„Ich glotz‘ TV!“

In the organizer's words:

"Ich glotz' TV" sang Nina Hagen (TV Glotzer) on her first West record in 1978, referring to the product consumption that goes hand in hand with TV consumption: "I can't decide, everything is so colorful here". In the age of the internet and social media, fake news, catastrophes, agitation and hatred are spreading alongside advertising and scandals in an alarming way. Above all, this "bad news" always finds its way onto every screen and into every living room around the world.

Constant media coverage makes the world seem more hostile and dangerous than it actually is - a phenomenon that communication researcher George Weber described 50 years ago as "Mean World Syndrome" as part of his cultivation hypothesis.

In his so-called "Collaprints", a combination of collage and print, Albert Herbig confronts the constant excitement of the media in an artistic way. The daily "news" is focused on essential aspects, some ironically broken, and powerful players from different areas are presented in a tongue-in-cheek manner.