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Wer schnupft am Schönsten?
Elisa Maria Zeisler
As part of Wer schnupft am Schönsten? at HFBK boutique, Elisa Maria Zeisler constructs a room that houses an immersive installation. The installation draws on the extensive history of Bavarian snuff tobacco clubs (Schnupftabakmeisterschaften), tracing back to the 1960s – a community the artist entered by founding her own club in 2024 in Hamburg. Bringing the neon-coloured sports jerseys of her club into the microcosm of an old-fashioned Bavarian tavern, richly decorated with embroidered cloths and taxidermy trophies and populated by men in Lederhosen, Zeisler opens a dialogue between tradition and novelty. The work reflects on the tension between the scene’s conservative, patriarchal undercurrents and the voices of a younger generation.
The set itself becomes the subject of the work through its spatial arrangement: half of the exhibition space remains empty, revealing the otherwise hidden back of the set. This makes the set visible as a construction and, at the same time, exposes the boundary between the depicted world and its staging.
The video work shown alongside the installation documents the artist’s journey into the world of snuff tobacco clubs, driven by her long-standing interest in stepping into psychological and physical spaces usually hidden from the general public. Zeisler’s artistic practice recreates these niche spaces within a gallery, allowing viewers to step inside and experience them firsthand.
Artwork by Elisa Zeisler at Graduate Show 2025; photo: Tim Albrecht
TodayThu, 17 Sep 2026
Eröffnung
18:00 Uhr