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Due to current developments in connection with the Corona pandemic, the event unfortunately has to be postponed. We will inform you here as soon as possible about the alternative date. Thank you for your understanding!

In conversation with the gallerist owner Johann König photographers from the Fotostudio für Blinde Fotograf*innen discuss about the importance of visual perception, about art and its reception.

The talk will be held in German.

Participation is only possible with an online ticket, which you can book here.

Admission: 5 € | reduced 3 €.

FOTO-TALK: ON THE COUCH is part of the project XB-Lab. Supported by the model programme “Utopolis – Sociokultur im Quartier” as part of the interdepartmental strategy Socially Integrative City – Strengthening Neighbourhoods, Together in the Quarter of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs and the Commissioner for Culture and Media.

Photo © Heike Overberg

Every Wednesday during the exhibition BLIND PHOTOGRAPHERS you have the opportunity to try out the light painting technique yourself under professional guidance.

Light painting takes place in a completely darkened room using long-term exposure. This technique is a selective type of photography, so to speak a reversal of ordinary photography in light, in which everything is recorded that is in front of the lens. The camera only records what is illuminated by a wide variety of light sources.

The workshop takes place from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Participation is only possible with an online ticket, which you can book here.

[Further dates: October 28 as well as November 4, 18 and 25, 2020]

Admission: € 10 | reduced 8 €

Photo: © Fotostudio für Blinde Fotograf*innen

Every Wednesday during the exhibition BLIND PHOTOGRAPHERS you have the opportunity to try out the light painting technique yourself under professional guidance.

Light painting takes place in a completely darkened room using long-term exposure. This technique is a selective type of photography, so to speak a reversal of ordinary photography in light, in which everything is recorded that is in front of the lens. The camera only records what is illuminated by a wide variety of light sources.

The workshop takes place from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Participation is only possible with an online ticket, which you can book here.

[Further dates: November 4, 11, 18 and 25, 2020]

Admission: € 10 | reduced 8 €

Photo: © Fotostudio für Blinde Fotograf*innen

Every Wednesday during the exhibition BLIND PHOTOGRAPHERS you have the opportunity to try out the light painting technique yourself under professional guidance.

Light painting takes place in a completely darkened room using long-term exposure. This technique is a selective type of photography, so to speak a reversal of ordinary photography in light, in which everything is recorded that is in front of the lens. The camera only records what is illuminated by a wide variety of light sources.

The workshop takes place from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Participation is only possible with an online ticket, which you can book here.

[Further dates: October 21 and 28 as well as November 4, 11, 18 and 25, 2020]

Admission: € 10 | reduced 8 €

Photo: © Fotostudio für Blinde Fotograf*innen

Every Wednesday during the exhibition BLIND PHOTOGRAPHERS you have the opportunity to try out the light painting technique yourself under professional guidance.

Light painting takes place in a completely darkened room using long-term exposure. This technique is a selective type of photography, so to speak a reversal of ordinary photography in light, in which everything is recorded that is in front of the lens. The camera only records what is illuminated by a wide variety of light sources.

The workshop takes place from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Participation is only possible with an online ticket, which you can book here.

[Further dates: October 14, 21 and 28 as well as November 4, 11, 18 and 25, 2020]

Admission: € 10 | reduced 8 €

Photo: © Fotostudio für Blinde Fotograf*innen

Guided tour every first Sunday of the month at f³ – freiraum für fotografie.

Every first Sunday of the month we warmly invite you to our free guided tour at 11 am. We present you the current exhibition BLIND PHOTOGRAPHERS, share background information and anecdotes with you.

Admission free! Participation only possible with an online ticket, which you can book here.

FOTO-FÜHRUNG is part of the project XB-Lab. Supported by the model programme “Utopolis – Sociokultur im Quartier” as part of the interdepartmental strategy “Socially Integrative City – Strengthening Neighbourhoods, Together in the Quarter” of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs and the Commissioner for Culture and Media.

In everyday life and in the media, more and more communication takes place through the visual. The increasing flow of images, on the other hand, requires a superficial, rapid and serial reception of images. Thereby images can be quickly over-looked.

But what happens when we as the recipients decelerate our perception?

PHOTO IN CONTEXT explores this question and focuses on a single photograph. We will take the time – 90 minutes – to see the picture in its fullness. In doing so, we want to test our usual viewing habits: we focus on the individual elements of the picture in their interaction, on their interpretation and meaning, and the effect on us as viewers, which can unfold and change over time.

Invited are all those who are interested in reflecting on their viewing habits in a global context and who would like to explore a new perspective on the image in detail.

PHOTO IN CONTEXT is accompanied and moderated by the photographer, educator and cultural mediator Mara Klein.

The number of participants is limited. Therefore we ask for advance registration by Nicole Wozniak: wozniak@gfhf.eu. The event will take place in German.

Admission: 5 € | reduced 3 €

PHOTO IN CONTEXT takes place as part of the project Medienkompetenz stärken. Funded by Engagement Global on behalf of BMZ, Berlin Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises.

Image: © Mara Klein / Artwork: Shirin Abedi

In everyday life and in the media, more and more communication takes place through the visual. The increasing flow of images, on the other hand, requires a superficial, rapid and serial reception of images. Thereby images can be quickly over-looked.

But what happens when we as the recipients decelerate our perception?

PHOTO IN CONTEXT explores this question and focuses on a single photograph. We will take the time – 90 minutes – to see the picture in its fullness. In doing so, we want to test our usual viewing habits: we focus on the individual elements of the picture in their interaction, on their interpretation and meaning, and the effect on us as viewers, which can unfold and change over time.

Invited are all those who are interested in reflecting on their viewing habits in a global context and who would like to explore a new perspective on the image in detail.

PHOTO IN CONTEXT is accompanied and moderated by the photographer, educator and cultural mediator Mara Klein.

The number of participants is limited. Therefore we ask for advance registration by Nicole Wozniak: wozniak@gfhf.eu. The event will take place in German.

Admission: 5 € | reduced 3 €

PHOTO IN CONTEXT takes place as part of the project Medienkompetenz stärken. Funded by Engagement Global on behalf of BMZ, Berlin Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises.

Image: © Mara Klein / Artwork: Shirin Abedi

We cordially invite you to the opening of the exhibition

BLIND PHOTOGRAPHERS

with works by Susanne Emmermann, Mary Hartwig, Silja Korn and Gerald Pirner.

Greetings: Jürgen Dusel, The Federal Government Commissioner for Matters relating to Persons with Disabilities.
Introduction: Katharina Mouratidi, Artistic Director f³ – freiraum für fotografie in conversation with the photographers of the exhibition.

Blind photographers – that sounds like a paradox. Isn’t the act of taking a picture inevitably linked to seeing? The exhibition proves the opposite: In order to create visual art, one needs a strong inner vision, sophisticated technology and teamwork.

BLIND PHOTOGRAPHERS presents the work of four photo artists who have gone blind in the course of their lives. For many years they have been dealing with what is actually impossible for them: seeing. For their photographs they use the technique of light painting, which is almost as old as photography itself. In completely darkened rooms or at night, the photographers use different light sources and long exposure to work out the aspects of an image that they want to convey to their counterpart. They receive support from sighted assistants who arrange the motifs according to the photographers instructions and translate them verbally in detail, what they cannot perceive visually. 

This collaboration gives the blind photographer a high degree of control over the resulting images. The concentrated examination of the medium leads to individual and unique visual language: Susanne Emmermann deals with the subject of hands in an abstract play of colors and shapes: “Hands transport feelings, like eyes. Hands give support. They stand for love and the presence of the other. But of course also for aggression, which is not the focus for me.” Mary Hartwig‘s expressionistic narrative forms take us into enchanted worlds that are reminiscent of the experiences of Alice in Wonderland. Silja Korn examines the expression of her own self in intoxicating colors. Finally, Gerald Pirner‘s intense black and white series focuses on the self-portrait and his contradicting relationship to light. 

In cooperation with the Fotostudio für Blinde Fotograf*innen and with friendly support of Aktion Mensch.

As part of the EMOP – European Month of Photography 2020.

Photo: © Susanne Emmermann / Fotostudio für Blinde Fotograf*innen

Guided tour every first Sunday of the month at f³ – freiraum für fotografie.

Every first Sunday of the month we warmly invite you to our free guided tour at 11 am. We present you the current exhibition SELECTED WORKS: LUMIX FESTIVAL für jungen Bildjournalismus, share background information and anecdotes with you.

On September 6 2020, the curator and visual historian Miriam Zlobinski will accompany you through the exhibition.

Admission free! Participation only with an online ticket, which you can book here.

FOTO-FÜHRUNG is part of the project XB-Lab. Supported by the model programme “Utopolis – Sociokultur im Quartier” as part of the interdepartmental strategy “Socially Integrative City – Strengthening Neighbourhoods, Together in the Quarter” of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs and the Commissioner for Culture and Media.

In conversation with the communication scientist and journalist Dr. Felix Koltermann, photographers Shirin Abedi, Jan Richard Heinicke and Patricia Kühfuss will provide insights into their work, which is on display since 14 August 2020 in the exhibition SELECTED WORKS: LUMIX FESTIVAL for young photojournalism at freiraum für fotografie.

The interview will be held in German.

Admission is free. Participation is only possible with an online ticket, which you can book here.

FOTO-TALK: ON THE COUCH is part of the project XB-Lab. Supported by the model programme “Utopolis – Sociokultur im Quartier” as part of the interdepartmental strategy Socially Integrative City – Strengthening Neighbourhoods, Together in the Quarter of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs and the Commissioner for Culture and Media.

Photo © Shirin Abedi, from the series May I Have This Dance

We cordially invite you to the digital opening of the exhibition

SELECTED WORKS:
LUMIX FESTIVAL for Young Visual Journalism

Shirin Abedi, Hoi Kin Fung, Ana María Arévalo Gosen, Jan Richard Heinicke, Patricia Kühfuss, Maximilian Mann, Maxime Matthys, Sina Niemeyer, Ashfika Rahman, Luca Rotondo, Jeremy Suyker, Angelos Tzortzinis

Multimedia works by Sarah Hoffman | Crosscut / KCTS 9, Helena Lea Manhartsberger | Katharina Neuhaus, Ilvy Njiokiktjien, Sadegh Souri, Michele Spatari

Greetings: Katharina Mouratidi, Artistic Director f³ – freiraum für fotografie in conversation with Prof. Dr. Karen Fromm, Professor of Photojournalism and Documentary photography at Hanover University

The LUMIX FESTIVAL for Young Visual Journalism is one of the most important platforms for young documentary photography in Europe. SELECTED WORKS  exclusively presents a selection from this year’s edition of the festival. Works by young and committed photo journalists of the 21st century who deal with political, cultural, ecological and social processes in their documentaries. They do not only see themselves as observers of current events, but also want to actively intervene in global debates with their photographs. SELECTED WORKS allows intimate and sometimes ruthless insights into outstanding works.

You can access the opening on our website from August 13, 2020 at 7 p.m.

The exhibition is curated by Gisela Kayser and Katharina Mouratidi.

Photo: © Shirin Abedi, from the series May I Have This Dance.

We cordially invite you to the digital opening of the exhibition

SELECTED WORKS:
LUMIX FESTIVAL for Young Visual Journalism

Shirin Abedi, Hoi Kin Fung, Ana María Arévalo Gosen, Jan Richard Heinicke, Patricia Kühfuss, Maximilian Mann, Maxime Matthys, Sina Niemeyer, Ashfika Rahman, Luca Rotondo, Jeremy Suyker, Angelos Tzortzinis

Multimedia works by Sarah Hoffman | Crosscut / KCTS 9, Helena Lea Manhartsberger | Katharina Neuhaus, Ilvy Njiokiktjien, Sadegh Souri, Michele Spatari

Greetings: Katharina Mouratidi, Artistic Director f³ – freiraum für fotografie in conversation with Prof. Dr. Karen Fromm, Professor of Photojournalism and Documentary photography at Hanover University

The LUMIX FESTIVAL for Young Visual Journalism is one of the most important platforms for young documentary photography in Europe. SELECTED WORKS  exclusively presents a selection from this year’s edition of the festival. Works by young and committed photo journalists of the 21st century who deal with political, cultural, ecological and social processes in their documentaries. They do not only see themselves as observers of current events, but also want to actively intervene in global debates with their photographs. SELECTED WORKS allows intimate and sometimes ruthless insights into outstanding works.

You can access the opening on our website from August 13, 2020 at 7 p.m.

The exhibition is curated by Gisela Kayser and Katharina Mouratidi.

Photo: © Shirin Abedi, from the series May I Have This Dance.

Guided tour every first Sunday of the month at f³ – freiraum für fotografie.

Every first Sunday of the month we warmly invite you to our free guided tour at 11 am. We present you the current exhibition ZEIT-ZEUG*INNEN – ICONS OF PHOTOJOURNALISM 1932 until 1986, share background information and anecdotes with you. You will gain a deeper understanding of the work of members of the legendary Magnum Photos agency, such as Robert Capa‘s photographs from the Spanish Civil War, René Burri‘s portrait of Che Guevara or Koudelka‘s reportage of the Prague Spring. First-hand information gives you an insight into the curatorial concept and classifies the photographs artistically and historically.

On August 2 2020, the curator and visual historian Miriam Zlobinski will accompany you through the exhibition ZEIT-ZEUG*INNEN – ICONS OF PHOTOJOURNALISM 1932 until 1986.

Admission free! Participation only after registration: info@fhochdrei.org.

FOTO-FÜHRUNG is part of the project XB-Lab. Supported by the model programme “Utopolis – Sociokultur im Quartier” as part of the interdepartmental strategy “Socially Integrative City – Strengthening Neighbourhoods, Together in the Quarter” of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs and the Commissioner for Culture and Media.

2020 we are organising the f³ – SUMMER SCHOOL for the first time!

The f³ – SUMMER SCHOOL is aimed at professional photographers and photo artists. During four compact days, renowned, internationally connected experts from the photography industry will impart important know-how for planning and realising independent photographic projects.

Workshops on the topics of making books!, editing of picture series for print and online publications, fees and rights of use as well as exhibition concepts deal with different aspects of the implementation of independent photographic projects and are intended to support the participants in successfully realising their own projects. Tips and tricks for the daily work as a freelance photographer will also be on the agenda of the workshops!

THE PROGRAM
WEDNESDAY, 5 AUGUST, 7:00 pm – approx. 9:30 pm
Arrival of the participants, presentation of the participants’ projects, get together and drinks.

THURSDAY, 6 August, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Milena Carstens: Editing of picture series for print and online publications

FRIDAY, 7 August, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Nadine Barth: Making books! Conception and production of photography books

SATURDAY, 8 August, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Silke Güldner (as webinar): Fees and rights of use for photographers

SATURDAY, 8 August, 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Silke Güldner (as webinar): Visibility & acquisition for professional photographers

SUNDAY, 9 August, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Katharina Mouratidi: Exhibition concept and organisation Dos and Don’ts

DATES: Wednesday, 5 August 2020, 19:00 21:30 pm, Thursday to Sunday, 6 – 9 August, 10:00 am – 6 pm each.
PARTICIPANTS: max. 12
LOCATION: f³ – freiraum für fotografie, Waldemarstraße 17, 10179 Berlin
COST: 500 € plus tax / Students 450 € plus tax
REGISTRATION: The closing date for registration is 20 July 2020, 24:00 hours. Please send the following documents with your registration to summerschool@fhochdrei.org: Curriculum vitae including documentation of previous projects, exhibitions, books, publications (max. 2 Din A4 pages).

ATTENTION THE PLACES ARE LIMITED! Registrations will be considered in the order in which they are received. Your participation will only be confirmed as binding after receipt of the confirmation of participation.

Detailed information about the program and the speakers here!

Guided tour every first Sunday of the month at f³ – freiraum für fotografie.

Every first Sunday of the month we warmly invite you to our free guided tour at 11 am. We present you the current exhibition ZEIT-ZEUG*INNEN – ICONS OF PHOTOJOURNALISM 1932 until 1986, share background information and anecdotes with you. You will gain a deeper understanding of the work of members of the legendary Magnum Photos agency, such as Robert Capa‘s photographs from the Spanish Civil War, René Burri‘s portrait of Che Guevara or Koudelka‘s reportage of the Prague Spring. First-hand information gives you an insight into the curatorial concept and classifies the photographs artistically and historically.

On 7^th of June 2020, the curator and visual historian Miriam Zlobinski will accompany you through the exhibition ZEIT-ZEUG*INNEN – ICONS OF PHOTOJOURNALISM 1932 until 1986.

FOTO-FÜHRUNG, 7 June 2020, 11 am: FULLY BOOKED
FOTO-FÜHRUNG, 7 June 2020, 12 am: a few places left.

Admission free! Participation only with registration: info@fhochdrei.org.

FOTO-FÜHRUNG is part of the project XB-Lab. Supported by the model programme “Utopolis – Sociokultur im Quartier” as part of the interdepartmental strategy “Socially Integrative City – Strengthening Neighbourhoods, Together in the Quarter” of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs and the Commissioner for Culture and Media.

Due to the current situation, our GUIDED-TOUR will be broadcast on Facebook on Sunday, April 5, 11 am: https://www.facebook.com/fhochdrei/

Every first Sunday of the month we cordially invite you to our free guided tour at 11 am. We present the current exhibition THE ILLEGAL IMAGE, give background information and share our anecdotes with you. You will learn more about the question of legal and illegal images and their tension between taboo, social relevance and artistic freedom. First-hand information gives you an insight into the curatorial concept and classifies the photographs artistically and historically.

On 5th of April 2020, the co-curator Natascha Pohlmann will accompany you through the exhibition THE ILLEGAL IMAGE – Photography between Image Prohibition and Self-Censorship.

Admission free.

FOTO-FÜHRUNG is part of the project XB-Lab. Supported by the model programme “Utopolis – Sociokultur im Quartier” as part of the interdepartmental strategy “Socially Integrative City – Strengthening Neighbourhoods, Together in the Quarter” of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs and the Commissioner for Culture and Media.

Guided tour every first Sunday of the month in f³ – freiraum für fotografie.

Every first Sunday of the month we cordially invite you to our free guided tour at 11 am. We present the current exhibition THE ILLEGAL IMAGE, give background information and share our anecdotes with you. You will learn more about the question of legal and illegal images and their tension between taboo, social relevance and artistic freedom. First-hand information gives you an insight into the curatorial concept and classifies the photographs artistically and historically.

On 1st of March 2020, the co-curator Natascha Pohlmann will accompany you through the exhibition THE ILLEGAL IMAGE – Photography between Image Prohibition and Self-Censorship.

Admission free.

FOTO-FÜHRUNG is part of the project XB-Lab. Supported by the model programme “Utopolis – Sociokultur im Quartier” as part of the interdepartmental strategy “Socially Integrative City – Strengthening Neighbourhoods, Together in the Quarter” of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs and the Commissioner for Culture and Media.

From the perspective of the photographer and the curator, Espen Eichhöfer, photographer OSTKREUZ – Agentur der Fotografen, and Felix Hoffmann, curator C/O Berlin, the discussion sheds light on the debate about the right to one’s own image and artistic freedom.

Espen Eichhöfer, studied communication design in Essen and became a member of OSTKREUZ -Agentur der Fotografen in 2006. In 2013 he was faced with an injunction after presenting a photograph that had been taken on the streets of Berlin in an exhibition at C/O Berlin in the open space.

Felix Hoffmann, has been the chief curator of the C/O Berlin Foundation since 2005. He studied art history and cultural studies in Vienna and Berlin and worked at the Photo Museum in Munich, the Kupferstich-Kabinett Dresden and the Museum Folkwang in Essen.

The conversation will be held in German.

Admission free.

FOTO-TALK: ON THE COUCH is part of the project XB-Lab. Supported by the model programme “Utopolis – Sociokultur im Quartier” as part of the interdepartmental strategy “Socially Integrative City – Strengthening Neighbourhoods, Together in the Quarter” of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs and the Commissioner for Culture and Media.

Photo: © Espen Eichhöfer

We cordially invite you to the opening of the exhibition

THE ILLEGAL IMAGE
Photography between Image Prohibition and Self-Censorship

Merry Alpern (USA), Jan Dirk van der Burg (The Netherlands), Espen Eichhöfer (Germany), William E. Jones (USA), Carola Lampe (Germany), Beat Streuli (Switzerland)

Greetings: Katharina Mouratidi, Artistic Director f³ – freiraum für fotografie in conversation with Espen Eichhöfer, photographer OSTKREUZ – Agentur der Fotografen.

Today, more than ever, taking photos and being photographed are part of our daily life. And yet, those who take pictures of passers-by without asking for permission run the risk of being sued. Photographs taken without the consent of the person portrayed are in conflict between the personal right and that of artistic freedom. Thus, the following questions arise: What is more important, the right to one’s own image or the right to take pictures? Where are the ethical boundaries of photography? Where does artistic freedom end?

The photographer Espen Eichhöfer was faced with an injunction after exhibiting a photograph that had been taken on the streets of Berlin. This case, which ended in 2018 before the Federal Constitutional Court, shows how important it is to deal with this contemporary issue.

THE ILLEGAL IMAGE offers a range of snapshots taken in secret, images that fell victim to censorship, to socially critical reports and conceptual studies of the medium of photography. Six artistic positions illuminate the question of legal and illegal images – between social taboo, social relevance and artistic freedom.

The exhibition is curated by Espen Eichhöfer, Katharina Mouratidi and Natascha Pohlmann.

Photo: © Espen Eichhöfer

In FOTO JAM: OHREN AUF HIER KOMMEN BILDER! (Listen up to those Pictures!) we want to learn more about your most beautiful, curious or complicated photos: Our guests have five minutes to inspire the audience.

TOPIC: “Relationships” – whether to family, friends, work, pets, technology or even cooking! We want to hear your stories! All aids are welcome – as long as they are entertaining!

On 27 November 2019, we look forward to jazz and traditional Anatolian music, poetry and politics, performance and a successful evening with you and our guests. This time we welcome Andy Wolff from Regenbogenfabrik Block 109 e.V., the acting students Nihan Kirmanoğlu & Zazie Cayla, the journalist Hiba Obaid, the jazz musician Viktor Wolf, the musical duo Baris Öner & Sofia Paraskevopoulou, the graphic, web designer and photo lover Despina Sarikou and amateur poet Lida Sediqi.

Free entrance.

Our guests:

Andy Wolff is a permanent member of the collective of Regenbogenfabrik, which has been focusing on self-help and self-organization for 38 years and offers “help for self-help”. He will remember an event that changed (not only) Kreuzberg and made the Regenbogenfabrik possible in the first place. A personal experience is sometimes also history!

Nihan Kirmanoğlu & Zazie Cayla: Zazie’s experience in circus and Nihan’s bilingualism are two ways they went about expressing their ideas. They are currently studying acting in their second semester at the UdK Berlin and are looking for more physical and vocal possibilities to tell about themselves, their experiences and the world.

Hiba Obaid is a freelance journalist. She wants to communicate as she always has. She has studied Arabic literature and has performed plays in a bar in Aleppo. In Berlin she writes for daily newspapers and magazines and reflects on life in the German capital.

Viktor Wolf was born in 1986 in Freiburg im Breisgau and is a professional musician. In his heart he is a tenor saxophonist. He studied at the Hochschule für Musik Mannheim and the Jazz-Institut Berlin. He founded the Ensemble PanoramaPeng, with which he released his first album “Mountain Lion Dance” in 2017.

Bariş Öner & Sofia Paraskevopoulou: Barış is an actor, musician and still a student of communication sciences. Sofia is a biologist who dreams of becoming a professional musician. What brings the two together is their love of traditional music from the Aegean Sea. This kind of music they want to present in Berlin.

Despina Sarikou is a graphic and web designer from Greece. She is interested in poetry, theatre and photography and loves to engage herself artistically.

Lida Sediqi was born in Afghanistan in 1983 and fled to Germany in 1991. She writes poems and stories, has taken a different direction professionally and is a trained dental assistant. She grew up in the Allgäu, moved to Munich, Augsburg and has now lived in Berlin for two years. Here she got to know and love her boyfriend, who comes from Peru. Her lecture deals with love, family and the feeling of longing.

Want to see what is happening at FOTO JAM? Have a look at the video!

Would you like to participate and present your photo? Contact: fotojam@fhochdrei.org

The FOTO JAM is part of the XB-Lab project. Supported by the model programme “Utopolis – Sociokultur im Quartier” as part of the interdepartmental strategy “Socially Integrative City – Strengthening Neighbourhoods, Together in the Quarter” of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs and the Commissioner for Culture and Media.

As part of our event series FOTO SOIREE, journalist Margit Miosga, rbb-Kulturradio, discusses with photographer Nelly Rau-Häring the background of our current exhibition OST/WEST BERLIN. The evening offers insights into the photographer’s working methods and illuminates life in the divided and united city.

Margit Miosga is an author, radio journalist and editor. Since 1979 she has been working in Berlin, where she mainly works for radio, among others in the editorial department of the ZEITPUNKTE of rbb-Kulturradios.

Nelly Rau- Häring has lived in Berlin since 1965. After her training at the Lette Verein, she worked as a press and advertising photographer and documented life in East and West Berlin from the mid 1960s to the 2000s.

Admission free

The FOTO SOIREE takes place within the project XB-Lab. Supported by the model programm “Utopolis – Soziokultur im Quartier” as part of the interdepartmental strategy “Socially Integrative City – Strengthening Neighbourhoods, Together in the Quarter” of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, for Building and Home Affairs and the Commissioner for Culture and Media.

Foto © Nelly Rau-Häring.

Guided tour every first Sunday of the month in f³ – Freiraum für Fotografie.

Every first Sunday of the month we cordially invite you to our free photo guided tour at 11 am. We present the current exhibition OST/WEST BERLIN with the photographs of Nelly Rau-Häring, give background information and share our anecdotes with you. You will learn more about the biography and working methods of the Berlin photographer as well as how the idea of the exhibition came about. First-hand information gives you an insight into the curatorial concept and classifies the photographs artistically and historically.

On 1 December 2019, cultural and visual mediator Mara Helena Klein will accompany you through the exhibition OST/WEST BERLIN Nelly Rau-Häring.

Admission free.

FOTO FÜHRUNG is part of the project XB-Lab. Supported by the model programme “Utopolis – Sociokultur im Quartier” as part of the interdepartmental strategy “Socially Integrative City – Strengthening Neighbourhoods, Together in the Quarter” of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs and the Commissioner for Culture and Media.

MAKING BOOKS! At FOTO TALK: ON THE COUCH, Nadine Barth, program consultant of photography Hatje Cantz and Annette Hauschild, photographer at Agentur OSTKREUZ, will be discussing photo books about Berlin. Among others the book OST/WEST BERLIN with the photographs of Nelly Rau-Häring will be discussed, as well as Annette Hauschild‘s Berlin Stories 4: Last Days of Disco.

Nadine Barth studied philosophy, literature and art history and initially worked as a freelance author. In addition to her projects as journalist and gallery owner, she founded in 2006 her agency barthouse, which organizes exhibitions and cultural projects. She published several photo books and is responsible for the photo book section at Hatje Cantz.

Annette Hauschild studied photography at the Lette-Verein and attended Arno Fischer’s masterclass at Schiffbauerdamm. She has been an agency member of OSTKREUZ since 1996 and curated together with Ute Mahler the OSTKREUZ exhibitions “Ostzeit” and “Über Grenzen”. Her work can be seen regularly in exhibitions and international magazines.

The conversation will be held in German.

Admission: 5 € | reduced 3 €

FOTO TALK: ON THE COUCH an event format off³ – freiraum für fotografie. During the discussion between a photography expert and a photographer, important content related and aesthetic questions concerning the medium of photography are put into foreground.

Funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) and the State of Berlin.

Photo: © Nelly Rau-Häring, Bernauer Strasse / Brunnenstrasse, 1987.

We cordially invite you to the opening of the exhibition

OST/WEST BERLIN 
Nelly Rau-Häring  

Greetings: Katharina Mouratidi, Artistic Director f³ – freiraum für fotografie
Speakers: Patrick Gehrke, Stiftung Berliner Sparkasse
Nicola von Velsen, publishing management Hatje Cantz
The photographer is present.

The photographer Nelly Rau-Häring documented life in East and West Berlin from the mid-1960s to the 2000s like hardly anyone else. In doing so, she followed her two great passions: her enthusiasm for photography and her curiosity about the people of Berlin. Together with her virtuoso eye for expressive detail, this makes her a very special chronicler.

Through the eyes of Nelly Rau-Häring we experience contemporary history: We are involved in the political protests of the late 1960s in West Berlin and observe the official celebrations on 1 and 8 May in East Berlin, we take part in popular amusements such as the horse races in Hoppegarten and Mariendorf. We see how Neuberliners of the first migrant generation appear in the cityscape, we accompany war widows to the cafés at Ku´damm and observe the shop window displays in the GDR of the 1980s, we feverishly watch the fans of Hertha BSC in the football stadium, stand in the queue of GDR citizens* waiting for the welcome money, cross the western part of the city with the S-Bahn and experience how the isolated Berlin changes after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

In cooperation with: Hatje Cantz.

With kind support: Stiftung Berliner Sparkasse.

Photo: © Nelly Rau-Häring

Guided tour every first Sunday of the month in f³ – freiraum für fotografie.

Every first Sunday of the month, we warmly invite you to our free exhibition tour FOTO FÜHRUNG at 11 am. We present you the current exhibition, give background information and share our anecdotes with you. You will learn more about the biographies and working methods of the photographers presented and how the exhibition came about. Well-founded first-hand information gives you insights into the curatorial concept and arranges the photographs artistically-historically.

On November 3, 2019 Visual Historian Miriam Zlobinski will guide you through the exhibition GREENPEACE PHOTO AWARD.

Free Admission.

The FOTO FÜHRUNG takes place in the context of the project XB-Lab.

Funded by: Modellprogramm „Utopolis – Soziokultur im Quartier“ im Rahmen der ressortübergreifenden Strategie Soziale Stadt „Nachbarschaften stärken, Miteinander im Quartier“ des Bundesministeriums des Innern, für Bau und Heimat und der Beauftragten für Kultur und Medien.

In conversation with Angelika Hartmann, co-founder of the photo book publisher Hartmann Books, photographer Paula Markert presents her recently published book Eine Reise durch Deutschland. The NSU Murder Series and provides insights into the development of the long-term photographic project and the publication.

For over a decade, the members of the extreme right-wing terrorist group NSU lived underground. Between 2000 and 2007, they murdered nine people with a migration background and a police officer. The victims and their relatives were criminalized for years. In July 2018, after a five-year trial in Munich, the verdict in the murder trial was announced.

From autumn 2014 to spring 2017, Paula Markert travelled through Germany following in the footsteps of the NSU, documenting people and places associated with the NSU complex.

Angelika and Markus Hartmann founded the exhibition and artist agency Hartmann Projects in 2014. Together with Nadine Engler, they founded the Hartmann Books publishing house in 2016. They represent national and international artists and collaborate with institutions, galleries, collectors, publishers and the media.

Paula Markert studied communication design with a focus on photography at HAW Hamburg and the University of Barcelona and works for Die Zeit, SZ Magazin, Stern, Geo, taz and Les Echos, among others. The publication of her project Eine Reise durch Deutschland. The NSU Murder Series won bronze at the LeadAwards 2016 in the category “Best Contribution” and was part of the main exhibition of the f/stop Festival 2016 in Leipzig. The work was shown at this year’s Fotodoks Festival in Munich and can be seen until 31.10. at the Freelens Gallery in Hamburg.

The conversation will take place in German.
Admission: 5 € | reduced 3 €

FOTO-TALK: AUF DER COUCH is funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) and the State of Berlin.

Photo © Paula Markert from the series “Eine Reise durch Deutschland. The NSU Murder Series”

Guided tour every first Sunday of the month in f³ – freiraum für fotografie.

Every first Sunday of the month, we warmly invite you to our free exhibition tour FOTO FÜHRUNG at 11 am. We present you the current exhibition, give background information and share our anecdotes with you. You will learn more about the biographies and working methods of the photographers presented and how the exhibition came about. Well-founded first-hand information gives you insights into the curatorial concept and arranges the photographs artistically-historically.

On October 6, and November 3, 2019 Visual Historian Miriam Zlobinski will guide you through the exhibition GREENPEACE PHOTO AWARD.

Free Admission.

The FOTO FÜHRUNG takes place in the context of the project XB-Lab.

Funded by: Modellprogramm „Utopolis – Soziokultur im Quartier“ im Rahmen der ressortübergreifenden Strategie Soziale Stadt „Nachbarschaften stärken, Miteinander im Quartier“ des Bundesministeriums des Innern, für Bau und Heimat und der Beauftragten für Kultur und Medien.

Public Portfolio Walk RICH AND FAMOUS 2019
with selected works by photographers from Berlin.
– Get together with drinks and pretzels –
ADMISSION FREE!

At the Portfolio Review RICH AND FAMOUS 2019, 20 photographers from Berlin will have the opportunity to discuss their work in 20-minute one-to-one talks with renowned experts from magazines, exhibition institutions and galleries. Following the review, the annual Portfolio Walk takes place, during which the photographers can present their work to a broad public.

PHOTOGRAPHERS Portfolio Walk RICH AND FAMOUS 2019
Doro Zinn, Fabienne Karmann, Marlena Waldthausen, Eric Pawlitzky, Franziska Rieder, Patrick Wack, Holger Martin, Francesco Lusa, Steffi Drerup, Ekaterina Zershchikova, Laura Fiorio, Kristin Bethge, Joanna Szproch, Ekaterina Bodyagina, Sandra Buschow, Jiwon Kim, Jana Evers, Tamara Eckert.

EXPERTS of the Portfolio Review RICH AND FAMOUS 2019
– Nadine Barth, Curator and Publicist
– Milena Carstens, picture editor ZEITmagazin
– Markus Hartmann, Curator, Author, Publisher Hartmann Books
– Anastasia Hermann, Editor Emerge Magazine
– Gisela Kayser, Artistic Director Friends of the Willy Brandt House
– Carol Körting, Editor Leica Photography International
– Kathrin Schönegg, Curator CO-Berlin Foundation
– Anne Schönharting, photographer and managing director of the agency OSTKREUZ

The programme is funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) and the State of Berlin.

Guided tour every first Sunday of the month in f³ – freiraum für fotografie.

Every first Sunday of the month, we warmly invite you to our free exhibition tour FOTO FÜHRUNG at 11 am. We present you the current exhibition, give background information and share our anecdotes with you. You will learn more about the biographies and working methods of the photographers presented and how the exhibition came about. Well-founded first-hand information gives you insights into the curatorial concept and arranges the photographs artistically-historically.

On September 1, October 6, and November 3, 2019 Visual Historian Miriam Zlobinski will guide you through the exhibition GREENPEACE PHOTO AWARD.

Free Admission.

The FOTO GUIDED TOUR takes place in the context of the project XB-Lab.

Funded by: Modellprogramm „Utopolis – Soziokultur im Quartier“ im Rahmen der ressortübergreifenden Strategie Soziale Stadt „Nachbarschaften stärken, Miteinander im Quartier“ des Bundesministeriums des Innern, für Bau und Heimat und der Beauftragten für Kultur und Medien.

In our new event format FOTO MATINEE, journalist Margit Miosga, rbb-Kulturradio, discusses with her guests, the climate activists Niklas Schinerl, Greenpeace, and Svenja Kannt, Fridays for Future, the background of our current exhibition Greenpeace Photo Award.

Margit Miosga is an author, radio journalist and editor. Since 1979 she has been working in Berlin, where she mainly works for radio, among others in the editorial department of the ZEITPUNKTE of rbb-Kulturradio.

Niklas Schinerl has been working for Greenpeace since 2007. He worked first in Austria as well as Central and Eastern Europe on the issue of nuclear phase-out, climate protection and the transformation of the energy system. Since 2012 he is a campaigner for Greenpeace Germany. Here his focus is on the design of the energy and transport change.

Svenja Kannt is an activist in the student movement Fridays for Future. Among other things, she and her fellow campaigners represent the demands to stop state subsidies for coal, oil and gas by the end of 2019 and to shut down every fourth coal-fired power plant by the end of the year.

Free admission

The FOTO MATINEE is part of the project XB-Lab, promoted through the model program “Utopolis – Soziokultur im Quartier“ as part of the cross-departmental strategy Soziale Stadt “Nachbarschaften stärken, Miteinander im Quartier“ of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community and the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.

In conversation with Gesche Jürgens, Forest Campaigner at Greenpeace, the photographer Pablo E. Piovano gives insights into his work.

Pablo Ernesto Piovano (*1981), internationally known for his series The Human Cost of Agrotoxins, lives as a photojournalist in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His works have received numerous prizes and awards, including the Henry Nannen Prize 2018, the Days Japan International Photojournalism Prize and the Sustainability Prize at the LUMIX Festival for Young Photojournalism.

Gesche Jürgens (*1979) is a political scientist and has been working for Greenpeace since June 2011 as a forest campaigner. She is responsible for the thematic work on Indonesian rainforests and palm oil, Romanian beech forests and German forest policy.

The conversation will be held in Spanish and German language.

Admission: 5 € | reduced 3 €

FOTO-TALK: ON THE COUCH is the new event format of f³ – freiraum für fotografie. Regularly a photography expert and a photographer are discussing important content and aesthetic questions related to photography.

Supported by Mittel des Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF) and the City of Berlin.

Photo © Pablo E. Piovano.

Everyone should learn the funny story about your favorite picture! You have secret information about a photograph that nobody knows, and you want to share it with us? You wrote a song for a photo that you want to present to an audience? Fantastic!

In our new format FOTO JAM: OHREN AUF HIER KOMMEN BILDER! (Listen up to those Pictures!) our guests have five minutes to inspire the public with their favorite photography. All aids are allowed – the main thing is entertaining! The evening will be moderated by Miriam Zlobinski.

On September 18th we are looking forward to wonderful guests: The musician Andrej Ugoljew has already recorded with Nils Frahm and recently released his own album. Susanne Riedel shares her curious everyday observations with us and the performance artist Lisa Stertz wants to feel alive together with the audience. We can expect a powerful contribution from kickboxer Phuong Tran Minh and also from the performer Ilhan Hancer from I-Slam, the poetry slam of young Muslims against Islamophobia. Sister Ritafrom the Sießen Franciscan Sisters of St. Michael’s Church in Berlin-Kreuzberg does not yet reveal, what she wants to present us – we are curious!

You’d like to participate and show your photography? Contact: fotojam@fhochdrei.org

The FOTO JAM is part of the project XB-Lab, promoted through model program “Utopolis – Soziokultur im Quartier“ as part of the cross-departmental strategy Soziale Stadt “Nachbarschaften stärken, Miteinander im Quartier“ of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community and the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.

We cordially invite you to the opening of our photography exhibition

GREENPEACE PHOTO AWARD 
Ian Willms | Pablo E. Piovano 

Greetings: Katharina Mouratidi, Artistic Director f³ – freiraum für fotografie
Introduction: Martin Kaiser, Managing Director Greenpeace Germany
Conversation: Conny Boettger, Picture Editor Greenpeace, in conversation with Lars Lindemann, Head of Photography Magazine GEO, Ian Willms and Pablo E. Piovano

The Canadian Ian Willms and the Argentine Pablo E. Piovano are the winners of the Greenpeace Photo Award.

Pablo E. Piovano (* 1981) documents decades of land conflicts in Patagonia. The Mapuche peoples fight against the destruction of their livelihoods and claim the right to live their centuries-old traditions. In his series Patagonia – Land in Conflict, Piovano contrasts the unique beauty, biodiversity and cultural diversity of Patagonia with the brutal struggle for its future.

In his project As Long as the Sun Shines, the photographer Ian Willms (* 1985) shows the consequences of oil sands exploitation in Alberta, Canada. Against the backdrop of the Rocky Mountains, enormous clearing areas tear deep wounds into the land. The oil from the tar sands is washed with massive amounts of water, energy and chemicals – an “ecological disaster of the highest explosiveness” (Lars Lindemann, Head of Photography Magazine GEO).

The exhibition can be seen from 28 August until 3 November 2019. Please find further information here.

In Cooperation with Greenpeace e.V.

Photo: © Pablo E. Piovano

In conversation with Dr. Enno Kaufhold, freelance Photo Historian, photographer Arne Wesenberg gives insights into his work and talks about his project Im [Un]Ruhestand.

The political scientist Gesine Schwan, the photographer Thomas Höpker, the professor Jeanine Meerapfel, the toilet attendant Werner Berlin, the writer Rafik Schami, the actor Michael Gwisdek, the social pedagogue Petra Peterich have something in common: they work although they have long since reached the legal retirement age. For more than seven years Lübeck-based photographer Arne Wesenberg has been portraying with an an analog large-format camera the reality of life of those who, voluntarily or out of economic necessity, have been working in their old age.

With Dr. Enno Kaufhold, the photographer talks about the background of his work Im [Un]Ruhestand, about how he was able to realize and finance this freelance project, how he met his protagonists and how, after many years, his idea finally turned into a book and an exhibition project.

The conversation will be held in German language.

Admission: 5 € | reduced 3 €.

FOTO-TALK: ON THE COUCH is the new event format of f³ – freiraum für fotografie. Regularly a photography expert and a photographer are discussing important content and aesthetic questions related to photography.

Supported by Mittel des Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF) and the City of Berlin.

Photos © Arne Wesenberg from his series “Im [Un]Ruhestand” | Design © Nicole Algieri. 

Guided tour every first Sunday of the month in f³ – freiraum für fotografie.

ADMISSION FREE

Every first Sunday of the month, we cordially invite you to our free exhibition tour FOTO FÜHRUNG at 11:00 am. We present you the current exhibition, give background information and share our anecdotes with you. You will learn more about the biographies and working methods of the photographers presented and how the exhibition came about. Well-founded first-hand information gives you insights into the curatorial concept and arranges the photographs artistically-historically.

On August 4, 2019 Visual Historian Miriam Zlobinski will guide you through the show.

Funded by: Modellprogramm „Utopolis – Soziokultur im Quartier“ im Rahmen der ressortübergreifenden Strategie Soziale Stadt „Nachbarschaften stärken, Miteinander im Quartier“ des Bundesministeriums des Innern, für Bau und Heimat und der Beauftragten für Kultur und Medien.

Guided tour every first Sunday of the month in f³ – freiraum für fotografie.

ADMISSION FREE

Every first Sunday of the month, we cordially invite you to our free exhibition tour FOTO FÜHRUNG at 11:00 am. We present you the current exhibition, give background information and share our anecdotes with you. You will learn more about the biographies and working methods of the photographers presented and how the exhibition came about. Well-founded first-hand information gives you insights into the curatorial concept and arranges the photographs artistically-historically.

On July 7, 2019 art historian Dr. Enno Kaufhold will guide you through the show.

Funded by: Modellprogramm „Utopolis – Soziokultur im Quartier“ im Rahmen der ressortübergreifenden Strategie Soziale Stadt „Nachbarschaften stärken, Miteinander im Quartier“ des Bundesministeriums des Innern, für Bau und Heimat und der Beauftragten für Kultur und Medien.

In our new event format FOTO MATINEE, journalist Margit Miosga (rbb-Kulturradio, among others) discusses with her guests, publicist Barbara Sichtermann and sociologist Prof. Simone Scherger, the background of our current exhibition Im [Un]Ruhestand.

The number of older working people in Germany is increasing rapidly. The labor force participation of 60- to 64-year-olds has almost tripled in the last ten years. At the same time, fewer and fewer people will be available to the labor market in the coming years. A retirement age of 69 is currently being discussed.

For more than seven years Lübeck-based photographer Arne Wesenberg has been portraying the reality of life of those who –  voluntarily or out of economic necessity – have been working in their old age. Im [Un]Ruhestand provides in more than 200 portraits individual answers to questions about demographic aging, a functioning pension system and the importance of working in our society.

Margit Miosga is an author, radio journalist and editor. Since 1979 she has been working as a journalist in Berlin, where she mainly works for radio, among others in the editorial department of the ZEITPUNKTE of rbb-Kulturradio.

Simone Scherger is Professor of Sociology at the University of Bremen at the SOCIUM Research Center for Inequality and Social Policy. From 2010 to 2017 she was head of the Emmy Noether Junior Research Group “Paid  work beyond pension age in Germany and the UK”.

Barbara Sichterman is a German publicist and writer. She is regarded as one of the intellectuals of the 1968 generation. Both in essays and in her non-fiction publications, she writes in a very idiosyncratic but undogmatic way about women’s emancipation and pedagogy, among other things. She works regularly for various media. Until 2015 she was a juror of the Grimme Prize and from 2010 to 2012 a juror of the Hauptstadtkulturfonds.

Free entrance | Donation requested.

The FOTO MATINEE is part of the project XB-Lab, promoted through the model program “Utopolis – Soziokultur im Quartier“ as part of the cross-departmental strategy Soziale Stadt “Nachbarschaften stärken, Miteinander im Quartier“ of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community and the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.

We cordially invite you to the opening of our photography exhibition

Im [Un]Ruhestand –
Portraits of Working [Un]Retirees
by Arne Wesenberg.

Introduction: Katharina Mouratidi, Artistic Director f³ – freiraum für fotografie, in conversation with the photographer Arne Wesenberg.

The political scientist Gesine Schwan, the photographer Thomas Höpker, the professor Jeanine Meerapfel, the toilet guard Werner Berlin, the writer Rafik Schami, the actor Michael Gwisdek, the social pedagogue Petra Peterich have all something in common: They work, even though they have reached the retirement age already long ago.

For more than seven years, photographer Arne Wesenberg used an analog large-format camera to portray the reality of life of those who – voluntarily or out of economic necessity – work in old age. Im [Un]Ruhestand presentsover 200 portraits and gives individual answers to questions about demographic ageing, a functioning pension system and the significance of work in old age.

The exhibition can be seen from 15 June to 18 August 2019. Further information can be found here.

Photo: © Arne Wesenberg from the series Im [Un]Ruhestand

We warmly invite you to our new format FOTO MATINEE. The journalist Margit Miosga talks with guests from politics, art and culture about the background of the current exhibition. Always on Sunday morning and always with free admission.

On 26 May 2019 we look forward to welcoming Begzada Kilian and Ebru Taşdemir.

Begzada Kilian is an editor and columnist for German radio stations. She moderated for 14 years for Radio Multikulti. Since its closure she is editor and columnist for the Inforadio of rbb and writes the column “100 Sekunden leben”. She also works for Funkhaus Europa and Deutsche Welle.

Ebru Taşdemir works as a freelance editor for taz, writes for the political feuilleton of Deutschlandfunk Kultur and is involved with the Neuen deutschen Medienmacher*innen, an association of journalists with international roots. In 2014, Taşdemir and the other founding members of “Hate Poetry” were named Journalist of the Year 2014 by mediummagazin in the category “Sonderpreis”.

The FOTO MATINEE is part of the project XB-Lab, promoted through the model program “Utopolis – Soziokultur im Quartier“ as part of the cross-departmental strategy Soziale Stadt “Nachbarschaften stärken, Miteinander im Quartier“ of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community and the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.

Everyone should learn the funny story about your favorite picture! You have secret information about a photograph that nobody knows, and you want to share it with us? You wrote a song for a photo that you want to present to an audience? Fantastic!

In our new format FOTO JAM: OHREN AUF HIER KOMMEN BILDER! (Listen up to those Pictures!) our guests have five minutes to inspire the public with their favorite photography. All aids are allowed – the main thing is entertaining! The evening will be moderated by Miriam Zlobinski.

On 21 May 2019 we are looking forward to jazz and guitar music, to poetry and politics, to impro theater and a wonderful evening with you and our guests! This time we welcome author and activist Stefanie-Lahya Aukongo, songwriter Josias Ender, start-up founder Louisa Löwenstein, percussionist and author Alfred Mehnert, jazz singer Carolin Olbertz as well as Lena Milde and Doreen Wermelskirchen from the Improvisionären.

You’d like to participate and show your photography? Contact: fotojam@fhochdrei.org

The FOTO JAM is part of the project XB-Lab, promoted through model program “Utopolis – Soziokultur im Quartier“ as part of the cross-departmental strategy Soziale Stadt “Nachbarschaften stärken, Miteinander im Quartier“ of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community and the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.

Guided tour every first Sunday of the month in f³ – freiraum für fotografie.

Every first Sunday of the month, we cordially invite you to our free exhibition tour at 11:00 am. We present you the current exhibition, give background information and share our anecdotes with you. You will learn more about the biographies and working methods of the photographers presented and how the exhibition came about. Well-founded first-hand information gives you insights into the curatorial concept and arranges the photographs artistically-historically.

On September 1, October 6, November 3, 2019 the Visual Historian Miriam Zlobinski will guide you through the exhibition GREENPEACE PHOTO AWARD.

Free admission.

Funded by: Modellprogramm „Utopolis – Soziokultur im Quartier“ im Rahmen der ressortübergreifenden Strategie Soziale Stadt „Nachbarschaften stärken, Miteinander im Quartier“ des Bundesministeriums des Innern, für Bau und Heimat und der Beauftragten für Kultur und Medien.

We cordially invite you to the opening of our exhibition IDENT•I•GRATION – Home and identity in a globalized world. The photographers Schmoo Theune and Susann Tischendorf present us sixteen people from different generations and with very different life stories with hybrid narrative forms including photography, texts and archival material. Through these stories they try to answer what identity and homeland can be in our globalized world.

Greetings: Kristina Rahe, Project Manager Bundesvereinigung Soziokultureller Zentren e. V.
Einführung: Katharina Mouratidi, Künstlerische Leiterin f³ – freiraum für fotografie, im Gespräch mit den Fotografinnen Schmoo Theune und Susann Tischendorf.

The exhibition is on display from April 27 until June 6, 2019.

The exhibition takes place as part of the XB-Lab project. Supported by Modellprogramm „Utopolis – Soziokultur im Quartier“ im Rahmen der ressortübergreifenden Strategie Soziale Stadt „Nachbarschaften stärken, Miteinander im Quartier“ des Bundesministeriums des Innern, für Bau und Heimat und der Beauftragten für Kultur und Medien.

Photo © Susann Tischendorf from the series Ident.i.gration

The photo exhibition CRAZY – Living with Mental Illness presents works by five internationally renowned photographers who have dealt with the subject for very personal reasons and gives insights into the world of those affected. Even if pictures say more than a thousand words – there is still a lot to explain. What does it mean when one’s own life or that of someone close to one suddenly turns upside down and the outside and inside world drift apart? Two who know it very well are reporting in the framework of the event CRAZY – are you serious about this situation: bestselling author Tobi Katze (Tomorrow is unfortunately another day,  rowohlt) and journalist and author Jana Hauschild (Overlooked siblings, Beltz-Verlag). They talk about stereotypes and about what needs to change on a small and large scale so that those affected and their relatives can live without prejudice today and tomorrow.

The conversation takes place in German.

Admission: 5 € | reduced 3 €

With the kind support of the German Society for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Psychosomatics and Neurology e. V. (DGPPN)

Photo: © DGPPN / Claudia Burger.

In conversation with Ute Mahler, founding member of the agency OSTKREUZ, photographer Sibylle Fendt gives insights into her work and her current projects.

Sibylle Fendt is a member of the OSTKREUZ agency and has worked successfully as a freelance photographer for many years. With the support of prizes and scholarships, she works on her own long-term projects, she photographs for magazines and newspapers, shows her work in exhibitions internationally and has already published several books. Currently, she holds an administrative professorship at the University of Hannover. 

Ute Mahler talks with Sibylle Fendt about the different aspects of her work as well as about her strategies to be successful as a photographer. In addition to practical questions of how to cooperate with publishers, exhibition houses and picture editors, the possibilities of surviving financially today as a photographer in the long run are to be discussed.

The conversation will be held in German language.

Admission: 5 € | reduced 3 €.

FOTO-TALK: ON THE COUCH is the new event format of f³ – freiraum für fotografie. Regularly a photography expert and a photographer are discussing important content and aesthetic questions related to photography.

Supported by Mittel des Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF) and the City of Berlin.

Photo © Sibylle Fendt from the series Gärtners Reise (Gärtner’s Voyage).

Guided tour every first Sunday of the month in f³ – freiraum für fotografie.

ADMISSION FREE | DONATION REQUESTED!

Every first Sunday of the month, we cordially invite you to our free exhibition tour at 11:00 am. We present you the current exhibition, give background information and share our anecdotes with you. You will learn more about the biographies and working methods of the photographers presented and how the exhibition came about. Well-founded first-hand information gives you insights into the curatorial concept and arranges the photographs artistically-historically.

On April 7, 2019 Miriam Zlobinski, visual historian and freelance curator will guide you through the show.

Funded by: Modellprogramm „Utopolis – Soziokultur im Quartier“ im Rahmen der ressortübergreifenden Strategie Soziale Stadt „Nachbarschaften stärken, Miteinander im Quartier“ des Bundesministeriums des Innern, für Bau und Heimat und der Beauftragten für Kultur und Medien.

In conversation with Ute Mahler, founding member of the agency OSTKREUZ, photographer Sibylle Fendt gives insights into her work and her current projects.

Sibylle Fendt is a member of the OSTKREUZ agency and has worked successfully as a freelance photographer for many years. With the support of prizes and scholarships, she works on her own long-term projects, she photographs for magazines and newspapers, shows her work in exhibitions internationally and has already published several books. Currently, she holds an administrative professorship at the University of Hannover.

Ute Mahler talks with Sibylle Fendt about the different aspects of her work as well as about her strategies to be successful as a photographer. Practical questions about the cooperation with publishers, exhibition houses and picture editors, are discussed alongside 

In addition to practical questions of cooperation with publishers, exhibition houses and picture editors, the possibilities of surviving financially today as a photographer in the long run are to be discussed.

The conversation will be held in German language.

Admission: 5 € | reduced 3 €.

FOTO-TALK: ON THE COUCH is the new event format of f³ – freiraum für fotografie. Regularly a photography expert and a photographer are discussing important content and aesthetic questions related to photography.

Supported by Mittel des Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF) and the City of Berlin.

Photo © Sibylle Fendt from the series Gärtners Reise (Gärtner’s Voyage) 

Finally, everyone should learn the funny story about your favorite picture? You have secret information about a photograph that nobody knows, and you want to share it with us? You wrote a song for a photo that you want to present to an audience? Fantastic!

In our new format Foto Jam – Listen Up to These Pictures! We would like to learn more about your most beautiful, curious or complicated photos: Our guests have five minutes to inspire the public. All aids are allowed – the main thing is entertaining! The evening will be moderated by Miriam Zlobinski.

We look forward to amazing stories and many never seen photographs!

You’d like to participate? Contact: fotojam@fhochdrei.org

The FOTO JAM is part of the project XB-Lab, promoted through model program “Utopolis – Soziokultur im Quartier“ as part of the cross-departmental strategy Soziale Stadt “Nachbarschaften stärken, Miteinander im Quartier“ of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community and the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.

Führung jeden ersten Sonntag im Monat im f³ – freiraum für fotografie

EINTRITT FREI!

Jeden ersten Sonntag im Monat laden wir Sie herzlich zu unserer kostenlosen Ausstellungsführung um 11 Uhr vormittags ein. Wir stellen Ihnen die aktuelle Ausstellung vor, geben Ihnen Hintergrundinformationen und teilen unsere Anekdoten mit Ihnen. Sie erfahren mehr über die Biografien und Arbeitsweisen der präsentierten Fotograf*innen sowie darüber, wie die Ausstellung zustande kam. Fundierte Informationen aus erster Hand geben Ihnen Einblicke in das kuratorische Konzept und ordnen die Fotografien künstlerisch-historisch ein.

Am 3. Februar 2019 begleitet Sie die Kuratorin der Ausstellung Gisela Kayser, Freundeskreis Willy-Brandt-Haus. 

Foto-Führungen jeden ersten Sonntag im Monat, 11 Uhr 

Ort: f³ – freiraum für fotografie, Waldemarstr. 17, 10179 Berlin 

Gefördert durch: Modellprogramm „Utopolis – Soziokultur im Quartier“ im Rahmen der ressortübergreifenden Strategie Soziale Stadt „Nachbarschaften stärken, Miteinander im Quartier“ des Bundesministeriums des Innern, für Bau und Heimat und der Beauftragten für Kultur und Medien.

We cordially invite you to the opening of our exhibition CRAZY – Living with mental illness. The exhibition CRAZY presents works by five internationally renowned photographers that have dealt with the subject for very personal reasons.

Greetings: Prof. Dr. med. med. Arno Deister, Past President of the Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik und Nervenheilkunde e. V. (DGPPN; German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics).

Introduction: Katharina Mouratidi, artistic director f³ – freiraum für fotografie, in conversation with the photographers Nora Klein and Louis Quail.

The photographer Nora Klein from Erfurt has been dealing with the disease depression for many years. Her first book Mal gut, mehr schlecht. (Sometimes good, mostly bad.) has  appeared in Hatje Cantz Verlag. Nora Klein’s photographs were published in Stern, Der Spiegel, Zeit, Financial Times Weekend Magazine, Cicero and Süddeutsche Zeitung, among others.

The Brit Louis Quail shows in his intimate photographic approach Big Brother his brother’s life with schizophrenia. The documentary exposes man in crisis without ever losing his appreciation for him. Louis Quail worked for many of the best-known British magazines and has received numerous awards.

The greetings will be held in German language, the introduction will be held in German and English.

The exhibition is on display from February 15 to April 21, 2019. With works by Laia Abril (Spain), Sibylle Fendt (Germany), Nora Klein (Germany), Louis Quail (UK) and Melissa Spitz (USA).

With the kind support of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik und Nervenheilkunde e. V. (DGPPN; German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics).

Photo: © Louis Quail from the series Big Brother.

with Milena Carstens, picture editor at ZEITmagazin, photographer Lia Darjes and Nora Tabel, founder of Female Photoclub. Presentation: Miriam Zlobinski, Visual Historian and free Curator.

Theme of the Foto-Talk: Perspectives?! Women in humanistic photography today. 

The Foto-Talk takes place as part of the exhibition #womenphotographer Vol. I. The panelists discuss how the working conditions of women in the area of photography look today. They give us insight in their experiences from the point of view of the picture editor, photographer and promoter of photography. In this Foto-Talk we also want to get to know more about the possibilities of increasing the visibility of the photographic work of women in art and culture as well as in the media. We look forward to an interesting exchange!

The conversation will be held in German language.

Admission: 5 € | reduced 3 €.

FOTO-TALK: ON THE COUCH is the new event format of f³ – freiraum für fotografie. Regularly a photography expert and a photographer are discussing important content and aesthetic questions related to photography.

Supported by Mittel des Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF) and the City of Berlin.

Photo: © Heike Overberg

We cordially invite you: Finissage of the photography exhibition AM by Andreas Herzau. Andreas Herzau will be present in person and sign his book. Of course you also have the chance to ask questions about his project. You can buy the book directly on site. Here you find more information about the exhibition.

We are looking forward to your visit!

Admission: 5 €| 3 € reduced

Andreas Herzau: AM has been published by Nimbus Verlag, 108 pages, 32 €

A warm invitation to the opening of the exhibition #womenphotographer Vol. I with works by Berenice Abbott, Merry Alpern, Diane Arbus, Elinor Carucci, Nan Goldin, Germaine Krull, Dorothea Lange, Vivian Maier, Inge Morath, Ruth Orkin, Rosemarie Pierer, Dayanita Singh, Annette von Keudell and Karin Székessy.

Wednesday, 5th of December 2018 at 7 pm

The curators Katharina Mouratidi, Artistic Director f3 – freiraum für fotografie, and Gisela Kayser, Artistic Director Freundeskreis Willy-Brandt-Haus, will open the exhibition.

Women conquered the new medium of photography in the 19th century. As pioneers, they contributed essentially to its development and the emergence of new photographic ways of seeing. Photography enabled women to realize their idea of a self-determined, creative life, to travel and to earn their own money.

The exhibition #womenphotographer Vol. I wants to provide insights into the diverse work of women photographers and to initiate a deeper study of their view of the world.

LENDERS
artbeau4 GmbH, Hamburg
Thierry Gerber, Zürich
Jürgen Joost, Hamburg
Neumann-Hug Collection, Basel
Paul Taylor, Zürich
The Global Fine Art GmbH, Augsburg

Here you find more information about the exhibition.

Photo: © Ruth Orkin Photo Archive.

With Andreas Herzau, Fotograf and Jutta Schein, picture editor DIE ZEIT.

In conversation with Jutta Schein photographer Andreas Herzau provides insights into the development of his new AM series.

The work series AM by Andreas Herzau uses the example of Angela Merkel to explore the relationship between politics and the public as well as the representation of female power. For his photographic research, Andreas Herzau accompanied the CDU Chair and Chancellor Dr. Ing. Angela Merkel for years at public appearances. AM shows the theater, the absurdities and the realities of political operation, the loneliness, the struggle, the power and the wounds that politics brings with it as a profession.

The conversation will be held in German language.

Admission: 5 € | reduced 3 €.

FOTO-TALK: ON THE COUCH is the new event format of F3 – freiraum für fotografie. Regularly a photography expert and a photographer are discussing important content and aesthetic questions related to photography.

Supported by Mittel des Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF) and the City of Berlin.

Presentation:
Barbara Unmüßig, Board of Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung

Mit:
Julia Ehrt, Executive Director TGEU (Transgender Europe)
Boris Dittrich, Advocacy Director LGBT-Programm, HRW (Human Rights Watch)
Amina Sboui, LSBTI*-Aktivist, Tunesia

In 2017, the so called “marriage for all” was recognized in Germany. However, there can still be no question of full equality of LGBTI* rights. According to the ILGA Rainbow Europe Report 2018, Germany ranks only 12th in Europe. Above all in the area of ​​trans* and inter* rights there is still need for action.

But what about the global situation of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, trans* and intersex people (LGBTI*)? Where are sexual orientation and gender identities recognized apart from heteronormativity? What protection is there against discrimination? And in which countries are LGBTI* people criminalized and even threatened with the death penalty? In this panel discussion, Amina Sboui, Julia Ehrt and Boris Dittrich discuss with Barbara Unmüßig the situation of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, trans* and intersex* people

Language: English/German with translation
In cooperation with the Heinrich Böll Foundation

Admission: 5 Euro | reduced 3 Euro

Accompanying program to the exhibition:
WHERE LOVE IS ILLEGAL by ROBIN HAMMOND.

The exhibition is on display until 2. September 2018.

Saturday, 13. October 2018, 11 am – 6 pm
Public portfolio walk, 7 pm – 9 pm
In the framework of European Month of Photography (EMOP)

At the portfolio review RICH AND FAMOUS 2018, 20 photographers from Berlin will have the opportunity to present their work in 20-minute one-to-one interviews to renowned experts from magazines, exhibition institutions and galleries.

Cost for four 20-minute appointments: 50 Euro!
The program is funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) and the City of Berlin. Therefore, only photographers from Berlin can participate.

DATE: Saturday, 13. October 2018, 11 am – 6 pm

VENUE: f3 – freiraum für fotografie, Berlin

APPLICATION: Deadline 9. September, 0:00 (midnight)
Please send us your application using this link

PARTICIPATION FEE: 50 Euro for four 20-minute appointments and the portfolio walk

PROCEDURE: When applying, you can use a list of priorities to identify four experts. If there are not enough places available for some reviewers, you will get replacement appointments with other experts. From all applications we select 20 participants for the portfolio review. They will receive their appointments as well as information on the day until 21. September 2018. Following the portfolio review, a portfolio walk is planned between 7 pm and 9 pm during which the participants can present their work to the general public.

EXPERTS:
– Nadine Barth, curator and journalist
– Milena Carstens, photo editor ZEITmagazin
– Anastasia Hermann and Kevin Mertens, Emerge magazine
– Andreas Herzau, freelance photographer
– Gisela Kayser, artistic director of Willy-Brandt-Haus
– Carol Körting, editor and Scout Leica Fotografie International
– Kirsten Landwehr, Gallery for Modern Photography
– Miriam Zlobinski, Visual Historian, freelance curator and photo editor
– Katharina Mouratidi, artistic director f3 – freiraum für fotografie

Further information can be downloaded here.

FILM AND DISCUSSION: DISPLACED – BLACK AND QUEER
(SA, 52 Min., Engl.)

After the film screening, Ncumisa Mdlokolo, queer activist, Cape Town (South Africa) and Peggy Piesche, adviser feminism and gender democracy, Gunda Werner Institute (Berlin), talk about the genesis of the film and the significance of the large-scale project “Displaced”.

According to the South African Constitutional Court, queer / lesbian / gay relationships are an integral part of the legal and gender social fabric. Nevertheless, they continue to face various forms of discrimination and violence. The documentary “Displaced: Black and Queer” (SA, 52 min., Engl.) investigates the realities of life of young queer blacks in South Africa after apartheid. The film focuses on people who demand space for themselves and are tired of constantly having to fight for their right to exist as black people with a queer identity. The film by Siv Greyson and Ncumisa Mdlokolo provides a deep insight into the fragmentation of black and queer existence within a limited “freedom for queer people”.

The film concept is simple: People with different identities are asked to comment on different keywords in front of the camera, including “coming out”, “personal pronoun”, “gender identity”, “violence” and “men”. Once again, the truths about their everyday reality, which can be heard from their open answers, make it clear that their experiences, their history, their present and their future must be documented.

The event will be held in English.

In cooperation with: Heinrich Böll Foundation.

Admission: 5 Euro | reduced 3 Euro

A warm invitation to the opening of the exhibition AM by Andreas Herzau on Friday, the 14th of September 2018 at 7 pm !

Introduction: Katharina Mouratidi, Artistic Director f3 – freiraum für fotografie in discussion with Andreas Herzau, photographer.

The new series AM by Andreas Herzau uses Angela Merkel as an example to examine the relationship between politics and the public as well as the representation of female power. Andreas Herzau accompanied the CDU chairman and German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel for years at public performances for his photographic investigation. AM shows the theatre, the absurdities and realities of political life, the loneliness, the struggle, the power and the injuries that politics brings with it as a profession.

Here you find more information about the exhibition.

A warm invitation to the opening of the exhibition Where Love Is Illegal by Robin Hammond on Thursday, the 21. June 2018 at 7 pm !

Welcoming Adress: Katharina Mouratidi, Artistic Director f³ – freiraum für fotografie
Greeting: Mirya Gerardu, Cultural Advisor, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Introduction: Jana Prosinger, Speaker for International Gender Policy and LGBTI of the Heinrich Böll Foundation in conversation with William Lounsbury, Organisation Witness Change

For several years, the internationally acclaimed photographer Robin Hammond – a member of the Amsterdam agency NOOR – travelled through countries where LGBTI people are persecuted and threatened. Hundreds of portraits of people who – openly or secretly – have to defend their identity anew every day, often at risk to life and limb.

Here you find more information about the exhibition.