“Perhaps enscape is for free people, what escape is for prisoners”. This statement is the basis of a photo project by Mario Sixtus und Nadia Zaboura, titled enscape which explores the delta between identity and objectivity by means of isolation, hide and seek, and synthesis. They offer a new perspective on the topical question as to where the individual fits in a world, fashioned for the masses and based on systems and structures. The photos taken during extended trips highlight the subjects of concealment, isolation and freedom. Yet in contrast to classical robinsonade, the isolated individuals in these pictures are not stranded on some deserted island, but live in the post-industrial, technologised, consumer-oriented world, with which we are all familiar. And they all express a decoupling from this civilised piece of humanity. An act of de-networking within the network, slumber in public space.
About the speakers
Mario Sixtus is a journalist and author. He writes for various magazines and newspapers on current developments in the areas of the Internet, network culture and network politics. He is known for his video podcast Elektrischer Reporter on ZDF, as well as the TV commentary Sixtus vs. Lobo with Sascha Lobo, which was shown on 3sat. In 2012, Sixtus initiated the open blog project WirHabenKeineAngst.de [We Are Not Afraid] with which Internet users can counter the fear of terrorism and the tightened security which comes with it. He founded the photo project enscape.de together with Nadia Zaboura.
Follow Sixtus on Twitter: @sixtus
Nadia Zaboura is a communication studies scholar, non-fiction writer and digital media consultant. She is currently a consultant for the cluster management organisation CREATIVE.NRW. She is also a member of the think-tank Co:llaboratory on Internet and Society, a juror of the Grimme Online Award and German Radio Award, and journalistic reporter for the Hyperland format at ZDF.
Follow Zaboura on Twitter: @nadia_z
Becoming sleepers