The photographic practice of Dominik Geiger constitutes a radical break with the bourgeois illusion of the document. By deliberately dissolving the boundaries between contextual and isolated photography, his work challenges the traditional understanding of the medium as a mere piece of evidence. The images capture fleeting fragments of a reality in transition, functioning as witnesses to the transformation of memory itself.
"Based between Vienna and Berlin, my work investigates the political economy of space. I view the built environment as a site of social power relations and refuse the rapid consumption of the merely illustrative image. Through the conscious isolation of fragments, the works form a critical counter-archive. This counter-forensics dissects the architecture of the system, questioning what traces of human labor can ultimately endure within these spaces." - Dominik Geiger
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 "The Vally of the Forgotten", Forum Austriaco di Cultura Roma, Rome (May–Jul)
2022 "The Valley of the Forgotten", Foto Wien 2022, Vienna;
2015 "Die Mitte Österreichs", Leutner Bildwerkstatt, Vienna (Nov)
2015 "Minutes", Mican Offspace, Vienna
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Rotlichtfestival 2022, Vienna
2019–2020 "Vienna Represents Ed. 1", Krypt., Vienna;
2016 "Rearranging Landscape", Q202 Atelierrundgang 2016, Synkoop, Vienna
2015 Scottish Fashion Creative Network, The Biscuit Factory, Edinburgh
2013 Kleine Schwester Verlag x MUC Book, Munich
2012 "No Distance Left to Run", Mon Ami, Vienna
CURATORIAL WORK
2022 "Isolation", Foto Wien 2022, TNTXOFHXHWG, Vienna
Kristina Varaksina (London, UK)
2021–2022 HWG#4 | "Milk & Honey", House of Rowdy, Barcelona
Anna-Lena Krause (London, UK)
Margaux Senlis (Arles, FR)
Delfina Carmona (Buenos Aires, AR)
2020–2021 HWG#3 | "Isolation", Pop Up Room, Vienna
Santiago Arau Pontones (Mexico City, MX), Alexander Bronfer (Tel Aviv, IL), Alex Fernandez (Madrid, ES), Josep Martins (Barcelona, ES), Kristina Varaksina (London, UK)
2020–2021 HWG#2 | "Mindscapes", TNTXOFHXHWG, Vienna
Kurt Prinz (Vienna, AT), David Schermann (Vienna, AT), Pujan Shakupa (Berlin, DE)
2019–2020 HWG#1 | "Represent: Vienna Ed. 1", Krypt., Vienna
Matthias Aschauer, Anna Breit, Dominik Geiger, Elodie Grethen (Vienna & Paris), Thomas Grögler, Erli Grünzweil, Rahman Hak-Hagir, Florian Herzog, Susanna Hofer, Mahir Jahmal, Severin Koller (Los Angeles), Marko Laitinen, Jamie McGregor Smith (Vienna & London), Julian Mullan, Suzana Murati, David Payr, Maria Ritsch, Katharina Maria Schaffer, Andre Sumit Spitzinger, Daniela Trost (Berlin). All based in Vienna unless noted.
COMMERCIAL WORK