FOTOGRAFIE SYMPOSIUM – ANOTHER STATE OF MIND. WHAT WE FEEL - WHAT WE SEE - WHAT WE DO

In the organizer's words:

Symposium of the International Photoszene Cologne in cooperation with the Academy of Media Arts Cologne on the exhibition "Feelings & Photography" & "To Dwell in the Same Time and Space" as part of the Photoszene Festival Cologne

May 16, 2025, 3-6 p.m.
May 17, 2025, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Academy of Media Arts Cologne
Filzengraben 2, 50676 Cologne

What insights does photography provide about people's feelings? How can feelings be captured photographically - or created visually? Together with invited international artists, scientists, curators and teachers, we will reflect on the power of emotions in images and based on images. What are their potentials and dangers? On Friday, the focus will be on the creation of emotions in the digital and generative image world. In addition to current scientific lectures on the expression of emotions in photography, curators will speak on Saturday about their experiences in dealing with emotions and exhibition practice. KHM students will discuss emotions as a catalyst for artistic practice in times of multiple crises with speakers they have invited.

Speakers:

• Dr. Thomas Spies (media scientist and media artist)
• Dr. Roland Meyer (Digital Cultures and Arts, University of Zurich)
• Stefanie Schröder (artist, Leipzig)
• Dr. Geraldine Spiekermann (art historian, University of Potsdam),
• Nadine Isabelle Henrich (curator, Haus der Photographie, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg) in conversation with Roxana Rios (artist:in, Leipzig)
• Dr. Sophie-Charlotte Opitz (Curator, Bucerius Kunstforum, Hamburg) in conversation with Yuki Furisawa (Artist, Subame-City, Niigata, Japan) and Bokeum Lee (Artist, Dortmund)
• Christin Müller (independent curator, Leipzig)
• Emily Winkelsträter & Paulina Akbay (students, KHM Cologne) in conversation with Maria Hlavajova (art historian, Utrecht) and Cihan Çakmak (artist, Berlin)
• Dr. Anne Potjans (literary scholar, HU Berlin) in conversation with Rebecca Racine Ramershoven (artist, Cologne)

Moderation:

Jan Borreck (Curator, Internationale Photoszene Köln) and Andreas Langfeld (Artistic Research Associate for Photography, Academy of Media Arts Cologne)

The symposium is free of charge and will be held partly in German and partly in English. We are happy about supporting donations!

Binding registration for the symposium for the purpose of detailed planning on site is requested by email to: anmeldung@photoszene.de

The two-day symposium takes place at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne with the kind support of VG Bild-Kunst / Stiftung Kulturwerk.

Price information:

The symposium is free of charge and will be held partly in German and partly in English. We are happy to receive supporting donations! Please register for the symposium for detailed planning on site by email to: anmeldung@photoszene.de