The City - Becoming and Decaying
This year OSTKREUZ was celebrating its 20th anniversary and presented a large group exhibition at C/O Berlin with the theme "The City - Becoming and Decaying".
On the quest to find the one image of the city, the OSTKREUZ photographers set out to many different parts of the world - to the slums of Manila, the facades of Las Vegas, the ruins of Gaza, to the steppes of Inner Mongolia, Downtown Detroit, the ideal of Auroville, the yearning for Atlantis, the Mona Lisas of the suburbs - and to several others.
Impressions of the exhibition and interviews with the photographers, who are talking about their works, can be seen on our blog.
A limited edition of signed prints of the exhibition is available in our OSTKREUZ-Fine Art-Gallery.
The book was published by Hatje Cantz Publishing:
Die Stadt - Vom Werden und Vergehen
The City. Becoming and Decaying
german, english
296 pages, 170 illustrations, 130 in color, 40 in duotone
28,50 x 31,50 cm · Hardcover
ISBN 978-3-7757-2659-7 · 39,80,- Euro
The production of the book was sponsored by:
20 Years After German Unification · Critical Perspectives of Berlin Artists
This exhibition will be shown in five different cities in the U.S.!
Ten artists, who have lived in the GDR era in East or West Berlin and were restricted in their artistic development, are involved. Harald Hauswald shows his current exhibition »Risen From The Ruins«.
Opening: 18 April 2010
Harald Hauswald will be present at the opening ceremony!
First Amendment Center
1207 18th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37212
Other venues will be among others Aspen and Washington, D.C.
Sibylle Bergemann · Exhibition »L´allure des femmes« in Berlin
»Sibylle Bergemann's photography of women, [...] is timelessly beautiful, subtle, full of esprit. And yet the photographs, that are now exhibited in the gallery Johanna Breede Photokunst, are contemporary. They are confident, poetic, even rebellious portraits, they show the strong points of the so-called weaker sex.
« Ingeborg Ruthe / Berliner Zeitung
Exhibition: 26 March 2010 - 22 May 2010
Tue-Fri, 11 am - 6 pm, Sat 11 am - 4 pm Johanna Breede
PHOTOKUNST
Fasanenstraße 69, 10719 Berlin, Germany
www.johanna-breede.de
E.CO · Meeting of Euroamerican Photography Collectives
20 Fotografen-Kollektive aus aller Welt versammeln sich im Mai 2010 in Spanien.
Im Anschluss an eine Tagung in Madrid mit Diskussionen über neue Strategien von Produktion und Wahrnehmung von Fotografie, findet in der Provinz Soria ein Arbeitscamp statt. Die Fotografen Thomas Meyer, Maurice Weiss und Andrej Krementschouk vertreten OSTKREUZ.
13.05.2010 - 15.05.2010: Tagung im Ministerium für Kultur in Madrid
16.05.2010 - 19.05.2010: Arbeitscamp in Soria
Ab dem 18.05.2010 werden die im Arbeitscamp entstandenen Arbeiten im ehemaligen Hauptgebäude der Spanischen Bank ausgestellt.
Further venues of the exhibition »Szenen und Spuren eines Falls«
Due to the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin-Wall, the exhibition »Szenen und Spuren eines Falls« (»Scenes and Traces of a Fall«) will be shown, from mid-April on, in Rotterdam! Individually and simultaneously representative eight photographers, including Harald Hauswald and Maurice Weiss, show this change of time and its consequences.
Opening: 16 April 2010 at 6 pm. in the presence of Maurice Weiss.
Exhibition: 16 April 2010 - 17 May 2010
Tue - Thu: 3 pm - 7 pm, Fri 1 pm - 5 pm, free entry
Goethe-Institut
Westersingel 9, Rotterdam, Netherlands
www.goethe.de
»Glueckssucher« exhibition of OSTKREUZ - School of Photography in Berlin
Due to the project »The Promised City« twenty young photographers from Germany, Poland and India have embarked on a search for clues of »Glückssucher« (fortune seekers) in Berlin, Warsaw and Mumbai.
The resulting works are now exhibited in Berlin.
Exhibition: 14 April 2010 - 9 May 2010
Tue - Sun, 12 noon - 6 pm
Gallery at the Willy-Brandt-Haus
Stresemann Straße 28, 10963 Berlin-Kreuzberg, Germany
Further venues are Warsaw (June 2010) and Mumbai (October 2010).
www.promised-city.org
Julian Roeder · Exhibition in Hamburg
The full integration of people into a society of the market is the subject of "Human Resources" by Julian Roeder, which will be shown within the Koerber Photo Award exhibition in Hamburg. The images are rather image objects which are heavily dependent on the form of presentation. In the original, the work can be seen until 30 May in House of Photography.
Opening: 20.04. 2010 19 Clock
Exhibition: 21.04. - 30.05.2010
House of Photography
Deichtorhallen
Deichtorstr. 1-2, Hamburg
www.deichtorhallen.de
Harald Hauswald · honourable mention from the LEAD ACADEMY
For the publication »In einem Land vor unserer Zeit« (»The Land Before Time«) in the Sueddeutsche Zeitung Magazine, Harald Hauswald received a honourable mention of the LEAD Academy in the category »Photography«.
www.leadacademy.de
Joerg Brueggemann · Descubrimientos PHE at Photo España
Joerg Brueggemann was chosen for the portfolio reviews to be held during the festival Photo España in Madrid in June 2010. In individual interviews he will discuss his work with prominent personalities of the photo business. Among others: Stacey Baker/New York Times, Markus Hartmann/Hatje Cantz and Brett Rogers/The Photographer´s Gallery London.
www.phe.es
Joerg Brueggemann and Julian Roeder · Hijacked 2 · book and exhibition
»Hijacked 2« showcases the diverse talents and perspectives of 32 contemporary German and Australian photographers. With a focus on the representation of young photographers, border crosser and artists are apart from the mainstream it shows complex imagery, both evocative and confronting, dreamlike and rousing.
»HIJACKED 2«
Hardcover, English
www.kehrerverlag.com
The exhibition of the same title »Hijacked Volume 2 - Australia & Germany« will be shown in various cities of Australia. Works of 32 photographers and artists will be exhibited. OSTKREUZ is represented with photographs by Joerg Brueggemann and Julian Roeder.
Venues:
Sydney, 11 June 2010 - 17 July 2010, Australian Centre for Photography
Melbourne, 29 October 2010 - 16 January 2011, Monash Gallery of Art
Brisbane, 19 February 2011 - 24 April 2011, Queensland College of Art Gallery
Adelaide, 13 May 2011 - 1 July 2011, Anne and Gordon Samstag Museum