Newsletter der Akademie der Künste

Video still from In familiar surroundings by Carola Bauckholt, © Carola Bauckholt

Akademie Talk: Real conditions

Talks and Artistic Contributions

26 Feb, 7 pm, Pariser Platz

What does “real” mean in art? What tools, means and ways of thinking characterise artistic work? From the perspective of different artistic disciplines, we will discuss how real relationships shape not only artistic work, but also our perception of the world. The participating Akademie members will bring along artistic contributions. With Carola Bauckholt, Klemens Gruber, Helke Misselwitz, Cécile Wajsbrot, Anh-Linh Ngo, Manos Tsangaris et al. In German.  more

Maya Schweizer, o. T., from the series Which Story Would You Prefer Not To Recall / An welche Geschichte würdest Du dich lieber nicht erinnern (ongoing since 2009), C-Print, 42 cm x 59 cm. © Maya Schweizer, VG Bild-Kunst, 2024

EMOP Opening Days

Festival

27 Feb – 2 Mar, Hanseatenweg

Over three days, artist talks and panel discussions with international guests, guided tours and a film programme in the festival centre at the Akademie der Künste will give space and direction to current discourses in photography. A special focus will be placed on how artists use the medium of photography to address current political and social conflicts. The Opening Days begin with the opening of the central festival exhibition of the EMOP Berlin – European Month of Photography 2025, “what stands between us”.  more

Werner Mahler, from the series Ein Dorf, 1998 © Werner Mahler/OSTKREUZ

Ein Dorf 1950–2022. Ute Mahler, Werner Mahler und Ludwig Schirmer

Exhibition

28 Feb – 4 May, Hanseatenweg

The exhibition “Ein Dorf 1950–2022” is a long-term project by three photographers on the Thuringian village of Berka, that extends far beyond the borders of that village. Political and societal changes, technological developments, fashions and individuals form thematic threads that tie the individual works together. The more than 150 photographs in the exhibition interweave personal destinies and world history, autobiographical references and artistic approaches. In the frame of EMOP Berlin – European Month of Photography 2025.  more

Simon Lehner, Balance study with boy, 2018, aus der Serie How far is a lightyear?, 2005–2019, Pigment-print, 90 x 72 cm, Courtesy KOW Berlin © Simon Lehner

EMOP Berlin: what stands between us.
Photography as a Medium for Chronicling  

Exhibition

28 Feb – 4 May, Hanseatenweg

In times of crisis, we let ourselves to be polarised by images. We want to use our own voice – and images – to counter the increasing division. But what knowledge can photographic images still convey? Isn’t it the camera that stands between us? The central festival exhibition of EMOP Berlin – European Month of Photography 2025 interrupts this cycle. Projects by around 20 artists stand for listening and learning from Others through their own voices. Opening on 27 Feb at 7 pm.  more

Artist Ilit Azoulay in her studio, 2022 © Ériver Hijano

Ellen Auerbach Fellowship: Ilit Azoulay

Award Ceremony

28 Feb, 7 pm, Hanseatenweg

The Ellen Auerbach Fellowship for outstanding international photography has been awarded to the artist Ilit Azoulay. From the jury’s statement: “Ilit Azoulay is being honoured for her subtle, kaleidoscopic work, which uses photography in its original, genuine sense, to reveal the optically unconscious, to enlighten.” Her sound work Heart to Heart will be presented as part of the central festival exhibition of EMOP Berlin “what stands between us”. Award ceremony in English.  more