Quota, target / GDP / (De)growth / Rivers, streams, currents / Upstream Looking at the environmental, social and economic dynamics of the last decade (or, to put it bluntly, “the end of the world as we know it”), it is increasingly clear that the imperative of continuous growth and development is no longer a sustainable […]
Author Archives: CameraAustria
OPEN CALL: NonStopScheiner, Graz. Offener, einstufiger Realisierungswettbewerb des Instituts für Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Steiermark (KiöR)
Eine nicht genutzte überdachte und öffentlich zugängliche Pavillon-Architektur aus den 1960er-Jahren wurde vom Institut für Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Steiermark (KiöR) 2019 in eine Plattform für Film- und Videokunst umgewandelt. In der Grazer Innenstadt, neben dem Opernpavillon (Opernring 17), wurde mehrere Monate lang rund um die Uhr ein kuratiertes, lautloses Film- und Videokunstprogramm projiziert. Nähere Infos […]
Call: photo graz 020 – Biennale der steirischen Fotokunst
Das Team der Kulturvermittlung Steiermark möchte auf die Ausschreibung für die kommende steirische Fotobiennale »photo graz 020« hinweisen. Sie freuen sich, dass sie ein weiteres Mal im Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten zu Gast sein dürfen und damit eine Präsentation im schönen Ambiente des Minoritenklosters und in zentraler Lage ermöglicht wird. Erstmals wird die Eröffnung der […]
Museum Folkwang: Krupp-Stipendien für Zeitgenössische deutsche Fotografie gehen an Karina Nimmerfall und Michael Danner
Die Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung vergibt in Zusammenarbeit mit der Fotografischen Sammlung des Museum Folkwang zwei Preise in Höhe von je 10.000 Euro im Rahmen ihres Stipendienprogramms “Zeitgenössische deutsche Fotografie”. Die Auszeichnungen erhalten in diesem Jahr Karina Nimmerfall und Michael Danner. Das seit 1982 existierende Stipendium gehört zu den renommiertesten Auszeichnungen für zeitgenössische […]
Symposium: Borders and Migration: Politics in the Twenty-First Century at University of Victoria
A Symposium in Honour of Marilouise Kroker Sponsored by the Department of Political Science and the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Cultural, Social and Political Thought (CSPT) Friday, October 26th, 2018 Twentieth century politics was premised on the nation-state. In recent years, many politicians have suggested that long-established nations are now threatened by immigrants who do […]
David Campany appointed Curator—Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie 2020
After the successful first edition of the Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie, which took place in 2017 as the successor to the Fotofestival Mannheim-Ludwigshafen-Heidelberg under the direction of a curatorial team headed by Florian Ebner and Christin Müller, the 2nd Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie will be curated by English writer and curator David Campany, as announced […]
Market Photo Workshop Wins 2018 Principal Prince Claus Award
The 29 year old Market Photo Workshop has been announced as the winner of the prestigious 2018 Principal Prince Claus Award. The Award honours outstanding achievements in the field of culture and development and is presented annually to individuals, groups and organisations whose cultural actions have a positive impact on the development of their societies. […]
Exhibition: Jochen Lempert. Botanička kutija / Botanical Box
Francuski paviljon Zagreb, opening: 1. 9. 2018, 7 pm Duration: 2. – 19.9.2018 Since the early 1990s, Jochen Lempert (born 1958, lives in Hamburg) has produced a growing body of work comprised of nature and animal photographs which he is continually reorganising and expanding in his exhibitions and books. His photographs look at the way in […]
Exhibiton: Make Me Beautiful, Madame d’Ora
Leopold Museum, 13. 7. 2018 – 29. 10. 2018 In her studio, d’Ora captured the great names of the 20th century’s world of art and fashion, aristocracy and politics. The first artist photographed by her was Gustav Klimt in 1908, the last Pablo Picasso in 1956. She further immortalized Emperor Charles I of Austria and […]
L&R Sozialforschung und die österreichische kulturdokumentation: Update der Studie »Zur sozialen Lage der Künstler und Künstlerinnen« aus dem Jahr 2008
Wie gestalten sich die Lebens- und Arbeitssituationen von Kunstschaffenden und KulturvermittlerInnen in Österreich?
Julia Gaisbacher Receives the Erste Bank ExtraVALUE Art Recognition Award 2018
The Erste Bank ExtraVALUE Art Recognition Award, endowed with 1.500 euros and the realization of a solo exhibition at das weisse haus in Vienna at the end of September 2018 will be awarded to Julia Gaisbacher. Her reflections on how Belgrade’s cityscape is transformed on a socio-political scale by a real estate development project in […]
Exhibition: COLLAGE III – Subject
Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna, 13. 3. – 14. 4. 2018 Dadaist and poet Tristan Tzara called the invention of the collage the most revolutionary moment in the development of painting and meant by that the fundamental break with established forms of artistic representation that it symbolised. Implicit to the technical processes of what comprises collage — […]
Exhibition: “Holes in the Wall.” Anachronic Approaches to the Here and Now
Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, 7. 2. – 24. 3. 2018 The exhibition takes Siegfried Kracauer’s concept of history as its departure point in its exploration of contemporary questions on the basis of past moments. The featured works investigate specific historical constellations as well as the fundamental possibilities of recording and representing historical events. This self-reflexive inquiry into […]
Ausstellung: Alexandre Estrela + João Maria Gusmão & Pedro Paiva Lua Cão
Kunstverein München, 17. Februar – 15. April 2018 Curated by Natxo Checa and Kunstverein München 17 February–15 April 2018 Open Thursday–Sunday, 5–9pm Opening: 16 February 2018, 7–11pm Chinese New Year’s Afterparty at Goldene Bar From 17 February until 15 April 2018, Kunstverein München presents Lua Cão – a large-scale exhibition that tests the intersection of […]
Open Letter on the Future of Documenta
Statement on documenta gGmbH’s separation from Annette Kulenkampff To the members of the board of documenta and Museum Fridericianum gGmbH: Oberbürgermeister Christian Geselle (Vorsitzender) Staatsminister Boris Rhein (stellv. Vorsitzender) Staatsministerin Eva Kühne-Hörmann Stadtverordneter Dr.Rabani Alekuzei Stadtverordneter Marcus Leitschuh MdL Karin Müller Stadtverordneter Axel Selbert Stadtverordneter Gernot Rönz Hortensia Völckers, Vorstand der Kulturstiftung des Bundes Alexander […]
Exhibition: Dorothée Elisa Baumann / Adrian Sauer
Pasquart Photoforum, 28. 1. – 15. 4. 2018 In her artistic practice, Dorothée Elisa Baumann (*1972, lives and works in Biel and Geneva) provokes shifts and transfers, and thus creates visual obstacles for the spectator. These “collisions” or riddles invite us to consider and question the represented objects in a renewed social, political and cultural […]
Exhibition: Shirin Neshat. Women in Society
Neue Galerie – Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz, 18. 1. – 22. 4. 2018 Shirin Neshat (born 1957) occupies a central role in the discourse on relations between the East and the West: her photographs and videos revolve around the situation of women in societies shaped by Islam, and the contradictions arising between western and oriental cultural […]