mono.position #05: Foreign Affairs

Exhibition / 2012 / Berlin
Uncommon Place / Appointment Only
Aoki Takamasa / Kai von Rabenau / Nils Clauss

The third exhibition at Uncommon Place presents three associated photographers that either live abroad or travel often to foreign countries. In the photographic work shown in the exhibition they deal with different sorts of current political, social or cultural issues and create extraordinary statements of our surroundings. The collection of series is shown for the first time in Berlin.

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During one of his many travels to Asia photographer Kai von Rabenau had the rare chance to portray a number of young females in an orphanage in the city of Bam in Iran. All children have been adopted by the owner of the orphanage hence carry his name as their new legacy. The white wall in front of which the photos were taken may be seen as their lost family background from which they stand out to build their new future.
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Motto

Editorial / 2011 / Berlin
Published in Not Magazine / Shanghai

Motto has become an epicentre for independent publishing. The distribution network and bookstore in Berlin founded by Alexis Zavialoff has established itself as one of the most important hubs for art books and magazines, importing and distributing hundreds of titles from small independent publishers from the entire world and establishing books as an art form in its own right.
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Postscript: anbb

Press Photography / 2010 / Berlin
Commissioned by Raster-Noton / Berlin

anbb is the unexpected collaboration between acclaimed artist and electronic producer Carsten Nicolai aka alva noto and the Einstuerzende Neubauten's legendary frontman Blixa Bargeld. Juxtaposing Bargeld's theatrical voice and charismatic persona with Nicolai's experimental approach to sound, anbb have created a dense and intense soundscape that is as intoxicating as it is disturbing.
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