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OPEN CALL – GRAZ RESIDENCY for INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS

An initiative by Camera Austria and Kulturvermittlung Steiermark
Place of residency: GRAZ, AUSTRIA

We are delighted to announce the third round of a scholarship that Camera Austria and Kulturvermittlung Steiermark are collaboratively offering in the fall of 2024.

The scholarship is intended as an opportunity for photographers to focus on their artistic work and research in the city of Graz. It would thus be highly appreciated if the selected artist would reside in the city between mid-September and mid-October 2024 and shows an interest in getting to know the city’s vibrant local art scene and in connecting with its protagonists. During the residency period, the international festival steirischer herbst will also be running in Graz and offers an opportunity to engage with its heterogeneous program.

During their stay, the selected artist will have time to work on an already ongoing project or to develop a new one and/or to conduct research. Further, the fellow is invited to use the extensive study library of Camera Austria during the institution’s opening hours.

The residency comprises a fully equipped apartment in the city center of Graz and a scholarship of € 1,000.– for the period of their stay. Furthermore, travel expenses from their regular place of residency to Graz and back after the residency will be reimbursed.

The residency will conclude with a presentation on the selected artist’s work in the exhibition and library space of Camera Austria.

Application procedure
Please send your application to magazine@camera-austria.at including the following documents:
+ A statement of purpose (informal)
+ An artist portfolio in PDF format (max. 15 MB) which contains information about the applicant’s work, selected work samples and a CV

The residency is open to all international artists who are still at the beginning of their career, and who work with lens-based arts. The application process is running until April 14, 2024.

Schedule
Application deadline: April 14, 2024
The selected artist will be notified by mid-May 2024
Residency: mid-September–mid-October 2024

What You Get
+ a fully equipped apartment in the city center of Graz
+ € 1,000.– for the residency period of 4 weeks
+ the reimbursement of your travel expenses
+ a presentation at Camera Austria

Kulturvermittlung Steiermark
ART = People = Creativity = Freedom (Joseph Beuys)

Getting people (regardless of age, origin or gender) excited about culture and involving them in the creation, viewing and discussion of art has always been the mission of Kulturvermittlung Steiermark. Through public funding, it promotes exchange among artists from the fields of photography, visual arts and literature. The guiding principles are to offer basis-oriented cultural work, to support the young generation and to honor human rights. Thanks to a closely knit network, the creative work of the protagonists in Styria’s cultural scene is positioned on a regional, national and international scale. Kulturvermittlung Steiermark thus documents, collaborates, organizes, produces and supports.

Camera Austria – Labor für Fotografie und Theorie
Since 1980, the magazine Camera Austria International has been providing its readers with insights into important discourses on the role of photography as a medium and practice of contemporary art—presenting outstanding artists who have made extraordinary contributions to the continual development of the medium. The exhibition program, which places a focus on solo exhibitions, usually presents long-term projects developed specifically for Camera Austria. The respective artistic positions shed light on important image-political issues and cover a broad, multilayered spectrum of research on the photographic image: specters of archives, questions related to knowledge production, the construction of identities, artistic research, feminist critique, the reconstruction of history, and the erosion of social utopias.

An initiative by Camera Austria and Kulturvermittlung Steiermark
Place of residency: GRAZ, AUSTRIA

We are delighted to announce the second round of a scholarship that Camera Austria and Kulturvermittlung Steiermark are collaboratively offering in the fall of 2023.

The scholarship is intended as an opportunity for photographers to focus on their artistic work and research in the city of Graz. It would thus be highly appreciated if the selected artist would reside in the city between mid-September and mid-October 2023 and shows an interest in getting to know the city’s vibrant local art scene and in connecting with its protagonists. During the residency period, the international festival steirischer herbst will also be running in Graz and offers an opportunity to engage with its heterogeneous program.

During their stay, the selected artist will have time to work on an already ongoing project or to develop a new one and/or to conduct research. Further, the fellow is invited to use the extensive study library of Camera Austria during the institution’s opening hours.

The residency comprises a fully equipped apartment in the city center of Graz and a scholarship of € 1,000.– for the period of their stay. Furthermore, travel expenses from their regular place of residency to Graz and back after the residency will be reimbursed.

The residency will conclude with a presentation on the selected artist’s work in the exhibition and library space of Camera Austria.

Application procedure
Please send your application to magazine@camera-austria.at including the following documents:
+ A statement of purpose (informal)
+ An artist portfolio in PDF format (max. 15 MB) which contains information about the applicant’s work, selected work samples and a CV

The residency is open to all international artists who are still at the beginning of their career, and who work with lens-based arts. The application process is running until March 31, 2023.

Schedule
Application deadline: March 31, 2023
The selected artist will be notified by May 2, 2023
Residency: mid-September–mid-October 2023

What You Get
+ a fully equipped apartment in the city center of Graz
+ € 1,000.– for the residency period of 4 weeks
+ the reimbursement of your travel expenses
+ a presentation at Camera Austria

Kulturvermittlung Steiermark
ART = People = Creativity = Freedom (Joseph Beuys)

Getting people (regardless of age, origin or gender) excited about culture and involving them in the creation, viewing and discussion of art has always been the mission of Kulturvermittlung Steiermark. Through public funding, it promotes exchange among artists from the fields of photography, visual arts and literature. The guiding principles are to offer basis-oriented cultural work, to support the young generation and to honor human rights. Thanks to a closely knit network, the creative work of the protagonists in Styria’s cultural scene is positioned on a regional, national and international scale. Kulturvermittlung Steiermark thus documents, collaborates, organizes, produces and supports.

Camera Austria – Labor für Fotografie und Theorie
Since 1980, the magazine Camera Austria International has been providing its readers with insights into important discourses on the role of photography as a medium and practice of contemporary art—presenting outstanding artists who have made extraordinary contributions to the continual development of the medium. The exhibition program, which places a focus on solo exhibitions, usually presents long-term projects developed specifically for Camera Austria. The respective artistic positions shed light on important image-political issues and cover a broad, multilayered spectrum of research on the photographic image: specters of archives, questions related to knowledge production, the construction of identities, artistic research, feminist critique, the reconstruction of history, and the erosion of social utopias.

GRAZ RESIDENCY for INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS

An initiative by Camera Austria and Kulturvermittlung Steiermark
Place of residency: GRAZ, AUSTRIA

We are delighted to announce the second round of a scholarship that Camera Austria and Kulturvermittlung Steiermark are collaboratively offering in the fall of 2023.

The scholarship is intended as an opportunity for photographers to do concentrated work and research in the city of Graz. It would thus be highly appreciated if the selected artist would reside in the city between mid-September and mid-October 2023 and shows an interest in getting to know the city’s vibrant local art scene and in connecting with its protagonists. During the residency period, the international festival steirischer herbst will also be running in Graz and offers an opportunity to engage with its heterogeneous program.

During their stay, the selected artist will have time to work on an already ongoing project or to develop a new one and/or to conduct research. Further, the fellow is invited to use the extensive study library of Camera Austria during the institution’s opening hours.

The residency comprises a fully equipped apartment in the city center of Graz and a scholarship of € 1000.– for the period of their stay. Furthermore, travel expenses from their regular place of residency to Graz and back after the residency will be reimbursed.

The residency will conclude with a presentation on the selected artist’s work in the exhibition and library space of Camera Austria.

Application procedure
Please send your application to magazine@camera-austria.at, including the following documents:
+ A statement of purpose (informal)
+ An artist portfolio in PDF format (max. 15 MB) which contains information about the applicant’s work, selected work samples, and a CV

The residency is open to all international artists who are still at the beginning of their career, and who work with lens-based arts. The application process is running until March 31, 2023.

Schedule
Application deadline: March 31, 2023
The selected artist will be notified by May 2, 2023
Residency: mid-September – mid-October 2023

What You Get
+ a fully equipped apartment in the city center of Graz
+ € 1,000.– for the residency period of 4 weeks
+ the reimbursement of your travel expenses
+ a presentation at Camera Austria

Kulturvermittlung Steiermark
ART = People = Creativity = Freedom (Joseph Beuys)

Getting people (regardless of age, origin, or gender) excited about culture and involving them in the creation, viewing, and discussion of art has always been the mission of Kulturvermittlung Steiermark. Through public funding, it promotes exchange among artists from the fields of photography, visual arts, and literature. The guiding principles are to offer basis-oriented cultural work, to support the young generation, and to honor human rights. Thanks to a closely knit network, the creative work of the protagonists in Styria’s cultural scene is positioned on a regional, national, and international scale. Kulturvermittlung Steiermark thus documents, collaborates, organizes, produces, and supports.

Camera Austria – Labor für Fotografie und Theorie
Since 1980, the magazine Camera Austria International has been providing its readers with insights into important discourses on the role of photography as a medium and practice of contemporary art—presenting outstanding artists who have made extraordinary contributions to the continual development of the medium. The exhibition program, which places a focus on solo exhibitions, usually presents long-term projects developed specifically for Camera Austria. The respective artistic positions shed light on important image-political issues and cover a broad, multilayered spectrum of research on the photographic image: specters of archives, questions related to knowledge production, the construction of identities, artistic research, feminist critique, the reconstruction of history, and the erosion of social utopias.

Das Stadtmuseum Berlin sammelt Fotografien und Geschichten aus dem Leben im Berlin des Jahres 2022.

Im März 2020 wurden im Land Berlin wie in anderen Teilen Deutschlands, im Bund und in der Welt weitreichende Maßnahmen beschlossen, um der Corona-Pandemie zu begegnen. Kitas und Bildungsstätten mussten schließen, genauso wie Clubs, Diskotheken und Kultureinrichtungen. Alle öffentlichen Veranstaltungen wurden verboten. Ausgangssperren folgten, die Berliner Straßen und Parks waren menschenleer. Eine Herausforderung auch für ein Museum.

Mit »Berlin jetzt!« ruft das Stadtmuseum Berlin seither dazu auf, mit unterschiedlichen Themenschwerpunkten die Gegenwart zu sammeln und für die Zukunft zu bewahren. Nachdem unser Augenmerk in den vergangenen beiden Jahren der Corona-Pandemie und dem Fortbewegungsmittel Fahrrad galt, sucht das Stadtmuseum Berlin nun nach den Bildern des Jahres der Berliner*innen. Wie sehen sie ihre Stadt im Jahr 2022? Wir laden ein, etwas zu fotografieren, das aus der Sicht künftiger Generationen ein Bild von diesem so ereignisreichen Jahr in Berlin vermittelt: einen Ort, einen Gegenstand, eine Situation oder eines der zurzeit so zahlreichen Zeichen der Solidarität mit der Ukraine. Was immer wichtig erscheint, ist willkommen.

So können Interessierte teilnehmen

Teilnehmer*innen schicken das Bild einfach zusammen mit dem ausgefüllten Formular (siehe Download-Kasten auf der Seite »Berlin jetzt!« per E-Mail an: berlinjetzt@stadtmuseum.de. Im Rahmen der Sammlung Online des Stadtmuseums Berlin werden die Beiträge sichtbar.

Die Aktion ist eine Einladung an alle, mit dem Stadtmuseum Berlin die Gegenwart zu dokumentieren, um gemeinsam Berliner Zeitgeschichte zu erzählen! Auch zu den früheren Themenschwerpunkten freuen wir uns weiterhin auf Einsendungen.
Alle Informationen zur Teilnahme unter: www.stadtmuseum.de/berlin-jetzt

GRAZ RESIDENCY for INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS

An initiative by Camera Austria and Kulturvermittlung Steiermark
Place of residency: GRAZ, AUSTRIA

We are delighted to announce the second round of a scholarship that Camera Austria and Kulturvermittlung Steiermark are collaboratively offering in the fall of 2023.

The scholarship is intended as an opportunity for photographers to do concentrated work and research in the city of Graz. It would thus be highly appreciated if the selected artist would reside in the city between mid-September and mid-October 2023 and shows an interest in getting to know the city’s vibrant local art scene and in connecting with its protagonists. During the residency period, the international festival steirischer herbst will also be running in Graz and offers an opportunity to engage with its heterogeneous program.

During their stay, the selected artist will have time to work on an already ongoing project or to develop a new one and/or to conduct research. Further, the fellow is invited to use the extensive study library of Camera Austria during the institution’s opening hours.

The residency comprises a fully equipped apartment in the city center of Graz and a scholarship of € 1000.– for the period of their stay. Furthermore, travel expenses from their regular place of residency to Graz and back after the residency will be reimbursed.

The residency will conclude with a presentation on the selected artist’s work in the exhibition and library space of Camera Austria.

Application procedure
Please send your application to magazine@camera-austria.at, including the following documents:
+ A statement of purpose (informal)
+ An artist portfolio in PDF format (max. 15 MB) which contains information about the applicant’s work, selected work samples, and a CV

The residency is open to all international artists who are still at the beginning of their career, and who work with lens-based arts. The application process is running until March 31, 2023.

Schedule
Application deadline: March 31, 2023
The selected artist will be notified by May 2, 2023
Residency: mid-September – mid-October 2023

What You Get
+ a fully equipped apartment in the city center of Graz
+ € 1,000.– for the residency period of 4 weeks
+ the reimbursement of your travel expenses
+ a presentation at Camera Austria

Kulturvermittlung Steiermark
ART = People = Creativity = Freedom (Joseph Beuys)

Getting people (regardless of age, origin, or gender) excited about culture and involving them in the creation, viewing, and discussion of art has always been the mission of Kulturvermittlung Steiermark. Through public funding, it promotes exchange among artists from the fields of photography, visual arts, and literature. The guiding principles are to offer basis-oriented cultural work, to support the young generation, and to honor human rights. Thanks to a closely knit network, the creative work of the protagonists in Styria’s cultural scene is positioned on a regional, national, and international scale. Kulturvermittlung Steiermark thus documents, collaborates, organizes, produces, and supports.

Camera Austria – Labor für Fotografie und Theorie
Since 1980, the magazine Camera Austria International has been providing its readers with insights into important discourses on the role of photography as a medium and practice of contemporary art—presenting outstanding artists who have made extraordinary contributions to the continual development of the medium. The exhibition program, which places a focus on solo exhibitions, usually presents long-term projects developed specifically for Camera Austria. The respective artistic positions shed light on important image-political issues and cover a broad, multilayered spectrum of research on the photographic image: specters of archives, questions related to knowledge production, the construction of identities, artistic research, feminist critique, the reconstruction of history, and the erosion of social utopias.

Call for applications open till to February 3, 2022

Mesnographies photography festival will hold its second edition in the fall of 2022.

Mesnographies is an emerging photography festival taking place among the green open-air setting in the park of Les Mesnuls village (near Paris).

This call is open to all photographers and the theme this year is portraiture.

More information: https://www.mesnographies.com/call-for-application

Mitmachen können Künstler*innen bis einschließlich des 40. Lebensjahres, Einreichungen sind ab sofort möglich 

Der August-Sander-Preis für Porträtphotographie, gestiftet von Ulla Bartenbach und
Prof. Dr. Kurt Bartenbach, wird in Zusammenarbeit mit der Photographischen Sammlung/ SK Stiftung Kultur, Köln, im Jahr 2022 nun schon zum dritten Mal vergeben.

Mit der Auslobung des Preises verbindet sich die Idee, junge zeitgenössische künstlerische Ansätze im Sinne der sachlich-konzeptuellen Photographie zu fördern. Vor dem Hintergrund der bedeutenden Porträtphotographien von August Sander sollen sich die photographischen Werke der Bewerber*innen vorrangig auf das Thema des menschlichen Porträts beziehen. Der Preis wird alle zwei Jahre verliehen.

Teilnahmeberechtigt sind nationale und internationale Künstler*innen bis einschließlich des 40. Lebensjahres mit dem Schwerpunkt Photographie. Der Preis ist mit 5.000 € dotiert. Dazu richtet die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur nach Möglichkeit und individueller Abstimmung eine Ausstellung mit Arbeiten des Preisträgers/der Preisträger*in aus.

Für die Einreichung eignet sich eine schon weitgehend erarbeitete Serie mit höchstens 20 Photographien. Es werden nur Arbeiten zur Begutachtung herangezogen, die einer thematisch gebundenen Bildgruppe oder Sequenz folgen, Einzelbilder bleiben unberücksichtigt. Die vorgelegten Werke sollen bei anderen Wettbewerben noch keinen Preis erhalten haben.

Die Jury setzt sich aus fünf Mitgliedern zusammen: Albrecht Fuchs, Künstler, Köln; Dr. Roland Augustin, Saarlandmuseum/Moderne Galerie, Saarbrücken; Prof. Dr. Ursula Frohne, Kunsthistorikerin, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster; Dr. Anja Bartenbach, Stifterfamilie, Köln; Gabriele Conrath-Scholl, Leiterin, Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur, Köln.

Ende März 2022 wird eine Shortlist veröffentlicht. Der Preisträger/die Preisträger*in, resultierend aus der Shortlist, wird Ende April 2022 bekanntgegeben.

Die Preisvergabe findet im September 2022 in der Photographischen Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur in feierlichem Rahmen in Köln statt. Einsendeschluss ist der 28. Januar 2022. Die detaillierte Ausschreibung kann hier heruntergeladen werden.

In the “Echoraum” (Echo Space) developed by Nicole Six & Paul Petritsch, the projects carried out in Eggenberg this year between June and October are translated into a presentation for Camera Austria’s interior space—joined by other projects specially designed for these rooms. In a time of crisis, the “Site-Specific (Public) Lessons” continue to be focused on visualizing the foundations of publicness and neighborly environs, which have been deeply transformed over the course of the year 2020. Thus, despite changed circumstances, the intention remains to engage in dialogue with those initiatives that are often barely visible and that are now especially important and endangered at the same time. They shape cultural and social everyday life, the good life in the neighborhood, and thus that in the city as a whole.

New Projects until February 21, 2021

“Smart City Trees”: Documentation of a Felling
Simone Kocsar, Natur.Werk.Stadt (hosted by Naturschutzbund)

Due to construction work for the tram line, around fifty trees had to be felled in the Smart City of Graz’s Eggenberg district, many of which were large, old trees. In order to document this, they were photographed prior to felling. The portraits of the “Smart City Trees” are meant to scrutinize the role played by natural urban greenery and revegetation in modern urban planning, but also to garner momentum for the many different ways of using wood and for possible alternatives to felling trees. The exhibition is accompanied by a postcard series.

“Appreciation”
Florian Simon, Natur.Werk.Stadt (hosted by Naturschutzbund)

As scientific studies have empirically documented, appreciation is a basic human need. Appreciation fuels togetherness in an elementary way and enables peaceful and cooperative coexistence. Because of the heterogeneity inherent to such definitions, disappointments and misunderstandings are inevitable in cooperative relations: if it is unclear what each individual means by appreciation, then she or he most likely cannot fulfill the wish for “more appreciation.” This is why it’s important to talk about one’s own understanding of appreciation, and to help onself and others become aware of how appreciation is experienced, or not.

Balcony Exhibition “WALD”
Büro für Pessi_mismus

Petra Lex from the Büro für Pessi_mismus (Office for Pessi_mism) worked together with the inhabitants of the “WALD” neighbourhood (from the street names Waagner-Biro-Straße, Asperngasse, Laudongasse, Daungasse), where the City of Graz is providing temporary housing for people who lost their accomodation. She invited the residents to photograph their favorite domestic spaces. For the opening of “Site-Specific (Public) Lessons,” the resulting photographs were hung on the balconies of the “WALD” neighbourhood in Eggenberg and are now entering our exhibition space as small-format photographs.

The instability currently seizing the entire realm of art and culture has impacted our work as well. Due to temporarily closed exhibition spaces all over the world, and the related postponement and restructuring of agendas, the situation for art magazines has also become rather unpredictable. This in turn influences one’s ability to critically accompany and write about art.

In view of the fundamental situation caused by the pandemic, we have decided to release the upcoming edition of Camera Austria International on September 9, 2020, rather than in the summer, as would normally have been the case. This special dual edition is marked by the twofold number 150/151. We are taking this double anniversary—the 150th issue of the magazine and the 40th anniversary of the magazine’s founding—as an occasion to invite individuals from Camera Austria’s network, but also beyond, to reflect on “What’s at Stake / What’s Missing?” What is indeed at stake today when considering the medium of photography in the context of its shifted conditions of production, its modalities within society, or the many forms of its distribution and reception, all of which essentially influence artistic practice as well? This polyphonic act of taking stock—aiming less to celebrate the presence of photography in the contemporary art field and more to challenge it—is accompanied by an expanded (and twice as extensive) review section, which focuses on exhibitions and publications that our authors found relevant in the spring and summer of 2020.

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 Fotografie in Deutschland. Die internationale Jury entschied sich aus 162 Bewerbungen für den Vorschlag von Karina Nimmerfall, für ihre virtuelle Raumrekonstruktion “The Building”, und für das Projekt von Michael Danner mit dem Titel “Zivilgesellschaft – Demokratie im ‘Post-Faktischen’ Zeitalter”. Nimmerfall und Danner erhalten je 10.000 Euro, um die eingereichten Projekte umzusetzen.

Mitglieder der Jury waren:

•           Natalie Czech, Künstlerin und ehemalige Stipendiatin, Berlin
•           Marloes Krijnen, Direktorin, Foam, Amsterdam
•           Alona Pardo, Kuratorin, Barbican Centre London
•           Dr. Ingomar Lorch, Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung, Essen
•           Thomas Seelig, Leiter Fotografische Sammlung, Museum Folkwang, Essen

Karina Nimmerfall (*1971, Deggendorf), lebt und arbeitet in Berlin. Ihre künstlerische Arbeit entwickelt sie aus fotografischen Untersuchungen von historischer Architektur und wie diese von politischen, ökonomischen und ideologischen Fragestellungen durchdrungen ist. In ihren Werken fügt sie Dokumente, Texte und Interviews, Fotografien und Baupläne zusammen und eröffnet mit Hilfe von virtuellen Renderings räumliche Inszenierungen und damit neue Interpretationsspielräume. In ihrem geplanten Projekt “The Building” wird sie sich der wenig erforschten und höchst innovativen RAND Corporation mit Sitz in Los Angeles zuwenden. Das minimalistische jedoch heute zerstörte Gebäude (1953-2007) wird Nimmerfall mit forensischen Mitteln in seinen technologischen und ideologischen Qualitäten erfahrbar machen.

Michael Danner (*1967, Reutlingen), lebt und arbeitet in Berlin. Danner verfolgt in seinen Projekten einen politisch-anthropologischen Ansatz, in dem er kontroverse Orte und Geschichte/n untersucht. Oft verbindet er aktuelles Bildmaterial mit historischen Texten. In “Critical Mass” untersucht er das Wirken der Atomindustrie und unser Verhältnis zu dieser Technologie, während er in “Migration as Avant-Garde” den Begriff der Migration als ein historisches und nicht tages-politisches Phänomen benutzt. Seine Bilder und Videoinstallationen schaffen Raum für einen Dialog von Bild und Rezipienten, der über das eigentliche Sujet hinausgeht und in direkter Weise an die Lebenswirklichkeit der BetrachterInnnen anknüpft.

Die Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung vergibt die Stipendien zur Förderung zeitgenössischer Fotografie seit 1982 in Zusammenarbeit mit der Fotografischen Sammlung des Museum Folkwang. Das Förderprogramm richtet sich an FotografInnen, die unabhängig von einer Auftragsarbeit ein fotografisches Vorhaben über einen längeren Zeitraum erarbeiten. Die Fotografische Sammlung im Museum Folkwang betreut dieses Förderprogramm. Die Ausschreibung ist weder thematisch gebunden noch einem bestimmten Bereich der fotografischen Praxis zugeordnet. Die Stiftung fördert mit diesem offen gehaltenen Förderprogramm eine zeitgemäße bildnerische Auseinandersetzung mit fotografischen Sicht- und Darstellungsweisen. Alle zwei Jahre werden jeweils zwei Stipendien ausgeschrieben. Die Auswahl der Stipendiaten erfolgt durch eine Jury mit Vertretern der Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung, des Museum Folkwang und von den beiden Institutionen ausgewählten, unabhängigen Fachleuten. Die nächste Ausschreibung erfolgt voraussichtlich 2020.

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 not fit the old moulds. The appeal, heard in one country after another, is for stronger borders to inhibit the flow of migrants from dangerous, poor, war-torn, environmentally damaged, or otherwise unfortunate countries to places where life seems better. This appeal resonates with the nativist and racist themes that often characterize right-wing politics. The late Marilouise Kroker was always an exponent of the openness that welcomes rather than fears the new. In this symposium in her honour, faculty and students at the University of Victoria explore the possibilities and promises of a 21st century politics that embraces human diversity, accepts migration as natural, and celebrates the possibilities of a world in which borders – between nations, states, ethnicities, religions, ideologies, genders, and whatever else are not the obstacles to human flourishing that they are now. Is the current period of revanchist nationalism just a passing phase? Can the positive aspects of globalization be nurtured? How can present fears be overcome? In this symposium, a variety of perspectives will be presented, some from invited panellists, but more from other participants. Come prepared to make your own contribution.

Session 1: Global Perspectives (COR B107, 1.30 – 2.50 pm)

It begins with a round table in which scholars working on these issues shed light on what has been happening in different parts of the world, including ones that have not received much attention in the Western media. Is there a general pattern that we can discern, or are things so different in various regions that we should avoid generalization? What, if anything, should give us cause for hope?

Panellists:
Marlea Clarke (Political Science)
Oliver Schmidtke (Political Science and History)
Scott Watson (Political Science)

Session 2: Theoretical Interpretations (COR B107, 3.00 – 4.20 pm)

In the second round table, we consider some of the issues for political theory that arise from efforts to accommodate migration or secure borders. Are we bound to the nation-state as the condition for peaceable politics, or other possibilities now emergent? In any case, how can we make sense of our political possibilities under present conditions?

Panellists:
Rita Dhamoon (Political Science and CSPT)
Arthur Kroker (Political Science and CSPT)
Rob Walker (Political Science and CSPT)

Session 3: Reflections from the US- Mexican Border (HSD A240, 7.00 – 9.00 pm)

The symposium ends with a lecture/performance by Ricardo Dominguez of the University of California (San Diego). Professor Dominguez is renowned for his bold and innovative interventions in American efforts to restrict migration from Mexico and Central America.

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 by the festival’s board on October 4, 2018. The 2nd Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie will take place between February 29 and April 26, 2020.

Dietrich Skibelski, chairman of the Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie: “We are extremely pleased about our cooperation with David Campany. Not only were we convinced by his recent curatorial projects and the range of topics he has dealt with; his work as a writer and, in his own words, as an ‘image maker’ also fit very well with the many aspects that comprise the Biennale: exciting exhibitions, a varied supporting programme and the opportunity to initiate a broad and deep discourse about the photographic medium. His experience in the transmission of art and his direct connection to the young art scene, attained through his 25 years as a university lecturer, provide a lot of impetus to our project, which is why we are looking forward to the 2020 Biennale.”

More information: biennalefotografie.de

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. The Market Photo Workshop was selected by an esteemed international panel that adjudicated 85 nominations from across the globe.

Founded in 1989 by the recently deceased legendary South African photographer, David Goldblatt, the Market Photo Workshop—a training institution of the Market Theatre Foundation—instills and promotes the ideals of socially committed photography. It was the first South African institution to provide photographic training, equipment and support to black South African photographers during the apartheid era, giving huge impetus to the visual expression of black perspectives on local realities, expositing discrimination, injustices and oppression in powerful images. Its graduates which include Zanele Muholi, Jodi Bieber and Sabelo Mlangeni are among the most influential photographers on the African continent.

“The Market Photo Workshop stands to honour the legacy of its founder, David Goldblatt, and now under the leadership of Lekgetho Makola, the Market Photo Workshop continues to break new ground as it develops innovative methodology that combines technical training with social consciousness raising and extends its presence through collaborations and exchanges that extend into the continent”, said Ismail Mahomed, the Chief Executive Officer of the Market Theatre Foundation.

Last year, the Head of Market Photo Workshop, Lekgetho Makola participated in a number of international events including a three-day conference on Art, Public Space and Closing Societies in Morocco. He was a member of the curatorial advisory committee for the 11th edition of Bamako Encounters 2017 and was invited to the 2017 Lubumbashi Biennale in the DRC as part of stakeholder relationship building between like-minded photography organisations in order to enhance the growth of the practice collaboratively in the SADC region. Makola also sits on the International Advisory Committee to the Board of the California based visual story telling organisation CatchLight.

Under Makola’s leadership, the Market Photo Workshop offers critical photography courses to communities, weekend classes, an interactive module on archiving photography to practitioners and intensive incubator programmes for emerging artists. Many of its students and alumni explore complex issues such as state violence, migration, homelessness, memory and identity in a transitional society, capturing post-apartheid realities.

“This Award gives the Market Photo Workshop and its community of photographers the ultimate recognition of the impact of its intensive relevant programmes and energies on both Continental and Global levels. The outstanding creative and administrative contributions and funding support from progressive individuals and organizations has created a new type of artistic knowledge cultivation realm, championed by critical compelling young minds and attitudes inspired by lived dynamic experiences of this Continent and we are delighted that the Prince Claus Fund has honoured us with this glorious accolade”, Lekgetho Makola said.

The award presents the Market Photo Workshop with the opportunity to further diversify its programmes and solidify its activities by investing in the research, development and activation of a critical post-apartheid Pan-African photography archive that represents the artistic and advocacy energies of the 25 years of South Africa’s constitutional democracy. Through its three decades of revolutionary work, the Market Photo Workshop has created a vast image archive of unique historical and social importance.

The verdict from the Prince Clause Awards is that the “Market Photo Workshop is honoured for its political courage and historically significant act of opening photography to black South Africans during apartheid; for sustaining the radical spirit and ideals that grew out of the struggle against apartheid, stimulating critical reflection and enabling a continuing evolution of photogrtaphic expression of social realities and injustices; for creating a dynamic education process that propagates the role of photography as a proactive agent in social development; for providing access to essential storytelling tools and supportive networks, enabling young people, including the marginalized and disadvantaged, to envision and share their experiences; and for its integrity over 30 years of dedication as a catalyst and springboard for talent, consistently empowering generations of remarkable photographers.”

The Award, which carries a prize of 100 000 Euros, will be presented to the Market Photo Workshop on 6 December at the Royal Palace in the Netherlands, in the presence of the Royal Family.

The Market Theatre Foundation also extends its congratulations to internationally acclaimed South African dancer and choreographer, Dada Masilo who will also be awarded the 2018 Prince Claus Next Generation Award. Known to deconstruct the all-time classic ballets into powerfully grounded, hip-shaking, moves of African dance, Dada Masilo has created a unique choreographic signature of challenging prejudice by turning race, class and gender stereotypes on their heads through her modern interpretations of the classics.

“I would like congratulate both the Market Photo Workshop and Dada Masilo on this incredible achievement. They were selected out of a group of 85 other individuals and projects – all equally deserving. Ms Masilo and the Market Photo Workshop are shining examples of the richness of South Africa’s cultural and artistic expression and possibility” says Han Peters, the Ambassador Designate of the Netherlands to South Africa.

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 which living systems manifest themselves from a scientific perspective, their arrangements and their autopoiesis. These are phenomena with which Lempert, as a trained biologist, is familiar and conversant, perceiving them everywhere and capturing them in his photographs. Indeed, his photographs of human, animal, plant and micro-organic life forms operate at the threshold of science photography—and yet they unfold a poetic depth attributable solely to his self-perception as a visual artist. And so his oeuvre is also about a considerable degree of autonomy. It is certainly indebted to a “scrutinising vision,” but has no need to be subservient to a higher order with which “results” are replicated. The enjoyment to be had (or the knowledge that it is possible) to open up different contexts of perception is simply too great.

The exhibition titled “Botanical Box” is co-organized by the Office for Photography and the Croatian Photographic Union, and curated by Sandra Križić Roban (Zagreb) and Maren Lübbke-Tidow (Berlin). In Zagreb, the artist will present a part of his distinctive oeuvre dominated by photographs with an exceptionally refined aesthetic and nature motifs.