An exhibition by Cedric Zellweger

5 September 2026 – 10 January 2027

Having become the richest man in the world, Elon Musk embodies our collective contradictions in the age of hyperconsumption. An entrepreneur and former adviser to the President of the United States, he is the father of a blended family with 14 known children. Taking this unusual trajectory as a starting point, Cedric Zellweger creates an ambitious and critical project that documents our time. In flea markets and on online resale platforms, the Swiss artist sources all kinds of toys, figurines, photographs and magazines. Over several weeks, he stages in the studio around one hundred objects collected or produced using a 3D printer, often suspended from fishing lines, and captures them with an analogue camera. Each image in the series is thus teeming with clues referencing current world events. As artist-in-residence at the Swiss Camera Museum during the Biennale Images Vevey 2026, Zellweger continues the diploma project he began at ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne by creating one of his photographic tableaux in front of the public. With a title inspired by one of Musk’s tweets, the sequence of images uses analogue photography to dissect the actions of political leaders and “tech giants”, asking: is this the world we want to live in?

Holder of a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Zurich and a graduate of ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne, Cedric Zellweger (b. 1994) is a Swiss visual artist. He was awarded the Prix Images Vevey x ECAL 2025.

An original scenography by Images Vevey and the artist

Curated by Stefano Stoll and Images Vevey

An exhibition presented as an international premiere, in collaboration with the Swiss Camera Museum, Vevey