The current exhibition at FENSTER61 is part of the 5th European Month of Photography in Berlin. Thorsten Kirchhoff’s photographs from his incredible work “Walking” are shown in seven digital picture frames. The images are changing all the time so one can spend a long time looking inside the several spyholes and puzzling the story together. While the installation also works at daylight it is highly recommended to visit the venue at night.
Installation views from the current exhibition In Transit at Ostkreuz, Berlin
When I first heard some of the new songs from Andreas Albrechts new album, there was this one among them with the title “Nacht” (“Night”). A current photo project I’m working on has the same working title and much of a related athmosphere. So when Andreas came up with the idea making some kind of photo film video for the song with my photographs I first tried to bring it together with my new photographs but soon realized that this would not work. I always find it extremly difficult to combine music with lyrics and photography in a really cross-fertilizing way. In most cases there is always one medium “too loud” – either the images are too clear and strong to let space for lyrics or vice versa. So we decided to drop that idea and try to be as open as possible taking photos along a long shared trip through a Berlin summer night. We went by bike and feet, finally had a few hundreds of photos and Andreas would just take them home and do whatever he wanted to to with them. Full screen view recommended.
Soliman Lawrence’s exhibition Old World Succulence was originally ment to be part of the 5th European Month of Photography in Berlin. For some reasons nobody really explained to us, the curator jury didn’t like it. I’m not shure if the term „curator“ is the right word here – for they only had some jpgs and some written lines for “curating” submitted works – but that’s a different story, I suppose…
The good thing about the refusal is that this exhibition is now part of the new Movement for Gallery network which means that Fenster61 dances on both parties – European Month of Photography with the next exhibiton and MfG with this exhibition.
Check out Soliman Lawrence’s phantastic work Old World Succulence on his website. For the exhibition at FENSTER61 we chose a selection of twelve black and white photographs taken at the Berliner Zoos and the Botanical Garden.
One of a few new photographs for the upcoming release of Andreas Albrecht‘s new CD TAGEBUCHt.
From today til Oct 16th Jan Michalko is exhibiting street photography from Berlin at FENSTER61. Michalko is a member of miraprospekt.
There’ll be a nice 1 day open air photo exhibition in Kreuzberg tomorrow. Check out KLEISTER here.
A big collection of “flip through photobook videos” can be found on Have a nice Book, a website by Yosigo and Salva López. The soundtracks may sound a little bit strange sometimes but the mix between photobook classics and self-published books is quite inspiring and outstanding. You can spend hours there…
I launched a facebook page for FENSTER61 last week. I’m still not keen on using facebook personally but it should be fine to get some additional promo for FENSTER61 and its exhibitions. If you are on fb feel free to like FENSTER61 here.
I’m starting the week with editing and postproduction work on a series of portraits I have made in New York last month in the style of my Londonders series from three years ago. It’s so fascinating to look through such a broad diversity of characters. I feel thankful to all the 180 persons who permitted me to take their picture and feel kind of sorry for everyone I have to sort out to get a decent collection of 50.
Holger Biermanns series Lichtenberg shows photographs from a Berliner district that looks like a village in many areas. The project was realized during an artists in residence stay at Lichtenberg Studios that published a small booklet with the whole series. It can be seen as a PDF here. The exhbition at FENSTER61 is up until 11th of September. See more infos here.
Currently at FENSTER61 – Christoph David Drange: Die Haut der Stadt
Edward Burtynsky’s extensive and engaged OIL series will be shown at c/o Berlin. Opening is tonight at 7pm. Check details here.
“Dreaming with open Eyes” was the title of a one week photo workshop by Todd Weinstein in New York that I atttended in 2007. I added another week and remember this trip as a very vibrant and inspiring one. When I was the fist time in New York City, in 2001, I think it was the final trigger for my passion for photography. I remember running around the whole two weeks with my Lomo LC-A and a plastic “Action Sampler”, snapping every poppycock I found. So now I’ll go there for the third time and I wonder what the time will bring. I’m looking forward to meet with in-public’s Richard Bram – the rest of the trip will be up to the mood. Maybe I’ll blog, maybe not…
Photos: Central Park, New York, 2007
A bearded affair at FENSTER61… The current exhibition shows 110 self-portraits of Andreas Albrecht at different stages of shaving. Wow! Check it out here.
4 out of more than 70 photographs from Frank Silberbach’s Berlin 140° series are currently on display at FENSTER61. The whole series will be shown at Galerie im Rathaus Tempelhof opening this Thursday, 7 pm. To find out more about Silberbach, read the interview that is published today on the Seconds2Real blog.
The next of my photographer interviews is published on the seconds2real blog today. Conversational partner this time: Rudi Meisel.
Max Thielmann’s series Casino Boogie consists of photographs taken in Berliner bars during the last twenty years. Those who have been in Berlin in the 90s may spot some long gone places like Mary Chain Bar, Kastanienallee, or Obst und Gemüse, Oranienburger Straße. Some pictures seem to twinkle over from a hazy distant past, some are just from around the corner and could have been taken last night. Max Thielmanns ode to Berliner night- and bar-life is on exhibition at FENSTER61 until May, 15th.
When I was in Hamburg a few weeks ago I had the chance to meet Andreas Herzau for an extensive conversation. His new book Herzau | Moscow | Street is out now and the interview is published today on the Seconds2Real blog. Enjoy reading.