Wenn sich im fotografischen Material Emotionen manifestieren

Christin Müller | Samstag, 17. Mai

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Christin Müller
Christin Müller

Fotografie gilt als ein Medium, das die Gegenwart konserviert und dabei Oberflächen präzise abtastet. Für die Aufzeichnung von schwer zu fassenden, emotionalen Zuständen eignet sich die Genauigkeit der Kameraoptik und deren hohe Auflösung jedoch nicht immer. Um diesen Gefühlszuständen eine visuelle Entsprechung zu geben, arbeiten Künstler*innen mit den Eigenschaften des fotografischen Materials ebenso wie mit performativen Interventionen vor und nach dem Drücken des Auslösers. Sie verstehen Fotografien dabei als Bildkörper, in deren spezifischer Gestalt sich individuelle Emotionen und kollektive Erfahrungen ablesen beziehungsweise einschreiben lassen. Mit Werkbeispielen von zeitgenössischer Künstler*innen versucht dieser Vortrag das gegenwärtige Arbeitsweisen mit dem Material ihrem ihrer Vielfalte zu vorzustellen.


Christin Müller ist freie Kuratorin und Autorin und lebt in Leipzig. Sie hat Kulturwissenschaften an der Universität Hildesheim studiert und war Stipendiatin im Programm Museumskurator*innen für Fotografie der Krupp-Stiftung. Zuletzt (co-)kuratierte sie u. a. die Ausstellungen It’s the 21st Century that Expects Everything from You (HAUNT, Berlin, 2025), Images of the Present. 30 Jahre Dokumentarfotografie Förderpreise der Wüstenrot Stiftung (Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, 2023/24), Sophie Thun. Trails and Tributes (Kunstverein Hildesheim, 2022) und Hosen haben Röcke an. Künstlerinnengruppe Erfurt 1984–1994 (nGbK, Berlin, 2021/22). Sie lehrt regelmäßig am Institut für Kunstgeschichte der Universität Leipzig und schreibt für Zeitschriften und Ausstellungskataloge.

Symposium 2025

Another State of Mind: What we Feel - What we See - What we Do.


Symposium of the International Photoszene Cologne in cooperation with the Academy of Media Arts Cologne on the exhibition “Feelings & Photography” & “To Dwell in the Same Time and Space” as part of the Photoszene Festival Cologne

May 16, 2025, 3-6 p.m.
May 17, 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Academy of Media Arts, Cologne
Filzengraben 4, 50676 Cologne


What insights does photography provide about people's feelings? How can feelings be captured photographically - or created visually? Together with invited international artists, scientists, curators and teachers, we will reflect on the power of emotions in and from images. What are their potentials and dangers? On Friday, the focus will be on the creation of emotions in the digital and generative image world. In addition to current scientific lectures on the expression of emotions in photography, curators will speak on Saturday about their experiences in dealing with emotions and exhibition practice. KHM students will discuss emotions as a catalyst for artistic practice in times of multiple crises with speakers they have invited.

Speakers (as of 12.03.2025):

  • Dr. Thomas Spies (Media scientist and media artist)
  • Dr. Roland Meyer (Digital cultures and arts, Universität Zürich)
  • Stefanie Schröder (Artist, Leipzig)
  • Dr. Geraldine Spiekermann (Art Historian, Universität Potsdam),
  • Nadine Isabelle Henrich (Curator Haus der Photographie, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg) in conversation with Roxana Rios (Artist, Leipzig)
  • Dr. Sophie-Charlotte Opitz (Curator, Bucerius Kunstforum, Hamburg) in conversation with Yuki Furisawa (Artist, Subame-City, Niigata, Japan) and Bokeum Lee (Artist, Dortmund)
  • Christin Müller (Curator, Leipzig)
  • Emily Winkelsträter & Paulina Akbay (Studierende, KHM Köln) in conversation with Maria Hlavajova (Art Historian, Utrecht) und Cihan Çakmak (Artist, Berlin)
    Dr. Anne Potjans (Literaturwissenschaftlerin, HU Berlin) in conversation with Rebecca Racine Ramershoven (Artist, Köln)

Program:


Friday, 16.05.2025


15:00 - 15:40
Dr. Thomas Spies
Shooting, Pictures: Aesthetics and Practices of Virtual Photography

15:45 - 16:15
Dr. Roland Meyer
“Real emotions”. Generative AI, synthetic visual worlds and right-wing affect management

16:15 - 16:45
Coffee break

16.45 - 17:45
Stefanie Schroeder
An insecure bank

Saturday, 17.05.2025


10:00 - 10:40
Dr. Geraldine Spiekermann
Photographed feelings.

11:00 - 11:40
Dr. Sophie-Charlotte Opitz, Yuki Furusawa, Bokeum Lee and Jan Borreck
Sensitive to light - On photography, emotion and memory

13:00 - 13:40
Rebecca Racine Ramershoven and Dr. Anne Potjans
Unapologetically feeling: Black feminist perspectives on the oppression and power of feelings

14:00 - 14.40
KHM students: Emily Winkelsträter and Paulina Akbay, guests: Maria Hlavajova, Chan Çakmak
“Hard feelings only: Artistic practice and cultural work in the current political climate”

15:00 - 15:50
Christin Müller
When emotions manifest themselves in photographic material

16:00 - 16:45
Nadine Isabelle Henrich and Roxana Rios
States-Of-Rebirth


Moderation:

Jan Borreck (Curator, Internationale Photoszene Köln) and Andreas Langfeld (Research Associate, Academy of Media Arts, Cologne)

The symposium is free of charge and will be held partly in German and partly in English. We offer simultaneous translation German-English on spot.

We are happy about supporting donations!

Binding registration for the symposium for detailed planning on site is requested by email to: anmeldung@photoszene.de

The two-day symposium takes place at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne with the kind support of VG Bild-Kunst / Stiftung Kulturwerk.

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