ACMV is hosting a photobook night in Berlin Neukölln at Das Gift (Donaustrasse 119), on Saturday evening, November 15th 2104 from 8 pm!
Photographers who have published or self-published their own photobook are invited to join us at Das Gift that evening for a chat and a drink, and are welcome to offer their photobooks for sale! (mehr …)
SURF FICTION is Werner Amann’s unpublished work from 1997. It engages with social reality and image bound-culture in Los Angeles and other urban centers in the U.S. Beyond a mere documentary or created approach, SURF FICTION interlinks photography with collages, typography, video stills, abrupt breaks and double page spreads – switching with each page turn from one plot to another. The work plays with projections of a myth that regenerates itself from day to day, producing an image of Los Angeles and at the same time a visual reflection on modern reality. (mehr …)
⇢ Update Nov 8: Bubble & Scrape | Vernissage
Actual Colors May Vary {ACMV} is pleased to present photographic works of Ed Alcock, Jenny Fitz and Tom Griggs in the exhibition „Bubble & Scrape“, opening this November in Berlin!
We are delighted that Ed Alcock and Jenny Fitz will be present for the opening, and that Ed will be signing copies of his book Hobbledehoy.
There will also be a DJ set by Barry Burns (Mogwai) from 10 pm.
Ed Alcock, Jenny Fitz, Tom Griggs
Opening: Friday, 7 November 2014, from 8 pm – open end
Exhibition: November 7 – 20, 2014
Opening hours: daily 5 – 10 pm
Venue: Das Gift / Giftraum, Donaustr. 119, 12043 Berlin / Neukölln (⇢ Google Maps)
Public Transport:
U8 Hermannplatz or U7 Rathaus Neukölln,
Busses: 140/171/194/M29 Sonnenallee & Pannierstr., or M41 Fuldastr.
Unusual View of Unknown Subjects, 2013
This series is a body of work based on press photographs that have been collected in various newspaper archives in the United States. All images that are published in the press are regularly gathered in these archives where they are marked, numbered and indexed by date or key words. The prints are full of peripheral elements that explain their existence and legitimacy.
From amongst all these marks, I have focused on the indications showing how the image was to be cropped for publication. These “stigmata” are proof of the use of the image and of its transformation. They take the shape of visual (sometimes textual) dialogues between the protagonists who have handled it. Parallel stories in themselves, these annotations are also indications of „that-which-has-been“, a notion that is so fundamental in the history of the photographic medium. (mehr …)
The people in Qian’s Status inhabit a strange, almost dream-like existence. We catch fleeting glimpses of them as they move through the photograph – their Status unknown. Qian’s dream sequences reveal moments of quietness and reflection of lives lived.
Qian Yongning is a Chinese photographer based in Shanghai. He has exhibited widely across China and work features in collections across Europe, China and USA. Alongside his photography interests, Qian also lectures at Shanghai University. (mehr …)
During the course of the Photoszene Festival, on the 19th of August, The PhotobookMuseum has a grand opening. It will be the first museum in the world that is dedicated to the medium of the photobook in all its facets. (mehr …)
Berlin Fotografen | SPACES
Opening: June 13th 2014, 7pm
Exhibition: 13.–21.6.2014
Urban Spree Gallery
Revaler Str. 99, 10245 Berlin-Friedrichshain
Hours: Tue – Sun 12-19h
SPACES
“Spaces“ exhibition brings together Berlin’s photographers in an attempt to explore photography in all its dimensions. The expanse between the photobook, as an independent space, and the „Urban Spree Galerie“ as an open exhibition area is the main theme of this exhibition. Our exhibition is not only dedicated to the various forms of photographic depiction but also investigates the medium’s potential as an art form, expanding photography’s capacity of representation.The forms of enactment raise the question of how the pictures on the wall, in books or as installations change and affect the viewer’s perception. (mehr …)
Greg Girard and Ian Lambot started a Kickstarter campaign to publish a new extended edition of their in 1993 released and sold-out book „City of Darkness: Kowloon Walled City“ including new photographs and many previously unpublished drawings and documents. The city was the most densely populated place on earth before its demolition in 1992. Although already fully financed you can still support the project until April 18th and receive original prints and signed books as a thank-you. The book will be published in summer 2014.
One Thousand Books Art Book Festival
Thu-Sun April 10 – 13, 2014
Carlsberg Copenhagen
28 independent publishers from all of Northern Europe meet up in a supermarket in Copenhagen to sell books, greet their audience face to face and to share ideas and strategies with one another. The isles of the supermarket act as a visual and conceptual backdrop as the art books are sold alongside everyday groceries, to bibliophiles and the unexpecting shopper alike. (mehr …)
