In the Tools series, Timo Stammberger detaches the tools used on a daily basis from the agricultural animal industry. Each individual image shows an object that is used in animal fattening, breeding or slaughter in order to fit animals violently into the man-made system. Stammberger's photographs open up access to the public debate on this subject, making viewers aware of the extent of the systematic use of violence. The industrial cruelty perpetrated on animals invisibly behind supposedly closed doors - purely for food production - becomes tangible and real. Stammberger's photographs are factual, almost clinical - and radical precisely because of this. In their abstractness, they generate attention and empathy for the defenceless.

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Stammberger's work draws from his long-term investigations into the animal industry. His photographs open rare glimpses into spaces typically closed to public access — fragments of a system where animals are made fit to the demands of an unnatural life for human use. 
Presented in public space, the images confront viewers with what usually remains out of sight and invite reflection on visibility, transparency, complicity, and the systems that sustain the conflicted relationship between humans and animals.
(Text: Timo Stammberger)