Concept
In Reggio Emilia (Italy), the local utility company decided to invest €75 million in a very large, state-of-the-art biogas production plant.
The original plan to use the plant to power the city's entire public transport system had to be abandoned due to the decision to switch to electric power during construction. New EU regulations and expiring subsidies were decisive factors. The planning uncertainty resulted in enormous financial problems for the utility company.
The plant covers a considerable area of approximately 17 hectares of land. The surface was completely sealed. Hundreds of thousands of tons of concrete were used in its construction.
The biogas plant is extremely controversial among the population.
I had the opportunity to follow the construction until its commissioning. The ambivalence between green progress and the unreal, actually hostile nature of the environment preoccupied me throughout the entire period.
Vita
Lives in Berlin and Reggio Emilia (Italy)
Born in 1969
Education
- Studied Art History 1990–94
- Trained as an Advertising Salesman 1994–96
- Photography Assistant in Italy 1996–97
Career
- Marketing Manager / Photographer at the Görlitz Theater 1998–99
- Freelance Photography since 1999
- Exhibitions since 2004
- Video since 2007
- Art Fairs since 2011
- Founding Member of the THEMA Group 2012
- Documentary Film since 2019
Selected Projects from Recent Years
- Silvia (2023)
- (dis)connection (2021-22)
- Not a Single Day, Documentary (2019-2022)
- Grand Hotel (2021)
- Dante, a Farmer (2018-2021)
- Private Behind (2021)
- Hermann's House (2018)
- Extinction (2018)
Awards from Recent Years
- Aenne Biermann Prize 2023, 2nd Prize
- New Post Photography Award 2021, MIA
- Lost Places Thuringia 2018, 1st Prize
- Felix Schoeller Award 2017, Nomination