For their ongoing Icons series – on show at Photo London this week – they ‘remake’ important world events. Among their scenes is man’s first step on the moon, recreated from Edwin Aldrin’s 1969 image, and the Paris Concorde crash, as captured by Toshihiko Sato in 2000.
Their final compositions reveal their conceit. Cortis and Sonderegger pull back the camera from their sculptures to show the surrounding studio and the accoutrements of their craft – glue, tape and cotton wool. Past and present intertwine, and the viewer is asked to question fact and fiction.
