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The Chinese artist Kurt Tong is heading to Tyrol. From Hong Kong to Innsbruck, into the valleys, to mountain villages and hidden hamlets. Into this Central European cultural landscape, which was foreign to him, with its mythologies, rites and customs that have been alive for centuries. He sees snow-capped mountains that loom like sentinels and forests where the shadows whisper timeless stories of devils and saints. Kurt Tong deals with tradition, folklore, rituals and strategies of memory. His work moves between fiction and document, staging and meticulous historical research. In addition to the focus on photography, more recent works contain elements of installation and sculpture. For INN SITU he follows in the footsteps of Krampus and Santa Claus with his camera, exploring the constant dance between light and darkness, good and evil. The region in the Alps, steeped in tradition, serves as a setting for the artist with Asian roots, who grew up in the British-influenced metropolis, to immerse himself in the yin and yang, in the universal duality of human nature.