Portrait of director Henri Steinmetz. Henri currently works on his debut feature film “Uns geht es gut” which will be released in cinemas in 2016.
Garden of Eden and Belgravia published in Bonds. Schuld, Schulden und andere Verbindlichkeiten.
Wilhelm Fink Verlag, München, 2014
Editor: Thomas Macho
547 pages, 100 b/w and 30 colour
ISBN: 978-3-7705-5633-5
For more photos of the book see: Printed
“Die seit sechs Jahren aktuelle Finanz- und Schuldenkrise wird gern moralisch kommentiert. Ökonomische sind häufig moralische Entscheidungen. Und diese moralischen Entscheidungen werden auf Pflichten bezogen, die den Eltern, Göttern oder Nationen geschuldet werden, den Regeln einer Verwandtschaftsordnung, den Geboten einer Religion oder den staatlichen Gesetzen. Hinter Schulden verbergen sich Bindungen und Zugehörigkeitsversprechen. Geleitet von der Vermutung, dass die aktuellen Schulden und die um sie kreisenden Debatten und Proteste eng mit anderen Schulderfahrungen zusammenhängen – mit Evidenzen existentieller, moralischer oder rechtlicher Schuld –, vereint dieser Band verschiedene Positionen aus Kunst, Kultur und Wissenschaft zu einem transdisziplinären Dialog. Vertreter/innen der Anthropologie, Soziologie, Kulturgeschichte, Psychoanalyse, Ökonomie und der Künste formulieren ihre besonderen thematischen Zugänge, um das Verständnis der Fragen nach Schuld, Schulden und Bindungen zu vertiefen und zu erweitern.” (Text: Webseite Wilhelm Fink Verlag)
Contributors: Irini Athanassakis / Christina von Braun / Éric Brian / Anna Echterhölter / Elena Esposito / Roberto Esposito / Ulrike Harms / Marcel Hénaff / Ulrike Herrmann / Jochen Hörisch / Michael Hutter / Christian Kassung / Rebekka Ladewig / Maurizio Lazzarato / Maria-Sibylla Lotter / Antonio Lucci / Thomas Macho / Wolfgang Pircher / Birger P. Priddat / Evke Rulffes / Dieter Schnaas / Tomáš Sedláček / Bernd M. Scherer / Sebastian Schwesinger / Martin Treml / Ulrike Vedder / Elisabeth Weber / Sigrid Weigel. Artistic contributors: Norbert Artner / Mark Boulos / Jota Izquierdo / Jan Stradtmann
Just back from the Tuscany mountains, Italy. Continued shooting a series about the architecture of hunting.
Arno Bojak in his studio, Berlin, July 2014.
Ongoing project since 2014. The series focuses on the new headquarter of the German Intelligence Services (Bundesnachrichtendienst) in the heart of Berlin.
“The future of the Bundesnachrichtendienst will be shaped to a significant degree by its new headquarters in Berlin, in walking distance to the federal chancellery and the parliament. The merging of various units under one roof promises growth in efficiency and effectiveness and further improvements in performance helping the Bundesnachrichtendienst to meet the future challenges of an increasingly globalised world.” (text: Bundesnachrichtendienst web page)
This nice little catalouge has been published on the occasion of the exhibition “On Borrowed Time(s)” and is designed by Allan Parker.
David Bate and Layal Ftouni talk to participating artists and discuss the work exhibited in On Borrowed Time (s). The talk addresses the implicatedness of photographic practices in the culture of capitalism, be it through consolidation or critique. It further looks at the position of artist vis a vis market forces, the future of art education and artistic practices in light of austerity measures. (text: INIVA web page)
Participating artists: Basil Al-Rawi / Wilf Speller / Maria Tzili / Jan Stradtmann / Paula Gortázar / William Eckersley / Xiaobo Fu
When: 10th April 2014, 6.30 pm
Location: INIVA, Institute of International Visual Arts
Rivington Place, EC2A 3BA, London
The Belgravia series is part of the group exhibition On Borrowed Time(s) at INIVA, Institute of International Visual Arts.
Location: INIVA, Institute of International Visual Arts
Rivington Place, EC2A 3BA, London
Preview: 25th March 2014, from 6.30pm
Exhibition continues until 12th April and is open on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays
Participating artists: Basil Al-Rawi / Wilf Speller / Maria Tzili / Jan Stradtmann / Paula Gortázar / William Eckersley / Xiaobo Fu. Curated by Layal Ftouni.
“On Borrowed Time(s) showcases the work of current students and alumni from the MA Photographic Studies, University of Westminster. The University of Westminster is one of three selected academic institutions Iniva will be working with for the year 2014. On Borrowed Time is curated in response to Turkish artist Burak Delier’s exhibition, Freedom Has No Script also showing at the gallery. The exhibition explores the paradoxes of capitalism as manifest in the art world, corporate and consumer cultures.” (text: INIVA web page)