Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin
Exhibition Opening
On March 4, Die lebende Stadt (The City Alive) opened at the German Museum of Technology in Berlin – a project by the photographic collective Cadavre Exquis, in which I’m represented with two works. The exhibition invites visitors on a playful visual expedition through the essence of urban life. Seventy photographs, created in the course of a six-month associative exchange, merge into a polyphonic and collaboratively composed artwork.
I was particularly delighted that one of my images was chosen as the key visual for the exhibition poster and invitation. It portrays a contemporary Hermes – a Greek god adrift in the excesses of the present, caught somewhere between champagne, fast food, and flight mode. The image weaves together ancient iconography and modern-day eccentricity, touching on speed, communication, and the longing to be everywhere and nowhere at once.
Taking part in this project was an invitation to see the city not as a backdrop, but as a mirror of our desires. I’m intrigued by how archetypal figures inscribe themselves into urban life – how old myths find new forms. Beyond classical urban photography, my interest lies in atmospheric condensations, symbolic distortions, and the question: what roles are we playing in this theatre of the present?
The City Alive is on view until January 27, 2026, at the German Museum of Technology: