"... Mario Kiesenhofer: Treasure amalgamates photography, video and text into a spatial installation. The artist has focused on the queer electronic music scene in Eastern Europe, with an emphasis on Warsaw. In recent years, this community has formed itself into the powerfully expressive platform of an active resistance movement that celebrates the concerns of the LGBTQIA+, which are not only justified in Eastern Europe but also important for all of us. Mario Kiesenhofer’s photographs are evidence of a party culture in which the techno scene of the 1990s is experiencing a revival, but which at the same time also makes a highly resistant and political claim. Like flashes of light that flare up again and again in the dark, intimate moments, he captures preparations for a drag performance, make-up, jewellery, tattoos and outfits, but also details that have almost poetic qualities, such as a still life of paper flowers, as well as architecture and lighting situations. Photographing them through blue, red, green and pink colour filters, Mario Kiesenhofer detaches spatial situations and interpersonal encounters from their original context and transfers them to the tresor. The club as an inclusive place and stage is moved to the exhibition space, which in turn is transformed into a queer treasure trove. Mario Kiesenhofer approaches the protagonists through his camera carefully and with respect. All produced in the same format and mounted in frames made of chrome, these images are restrained and at the same time incredibly cool and selfconfident portraits of DJs, people who run these clubs, performers and of course the audience. [...]