Photographic Materials: Archives and Tools

A symposium by the KHM, the Internationale Photoszene Köln and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie (DGPh).

Over two days, the symposium dealt with questions about the materiality of photography. Methods of (post)photographic engagement with the medium, such as virtual reality, 3D photography or augmented reality, were presented. Structural and institutional conditions for the transfer of photographic archives into a digital future were discussed, and curatorial and artistic strategies for their activation were examined.

Program

Friday, May 3, 1:00–6:00 p.m.: New photographic tools?

Chair: Alex Grein (KHM) and Beate Gütschow (KHM)

Saturday, May 4, 10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.: The future of archives / archives of the future

Chair: Susanne Holschbach (DGPh) and Inga Schneider (Internationale Photoszene Köln)

Speakers: Estelle Blaschke, Marco De Mutiis, Madhusree Dutta, Sabine Folie, Lilian Haberer, Lucia Halder, Armin Linke, Joël Vacheron, Joanna Zylinska