fotografie
08. March 2021 - 20. June 2021
Klaus Pichler - This will change your life FOREVER
Currently closed due to the shutdown
!["Esotericist Seminar". Foto: Klaus Pichler In einem kahlen Raum mit orange-braunem Fußboden und holzfarben getäfelten Wänden sitzen auf schlichten Bänken viele weißgekleidete Männer in geordneten Reihen. Das Bild heißt "Esotericist Seminar". Foto: Klaus Pichler](/sites/default/files/2020-08/esotericist_seminar.jpg)
What's the matter? Two of his friends have rushed into the esoteric scene due to severe blows of fate. The term "esotericism" is often used for ideological movements which, for example - according to the Internet - aim to "draw on occult, anthroposophical, metaphysical teachings and practices towards self-knowledge and self-realization of people".
!["harmonie engergie transformer" - ein Schneidebrett. Foto: Klaus Pichler Bild mit lindgrünem Hintergrund. Unten ein runder Stehtisch mit silbrig glänzendem Überwurf, an der Wand in rosa Corona der "harmonie engergie transformer" - ein Schneidebrett. Foto: Klaus Pichler](/sites/default/files/2020-08/schneidebrett.jpg)
Some would say: esoteric? That's nonsense! - This is what Klaus Pichler thought. However, he tried to understand this mystery. He went underground. For two years he's been living as an esoteric, researching for months and attending esoteric fairs, as well as trying to find out how it was possible to convince people that, for example, € 279 for a "Harmony energy transformer" that supposedly purifies drinking water, removes radiation from clothing and disables curses, is worth every penny. Are you thinking about a magical, inexplicable and mysterious object? Yes, indeed! Because the "Harmony energy transformer" is an ordinary cutting board. WOW!
!["Penis enlagement elexir". Foto: Klaus Pichler Die Ecke einer weißen Tischplatte vor hellblauem Hintergrund. Auf dem Tisch steht ein zur hälfte mit einer Flüssigkeit gefülltes, schlankes Fläschchen mit silbernem Schraubverschluss. In dem Fläschchen ist ein Teil einer Pflanze. Das Bild heißt "Penis enlagement elexir". Foto: Klaus Pichler](/sites/default/files/2020-08/peniselixier.jpg)
After his research, Pichler came to the conclusion that esotericism is specifically aimed at desperate people who feel they are in a hopeless situation. Men who are not satisfied with the size of their primary sex organ, for instance. No problem - the "penis enlargement elixir" can help! Up to 10 additional centimeters are promised. For only € 43.
Klaus Pichler's series consists of photographs of products, restagings of images in online panels and visualizations of esoteric theories. All faked? Nothing in this project is fake, or at least not faked by Pichler. We are happy to have the opportunity to show his series in our "Stadthaus".
T h i s will change your life FOREVER on YouTube:
Folge 1: Heilsversprechen und Alltagsprobleme
Folge 2: Beweisfotos
Folge 3: Geld und Ausbeutung
Folge 4: Erlangung positver Energieströme
Klaus Pichler was born in Vienna in 1977. He spent his childhood and a large part of his youth in the federal state of Styria. Since 2005, after completing his landscape architecture studies at the University of Biosciences in Vienna, he has been working as a freelance photographer, amongst others for the newspaper "Süddeutsche Zeitung". His previous works include "Drawn for life", "Just the two of us" and "Golden days before they end".
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