In his photo and video documentaries, Tobias Zielony presents scenes of subcultures in modern cities, as consequences of immigration/emigration, prostitution, drugs, and unemployment. He frequently casts teenagers as his protagonists and records their daily lives. Confronting reality through his work, Zielony becomes a part of each scene not only as an observer but as an accomplice.
Big Sexyland consists of a series of photographs and a video. Shot under artificial or infrared light, the photographs feature portraits of young men in a porno cinema and its adjoining park in Berlin, while the three-minute video shows a sleeping young man. By concentrating on the behaviors of these young men, the artist depicts the porno cinema as a phenomenon of Western capitalist society, a place where all desires are projected.
