Rebecco Ann Tess

Alpha ++ Models / rendered lives in global cities

Scenes of Transformation

Rebecco Ann Tess’s (b. Annweiler am Trifels, 1980; lives and works in Berlin) photographic oeuvre grapples with the capitalist mechanisms of exploitation and structures of dominance that shape our cities and their peripheries. 

The monograph Alpha++ Models / rendered lives in global cities portrays the aesthetic of neoliberalism and its political repercussions in the global economic centers amid the jarring dynamic of gleaming tower façades, vast construction sites, cookie-cutter greenspace designs, and neighborhoods threatened by impending demolition and gentrification. The extensive plate section is complemented by essays by Gregor Hens, Carlos Kong, Grégory Salle, Anna Voswinckel, and InYoung Yeo that offer an introduction to Tess’s practice.