knew why they call it “Little Paris”, they even have their own Arc de Triomphe. The whole city is a crazy mashup between these Parisian neo-baroque villas, Soviet gingerbread style and postmodern architecture, making it a special experience to walk through the streets as there is so much to discover. Read more