Andrés Galeano
Andrés Galeano (*1980, Mataró, Spain) has degrees in philosophy, photography and fine arts. His photographs, video works and performances have been shown in numerous group and solo exhibitions in Europe and America. Galeano's photographic work deals with amateur photography and the medium's historical relationship with the firmament. As a post-photographer, he recycles iconographies and discovers moments in which photography reflects on itself and creates an unexpected metadiscourse.
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Dombauarchiv (Building Archive of the Cologne Cathedral)
The Dombauarchiv documents the construction and restoration work carried out since the Middle Ages on one of the world's most important sacred buildings and a symbol of the city - the Cologne Cathedral. It comprises almost all the files relating to the Cathedral's construction since 1816 as well as around 20,000 plans and drawings, a comprehensive collection of historical and contemporary photographs and a large specialised library with around 25,000 volumes and 230 current publications. In addition, there is an art collection with paintings, prints and artefacts. An extensive collection of the Magi also offers pictorial evidence and scientific literature on the "Three Wise Men“. In the Cathedral's model chamber, hundreds of 19th and 20th century plaster models are kept, as well as original sculptures of the medieval St Peter's portal.
The extensive image collection of the Dombauarchiv, with around 50,000 historical and recent photographs of Cologne Cathedral, its furnishings and the work of the Cologne Cathedral Building Workshop, as well as reproductions and scans of archival documents and plans from the Dombauarchiv, is available for academic research, but also for publications on Cologne Cathedral in general. The Dombauarchiv is a scientific institution that stimulates, supervises and publishes cathedral research in many areas.
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View of the unfinished cathedral from the northwest, Gebr. Schönscheid, 1862
© Hohe Domkirche Köln, Dombauhütte
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View into the model chamber on the 2nd floor of the northern cathedral tower
© Hohe Domkirche Köln, Dombauhütte; Foto: M. Deml
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View of the recently completed cathedral from the east, Johann Heinrich Schönscheidt, 1880
© Hohe Domkirche Köln, Dombauhütte
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Shelf in the file depot of the cathedral building archive
© Hohe Domkirche Köln, Dombauhütte; Foto: M. Unkelbach
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Black and white image. View into the war-damaged vaults of the northern transept of the cathedral, 1943
© Hohe Domkirche Köln, Dombauhütte
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View of the badly damaged north transept of Cologne Cathedral, 1943
© Hohe Domkirche Köln, Dombauhütte
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Medieval elevation of the east side of the second floor of the southern cathedral tower, so-called Riss E, 1st half of the 14th century
© Hohe Domkirche Köln, Dombauhütte; Foto: Matz und Schenk
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War defense measures in the inner choir of Cologne Cathedral, August Kreyenkamp, 1940
© Hohe Domkirche Köln, Dombauhütte
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War protection measures for the choir stalls, the choir screen paintings and the choir pillar figures of Cologne Cathedral, August Kreyenkamp , 1940
© Hohe Domkirche Köln, Dombauhütte
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Artist Meets Archive #4
For the fourth edition of the Artist Meets Archive program, the Internationale Photoszene Köln and the institutions involved in the project are inviting a total of five artists from Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Poland and Spain to Cologne: Marta Bogdanska, Elena Efeoglou, Andrés Galeano, Pauline Hafsia M'barek and Wing Ka Ho Jimmi will be in Cologne for several weeks in the summer for their research residencies. During this time, they will immerse themselves in the archives and collections of the Dombauarchiv, the Kölnisches Stadtmuseum, the Museum Ludwig, the Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur and the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum and thus in the diverse (photographic) history of the city of Cologne in order to develop new artistic positions. They will then present the results as usual during the Photoszene Festival, which will next take place in May 2025.