Raphael Zollinger's work balances political and conceptual concerns with formal and material processes. Utilizing the languages of sculpture, installation, photography, and drawing, his works confront the dynamic between the everyday and the political, by connecting history with the present and blurring the border between personal and collective memory. Additionally, his works, which reference events in mass media through an art historical lens, form a dialogue surrounding the dissemination and consumption of information, the social and political dimensions of nationalism, and the institutional framework of cultural identity. Moreover, Raphael attempts to create scenarios that are often removed by time or space, as they describe events from afar, and to bring these scenarios home as visceral experiences for the viewer. Through his fascination with the role that objects and images play as vehicles to elicit awareness of the process of seeing we can come to better understand how we construct the world around us.