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“Hotels, Motels” series. Photo: (left) Loukia Richards, (right) Christoph Ziegler
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During the COVID-19 crisis, this place has become the very epicenter of our lives. Forced to stay home, we use our private microcosms in multiple ways: as home office, workout space, kindergarten, workshop, and living room—all at the same time.
In his self-portraits, Ziegler plays with the—sometimes claustrophobic—charac- teristics of the private living space, which the artist defines as the utmost intimate place for retreat on the one hand, and a zone for the permanent reproduction of everyday life rituals on the other.
Photos: Hilmar Pruess