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Neunplus presents Alibi, an exhibition of new work by Neunplus member Thorsten Kirchhoff.

• Vernissage/Opening: Thursday, 15th November 2007, 7pm, at Neunplus.
• Duration: 16th November – 2nd December, 2007 (Opening hours: Wed-Fri: 4pm-8pm, Sat-Sun: 2pm-6pm).

In his photographic work, Thorsten Kirchhoff refuses the narration of linear stories. These images, which he finds in his surroundings, follow a melancholic mood. A space of interpretation as wide as possible emerges, and the viewer is required to make up his or her own stories. Imaginations, fantasies, experiences and wishes thus freely enter our perception.

The atmospherically condensed pictures of the Alibi series give us the impression of ‘something which could have happened’. As a resolution will not be found, the viewer is left alone with the images and adds the perception of the pictures to his or her own individual contexts. The pictures appear to be far removed from reality and the present in a strange way. Time and place seem to disappear in these black-and-white photographs – the photographer moves with the camera through timeless and indefinable spaces.

Thorsten Kirchhoff was born in Thuine, Germany, in 1973. He studied Publishing in Leipzig and Photography at FAS in Berlin. He worked as a book designer and producer for publishing houses, amongst others for powerHouse Books, New York. At present he is living in Berlin, where he works as a magazine designer. He is a member of Neunplus, and his work has been shown in exhibitions at the Konika-Minolta Gallery (Tokyo, Japan), at Progr (Bern, Switzerland) as well as FAS and Neunplus in Berlin.

A more detailed overview, in German, is available to download (PDF file, 64.94KB).