Listening, attention
What values are reflected in your work and why, dear Benjamin?
"As a photographer and filmmaker, I've mostly seen myself as an observer and collector of moments. That's also how I learn best: by listening and watching. Attentiveness and room for interpretation lead directly to ideas. Today, I can generate images through words. My working world has changed. I continue collecting and allow myself to be surprised. In the images of the "new generation," I see a certain restful solitude that I like. A leaning into nothingness, a waiting. That pleases the optimist in me."
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Artist of the Month: Benjamin Breitkopf
Born in 1986 in Donaueschingen (Germany), he is a filmmaker and media artist. After training at the SWR (Southwest German Broadcasting Corporation) in Baden-Baden, he studied media art at the University of Art and Design. He has a natural interest in observing events, capturing contexts, and portraying people. He documents everyday scenes and social phenomena around the world, which he exhibits as expansive installations, projections in cityscapes, film works, and photographs.
A collection of personal perspectives on values – created in cooperation with ato and the Museum of Values. Edition: Artist of the Month
Photo by Sebastian Heck
