1st a picture they say is worth a 1000 words but how many of those words are lies one of germany's most successful photo artists thomas holds reconfigures photos he finds in order to reveal manipulation in a new exhibition who turns its focus to some of the biggest lies of the 20th century propaganda from chairman mao's china. thomas wolfe new exhibition. at the k 20 percent off for inspiration wolf went back to propaganda photos from the 1950 s. china. i'm always interested in photography that lines and they used to that's what they were designed to do. took the pictures from old magazines copy them and believe them are photos of

a utopia that never existed but feel both still relevant today puts the i hope these pictures are a commentary on our times as well on fake news or on doctored images false reality is true true more stuff. com and of course reproductions you can clearly see the grid from the offset printing used to make the original images and he's amplifying the pixelation of his own digital copy data by emphasizing how the camera lines. in his press plus plus series also part of the exhibit cliff takes press photos and prints the info from the back of the photo on the front. in doing so he creates a montage is that comment on how every image we see has been manipulated.

from who we are incredibly influenced by images and these images can be used to manipulate us for sometimes the wrong images for with the wrong text that we believe strongly in the visual image but we should be very very careful about sort of more guns going for through fine. exhibition runs through. february 7th 2021 at the cape and sent off. my colleague scott roxburgh is here with me and has a real on manipulated form i think as far as you know it's ours you know about thomas scott thomas wolfe is part of what's called the dusseldorf school now for people who don't know what the dusseldorf school is what is it why is it so important yet the do store school was set up it's from the the 1980 s. it was at the deuce art academy and it was a group of students. following the professors of band and hilla back who were

photography professors and what they were doing at the time is they were going against the sort of experimental photography at the time and they developed a real minimalist style that shot a lot of industrial sites and they would often pick a single theme like say water towers and then they would shoot endless photos almost identically shot and identical banner and this style had a huge influence i mean there were dozens of them really world famous because they came out of this under as good as he could do to haul for thomas thomas ruth and on and on and on and when i think unites them they've all done different types of work but i think what unites them is they all look at photos as made objects yeah so a photo isn't something you capture you cannot capture in reality it's something you deliberately construct you deliberately make it like like a piece of art and the influence of the school's been tremendous i mean some people say it's the most influential art movement of germany since bauhaus and that it really helped elevate photography to be respected at the level of art you know akin

to painting ok i'm talking about photography the image manipulation coming back to thomas or if we are living in an era of image manipulation and everywhere we look implications are of course huge do you think. our work can help us understand i think so because i mean he really you know so so the sausage is made like he shows exactly how he manipulates his. photos and i think that helps understanding that the photos are being manipulated all the time i mean in this new exhibit he does have some images where he takes old photos and doesn't really see original image he shows us the negative of it so that the the colors are reversed you can't quite see what's happening with what the people are and if you question what i'm actually seeing here what's real what's not but also i mean his his colleague. elsewhere the do store school he does something a bit different but also in the same vein of this shot which is ryan to his most famous photo it looks like an ordinary landscape photo but the originally there was

a big factory there that he moved just took it out he just took it out and so of course he does now is he he takes these images and he creates them in the computer thousands of images puts them together computer i mean crazy beautiful images but it also always gives you the message this is being manipulated don't necessarily trust what you see you know the cameras are actually always lost so it is art teaching us how to be critical of what we are getting much for coming on the show. and staying with photography french algerian photographer mohamed atta boy who has won the daughter of birds of photography prize worth 30000 of british pounds for his work on class and racial tensions the prize was awarded for works including photos of marginalize youths from the outskirts of paris and polaroids shoplifters originally taken by a shopkeeper in new york now the chair of the jury called brewery says works a potent examination of the mechanics of power and their effect on disenfranchised

communities. income neighborhood in dresden germany became the stage for what has to be one of the most impressive. concerts yet the sound of 16 outpourings 9 trumpets and 4 tubers filled the district with a new piece of music designed to be played from across different apartment towers now the composer even built delays in the music to compensate for the sound lag between the towers. the sound of snowy mountain tops but these alpine horns a ringing out from the tops of tower blocks in the poilus neighborhood in the east in german city of justin. the idea for a rooftop concert came to the director of the. over a year ago while he was walking past the 700 story high rise as.

i noticed the great similarity to a mountainous landscape with steep canyons dividing the buildings. and i had the idea that musicians could stand on the rooftops and communicate with one another as it were. much to his surprise the local housing officer he agreed. cells took place at a different location to ensure the concert was a complete surprise. as a professional musician the alpine horn is one of her favorite instruments. as intertie from me telling us it's 3 and a half meters long and it's made of wood. other instruments can be that long to charm bones for example but one that's made of wood is really very special the wood makes the vibration unusual. much of their lives. the performance

began. ground level the orchestra and it's direct that we're keen to draw in the locals as much as possible. livens up the neighborhood. it's a sort of mini concert it sounds grange's. mine which i'm a music fan anyway and i like seeing new ideas outdoor events all performances that involve residents. the highlight of the day was the rooftop performance at sundown of the peace skies above pulis which was specially composed for the event. but i'm really happy and with the sunsets and the lovely lights it's been wonderful

. and judging by the responding applause the locals agree the orchestra is now planning a series of rooftop concerts in cities across europe. well that's one way to keep making music through a pandemic social distancing is also big right now in the dance world which is seeing more solos than avar choreographer marco broke or even jokes he'll soon be choreographing over the phone but he's not there quite. some time and the living is easy it gets hot in this old machine shop that's been repurposed as a studio by big company these days because of coronavirus restrictions choreography . has to stay outside only a few people are allowed in the rehearsal space but despite the unusual circumstances everyone is happy to be working again and dances don't expect things

to be easy at the best of times. against it's all a battle against the versity it has been for 20 years of. war. the ensemble is rehearsing for the upcoming premiere of believe in c. gershwin do you love gershwin the will take place inched up got in early october before going on tour in germany and italy an evening with george gershwin a composer of whom it was once said he wrote rhythms for fred astaire's a perfect fit for the don since then. but however familiar the music is but there is some a time sun by janis joplin all the jazz influenced rhapsody in blue it takes on a new character when it's used as a backdrop for marco go because choreography. and dance you have to fight risks that dance is often too porridge too cozy or it's tedious i see that with the young

choreographers and i always thought you need to make room for a bit of craziness in dance. and wisin bands and oftentimes. the evening features just one had to do it's only allowed despite the restrictions because the dancers live together anyway. after months of lockdown the dancers a thrill to be back doing what they love most social distancing or not. even marco whose work tends to be dark sinister absurdist is sounding unusually cheerful. and yet these days the attitude is oh come on life isn't that difficult it's

a gift of being able to do this. at a time when performances remain few and far between any peace democracy does indeed feel like a gift. that's it for this edition of arts and culture but for more culture news you can always check out our web site at give w dot com slash. the.

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