30. März 2025 von KSadmin | Kommentare deaktiviert für 15 Years Konohana—Düsseldorf.
In 2009 Japanese photographer and poet Henguchi and German photographer and artist Katja Stuke meet for the first time in Konohana, Osaka. Introduced by Goto Tetsuya, a designer, curator and long time friend, they decided to realize a photobattle the next year.
Katja Stuke and Oliver Sieber had been coming to Japan since 2005. Since their first residency in Osaka in 2006 various experiences, the encounter with Japanese (sub)culture, photography- and photobook-culture had an important influence in their artistic practice. They had been developing the idea of a photobattle – in reference to hip-hop culture – for some time. At the same moment as the first ANT!FOTO exhibition in 2010, a first battle was realized at Baikado in Konohana and Bloom Gallery in Juso, Osaka. Possible approaches to the question of whether and how photography functions as a visual means of communication, whether it can be a “visual Esperanto”, are fundamental to the various Photobattle performances, but also recur repeatedly in ANT!FOTO.
The first meeting between Henguchi and Katja has since developed into many encounters, joint projects and exhibitions, an exchange between Düsseldorf and Konohana (at first in cooperation with the Cultural Office of Düsseldorf, later the WELTKUNSTZIMMER in Düsseldorf and various partners in Osaka) including artists and musicians both in Düsseldorf and Osaka. Hopefully this will keep on growing over the next years.
In April there will be two events celebrating the last 15 years in Konohana. Details and updates following soon.
2. Februar 2025 von BöhmKobayashi | Kommentare deaktiviert für Die Fragile Stadt
débat La Ville fragile jeudi 6 février 2025 de 19h30 à 21h avec: Jochen Becker, Marie Tesson, Katja Stuke & Oliver Sieber, DJ Sundae.
À l’occasion de la parution du livre La Ville invisible (Boehm Kobayashi, 2024), conçu dans le cadre de l’exposition Ruinen der Zukunft / Ruines du futur des photographes Katja Stuke et Oliver Sieber, qui a eu lieu à la MHH en juin 2024.
Exhibition of Short Films on 5 Screens by Brian Allen / chairo no cappccino / Mark Chua & Lam Li Shuen / Warren Decker, Michael Salovaara & Erik Sakuragi / Guadalupe Galván / Jerry Gordon / Jere Kilpinen / Tanya Kim / Meeko Koike / Laurent Lavolé / Michael J. Migliacci / Mika Pätilä / Tintin Patrone / Megumi Qingshui Shimizu / Katja Stuke & Oliver Sieber / Kozue Sugiura / Kaori Yoshikawa / Yuzuru / Gertjan Zuilhof
18. Oktober 2021 von BöhmKobayashi | Kommentare deaktiviert für ANT!FOTO Bar meets Sasori Bar, Paris
Sasori Books opens the Sasori Bar in Paris during Photo Saint Germain from Nov. 4 – 10, 2021. We will be there on Nov. 9th, 2021 from 7 pm and bring music, zines and the new ANT!FOTO magazine. more»»
6. Oktober 2020 von BöhmKobayashi | Kommentare deaktiviert für Moon over Konohana
Moon over Konohana Dialogausstellung mit Katja Stuke und Henguchi Japanisches Kulturinstitut / Japan Foundation, Köln 6 Nov — 19. Dez 2020 Eröffnung: Freitag, 6 Nov 2020, 19 Uhr, Einführung: Dr. Verena Meis Zur Ausstellung erscheint eine Publikation. Anmeldung»» zur Vernissage ab 16 Okt 2020
12. Oktober 2018 von BöhmKobayashi | Kommentare deaktiviert für Chongqing
Questioning Photography Now GCA Chongqing Oct 26 – Dec 28, 2018
with works by: Martin Denker, Christine Erhard, Jörg Paul Janka, Matthias Koch, Thomas Neumann, Anne Pöhlmann, Thyra Schmidt, Oliver Sieber, Katja Stuke, Christoph Westermeier, 王海川 Wang Haichuan, 黎朗 Li Lang, 胡宸宇 Hu Chenyu, 曾瑞 Zen Rui, 李明 Li Ming, 高岩 Gao Yan, 胡尹萍 Hu Yinping, 唐潮 Tang Chao, 向振华 Xiang Zhenhua, 钟云舒 Zhong Yunshu