Artist Programme - Internationale Photoszene Köln

An artist looks at negatives on a table with the team from an archive.

Artist Programme
Research & Display
The International Photoszene Köln promotes artists and initiates cooperations between artists and…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/

Artist Meets Archive #1 2018/19
Photoszene Residencies
Die Photoszene-Residency Artist meets Archive ist das zentrale Programm der Photoszene-Festivals…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive/artist-meets-archive-1/

Lebhohang Kganye im Archiv des Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museums, 2022

Artist Meets Archive #3 2022/23
Photoszene Residencies
For the third time, the Internationale Photoszene Köln is organizing the Artist Meets Archive…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive/artist-meets-archive-3/

Lebohang Kganye
Meets Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Lebohang Kganye (*1990 in Johannesburg / South Africa) is a visual artist and photographer living…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive/artist-meets-archive-3/lebohang-kganye-meets-rautenstrauch-joest-museuem/

Pablo Lerma
Meets NS-Dokumentationszentrum
Pablo Lerma (*1986 in Barcelona / Spain) is an image-based media artist, publisher and educator…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive/artist-meets-archive-3/pablo-lerma-meets-ns-dokumentationszentrum/

Lilly Lulay
Meets Rheinisches Bildarchiv Köln
Lilly Lulay (*1985 in Frankfurt / Germany) is currently based in Frankfurt and Brussels. She…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive/artist-meets-archive-3/lilly-lulay-meets-rheinisches-bildarchiv/

Naoya Hatakeyama
Meets Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst
Naoya Hatakeyama (b. 1958 in Rikuzen-takata, Iwate Prefecture, Japan) is an artist and photographer…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive/artist-meets-archive-3/naoya-hatakeyama-meets-museum-fur-ostasiatische-kunst/

Participants
Artist Meets Archive
Between 2018 and 2024, 4 editions of the Artist Meets Archive programme have been realized so far.
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive/kunstler-innen/

Archives & Collections
Artist Meets Archive
Photography has a rich and varied history in the Cologne area. This is evidenced by the numerous…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive/archive-sammlungen/

The German Aerospace Center
The DLR is the Federal Republic of Germany’s aerospace research centre. Its extensive research and…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive/archive-sammlungen/deutsches-zentrum-fur-luft-und-raumfahrt/

Siegfried Enkelmann, Die Tänzerin Inge Hönisch, Fotomontage aus den 1950er Jahren, © VG BildKunst

German Dance Archive
The German Dance Archive is a globally networked information, documentation and research centre…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive/archive-sammlungen/deutsches-tanzarchiv-koln/

Kölnisches Stadtmuseum
The Graphic Collection of the Cologne City Museum includes a comprehensive photographic collection…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive/archive-sammlungen/kolnisches-stadtmuseum/

MAKK - Museum of Applied Art Cologne
The pattern collection of the Museum of Applied Art Cologne is a component of the museum’s…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive/archive-sammlungen/makk-museum-fur-angewandte-kunst-koln/

Museum of East Asian Art Cologne
The Museum of East Asian Art of the City of Cologne is the only museum in Germany that specialises…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive/archive-sammlungen/museum-fur-ostasiatische-kunst-koln/

Museum Ludwig
Museum Ludwig keeps a high-calibre collection of photographs, albums, portfolios and archive…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive/archive-sammlungen/museum-ludwig/

NS-DOK
The NS Documentation Centre of the City of Cologne is dedicated to commemorating the victims of the…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive/archive-sammlungen/ns-dokumentationszentrum-koln/

Photographische Sammlung / SK Stiftung Kultur im Mediapark, Köln

Photographic Collection / SK Stiftung Kultur
The Photographic Collection /SK Stiftung Kultur, based in Cologne’s Mediapark since 1996, is…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive/archive-sammlungen/photographische-sammlung-sk-stiftung-kultur/

Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt
The Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum – Kulturen der Welt in Cologne is the only municipal ethnological…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive/archive-sammlungen/rautenstrauch-joest-museum-kulturen-der-welt/

Rheinisches Bildarchiv Köln
The Rheinisches Bildarchiv has been producing, collecting, preserving and promoting photographs in…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive/archive-sammlungen/rheinisches-bildarchiv-koln/

Motiv aus dem RWWA / Eisenbahnbrücke über den Rhein bei Wesel (1928) (Bestand Abt. 130 Gutehoffnungshütte Aktienverein, Oberhausen)

Rheinisch-Westfälisches Wirtschaftsarchiv zu Köln
The RWWA is the rescue centre for historically significant written records from businesses in the…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive/archive-sammlungen/rheinisch-westfalisches-wirtschaftsarchiv-zu-koln/

Yasmine Eid-Sabbagh
Artist Meets Archive #2: Rautenstrauch-Joest cat Scratching the Black Box of Colonial Photographs
Yasmine Eid-Sabbagh studied history, photography and visual anthropology in Paris. In 2018, she…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive/kunstler-innen/yasmine-eid-sabbagh/

Joan Fontcuberta
Artist Meets Archive #2: Gossan: Mars Mission
Joan Fontcuberta (*1955 in Barcelona / Spain) lives and works in Barcelona. Fontcuberta graduated…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive/kunstler-innen/joan-fontcuberta/

Philipp Goldbach
Image Cycle
Philipp Goldbach (*1978) lives and works in Cologne. After studying art history, sociology and…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive/kunstler-innen/philipp-goldbach/

Erik Kessels
Artist Meets Archive #1: Archive Land
Erik Kessels (*1966 in Roermond, Netherlands) lives and works in Amsterdam. As Creative Director he…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive/kunstler-innen/erik-kessels/

Ola Kolehmainen
Artist Meets Archive #1: COELN. Cathedral of Light
Ola Kolehmainen (* 1964, Helsinki, Finland) has been living and working in Berlin since 2005. He…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive/kunstler-innen/ola-kolehmainen/

Anna Orłowksa
Artist Meets Archive #2: A Part of the Part
Anna Orłowska (*1986 in Opole) lives and works in Warsaw. Orłowska started her artistic education…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive/kunstler-innen/anna-orlowksa/

Ronit Porat
Artist Meets Archive #1: Paradiesvogel
Ronit Porat (*1975 in the Kfar Giadi kibbutz, Northern Israel) lives and works in Tel Aviv. She…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive/kunstler-innen/ronit-porat/

Rosângela Rennó
Artist Meets Archive #2: Eaux des Colonies
Rosângela Rennó (*1962 in Belo Horizonte) lives and works in Rio de Janeiro/ Brazil. Rennó studied…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive/kunstler-innen/rosangela-renno/

Fiona Tan
Artist Meets Archive #1: GAAF
Fiona Tan (* 1966 in Pekanbaru, Indonesia), who grew up in Australia, today lives and works in…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive/kunstler-innen/fiona-tan/

Roselyne Titaud
Artist Meets Archive #1: Die Hummer-Quadrille
Roselyne Titaud (*1977 in Aubenas, France) studied Fine Art at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in St…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive/kunstler-innen/roselyne-titaud/

Antje van Wichelen
Artist Meets Archive #1: NOISY IMAGES
Antje van Wichelen lives and works in Brussels. In her photographic and film works she uses…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive/kunstler-innen/antje-van-wichelen/

The Jury
Open Call 2023
Thomas Seelig (Folkwang Museum Essen), Linda Conze (Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf), Adelheid…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/open-call/open-call-2022/die-jury/

Daria Bona
Member of the Jury Open Call 2023
Daria Bona is photo historian and curator. She studied art history with a focus on history and…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/open-call/open-call-2022/die-jury/daria-bona/

Linda Conze
Member of the Jury Open Call 2023
Linda Conze is Head of the Photography Collection at the Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, where she…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/open-call/open-call-2022/die-jury/linda-conze/

Adelheid Komenda
Member of the Jury Open Call 2023
Adelheid Komenda is Scientific referent for the photography department at the LVR-LandesMuseum…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/open-call/open-call-2022/die-jury/adelheid-komenda/

Thomas Seelig
Member of the Jury Open Call 2023
Thomas Seelig is Head of the Photographic Collection at the Museum Folkwang in Essen and has…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/open-call/open-call-2022/die-jury/thomas-seelig/

Alexander Hagmann
Member of the Jury Open Call 2023
Alexander Hagmann is founder and editor of 'dieMotive - Zeitschrift zur Kultur der Fotografie', as…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/open-call/open-call-2022/die-jury/alexander-hagmann/

The Artists
Open Call 2023
The jury made the following selection from a total of 572 submissions: Thomas Albdorf, Leo…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/open-call/open-call-2022/kunstler-innen-open-call-2023/

Portfolio Review: Photographers sit at tables where they present their work to experts.

Portfolio Review
The International Photoscene Cologne promotes networking between artists and curators, publishers…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/portfolio-review/

Open Call 2022
Photography in Progress
For the first time, the International Photoszene Cologne 2022 has issued an open call for artists…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/open-call/open-call-2022/

Artist Meets Archive #4 2024/25
PHOTOSZENE RESIDENCIES
For the fourth time, the International Photoszene Köln is organizing the Artist Meets Archive…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive-4/

View into a studio. You can see a shelf with various tools and lots of pictures hanging on the wall.

Studio Visits
Thinking space, laboratory, workplace
In our new section Studio Visits, we would like to introduce you to artistic positions and take you…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/studio-visits/

Portrait of Btihal Remli. She is wearing glasses and a pink sweater and is leaning against the wall of her studio.

Btihal Remli
STUDIO VISIT
Btihal Remli describes herself as a visual storyteller with a focus on art and documentary…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/studio-visits/btihal-remli/

Lebohang Kganye
Artist Meets Archive #3: Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Lebohang Kganye (*1990 in Johannesburg / South Africa) is a visual artist and photographer living…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive/kunstler-innen/lebohang-kganye/

Lilly Lulay
Artist Meets Archive #3: Rhenish Image Archive
Lilly Lulay (*1985 in Frankfurt / Germany) is currently based in Frankfurt and Brussels. She…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive/kunstler-innen/lilly-lulay/

Naoya Hatakeyama
Artist Meets Archive #3: Yokohama Souvenirs
Naoya Hatakeyama (*1958 in Rikuzen-takata, Präfektur Iwate, Japan) ist ein in Tokyo lebender und…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive/kunstler-innen/naoya-hatakeyama/

Artist Meets Archive #2 2020/21
Photoszene Residencies
In the second round of Artist Meets Archive, the aim was to understand the massive way in which…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive/artist-meets-archive-2/

Rosângela Rennó
Meets Rheinisch-Westfälisches Wirtschaftsarchiv

https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive/artist-meets-archive-2/rosangela-renno-meets-rheinisch-westfalisches-wirtschaftsarchiv/

Nathan Ishar
STUDIO VISIT
Nathan Pramudiya Ishar works collectively and individually with photography, film, performance and…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/studio-visits/nathan-ishar/

Caroline Brünen
STUDIO VISIT
Btihal Remli describes herself as a visual storyteller with a focus on art and documentary…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/studio-visits/caroline-bruenen/

Portrait of Andrés Galeano. He is wearing glasses, a cap and a blue jacket.

Andrés Galeano
Meets Kölner Dombauarchiv

https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive-4/andres-galeano/

Portrait of Elena Efeoglou. She has long dark hair and is wearing a blouse with white dots.

Elena Efeoglou
Meets die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur

https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive-4/elena-efeoglou/

Portrait of Marta Bogdanska. She has long hair streaked with gray and is wearing a red and purple patterned sweater.

Marta Bogdanska
Meets Kölnisches Stadtmuseum

https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive-4/marta-bogdanska/

Portrait of Pauline M'Barek. Her dark hair is pinned up and she is wearing a woolen jacket.

Pauline Hafsia M'barek
Meets Museum Ludwig

https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive-4/pauline-hafsia-mbarek/

Portrait of Jimmi Wing Ka Ho, black and white. He is looking down to the side and wearing a striped shirt.

Jimmi Wing Ka Ho
Meets Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum

https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive-4/wing-ka-ho-jimmi/

View of the unfinished cathedral from the northwest, Gebr. Schönscheid, 1862

Dombauarchiv (Building Archive of the Cologne Cathedral)
The Dombauarchiv documents the construction and restoration work carried out since the Middle Ages…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/artist-meets-archive/archive-sammlungen/deutsches-zentrum-fur-luft-und-raumfahrt-1/

Silviu Guiman
STUDIO VISIT
Silviu Guiman is completing an M.A. in artistic photography at the Folkwang University of the Arts…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/studio-visits/silviu-guiman/

Stefanie Pluta
STUDIO VISIT
Stefanie Pluta studied photography and media arts at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/studio-visits/stefanie-pluta/

János Buck
STUDIO VISIT
Stefanie Pluta studied photography and media arts at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen…
https://www.photoszene.de/en/artist-programme/studio-visits/janos-buck/