Matthias Koch was born in 1967 in Bremen, Germany. In the late 1980's he studied Fine Arts, majoring in Photography. He then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Düsseldorf, and in 1995 was awarded the title of Master Student by Prof. Bernhard Becher. From 1998-2000 he lectured in Fine Art Photography at the Fachhochschule Hannover. In general his photographic work is about "Places of History", his current project is a book about the allied landing in Normandy (France). In his photographic practice he questions the assumptions of documentary photography. While in Jakarta, Matthias Koch's project will explore the idea of being a foreigner in Jakarta. He is interested in how sites around the city may be represented differently depending on the time of day. This idea of difference is a way for Koch to question the idea of truth, which can be assumed from a single image.

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Das Asia Art Archiv in Hong Kong

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