Max Dauven is a photographer from Cologne (Germany), who just graduated from the Academy of Media Arts.

assuming control; 80 cm x 64 cm; Inkjet-Print; 2021

anarcho-communism; 80cm x 64 cm; Inket-Print; 2021

honkler; 80 cm x 64 cm; Inkjet-Print, 2020

memeing-place; 80 cm x 64 cm; Inkjet-Print; 2021

esoteric paint; 80 cm x 64 cm; Inkjet-Print; 2021

In my diploma project I approached the visual set pieces of memes from a photographic point of view. I tried to draw connections between analog/digital photography and memetic practice on the internet. To do this, I arranged and photographed individual, recurring fragments of memes that I found important during my research as sculptures or ready-mades in a photo studio. The photos are digitally processed as little as possible and framed in high quality — they are, so to speak, a Trojan horse that brings the visuality of memes into the art space.