In their solo exhibition Schnappschuss – Meine Fragen sind geklärt., Moritz Krauth (*1990, Hamburg; lives and works in Düsseldorf) explores the processes through which identities are formed and performed. The exhibition unfolds within a field of tension where empowerment, vulnerability, and protection are held in dynamic balance.
At the heart of the exhibition is Faafa Fine, also known as Frank Münch-Pfeiffer — a queer individual whom Krauth accompanied photographically over the course of several months, and with whom they previously realized the performance La Hora Azul at the Museum Ludwig, Cologne, in 2024. The resulting series of indexical works traces multiple layers of Faafa Fine’s life: from intimate, unguarded moments in the privacy of their home to carefully staged scenes in which the performer wields a pistol — a defiant gesture of resilience and self-empowerment, a symbol of being both physically and emotionally ready to face whatever may come. With sensitivity and precision, Krauth opens up a space of shifting perspectives — creating gaps, overlaps, dissonances, and resonances.
Through the works on display, broader processes of identity come into view — ones that have unfolded beyond traditional gender roles over decades and continue to be reimagined. The personal and the social emerge as intertwined and in constant negotiation, always in motion and in friction with one another.
Given the current social climate, which is characterised by a shift to the right and growing hostility towards queer people, this debate is gaining political and cultural significance. At the exhibition opening and on selected occasions, Faafa Fine and Moritz Krauth will present an ongoing performance. Adopting the format of a dialogical guided tour, they offer shifting subjective perspectives and engage in direct conversation with both the works and the audience.