Mittendrin

Artist Talk by Wolfgang Zurborn in conversation with Frederic Lezmi

August 17, 2023, 8:30 - 10.00 p.m. In the pavillon on Neumarkt, Cologne

At the Artist Talk in the context of the exhibition „Mittendrin“, the curator of the project Frederic Lezmi (The PhotoBookMuseum) talks to Wolfgang Zurborn about his fascination with crowds. With unusual image details and the use of a flash in daylight, the photographer has created his own unique view of the leisure and consumer landscapes of the 1980s and 1990s. The large-scale installation of the images on the Neumarkt makes it possible for viewers to go on a journey through time into their own past, social imprints, collective integration and media influences from that time.

All exhibits in the exhibition were photographed in Cologne. They are part of the extensive project “Crowds”, in which Wolfgang Zurborn has investigated the phenomenon of mass culture in many German cities and also abroad.

During the Artist Talk, other early works by the photographer will be on view, ranging from documentary from documentary black-and-white photographs of German amusement parks and the carnival in Cologne in the early 1980s to the large-format photo collages at the Neumarkt subway station, which he realized together with Stefan Worring in 1987.

More information about the complete cultural program until August 28 in the pavilion of the artist Erika Hock on the Neumarkt at: https://www.stadt-koeln.de/neumarkt-kultur