PHOTO:Berlin European Month of Photography 2016, Part I
Every two years, the European Month of Photography takes place in different places across Europe. Berlin turns into a large photographic gallery this October. For one month, museums, cultural institutions, galleries, project spaces, embassies and photography schools in Berlin and Potsdam present a wide array of exhibition projects and events (Part II).
By Efi Michalarou
Photo: EMOP-Berlin Archive
This year, the jury of European Month Of Photography (EMOP) Berlin selected a total of 130 exhibition projects from 120 institutions for the festival program: from classics to positions that prove surprising even to connoisseurs, well-known names to up-and-coming young talents. The selection of participants to the EMOP Berlin testifies to a great diversity not only in terms of theme, but also of concepts and participating institutions. The formats range from exhibitions in outdoor space and major museum shows and solo and group presentations in galleries and project spaces to the impressive works of the city’s foreign cultural institutes and embassies as well as the municipal art and cultural offices. C/O Berlin is taking part in EMOP-Berlin with two major exhibitions: Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin reinterpret the Holy Bible and Bertolt Brecht’s War Primer while Gordon Parks, chronicler of the Civil Rights Movement of the African-American population in the US, depicts gangs on the streets of New York and life in poverty as well as the dazzling world of fashion. The Berlinische Galerie shows a selection ranging from Zille to proponents of the German “Author Photography” movement of the ‘70s from its Collection. The retrospective at the Institut français presents Jean-Marie Périer as a photographer of happiness. The exhibition at Johanna Breede PHOTOKUNST presents several series of works featuring images of people by Stefan Moses. Martin-Gropius-Bau is honoring Berenice Abbott with an exhibition of 82 works. The Museum für Fotografie presents Bernard Larsson, one of the greatest unknown photographers of the ‘60s. A selection from the work of the architecture photographer Otto Hagemann, which spans the past four decades, is on view at the Landesarchiv Berlin. The Willy-Brandt-Haus presents photographs of buildings and ruins by Rainer König. A second exhibition shows the work of the Berlin photographer Bernd Heyden. The Mexican Embassy presents Voladores, an artistic that combines the work of photographer Kike Arnal with one of the oldest and most extraordinary traditions of the American continent: human flyers. Andreas Gursky curates an exhibition for Galerie Sprüth Magers with the works of three of his graduated MFA students. The tenth year of the Ostkreuzschule for photography presents its degree works with approaches that vary between social reportage and fine arts. Finally, with “WILD WILD BERLIN”, the gallery ZWITSCHERMASCHINE presents three photographers from three decades with three different views and visions of Berlin and its subculture.
Info: European Month Of Photography Berlin, Duration 1-31/10/16, www.emop-berlin.eu
