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.
PROGRAM
2024: Residency
The artists' research stays are planned for a maximum of one month at a time or can take place in several shorter visits to the houses. The residency will take place in summer 2024 and will be scheduled according to the living and logistical situation of the participating artists. During the residency, the artist will be supervised by the host institution, which will also grant access to the archive. Photoszene Köln organizes travel and accommodation and creates a network among the participants and in the city through artist talks, archive visits and excursions.
2025: Exhibition
The artists can present and showcase the results of their work in the form of an exhibition as part of the Photoszene Festival from May 2025. The exhibition projects will be shown at the institutions themselves and/or at associated locations and will be on display for at least 6 weeks. The Artist Meets Archive program will be accompanied by public event formats such as talks or symposia on the festival and will thus receive broad attention.
Participating Institutions
Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur
* The Museum Ludwig issues the invitation directly to the artist; it is therefore not possible to apply to the Open Call for Museum Ludwig.
Shortlists
The quality of the submissions to the Open Call was so impressive and strong that we would also like to give visibility to the artists who made it to the final jury rounds. Please take a look at these artists, their engagement with archives and their artistic work are remarkable!
Shortlist Dombauarchiv
Daniel Augschöll
Fabien Ducrot
Alex Grein
Joel Jimenez
Zhixin Angus Liao
Zain Alabdien
Guy Königstein
Patrycja Orzechowsk
Regine Petersen
Agnieszka Rayss
Eko Saputra
Laura Torres Bauza
Stefanie Unruh
Lucia Sotnikova & David Makaay
David Wolf
Shortlist Photographische Sammlung/ SK-Stiftung Kultur
Larissa Araz
Raquel Bravo
Michele Bressan
Friederike Butter
Mia Ćuk
Andrii Dostliev
Frapiccini, Eva
Gulshat Gubaidullina
Leila Keivan
Matthias Klos
Sandra Schäfer
Chuck Samuels
Christoph Westermeier
Shortlist Kölnisches Stadtmuseum
María María Acha-Kutscher
Maria Isabel Arango & Marsha Dunstan
Andrea Artz
Jonny Briggs
Liubov Durakova
Jesús Hdez-Güero
Jonas Höschl
Julia Lübbecke
Tamar Nissim
Elena Rabkina
Katja Stuke & Oliver Sieber
Marvin Tang
Olya Zarapina
Shortlist Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Alejandra Aragon
Soumya Sankar Bose
Aikaterini Gegisian
Martin Kharumwa
Darko Kwasi
David Michel Fayek
Chi Wo Leung & Sara Wong
Akshay Mahajan
Bruno Moreschi
Diego Nebrega & Rebecca Dantas
Hong Shu-ying
About Artist Meets Archive
The numerous and diverse photography holdings in the collections and archives of the City of Cologne are representative of the medium's omnipresence since its invention.
After the selection of the artists by a jury consisting of representatives of the participating institutions, the Photoszene and external experts, the artist were invited to Cologne to research the photographic holdings and to develop their own questions within the framework of a residency. During their residencies over the course of the first year, they visited the archives, networked with other artists, and held artist talks and other events that allowed the public to get to know the artists and their work.
The results of their engagement with the photographic collections of the participating institutions will be presented in solo exhibitions during the next Photoszene Festival in May of the following year.
