Thomas Zipp: A Frozen Mountain (the family of pills)

Thomas Zipp is known for his complex spatial installations and laboratories, which he increasingly presents in connection with performances. And his installation A Primer of Higher Space (The Family of Man revisited) recently realized at Kunsthalle Gießen, not only calls into question our society’s norms in an apocalyptic and at the same time everyday scenario, it also lets the visitors themselves slip into the role of performer and become part of this empirical research.
Thomas Zipp retrospectively investigates art, science, and literature to link them with the present; what’s past is pushed into the present to reinterrogate human action on the basis of ostensible facts. Psychology and society are his central themes; existing value systems are constantly explored and reexplored by Thomas Zipp, opening up new ways of questioning the here and now.