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After the C / O Berlin, the Stadtmuseum Munich is now presenting Marc Beckmann's "Anniversaries". For a  decade, he has been photographing worldwide commemorations of historical events, from the Prague spring to the Egyptian Revolution. He thus created an essay on the culture of remembrance from an international perpective.

"The anniversaries"
Opening: 17 September 2015, 6.00 - 8.00 pm
Artist talk: 18 September 2015, 3.00 pm
Exhibition: September 18 to 22 November 2015

Münchner Stadtmuseum
St.-Jakobs-Platz 1, 80331 München
http://www.muenchner-stadtmuseum.de/veranstaltungen/details/veranstaltungen/kuenstlergespraech-zur-ausstellung-6.html

Unter dem Titel RomAmoR widmet sich zum Auftakt der aktuellen Spielzeit das Dresdener Hellerau, der größten lebenden Minderheit in der Europäischen Union, den Roma und Sinti. Ein eigenes Festival thematisiert Kultur, Herkunft und Lebenssituation. Mit dabei ist unsere Fotografin Annette Hauschild, die über Jahre sich mit dem Leben der Roma und Sinti beschäftigt, zu sehen ist ihre Serie "Hit the Road Jack".

Eröffnung ist am Montag den 7. September um 18 Uhr
mit einer Lesung von Anke Stelling.

Ausstellung:

07.09.-26.09.2015

HELLERAU – Europäisches Zentrum der Künste Dresden
Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 56
01109 Dresden

www.hellreau.org

"On Borders" in Kolkata

In a new edition specially curated for the region, our "On Borders" is now touring the Goethe Institutes in Southeast Asia. In late summer it will be on show in Kolkata, where Thomas Meyer had photographed for his position on Bangladeshis in exile.

"On Borders"
Opening: 24 August, 6.30 pm
Exhibition: 25 August - 4 September

Studio 21
17L Dover Terrace, Kolkata 700019
http://www.goethe.de/ins/in/en/kol.html

The face of violence has changed. It is now possible to kill without direct physical confrontation, without endangering one's own life. How does this affect emotions like killing inhibition, overreaction, sympathy or hatred? And what is the long-term impact of the use of weapons on the human psyche?

An exhibition at the Kunstwerke deals with these questions, featuring artists like Marina Abramovic, Julius von Bismarck or OSTKREUZ photographer Julian Roeder.

"Fire and Forget. ON VIOLENCE"
Exhibition: 14 June - 30 August 2015

KW Institute for Contemporary Art
August 69, 10117 Berlin
http://www.kw-berlin.de/de/exhibitions/fire_and_forget_on_violence_453

From 1981 to 1990, Harald Hauswald was the photographer of the deaconal Stephanus Foundation. He captured every day life in its institutions, the lives of the elderly, or the children and adults with disabilities. A few months ago, the Foundation gave us 500 films, all unpublished. We turned this into an exhibition.
For work such as this Harald Hauswald has just been nominated for the German Prize for Civic Engagement, which will be awarded in December.

"Rückkehr in eine andere Zeit"
Exhibition: June 27 - Autumn 2015

Friedenskirche the Stephanus Foundation
Albertinen Straße 20, 13086 Berlin
http://www.stephanus-stiftung.de/de/organisation/aktuelles/festwoche2015.html

Our photographer Stephanie Steinkopf is awarded the Art Prize of Lotto Brandenburg. Congratulations!
The Jury says: Stephanie Steinkopf photographs give the protagonists and their life circumstances that take place beyond the mass media attention and common socio-political interests a visibility, on the other hand they keep a respectful distance.
Her work "Vogelfrei" will be on show at the Landtag Brandenburg until December 2015.

"Lotto Brandenburg Kunstpreis 2015"
Award ceremony and exhibition opening: 24 June 2015 7.00 pm

Landtag Brandeburg
Am Alten Markt 1, 14467 Potsdam
http://www.kunstpreis-literatur-fotografie.de/

"Anniversaries" is a project that almost deserves its own anniversary. For over a decade, Marc Beckmann has been photographing anniversaries around the world, like the celebration of the Prague Spring, the 30th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, or the commemoration of the September 11 attacks in New York.
Now C / O Berlin shows "Anniversaries" as an exhibition.

Time magazine presents the series in their Lightbox.

"Anniversaries"
Opening: 19 June 2015, 7.00 pm
Exhibition: 20 June  - 16 August, 2015


C / O Berlin
Hardenberg Straße 22-24, Berlin
http://www.co-berlin.org/anniversaries

In the most modern house in Germany Linn Schröder shows a very timeless work. During the triennial of Photography, the Apartimentum hosts her latest work "Ich denke auch Familienbilder". In narrative pictures, she deals with the eternal themes of family and memories.

"Triennial of Photography"
Opening: 19 June 2015, 7.00 pm
Exhibition: 20 - 28 June 2015

Apartimentum
Mittelweg 169, 20148 Hamburg
http://www.phototriennale.de

Since James Watt's steam engine a lot has happened, we are now in in the middle of the 4th Industrial Revolution. The physical world blends with the digital world. The Entrepreneur Award 4.0 invited international photographers to present their views on the so-called industry 4.0. Results can now be seen at an exhibition in Baden-Württemberg, including Jörg Brüggemann's images of the Berlin start-up scene.


"Thinking Acting Reflecting 4.0"
Opening: April 23rd 19.00 clock
Exhibition April 24, 2015 - July 31, 2015

SAP SE
Dietmar-Hopp-Allee 20, 69190 Walldorf |
http://www.kunstportal-bw.de/sapkunst1.html

Photographs have always been the record of a moment, but today, this moment can be shared almost in real time with people all around the world. At the Gallery Weekend, aff Gallery launches a new format that discusses the changing role of photography. In the first edition of Keep Your Eyes Peeled three OSTKREUZ photographers will be featured.

"Keep Your Eyes Peeled"
Opening: 1 May 1 2015 7.00 pm
Exhibition: 2 - 3 May 2015

aff gallery
Kochhannstr. 14, 10249 Berlin
http://www.aff-galerie.de/Keep-Your-Eyes-Peeled-Gruppenausstellung-zum-Berlin-Gallery-Weekend

In the GDR people also danced a lot, especially shortly before its end. During this time, Harald Hauswald documented the scene - in bars, concert halls and carnival parties. Just in time for the May dance, his series is shown in a gallery in Berlin.

"Harald Hauswald. Dance in May"
Opening: 28 April 2015
Exhibition: 29. April - 27. June 2015

Gallery of Modern Photography
Schröderstrasse 13, 10115 Berlin

galeriefuermodernefotografie.com

From 1 April – 31 May 2015 twelve outstanding young European photographers will be presenting their photo essays on the topic »The New Social«. Involved one of our photographers Stephanie Steinkopf, with her new series VOGELFREI.

Exhibition:
EUROPEAN PHOTO EXHIBITION AWARD 02 −THE NEW SOCIAL

1. April − 31. May 2015
HAUS DER PHOTOGRAPHIE
Deichtorstraße 1-2
20095 Hamburg

www.deichtorhallen.de

special event:

THE NEW SOCIAL: »Europe beyond focus«
Tue, 5. May 2015, 7 pm
With the photographers Stephanie Steinkopf, Paula Winkler, Kirill Golovchenko and Ingo Taubhorn
Moderation: Elisabeth Burchhardt
Location: KörberForum, Kehrwieder 12, 20457 Hamburg
entrance free, registration here www.koerberforum.de

In the old days, little boys used to play with toy soldiers. Today, the US Army and ISIS are recruiting via video games and the gaming industry is hiring ex-militaries as consultants. War does not only inspire horror, but also a certain fascination, especially in young men.
The Bethanien dedicates its latest exhibition to the aesthetics of weapons and the gamification of war. It features Julian Röder who worked on governmental violence for years.

"Boys and Their Toys
Exhibition: 7 March - 26 April 2015

Art Space Kreuzberg / Bethanien
Mariannen Platz 2, 10997 Berlin
http://www.kunstraumkreuzberg.de/start.html

A city with B, six letters, marked by decades of political division.
Clear case, Beirut!
Still, you might as well think of another city. And so the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts is now presenting OSTKREUZ photographs on the fall of the Berlin Wall. Maurice Weiss shows the Upheavals after November 9, 1989. Werner and Ute Mahler traveled along the former Iron Curtain, "where the world was to end".

"Berlin-Upheavals / Berlin-Where the World was to End"
Exhibition: 16 - 21 March 2015

Académie Libanaise des Beaux Arts
Salle Polyvalente - Sin el Fil
Beirut, Libanaon

It is her first solo exhibition in New York and we are sure it would have made her happy. The gallery Osmos in the East Village shows Sibylle Bergemann vintage prints from the 70s and 80s. Among them are fashion photographs for the east German magazine Sibylle as well as her probably most famous series The Monument.

"Sibylle Bergemann"
Exhibition: 3 March - 18  April 2015
Gallery Talk with Anna-Christina Hartmann: 7 April 2015, 7pm

OSMOS
50 E 1st Street
New York

Harald Hauswald photographed artists, punks and dissidents in the GDR moving, about on the edge of the republic. A quarter-century later, he is a guest at the alledgedly highest photo festival in the world. The "Nuit de la photo" shows his images at the top of the Swiss mountains.

Nuit de la photo: 14 February 2015

La Chaux-de-Fonds
Swiss
http://www.nuitdelaphoto.ch

For a whole year, photographs from the collection of the Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus will be on show at the Landtag Brandenburg. The exhibition brings together Brandenburg everyday scenes from the last 50 years. OSTKREUZ is represented with four names: Stephanie Steinkopf, Sibylle Bergemann and Werner and Ute Mahler.

"Spuren (des Alltags)"
Exhibition: 21 January  - 14. December 2015

Landtag Brandenburg
Alter Markt 1, Potsdam
http://www.landtag.brandenburg.de

Aiming to save street photography in Germany Espen Eichhöfer set up a crowdfunding campaign called „Streetphotography now“. He says:

 „I want to find out if street photography in an artistic context is legally secured in Germany. The judicial conditions for street photographers are vague and need a sharp definition.A passerby I photographed as she was crossing the street is suing me in the second instance. In the first instance the court of Berlin considered the claim for damages sustained on account of pain and suffering unfounded. However, the court adjudicated that I invaded her privacy. Both the complainant and I appealed the conviction.

 In doing so I intend to obtain a landmark decision in order to create a clear legal situation for all artists in the future.“

www.startnext.com/streetphotography

The New Yorker selects Ute Mahler's "Zusammenleben" under the "Fourteen photo books of 2014".
Quite the opinion of DIE ZEIT, for whom the book is part of the best of 2014: "Happy couples, defiant teens, skeptical children - the black and white photographs document with all seriousness the ease of everyday life and the happiness of people on the street, in the garden or next door. "

Die Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung zeichnet im Rahmen des Wettbewerbes „25 Jahre Mauerfall: Geschichte erinnern - Gegenwart gestalten“ 25 Menschen, Organisationen und Projekte der historisch-politischen Bildung aus, die sich in besonderer Weise um die Vermittlung des Jahres 1989 verdient gemacht haben.

Wir freuen uns mit Harald Hauswald zu seinem Preis in der Kategorie Person!

Er ist damit der einzige Fotograf unter den 25 Preisträger.

www.bpb.de/presse/196669/geschichte-erinnern-gegenwart-gestalten-gewinner-stehen-fest