The exhibition Prints of Dying provides an impressive look behind the scenes of the artistic creation phase of Fynn Kliemann. Photographer Fabian Neeser accompanied Kliemann over months during the making of his album TOD and the eponymous art exhibition. The photographs document both intimate moments of the creative process and the exploration of the central theme of finitude and rebirth.

With the exhibition TOD, Kliemann initiates a discourse on the dialectics of finitude and infinity, of loss and transformation. The artist approaches death not as a final state, but as a conceptual tension field – a pure moment of change that simultaneously defines a new beginning with the end.

At the core is the reflection on the fragility of existence and the confrontation with the inevitable. Kliemann does not view death as a frightening black void, but as a colorful, hopeful motivation. His images and installations challenge the assumed linearity of life and focus on the small farewells that shape our existence, as well as the traces we leave behind.

Must not something die for everything that remains? This question runs like a thread through the exhibition. Kliemann delves into the constant transformation from living biomass to dead biomass – and the human urge to overcome transience through artificial preservation, such as with plastic flowers.

An artistic interplay of photography and music

With the exhibition Prints of Dying, the two art forms of photography and music merge into a unique unity. While Kliemann's album TOD musically processes themes of finitude, change, and hope, Fabian Neeser's photographs visually capture the atmosphere, emotions, and moments of the creative process.

The exhibition TOD – along with the eponymous album – is understood as a multi-faceted thought experiment. Each exhibit invites reflection on the finitude we are born with and the impact of awareness of death on our lives.

TOD is more than an exploration of life's endpoint. It is a visual, acoustic, and contemplative approach to the question: What remains when there is nothing left?