{"id":864,"date":"2022-10-11T13:39:05","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T11:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yakobkoenig.com\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T16:12:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T14:12:17","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yakobkoenig.com\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3aa1daa7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Yakob-Aziz K\u00f6nig<br>Dortmund<br><br>mail@yakobkoenig.com<br>+49 176 32845656<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-block-hidden-desktop wp-block-hidden-tablet\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"681\" height=\"1024\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/yakobkoenig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0567-2-681x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yakobkoenig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0567-2-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/yakobkoenig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0567-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/yakobkoenig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0567-2-768x1154.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yakobkoenig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0567-2-1022x1536.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/yakobkoenig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0567-2-1363x2048.jpg 1363w, https:\/\/yakobkoenig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0567-2-1568x2357.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/yakobkoenig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0567-2-scaled.jpg 1703w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"681\" height=\"1024\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20681%201024%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt class=\"wp-image-289 lazyload\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20681%201024%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 681w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/yakobkoenig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0567-2-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/yakobkoenig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0567-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/yakobkoenig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0567-2-768x1154.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yakobkoenig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0567-2-1022x1536.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/yakobkoenig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0567-2-1363x2048.jpg 1363w, https:\/\/yakobkoenig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0567-2-1568x2357.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/yakobkoenig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0567-2-scaled.jpg 1703w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/yakobkoenig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0567-2-681x1024.jpg\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide\" style=\"padding-right:30.9%\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-79a338ab wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"alignwide has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Yakob-Aziz K\u00f6nig (b. 1993 in Berlin, Germany) lives and works in Dortmund and Essen. His artistic practice moves between documentary and metaphorical visual worlds, with recurring themes revolving around in-between spaces and voids in both their material and immaterial forms. His interest in subjects of this nature stems from his family background. As the child of a German mother and a Malay father, with whom he has had little contact, his identity exists in a constant state of in-betweenness and ongoing negotiation, shaped by an estrangement from part of himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">In places of transition and absence, questions of identity, power, belonging, and the fundamental conditions of human existence are negotiated and made visible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">He studied photography at Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam, as well as philosophy and cultural and social anthropology at the University of M\u00fcnster. He is a member of Fotobus e.V. and Freelens e.V.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">He has presented his work as part of the f2 Fotofestival and in exhibitions in Essen, M\u00fcnster, Dortmund, and Vienna. His work <em data-start=\"126\" data-end=\"152\">Of Heroes and Names Lost<\/em> was awarded the Bronze Medal of the German Photo Book Prize.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow wp-block-hidden-mobile\" style=\"flex-basis:200px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large showcaption\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"681\" height=\"1024\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/yakobkoenig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0567-2-681x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yakobkoenig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0567-2-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/yakobkoenig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0567-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/yakobkoenig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0567-2-768x1154.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yakobkoenig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0567-2-1022x1536.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/yakobkoenig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0567-2-1363x2048.jpg 1363w, https:\/\/yakobkoenig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0567-2-1568x2357.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/yakobkoenig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0567-2-scaled.jpg 1703w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"681\" height=\"1024\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20681%201024%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt class=\"wp-image-289 lazyload\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20681%201024%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 681w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/yakobkoenig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0567-2-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/yakobkoenig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0567-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/yakobkoenig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0567-2-768x1154.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yakobkoenig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0567-2-1022x1536.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/yakobkoenig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0567-2-1363x2048.jpg 1363w, https:\/\/yakobkoenig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0567-2-1568x2357.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/yakobkoenig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0567-2-scaled.jpg 1703w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/yakobkoenig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DSC_0567-2-681x1024.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>from Anna H\u00f6gerle<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yakob-Aziz K\u00f6nigDortmund mail@yakobkoenig.com+49 176 32845656 Yakob-Aziz K\u00f6nig (b. 1993 in Berlin, Germany) lives and works in Dortmund and Essen. 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