Valentin Backhaus_ is an artist based in Salzburg. Graduated from Multimediaart in 2019 at FH Salzburg he is working nowadays as a freelancer, collaborating in several projects with artists. In 2016, he founded a studio in Hallein together with friends. Since then, they have been working on projects and curating exhibitions and events. In 2018, he received an artist-in-residence scholarship from the State of Salzburg for Paliano(ITA).
Beside his artistic work he mainly focuses on building graphic identities, art directions, publications and websites for cultural, businesses and individuals.
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The project Razio is a documentary photography project about italian planned cities in the region of Lazio. In the late thirties Benito Mussolini built Sabaudia, Littoria (now Latina), Pontinia, Aprilia and Pomezia according to urban concepts and attributed to Italian rationalism. Although If the cities blend harmoniously into nature, one can still feel the ideological root of the cities. (cooperation work with Katrin Froschauer)
