Herlinde
Koelbl: Targets
Venue:
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Switzerland / Zürich
Date: Apr
22, 2016 - Sep 18, 2016
What does
the enemy look like? Does he have a face? In the project “Targets” Herlinde
Koelbl shows the images of enemies that are used to systematically practice
aiming, shooting, hitting, and, ultimately, killing. Over a period of six years
this outstanding German photo artist took pictures of military shooting ranges
in 30 different countries. Her photos show shredded human silhouettes made of
cardboard, plastic dolls riddled with holes or metal figures shot to pieces in
a field. Whether in China, Russia, North Iraq or Switzerland: the targets
always stand for the respective adversary. Accompanied by portraits of
soldiers, video and sound installations as well as interview quotes, these
pictures are now being shown in Switzerland for the first time. They make the
brutality of death and war tangible.
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