Elena Efeoglou
Elena Efeoglou (born 1978 in the Greek city of Drama, now lives in Thessaloniki) holds a Master's degree in Photography as well as in Philosophical, Pedagogical and Interdisciplinary Anthropology. In her doctoral thesis she dealt with the qualitative analysis of photographic representations during the Greek Civil War of 1946-1949. In her own artistic work she mainly uses the media of photography and video and she is particularly interested in the role of photography in private and public archives. Her interest lies in the materiality of photography and its role both as a document and in true and fictional narratives. Efeoglou is currently working with found photographs and artificial intelligence.
Visit to Elena Efeoglou in her residency at Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur
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Photographic Collection / SK Stiftung Kultur
The Photographic Collection /SK Stiftung Kultur, based in Cologne’s Mediapark since 1996, is devoted to objective documentary photography in the artistic context. With the August Sander Archive and comprehensive bundles comprising works by Bernd and Hilla Becher, two internationally renowned positions are represented in the collection which have decisively shaped this movement both aesthetically and formally. Based on these inventories, Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur realizes alternating exhibition projects and publications of both historical and contemporary provenance.
The collection is built up and scientifically curated in step with the devising of the exhibition programme. The collection represents names such as Boris Becker, Karl Blossfeldt, Joachim Brohm, William Christenberry, Paul Dobe, William Guerrieri, Ruth Hallensleben, Candida Höfer, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Andrea Robbins/Max Becher, Judith Joy Ross, Martin Rosswog, Wilhelm Schürmann, Petra Wittmar.
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© Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur, Köln
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© Niklas Rausch/Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur
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© Janet Sinica/Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur
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© Janet Sinica/Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur
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© Niklas Rausch/Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur
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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.