Only five days until the end of our exhibition ˝The city - Becoming and decaying" . Those who could not visit the exhibition have the opportunity to do so until sunday evening (04.07.2010). 
images: © Lene Münch
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The City - The end of the City
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On the road - E.CO Madrid
28.06.2010 | | On the roadOSTKREUZ was among the few European collectives which in May were invited to Madrid for the Meeting of Euro-American Photographic Collectives (E.CO), including a symposium, a huge group display and a screening in the historic city. Afterwards we took part in a workshop in Soria and the subsequent exhibition in the town centre.
After our arrival in Madrid a driver picked us up and brought us to a nice hotel in the city centre. Three mornings we joined in round table discussions at the Spanish Ministry of Culture, discussing topics such as financing, marketing and production of self-assigned stories of collectives. In the afternoon presentations of the various collectives took place, in the course of which Linn Schröder and I spoke about the agency as well as the exhibition and book projects ›Ostzeit‹ and ’The City’. The second evening many people attended the opening of an exhibition on the subject of the environment, including Maurice Weiss’ series on the Bikini Atoll, Andrej Krementschouk’s project on Tschernobyl and my work on the nuclear power reactor in Greifswald and the Asse II pit. It took place at a former tobacco factory in the city centre, a nice location, comparable to C/O Berlin. The third and last evening of our stay in Madrid a big screening, including a selection of our ›Ostzeit‹ project, took place on a nice small square in the historical district.
The following morning a coach brought us to Soria. Having checked in at our hotel, we were invited to a welcome lunch with the mayor and took part in a meeting about the workshop and exhibition at the former main building of the Bank of Spain. We spent the following two days taking pictures during the day and preparing the prints for the exhibition in the evening. Unfortunately I had to leave a day early so that I couldn’t take part in the opening.
Taking part in the E.CO meeting in Madrid and the workshop in Soria was an inspiring experience, permitting us to establish contact with European and Latin American collectives.
Thomas Meyer
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The City - Conscientious
27.06.2010 | | The City ProjectLast year Jörg Colberg presented a personal selection of OSTKREUZ reportages on his renowned photography blog Conscientious. Now he posted a review on the catalogue of our anniversary exhibition 'The City. Becoming and Decaying' (on view until 4 July 2010 at C/O Berlin). Thanks very much, Jörg, we are glad you like it.
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OSTKREUZ on Facebook
25.06.2010 | | MiscellaneousOSTKREUZ is now represented on Facebook. Check it out for current news, blog links and background information. Become a friend of OSTKREUZ and be always up to date concerning jobs, exhibitions and new projects of OSTKREUZ.
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The City - Maurice Weiss "Ordos"
08.06.2010 | | The City ProjectLinn Schröder: Some of the pictures were chosen to be part of the selection for the exhibition and the book at the very end of the process. I especially like them, they are so surreal. Why do the two cowboys ride a chair lift in the desert?
Maurice Weiss: People who live in cities grow apart from nature. They eventually long for nature again and return but are not willing to do without the city's conveniences. And so a chair lift is built in the desert, a prosperous business for the operator. This chair lift takes you on the top of a huge sand dune where you are guided around on a camel, before you slide back down on a sledge.
© Maurice Weiss/OSTKREUZ
Linn Schröder: On another picture a woman is shown, she is crouching and speaking on the phone, a skyline is painted on the wall and there is a couch on the right-hand side. What does the business woman do in this unfinished town?
Maurice Weiss: She is doing business, she will have to sell the apartments in the skyscrapers.
© Maurice Weiss/OSTKREUZ
Linn Schröder: When will the city be finished? And how long you will accompany this project?
Maurice Weiss: The city is finished when people live there. What do people need to want to live in a city though? Only a job? Or do they need some kind of urban culture? And if so, what would that be? Ordos is an exciting project, I will continue to accompany it.
© Maurice Weiss/OSTKREUZ
Linn Schröder: I have also taken pictures of a city in the desert. Do you see any parallels to Las Vegas?
Maurice Weiss: Yes and no, there is a huge desire for colour, especially for green, trees and flowers are planted everywhere. Cities close to Ordos (like Bautou) glow in all colours at night, even without casinos.
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The City - Guided tours though the exhibition
02.06.2010 | | The City ProjectOur anniversary exhibition "The City - Becoming and Decaying" will be on display in the C/O Berlin until the 4th of July. C/O Berlin and OSTKREUZ offer guided tours through the the exhibition on every Saturday and Sunday at 3 pm with a different OSTKREUZ photographer at each event.
05.6. - Espen Eichhöfer
06.6. - Jörg Brüggemann
12.6. - Thomas Meyer
13.6. - Anne Schönharting
19.6. - Frank Schinski
20.6. - Annette Hausschild
26.6. - Andrej Krementschouk27.6. - Heinrich Völkel
Update:3.7. Jordis Antonia Schlösser
4.7. Frank Schinski
If you are interested, please come to the C/O Berlin Foyer just before the tour starts and register there.
