Longing for Landscape
Photography in the Antropocene
Olaf Otto Becker, Marcelo Fiuza, Constanze Flamme, Bernhard Fuchs, Lois Hechenblaikner, Sanna Kannisto, Milo Newman, Hans-Christian Schink, Jem Southam, John Volynchoock
Landscape photography instils a longing in us. A wooded mountain in the distance, recorded in a photograph, a picture of a rugged coastal stretch make us ask: how would it feel to be there? Our pining gaze collides with a widespread mandate for progress and growth. Through the spread of cities and the expansion of industrialized agriculture, humans leave even more indelible marks on the planet’s surface than ever before – the Anthropocene, the age of humankind, has long been underway. Behind the exhibited photographs of glaciers, dams and factories is the photographer: an explorer who renders the inexorable change in contemporary landscape visible.
Events
26.Oct 6:00 pm
Guided tour with the curators through the exhibition "Longing for Landscape – Photography in the Anthropocene"
Curator's tourThe curators Hanna Dölle, Katherina Perlongo and Annika Turkowski will guide through the exhibition Longing for Landscape – Photography in the Anthropocene and are going to talk about the relationship between the exhibition space, the selected works and questions that regard the much discussed Anthropocene approach.
Address
Tieranatomisches Theater Philippstraße 12 10115 Berlin www.cucoberlin.com/#!projekte…
Free admission
26.Oct 7:00 pm
Relating to Landscape: Hans-Christian Schink in conversation with Olga Smith
Artist's talkThe question of relating to landscape, through ethical, emotional and intellectual engagement on behalf of the artist, will be focus of this talk. This question will be explored with reference to the photographic series “Verkehrsprojekte Deutsche Einheit” (1995-2003) by Hans-Christian Schink, present in the exhibition.
Olga Smith writes and lectures on contemporary art and photography. She is currently based at the Humboldt University where she holds a postdoctoral fellowship. Trained as art historian at the University of Cambridge, she has previously worked at Tate Gallery London. Her current research projects include representations of landscape in photography from the 1980s to the present day.
CUCO – curatorial concepts berlin
1.10. – 1.12.2016
Vernissage 1.10.2016 6:00 pm
Location
Tieranatomisches TheaterPhilippstraße 12
10115 Berlin
T 030209346625
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Tues–Sat 2–6 pm
Public transport
U6, Tram M1, M5 Oranienburger Tor
Bus 147, TXL
Admission price
Free admission
Organizer
CUCO – curatorial concepts berlinBrüsseler Straße 13
13353 Berlin
T 015771846789