Political Karaoke by Martina Lajczak

"Political Karaoke" (2019-2020) is a photographic discourse, a political statement, interpretation and portrait. The series consists of twelve portraits of Austrian musicians and bands as well as twelve corresponding photographic visualizations of politically relevant songs, that the musicians themselves chose. It is a fragmentary observation of the current activist music scene in Vienna and tries to pay attention to the political topics that are discussed within this scene. In its attempt to draw an axis between photography, politics and music "Political Karaoke" also deals with the question how relevant political contemplation is in the production of applied photography today.