Cortis & Sonderegger is a collaborative team of two Swiss artists, Jojakim Cortis and Adrian Sonderegger. They are best known for their photographs of their physical recreations of famous photographs.[1][2]
Life
Cortis was born in 1978 in Aachen, Switzerland. Sonderegger was born in 1980 in Bülach, Switzerland. Since 2001 they have lived and worked in Zurich, Switzerland. Their collaboration began in 2005 while they were students at the Zurich University of the Arts.[3][4]
Work
The duo are best known for their physical representations of famous photographs, titled Icons and begun in 2012. The recreations involve the use of precision model-making to create three-dimensional miniature dioramas of the scene in the original photograph. Once the diorama is built, the final product is a photograph of the overall scene, often including some of the tools and materials used in its making.[2]
Andreas Gursky's Rhein, the most expensive photograph ever sold, was the first subject of their recreations.[3][5]
Other subjects of their recreations include:
- the 1937 photography of the Hindenberg disaster by Sam Shere,[6]
- Charles Levy's 1945 photograph of the Nagasaki nuclear bomb detonation, titled Making of 208-N-43888 by Charles Levy, 19452013,[7][8]
- the 1934 photograph of the Loch Ness Monster, titled Making of “Nessie” (by Marmaduke Wetherell, 1934)[9]
- the 1989 "Tank Man" photograph of a man obstructing a tank during the Tiananmen square crackdown,[6][10] and
- Edwin Aldrin's photograph of man's first step on the Moon.[11][10]
- Robert Frank's photograph of two people viewing a parade in New Jersey.[11][10]
- a photograph of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami.[11][10]
Exhibitions
2023
Revela‘t, International Festival of Contemporary Analog Photography, Barcelona (SP) No Boundaries, West Eden Gallery, Bangkok (TH)
2022
Walker Evans Revisited, Kunsthalle Helmond (NL)
Panoràmic Granollers Festival, Barcelona (SP)
T3 Photo Festival Tokyo, Tokyo (JP)
“Me, myself and I”, Cortona on the Move Festival, Cortona (IT)
“To Imagine”, Getxophoto Festival, Getxo (SP)
2021
"Illustré - 100 ans", solo show at Images, Vevey (CH)
2020
“The Architecture of Deception“, B’NK’R, Munich (DE)
“20/20Twenty Artworks Celebrating Twenty Years”, Gallery Bryce Wolkowitz, NYC (USA)
“Athens Photo Festival 2020”, Athens (GR)
“Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie 2020”, Mannheim (DE)
“Rabbit Hole”, Ljubljana (SLO)
2019
“Human Impact”, Künstlerhaus Dortmund (DE)
“Maan/Moon”, FOMU, Antwerp (BE)
"Modell-Naturen in der zeitgenössischen Fotografie“, several places (DE)
“Icons”, Ravestijn Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
“Apollo's Muse: The Moon in the Age of Photography”, MET, NYC (USA)
“Double Take”, C/O, Berlin (DE)
„Stories That Matter“, Objectifs, Singapore (SG)
„Belfast Photo Festival“, Belfast (GB)
“Photo Basel”, Basel (CH), Ravestijn Gallery
“Photo Schweiz 19”, Zurich (CH)
“Ways of Seeing” by Sam and Til, Abu Dhabi (UAE)
2018
“Paris Photo”, Grand Palais, Paris (F)
“ICONS”, Gallery exhibition at Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, NY (USA)
“Icons”, WestLicht, Vienna (AT)
"NEXT IMAGE - The Past of the Future", Daegu Photo Biennale (KOR)
“Double Take”, Fotostiftung Schweiz, Winterthur (CH)
"10. Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie", Darmstadt (DE)
“Way of Seeing”, Villa Empain, Boghossian Foundation, Brussles (BE)
“UNVERIFIED", Museum of Contemporary Art/Jacksonville (US)
2017
“Lianzhou Foto 17”, Lianzhou (CHN)
“Landskrona Foto Festival 2017”, Landskrona (SWE)
“Ways of Seeing”, Arter, Istanbul (TUR) and Brussels (BE)
2016
“Nun scheint im vollen Glanze”, Burgrieden – Rot (D)
“Photography never dies”, Wroclaw (PL)
“What”s Up Photo Doc”, Paris (F)
“Wings of Fantasy: New European Photography”, Peking (CHN)
“Grand Prix international de photographie de Vevey 2015/2016”, Vevey (CH)
“Bilderstrom”, Bonn (D)
“Nothing But Blue Skies”, Rencontres d”Arles (F)
“Festival de Mode et Photographie”, Hyères (F)
“Icons”, Solo Show at East-Wing Gallery, Dubai (UAE)
“Icônes”, Solo Show at Galerie Robert Doisneau, Centre Culturel André Malraux, Nancy (F)
2015
“Prix Photoforum”, Biel (CH)
“Prix Photo”, Sothebys Zurich (CH)
“Ikonen”, Galllery Espace JB, Geneve (CH)
“Swiss Photo Award”, EWZ, Zürich (CH)
2014
”For Future Reference”, Paris Photo Art Fair, Paris (FR)
“(Mis)Understanding Photography, Works and Manifestos”, Museum Folkwang, Essen (DE)
“Swiss Photo Award” (Winner Category Free), EWZ, Zürich (CH)
2013
“PHOTO 13”, Maag event hall, Zürich (CH)
“Ohne Titel” (whithout title), Gallery 13Photo, Zürich (CH)
2008
“Make Believe; Biel”, Bienne Festival of Photography, Biel (CH)
2006
“vfg sponsorship award for up and coming young talent”, several places in Switzerland
“Diploma exhibition ZHDK”, Toni-Areal, Zürich (CH)
“Work grants for fine arts of canton Zurich”, Art school F+F, Zürich (CH)
2005
“vfg pool – favorites”, galerie Plattform 11, Zürich, (CH)
“PHOTO 05”, Maag Event Hall, Zürich, (CH)
2004
“Art as Photography" – Photography as Art”, NRW forum for culture and economy, Dusseldorf (DE)
2003
“Schönegg Exhibition”, Art Space Walcheturm, Zürich (CH)
Collections
- Their work Making of Tiananmen (by Stuart Franklin, 1989) is included in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago.[12]
- Making of 'AS11-40-5878' (by Edwin Aldrin, 1969) is included in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.[13]
Awards
- 2015/2016 Vevey International Photography Award : Broncolor Prize[14]
References
- ↑ Slobig, Zachary (9 March 2015). "History's Most Iconic Photos, Recreated in Miniature". Wired. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019 – via www.wired.com.
- 1 2 Thaddeus-Johns, Josie (19 March 2019). "Think You Know This Photograph? Take Another Look". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- 1 2 "ICONS – Works by Jojakim Cortis and Adrian Sonderegger". British Journal of Photography. 31 March 2016. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ↑ "Exhibition Double Take - artist, news & exhibitions - photography-now.com". photography-now.com. Archived from the original on 2019-01-21. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
- ↑ Padtberg, Carola (20 March 2019). "Verfremdete Ikonen der Fotografie: Alles Fake!". Der Spiegel. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019 – via Spiegel Online.
- 1 2 McKenzie, Sheena (27 March 2015). "History's famous photos made into mini models". CNN Style. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ↑ "War and fleece: DIY recreations of iconic photographs – in pictures". The Guardian. 2 May 2016. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019 – via www.theguardian.com.
- ↑ "Hochparterre - Kultur - Nachgebaut und aufgenommen". Archived from the original on 2019-03-21. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
- ↑ Conway, Richard. "See World Famous Photographs Recreated in a Studio". Time. Archived from the original on 2019-03-19. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
- 1 2 3 4 Tempelman, Olaf (23 July 2018). "Jojakim Cortis en Adrian Sonderegger maken kunstwerken van iconische nieuwsfoto's". de Volkskrant.
- 1 2 3 Spaces, Malaika Byng, The (25 May 2017). "Art duo create 3D miniatures of historic events". CNN Style. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
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- ↑ "Making of 'AS11-40-5878' (by Edwin Aldrin, 1969) - The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston". www.mfah.org.
- ↑ "Winner of the "Prix Internationale de la Lumière" in Vevey – Project: Icons". broncolor News. 1 March 2016. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.