Take A Seat is back!

This talk series explores the discourses, processes, and concerns of photographers and artists who work with the medium of photography. It aims to create a “safe space” that is brought to life by questions from the audience, with the goal of highlighting interdisciplinary and intersectional perspectives from the scene and its surrounding communities.

This spring, Take A Seat explores the concept of space: Where can artists work? For whom is space being made? These pressing questions are complemented by the Studio Visits, which introduce five artists who work and create in Cologne.

Save the Dates!

• April 18, 2026: eye got space, Herwarthstraße 3, 50672 Cologne
• May 30–31, 2026: Q18, Quartier am Hafen, Poller Kirchweg 78–90, 51105 Cologne
• June 21, 2026: CO³ e.V. – cologne contemporary concept, Thürmchenswall 66, 50668 Cologne

Räume für Fotografie - Better together

Samstag, 30. Mai, Q18 - Quartier am Hafen

📆Saturday, May 30, 2026

🕢6:00 – 7:30 p.m. (Doors open at 5:30 p.m.)

📍Q18 Quartier am Hafen, Poller Kirchweg 78-90, 51105 Cologne

Free admission

In May, we invite you to take a seat at the table with Havîn Al-Sîndy (she/her), Samson Grzybek (none), and Han Vogel (they/them) to talk about collectivity.

This time, Take A Seat is embedded in a presentation that blends exhibition and studio—“Call for local artists.” This temporary collective emerged from the Studio Visits Open Call in March and April 2026, which Photoszene Köln announced in cooperation with eye got space.

Are there differences between planned and lived collectivity?

Are sustainable constellations and responsibilities possible?

Which spaces make sense for collective processes?

What if they fail?

Photographers, curious visitors, cultural practitioners, curators, and anyone who (wishes to) engage with this topic are warmly invited.

Moderator: G. Kühnhardt Alvarez (dey/deren)

Photographs and video recordings will be taken during the event for public relations purposes.

Accessibility information for Quartier am Hafen: step-free access to Q18 and a step-free restroom are available. The venue is largely accessible for wheelchair users. The restroom is not wheelchair-accessible. For questions and/or individual needs, please feel free to contact us via DM or email (awareness@photoszene.de).

Räume für Fotografie - analoge und digitale Medien

Saturday, April 18, eye got space

In April, we invite you to join us for a discussion on digital and analog media as spaces for photography. We’ll be sitting down with Aslı Özçelik and Joshua Kern from Eigensinn Verlag and D. M. Terblanche.

📆 Saturday, April 18, 2026

🕢 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. (Doors open at 5:30 p.m.)

📍eye got space, Herwarthstraße 3, 50672 Cologne

What happens along the path of self-publishing? How can print and digital media support photographers in their work without taking up too much of their time? What stories of collaboration can be shared? What role does timing play in the publication of photographs? Photographers, curators, cultural professionals, and anyone interested in this topic are warmly invited. Afterward, the eye got space team invites you to wind down at their bar.

Moderator: G. Kühnhardt Alvarez

Photographs and video recordings will be taken during the event for public relations purposes.