UTOPIAN CIVILIZATIONS - UTOPIAN CITIES

"Utopias are not just the opposite of apocalypse, but they are a vision, an orientation that is all the more important today, in a changing world, and can give us a positive goal. In this new series, the artist Thitz explores the connections between people's longings and visions of the future and their respective current urban cultures and social characteristics. Contrary to the deconstructive and destructive trend of contemporary culture, Thitz shows us a positive version of the future – the change for the better has already happened, we humans are living in harmony with nature again, and the cities are growing again. The larger Thitz's CO2-consuming plant buildings become, the better the climate will be. "If you listen a little on the globe we live on, you'll find that everyone has a very similar idea of  what they want for the future: We all want a world where we live freely, in clean air, without fear of war, lack of freedom, and oppression.". I paint these visions! Only by visualizing these dreams of the future can they be an inspiration for many."

"Green Cities," "Sustainable Buildings," "Hybrid Architecture," and other buzzwords accompany the transformation of urban spaces into green spaces and fields on roofs, on facades, and in entire high-rise buildings.

"The idea for these utopian paintings came about while I was painting one of the New York Future works, in which large amorph buildings and many new green spaces were created. But what if...

The residents are fed up with tinkering with symptoms and are turning the tables: Let's go into nature! To build civilization there without changing the character of nature; so as not to deprive themselves of the reason they came here." This is Thitz's philosophical premise for the other side of the coin:

Thitz's green "utopian paintings," which often feature bodies of water and incredibly finely branching line structures, explore our longing for constant and immediate proximity to nature in the midst of the big city!

The artist succeeds in combining these contradictions seemingly effortlessly. Modern ideas of urban development and sustainable architecture are already a reality for Thitz. "Urban Farming meets Urban Art" is the title of Thitz's latest work – and is just one of the quotes that can reflect the attitude to life of the inhabitants of future metropolises.

For example, an idyllic forest area was settled, romantically grouped around a pond. The entire civilization, however, had to be constructed in such a way that the forest area still exuded the same allure as before, when people wanted to move there. I have now implemented the same thing in the mountains—that is, we move into a mountain—or in a grassy area. We have even already settled underwater landscapes.

Working on these visions naturally required me to reinvent some things. One important element was the self-growing, plant-like buildings that would gradually replace our current architecture. The larger the buildings grew, the cleaner the air would become. The CO2 problem would be eliminated, and the city would be allowed to grow again in a positive way. Naturally, this technology would gradually find its way into the old cities and change them in a positive way. This series, for example, shows a positive future version of Bangkok, a green London, or the park-like bridges in Manhattan. Thitz (Interview 2025)

Thitz – Utopia & Bags"
Florian Stegmaier, Cultural Scientist, Wendlingen

Thitz has his finger on the pulse of the times; he understands the pressing questions and problems of our time. Especially since his bag art is not only global and conceived to connect people, but also unfolds its ideal content in a very concrete way by keeping its creator on the move worldwide and bringing him into contact with the most diverse people, cultures, cities, and landscapes. Likewise, with the wishes and dreams of people, which are essentially the same everywhere in the world and aim for a good, livable future.

Ideas – that's the key word: Thitz exhibits ideas. His art makes utopias visible. And it invites us as viewers to discover. To explore the paintings. Bags not only contribute to the materiality of the paintings as an easily processed surface, they are also aesthetically filled with conceivable content. By visualizing utopias, Thitz opens up new spaces for thought. The seemingly unbridgeable gap that initially appears to lie between utopia and reality shrinks, pushing utopia into the realm of the feasible. Suddenly, everything seems so simple: images of an urban civilization that doesn't displace or destroy nature, but rather integrates itself, connecting organically. He shows us images of a world in which not opposites, but respectful, organic connection, constitute the basis of coexistence.
Florian Stegmaier, cultural scientist, Wendlingen