CULT [Zeppelin], Jonas Englert, 2026
Video, 24-channel, 7:6, silent

CULT [Zeppelin] explores the zeppelin as a canvas for collective notions of nation, omnipotence, and masculinity. As a collage of moving and non-moving archival material—including NS propaganda—the work functions, in both senses of the word, as a reflection of ideological narratives, projections, and repressed memories that continue to resonate beneath the surface of its images to this day. Across different times, the multichannel work sets the images and their narratives in relation to one another, in constellations of simultaneity that continually form, shift, and dissolve.

Created in the context of the exhibition Gefühlte Wahrheiten. Zeppeline und Nationalsozialismus at the Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen. Supported by RE-SEARCH. Das ZF-Forschungsstipendium 2026.