PORTRAIT AND SOUVENIRS
Curators' tour with Timo Schmidt and
Sebastian Fritzsch
4 October, 3 p.m.

 

The zine series Portrait and Souvenirs is the focus of the first guided tour ofthe exhibition Schlaf. Portrait and Souvenirs. Timo Schmidt and Sebastian Fritzsch will talk about the creation and motivation behind the seven zines. There will be insights into Sebastian's photographic archive, paired with anecdotes about found objects and unpublished photos. The topics of self-publishing and magazine design are also part of the tour. This covers rhythm, speed, blank pages, colour or black-and-white photographs, and print runs and editions in general.

Portrait and Souvenirs is a series of zines created from Sebastian Fritzsch's photographic archive for the exhibition Schlaf (Sleep). Seven zines were published in the run-up to the exhibition at ‘Der siebte Himmel’ (6 June) and ‘Le Pop Lingerie’ (20 August), as well as at the opening of the exhibition at the Temporary Gallery and at the Art Book Fair ‘Between Books’ at the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf. The zines are available at the exhibition. Parallel to the analogue editions, the Instagram account @portrait_and_souvenirs offers an insight into Sebastian's archive.

Book blurb by Meike Eiberger:
"Sebastian Fritzsch faces the labyrinth of everyday life through the lens of his camera. He captures places, situations, objects, animals, and people — gradually building a visual atlas that is uniquely his own. Often shot intuitively, his photographs serve as a way of grounding himself and as a personal reassurance: I was here; I know this place. These countless images function as landmarks — anchors that offer both protection and orientation. The artist‘s archive, containing over 500 rolls of 35mm film, forms a system of personal coordinates that viewers are invited to explore. Taken together, the photographs collected in the zines also create a distinctive portrait of the artist, one that shifts and evolves with each new edition. More than just images, they serve as memorabilia: moments Fritzsch has preserved for eternity, now waiting to be unearthed and brought to light, like a hidden treasure."