Exhibitions
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02 NS-Dokumentationszentrum der Stadt Köln 12.05. – 18.06.2023

The Opening. an institution, a depot, the boxes

Pablo Lerma

Artist Meets Archive #3 Festival 2023 Vernissage & Special Event 2023
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  • Pablo Lerma stands behind a table in front of visitors and speaks into a microphone. In front of him are empty boxes.

    © buerofuerkunstdokumentation

  • A white archive box lies on a white background. Next to it is a color plate.

    © Pablo Lerma, Maurice Kohl

  • A camera setup with tripod and flashes, used to photograph an archive box on a white background.

    © Pablo Lerma, Maurice Kohl

  • Pablo Lerma opens an archive box during his performance.

    © buerofuerkunstdokumentation

  • Detail: An old photo album is opened.

    © buerofuerkunstdokumentation

  • Visitors sit and stand in a vault and look at three screens.

    © buerofuerkunstdokumentation

  • Visitors look at small prints on the wall.

    © buerofuerkunstdokumentation

    As an artist and theorist, Pablo Lerma consults the archive of the NS-Documentation Center – which comprises photographic holdings from the National Socialist period – for aspects of visibility and invisibility, representation and trauma, and looks for/into the historical and present-day power structures that are recorded within them. The holdings of the NS memorial site are activated by means of a re-enactment; along the way, his querying is focused, in particular, upon the logics of opening, viewing and keeping archived documents.

    Artist
    Lerma Pablo

    More about the artist's Residency
    Pablo Lerma Meets NS-Dokumentationszentrum

    Veranstaltungsort

    NS-Dokumentationszentrum der Stadt Köln
    Appellhofplatz 25
    50667 Köln

    Website

    Dauer und Eintritt

    12.05. – 18.06.2023
    Eintritt Frei

    Vernissage und 
    Special Events

    Spot On: Pablo Lerma
    12.05.2023
    13:00 Uhr

    Performative tour through the exhibition

    Spot On: Pablo Lerma
    21.05.2023
    13:00 Uhr

    Performative tour through the exhibition with the artist Pablo Lerma

    Öffnungszeiten

    Tue–Fri 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
    Sat+Sun 11 a.m.–6 p.m.

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