Thomas Demand
Thomas Demand studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and at Goldsmiths College in London and is known for his large-format photographs, which explore the gaps between reality and its forms of representation. By creating three-dimensional, mostly life-size models of spaces, made of paper and cardboard, whose themes often refer to found footage from the mass media, and by photographing the crafted scenes, he creates his own unique artefacts that play with the viewer's notions of fiction and reality. In addition to participating in numerous international group exhibitions, his work has been presented in a series of solo exhibitions since the mid-1990s, most recently at the Fondazione Prada in Venice in an exhibition project realised together with Alexander Kluge and Anna Viebrock.
As of February 2019.
Past Events
Palast der Republik
Day 3: New Alliances
with Boris Buden, Naika Foroutan, Srećko Horvat, Thomas Krüger, Lorenzo Marsili, Vijay Prashad, Bénédicte Savoy, Anna Stiede, Karen Taylor, Margarita Tsomou & Yanis Varoufakis
in the evening: “Musikpalast”with Astronautalis, Tyondai Braxton, Buke and Gase, Anna Calvi, Cantus Domus, Arone Dyer, Andi Haberl (The Notwist) & Kaj Duncan David, Anja Plaschg (Soap&Skin) & stargaze
Palast der Republik
Day 2: 1989/2019 - Come Together
with Boris Buden, Naika Foroutan, Bernd Gehrke, Alexander Giesche, Andrej Holm, Srećko Horvat, Anetta Kahane, Thomas Krüger, Bojana Kunst, Antonia Majaca, Irene Misselwitz, The Performance Bar, Vijay Prashad, Jörg Roesler, Andreas Siekmann, Jan Sowa, Gabriele Stötzer, Margarita Tsomou, Jeremy Wade, Anna Zett a.o.
in the evening: CHEAP
Palast der Republik
Day 1: Re-Vision
with Almuth Berger, Tatjana Böhm, Susan Buck-Morss, Boris Buden, Augusto Corrieri, Bernd Gehrke, Trajal Harrell, Max Hertzberg, Pan Daijing, Bénédicte Savoy, Bernhard Schlink, Technosekte + Henrike Naumann u.a.