Tobias Zielony: Maskirovka

Tobias Zielony‘s new work produced in Ukraine between 2016 and 2017 focuses on the underground queer and techno scene in Kyiv in the aftermath of the 2013 revolution.

Tobias Zielony: Maskirovka
24 March - 15 April, 2018
KOW, Berlin

The term ‚maskirovka‘ describes a tradition of Russian warfare tactics of deception. The so called „green men“ that occupied Crimea and helped pro-Russian forces in Eastern Ukraine were in fact Russian special forces wearing face masks to hide their identities, starting a hybrid war that was never officially declared. The recent political developments as well as the Russian interference into the country‘s internal affairs can be seen as a sad travesty in which everything is possible but nothing seems to be real.

 

Exhibition view Tobias Zielony. Maskirovka, KOW, Berlin, 2018 Photo: Ladislav Zajac Courtesy of Tobias Zielony and KOW, Berlin - Tobias Zielony: Maskirovka
Exhibition view Tobias Zielony. Maskirovka, KOW, Berlin, 2018 Photo: Ladislav Zajac Courtesy of Tobias Zielony and KOW, Berlin - Tobias Zielony: Maskirovka
Tobias Zielony: Maskirovka
Maskirovka, 2017 HD video / Stop Motion, 2:3, color, silent 8:46 min Exhibition view Tobias Zielony. Maskirovka, KOW, Berlin, 2018 Photo: Ladislav Zajac Courtesy of Tobias Zielony and KOW, Berlin - Tobias Zielony: Maskirovka
Tobias Zielony: Maskirovka
Anastasia, 2017 from the series Maskirovka Archival pigment print 105 x 70 cm © Tobias Zielony Courtesy of Tobias Zielony and KOW, Berlin - Tobias Zielony: Maskirovka
Apartment, 2017 from the series Maskirovka Archival pigment print 56 x 84 cm © Tobias Zielony Courtesy of Tobias Zielony and KOW, Berlin - Tobias Zielony: Maskirovka
Balcony, 2017 from the series Maskirovka Archival pigment print 84 x 56 cm © Tobias Zielony Courtesy of Tobias Zielony and KOW, Berlin - Tobias Zielony: Maskirovka
Kyiv, 2017 from the series Maskirovka Archival pigment print 105 x 70 cm © Tobias Zielony Courtesy of Tobias Zielony and KOW, Berlin - Tobias Zielony: Maskirovka
Line, 2017 from the series Maskirovka Archival pigment print 105 x 70 cm © Tobias Zielony Courtesy of Tobias Zielony and KOW, Berlin - Tobias Zielony: Maskirovka
Lybid, 2017 from the series Maskirovka Archival pigment print 56 x 84 cm © Tobias Zielony Courtesy of Tobias Zielony and KOW, Berlin - Tobias Zielony: Maskirovka
Make Up, 2017 from the series Maskirovka Archival pigment print 70 x 105 cm © Tobias Zielony Courtesy of Tobias Zielony and KOW, Berlin - Tobias Zielony: Maskirovka
Mask, 2017 from the series Maskirovka Archival pigment print 105 x 70 cm © Tobias Zielony Courtesy of Tobias Zielony and KOW, Berlin - Tobias Zielony: Maskirovka
Tobias Zielony: Maskirovka
Tobias Zielony: Maskirovka