Panels & Talks
>> Sat SEP 29—Sun SEP 30
>> C/O Berlin, Hardenbergstr. 22-24, 10623 Berlin
>> Free admission
Saturday SEPT 29 | 12—19 h
12 h | ARTIST TALK (ENGLISH)
Martin Parr, Artist (UK) / Andrea Thilo, Journalist (D)
Martin Parr is one of the most influential photographers working today. His honest and unvarnished photographs document societal realities and the intersection of kitsch and consumerism in everyday life. Parr is fascinated by bright, saturated colors and both quirky and banal details, displaying a gaze, often criti cal and always ironic. Together with Andrea Thilo he will offer an exclusive take on his work and career as ph tographer for Magnum Photos agency.
14 h | PANEL (ENGLISH)
BACK FROM THE FUTURE
Armen Avanessian, Philosopher (A) / Doris Gassert, Curator, Fotomuseum Winterthur (CH) / Anke Hennig, Author + Researcher, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London (D) / Mario Pfeifer, Artist (D)
The past is unpredictable: with the advent of the digital age, we can no longer be certain of whether a photographic image points to something in the past. Neither light norcelluloid can give us any guarantee that what we see in a photograph has really existed. What is more, in this age of digital acceleration, smart environments and preemptive control, the future has a bigger impact than the past. The panel addresses how photographic temporality can join forces with the future and how it can counter fantasies of technocratic controlling of our future through ima ges. Are there progressive “preemptive” images? How can we bring them from the future into the present day in order to gain political agency? And how can we embrace the promise of an open past presented to us in an image that comes back from the future? The panel is a collaboration by C/O Berlin and Foto museum Winterthur as part of SITUATIONS.
16 h | PANEL (ENGLISH)
CATCHING LIGHT
Sylvia Ballhause, Artist (D) / Claus Gunti, Researcher, ECAL – École Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne (CH), Nicolai Howalt, Artist (DK)
Drawing with light – that’s what pho tography means in the original sense of the word. Light is the key ingredient in the photographic image. Exposure times that are too short or too long cause photographs to change. Light lost none of its fascination and as photographic subject matter – either for photographers back then or for contemporary artists today. In the 19th century, these photographs were taken primarily for research and scientific purposes, but today young artists are discovering light as a field of photographic experimentation.
Sunday SEP 30 | 12-19 h
12 h | ARTIST TALK (ENGLISH)
Jaya Pelupessy, Artist (NL) / Spiros Hadjidjanos, Artist (GR) / Caroline von Courten, Author + Researcher (NL)
Jaya Pelupessy and Spiros Hadjidjanos are young international artists taking part in the “Back to the Future. The 19th Century in the 21st Century” exhibition at C/O Berlin. They and their work represent a new generation of highly experimental artists combining analog and digital working methods as well as histo rical and contemporary technologies in order to discover new hybrid means of photographic representation.
12-18 h | EDUCATION WORKSHOPS
C/O Berlin Education, Hardenbergstr 19, 10623 Berlin
Photograms Painting with light / Darkroom / Street Art Tape Art / Cartoon / Animated film
8–14 Jahre
14 h | PANEL (GERMAN)
SENSING TIME
Peter Geimer, Art Historian, Freie Universität Berlin (D) / Dominik Schrey, Author + Researcher, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (D), Douglas Mandry, Artist (CH)
(in German)
Along with light, time is the other decisive element in the emergence and passing of the photographic image. Photographs age – they are ephemeral. They always make reference to something that existed in the past. Then and now, this paradox is what defines the magic of photography. Since the invention of the medium, photographers and photography theorists have been preoccupied with the aspect of time. Our perception of time has changed in the 21st century with the advent of digital photography, computer generated imageries, the compression of time and space on the internet. What will photography look like in the future? Which different temporal categories for the photographic image should we develop?
18 h | ARTIST TALK (ENGLISH)
Nicholas Nixon, Künstler (US) / Melinda Crane, Journalistin (D)
Nicholas Nixon’s long-running project “The Brown Series” is regarded as one of the American photographer’s best-known and most important works. The series draws its power from its intimate take on the repeating subject: a group portrait of Nixon’s wife Bebe and her three sisters. The artist has explored the topics of seriality and time in his photography for over 40 years. Nixon’s unmistakable oeuvre is characterized by the tension between a cool approach and an aesthetic perception. Together with Melinda Crane, he will talk about his oeuvre and retrospective at C/O Berlin.