Lithics

“Lithics“ explores places and matter that are closely linked to early human history. The project is a photographic investigation of the origins of human behavior, our interaction with the world and the fragility of human existence.

The term "anthropogenesis" describes the long evolutionary process that has made humans what they are today: deeply social and cultural beings. Throughout this process, humans have increasingly emancipated themselves from nature, while always remaining a part of it. Many parallels to human characteristics can be found throughout the animal kingdom, showing how ordinary the human species actually is. However, it is the combination of these traits that makes man an oddity. It's difficult to describe this oddity solely from the present. Rather, it should be viewed through the lens of evolutionary development.

For my work "Lithics" I traveled to places directly linked to early human history. Historical artifacts mingle with contemporary environments, evidence of the past mixes with everything that will itself eventually turn into traces.

The silent protagonists are the Neanderthals, whose former habitats and cultural sites I repeatedly explored and photographed in Germany, the Czech Republic and Austria during the development of the work.

"Lithics" looks at the origins of human behavior, our interaction with the world, and the fragility of our existence.