Urbane Metamorphose
2023
Exhibition at Kunstück e.V. in MainzThe photo series Urban Metamorphosis consists of images taken in various major European cities. They depict the lives of urban populations
in confrontation with structural change. From Bucharest to Bielefeld to Paris—construction is booming across Europe’s cities. However, the fresh concrete not only makes for stylish apartments but also ushers in a structural transformation accompanied by sharply rising rents.
People with middle and low incomes can no longer afford to live in their cities and are pushed through a process of marginalization into structurally disadvantaged suburbs. The Urban Metamorphosis project observes this process with a focus on both the changing architecture and its inhabitants.