| | | |  | | | | | | | 12. Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie | | | | "Tilt Shift – Experiment as Normality" | | | | | | | Festival: 28 April – 7 May, 2023 | | | Opening and Award ceremony of the 9th Merck-Preis
Friday, 28 April, 6pm
Designhaus Darmstadt
9th Merck-Preis Contest Exhibition
Designhaus Darmstadt
28 April – 7 May, 2023
10am – 6pm
Symposium on the subject of "Tilt/Shift – Experiment as Normality"
with Katrin Thomschke, Philip Gaißer, Alwin Lay & Alexander Basile, Peggy Buth and Friedrich von Borries
Saturday, 29 April, 10am – 6pm
Justus-Liebig-Haus, Darmstadt
More Information: here
All exhibitions: here | | |  | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | Trophy »Merck-Preis der Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie» © Felix Schöppner | | | | | | The »Merck-Preis der Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie«
Since 2008, the Darmstadt-based multinational chemical, pharmaceutical and life sciences company Merck Group annually donates a prize for excellent positions in the photography competition. The »Merck-Preis der Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie« is a central element of the festival and gets awarded on the opening evening, 28th of April.
Not only due to its extraordinarily high prize money of 10,000€ compared to other photography awards, but also in general to other photo festivals, the »Merck-Preis der Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie« is clearly a one of a kind award and an unique feature of the festival. The winner of the »Merck-Preis der Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie« will only be determined by the jury on the day of the opening of the festival. The hanging, realization and final exhibition context of the works will again be decisive for the final decision of the jury. | | | | | |  | | | | © Aram Bartholl | | | | | | For this year's festival theme "Tilt/Shift – Experiment as Normality", the following 13 artists (in alphabetical order) have been nominated with their works:
Axel Beyer, Hamburg (D): »Unreal Estate«
Johanna-Maria Fritz, Berlin (D): »A grave in the garden«
Maximilian Glas, Hamburg (D): »Weather Constructions«
Juliane Herrmann, Köln (D): »Im Chor lässt’s sich leichter singen«
Jan Hottmann, Stuttgart (D): »Meta Queers«
Bob Jones, Berlin (D): »Cmd Shift 4«
Ille Oelhaf, Hamburg (D): »Dunkles Licht«
Hanna Sass, Halle (D): »back to the roots«
Martina Sauter, Düsseldorf (D): »news:fiction«
Aleksandra Sawa, Berlin (D): »Deluge«
Sari Schildt, Hamburg (D): »Entprodukt«
Mika Sperling, Hamburg / Darmstadt (D): »I Have Done Nothing Wrong«
Mouneb Taim, (SYR): »War Note«
The jury of the »9. Merck-Preis der Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie« is composed of: Gregor Schuster (photographer, DTdF co-founder), Marcel Rauschkolb (board DTdF Förderverein), Alexandra Lechner (photographer, DTdF co-founder, RAY curator, BFF board), Prof. Dr. Kris Scholz (artist), Ute Noll (DU picture editor, Gallery Director UNO ART SPACE, Director Ute Noll Visual Projects), Julia Reichelt (Director of the Art Forum of the TU Darmstadt) | | | | | |  | | | | © Jan Hoeft | | | | | | Annual topic 2023: "Tilt/Shift – Experiment as Normality"
Even in our society’s fields of activity we previously believed to be safe, the contemporary crises prevalent worldwide are revealing to us a long-inconceivable collapse. Although no claim can be laid on a normal state of the world, the feeling of security is dwindling for an ever-growing number of people: habitual viewpoints are breaking away, certainties are shifting. The promise that all will remain well, or that things will be all right again, is currently unravelling and is almost impossible to carry into tomorrow from today. Even people who, thus far, imagined themselves to be safe in their habitat are noticing that their everyday life is under ever-more frequent threat.
Thought patterns are being queried and discussed – constructively by groups and individuals, but also in a polarising way by fact-twisters. Old discourses on euro-centrically and post-colonially influenced views of the world – in macro and in micro – are being sustained and propagated. Times of crisis not only signify uncertainty, but are also able – despite it all – to highlight opportunities. Partly out of necessity, potentials are examined at all levels for open spaces, new phenomena and further developments. Will the experiment of constantly having to refocus become the normal state now? How can photography capture the enormous changes? What images allow us to better understand an uncertain, diverse world subject to turbulent and complex transformation – and to keep an eye on the experiment’s open outcome?
The annual topic is is the framework and central element of the entire festival and is presented in an exhibition at Designhaus Hessen. The ten to fifteen participating international artists are invited by the team of curators. Controversial positions, latest works, and various genres are compiled to constitute the central statement on the festival’s topic in this group show. | | | | | |  | | | | © Caspar Saenger | | | | | | unsubscribe here
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