| born in Berlin, Germany |
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| 1990 - 1993 | vocational training as photographer, Free University Berlin |
| 1994 - 1999 | studies of fine art photography and media art with Prof. Joachim Brohm and Prof. Helmut Mark, Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig |
| 1995 | founding of the Office for Image Affairs with Elisabeth Neudörfl |
| 2000 -2004 | Research and Teaching Assistant in the research project Visual Competence in the Media Age, State Academy of Visual Arts Stuttgart |
| 2003 - 2007 | doctorate in art history, State Academy of Visual Arts Stuttgart Title of dissertation thesis: Seeing the Other. The European View on Japan in Contemporary Artistic Documentary Photography |
| 2007 - 2010 | adjunct professor of photography and art theory: State Academy of Visual Arts Stuttgart, Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig, F+F School for Arts and Mediadesign Zurich |
| 2009 - 2010 | visiting professor of photography, Merz-Academy Stuttgart |
| 2010 - 2015 | professor of photography (practice and theory), Braunschweig University of Art |
| since 2019 | adjunct professor for photography and photography theory: Zurich University, Switzerland, RWTH Aachen University, Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen, Germany |
| lives and works in Cologne and Berlin, Germany |
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| Solo Exhibitions (selection) | |
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| 2023 | A Closer Walk, Oberwelt e.V., Stuttgart |
| 2022 | Kurven Kreisel Tangenten, Galerie für Fotografie, Hanover |
| 2017 | gerade eben da (with Sophie Aigner), Loris - gallery for contemporary art, Berlin |
| 2016 | Crossing the Jungle (with Saskia Groneberg), Goethe-Institute, Bangalore, India |
| 2013 | From the Periphery, gallery of the Braunschweig University of Art and Loris - gallery for contemporary art, Berlin |
| 2012 | Eden Olympia, (with Jens Lüstraeten) Loris - gallery for contemporary art, Berlin |
| 2011 | undocumented, Loris - gallery for contemporary art, Berlin |
| 2010 | Contact Zones, Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart *C (catalogue) |
| 2009 | Undetermined Terrain, Loris - gallery for contemporary art, Berlin |
| 2008 | Contact Zone, Loris - gallery for contemporary art, Berlin |
| 2003 | Code Orange, GEDOK-Galerie, Stuttgart |
| Fringes of Utopia, Büro Spors, Berlin |
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| 2002 | been here before, Oberwelt, Stuttgart |
| 1999 | objects in this mirror may be closer than they appear, Kunstverein Leipzig |
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| Group Exhibitions (selection) | |
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| 2022 | Beyond Emscher, Zeche Zollverein, Essen, Germany |
| 2021 | Storage, KunstWerk Cologne |
| 2018 | Taking a Second Look, William Christenberry and Beyond..., Greensboro Opera House, Alabama, USA |
| 2016 | the end of the world as we know it, ist der Beginn einer Welt, die wir nicht kennen, f/stop Festival @ OFFEN Auf AEG, Nürnberg, Germany |
| the end of the world as we know it, ist der Beginn einer Welt, die wir nicht kennen, f/stop Festival Leipzig, Germany |
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| Fotografia Europea 2016. La via Emilia. Strade, viaggi, confini, Chiostri di San Pietro, Reggio Emilia, Italy |
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| 2015 | Under Surveillance, Ricus Aschemann Galerie für Fotografie, Hanover, Germany |
| 2014 | Unterwegs nach dem Mehr, Fotofestival f/stop, D21 Kunstraum Leipzig, Germany |
| Land in Sight, Loris - gallery for contemporary art, Berlin |
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| 2013 | The Way Things Are, UNION Gallery, London, England |
| Nach Lage der Dinge, Loris - gallery for contemporary art, Berlin |
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| Spiegelnde Kulissen, ARD Hauptstadtstudio, Berlin |
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| 2012 | in transit, Open Space at Ostbahnhof, Berlin (European Month of Photography) |
| Cairo: Open City, Museum for Photography, Braunschweig |
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| Research – Reality as Material, Ratskeller, Lichtenberg, Berlin |
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| Plato, give me your sile. A photographic parable, Loris – gallery for contemporary art, Berlin *K |
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| 2011 | in transit, Loris - gallery for contemporary art, Berlin |
| The Best of All Possible Worlds, Carpe Diem Art & Research, Lisbon, Portugal | |
| 2010 | Diamonds & Pearls, Loris - gallery for contemporary art, Berlin |
| Interior Views, Gallery of the International Culture Centre Krakow, Poland; Goethe-Institute Ankara, Turkey *C (catalogue) |
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| 2009 | Under Cover I - special editions in books, boxes & rolls, Galerie Barbara Wien, Berlin |
| Art Dialogue: United in Motion, Wuhan, China *C |
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| Interior Views, Goethe-Institutes Santa Cruz, Sucre, La Paz: Bolivia; San Juan, Mendoza, Cordoba: Argentina *C |
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| Get your Piece of the Cake, Loris - gallery for contemporary art, Berlin |
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| 2008 | Heterotopien des Alltags. Junge Berliner Künstler sehen Raum, Videoscreening im Scala, Berlin |
| 1:1, Loris - gallery for contemporary art, Berlin (with Ellen Bornkessel) |
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| Interior Views, Institut Pierre Werner, Luxemburg; Goethe-Institute Washington DC, USA; Goethe-Institute Curitiba, Brasil; Goethe-Institute Brasilia, Brasi *C |
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| 2007 | Die beste aller möglichen Welten, Loris - gallery for contemporary art, Berlin |
| Innenansichten, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium; Goethe-Institute Copenhagen, Denmark; Ex-Convento del Carmen, Guadalajara, Mexico *C |
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| They Rule the Valley, Loris - gallery for contemporary art, Berlin |
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| 2006 | Artists' Editions 2005/2006, Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart |
| 2005 | 2005 Pingyao International Photography Show, Pingyao, China *C |
| Trial of Power, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin *C |
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| Dispersed Moments of Concentration. Urban and Digital Spaces, Hartware Medienkunstverein, Dortmund *C |
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| Expanded Media, Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart |
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| 2004 | Research - discovered! Image Archives of the Invisibile, International Photography Triennial Esslingen *C |
| 2002 | not far away from reality, Hartware Mediaartspace, Dortmund *C |
| Trade. Commodities, Communication, and Consciousness in World Trade Today, Nederlands Foto Instituut, Rotterdam, The Netherlands *C |
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| 2001 | Trade, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland *C |
| new ideas - old tricks, Hartware Mediaartspace, Dortmund *C |
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| 2000 | Sublime, Duende, Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
| Im Strom der City, Mülheimer Medien Meile, Mülheim/Ruhr *C |
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| Spring Opening, suburbia chic, Cologne |
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| Positions, Attitudes, Actions, International Foto-Biennial Rotterdam, The Netherlands *C |
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| 1999 | Arte & Communicazione '99. Forum Internazionale della TV, dell'Audiovisivo e dell'Editoria multimediale di qualità, Musei D'Arte Contemporanea, Rom |
| Artist Books, Photography Triennial Hamburg, Künstlerhaus Hamburg |
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| 1998 | Focus 98, Zeche Zollern, Dortmund |
| sub fiction, 3. Werkleitz Biennial, Saxony-Anhalt *C |
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| 1997 | Labland, medialab of Eigen+Art Gallery, Leipzig *C |
| 1996 | Videonale, Bonn *C |
| European Media Arts Festival, Osnabrück *C |
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| Grants and Awards (selection) | |
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| 2021 | publication grant for the photobook Southward – nach Süden
by Kunststiftung NRW (Fotohof edition, Salzburg) |
| 2019 | Hannover Shots grant by HannoverStiftung |
| 2017 | project grant for the realization of the photo project Southward – nach Süden
by Kunststiftung NRW |
| 2016 | Goethe-Institute Bangalore and
Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS): bangaloREsidency, Bangalore, India |
| 2013 | publication From the Periphery awarded with the title: Deutscher Fotobuchpreis »Nominiert 2014« |
| 2010 | grant by the Kunststiftung NRW for the production of the catalogue Contact Zones |
| 2009 | acknowledgement at the Deubner-Preis fŸr aktuelle kunsthistorische Forschung |
| project grant by the Kunststiftung NRW |
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| 2008 | Mentoring-Program of the University of Fine Arts (UdK) Berlin |
| 2007 | Mathilde-Planck art-academy teaching program, Baden-Württemberg |
| 2006 | grant for a 3-months residency in Japan, German Institute for Japanese Studies, Tokyo |
| 2005 - 2007 | graduate student grant, State Academy of Visuals Arts, Stuttgart |
| 2005 | sponsorship for the participation in the exhibition Trial of Power (Berlin), Endowment for the Arts Northrhine-Westfalia |
| 2003 | Fulbright-grant for a Visual Culture Tertiary, Amherst College, USA |
| 2001 | grant for a media artist from Northrhine-Westfalia, Ministry of Cultural Affairs NRW |
| 2000 | acknowledgement at the International Bauhaus Award 2000 Bauhaus Dessau |
| 1998 | 1. prize: kurz + schön competition of the West German Broadcast Station and the Academy of Media Art, Cologne
(cooperation with Caroline Hake) |
| 1997 | publication grant of the Institute for Bookart Leipzig for the artist book PLAN
(cooperation with Elisabeth Neudörfl) |
| 3. prize: German Studies Award of the Körber-Foundation |
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| 1993 | submission to the Begabtenförderung of the Federal Ministry for Education |
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| Publications (selection) [download complete list of publications] | |
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| Artist books and monographic catalogues | |
| 2022 | Kurven Kreisel Tangenten, Berlin: Edition des Büro für Bildangelegenheiten, 2022. |
| 2021 | Southward – nach Süden, Salzburg: Fotohof edition, 2021. |
| 2017 | Jagdsaison (Hunting Season), Cologne 2017, private publication. |
| 2016 | État d'Urgence, Leipzig 2016, Spector Books. |
| Commuter Space, ed. by Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, Bangalore 2016, private publication. |
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| 2015 | État d'Urgence, Cologne 2015, private publication. |
| archivalien/documents, magazine, Blurb (print on demand) 2015. |
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| 2013 | From the Periphery, Salzburg 2013, FOTOHOF edition. |
| 2011 | Contact Zones, ed. by Hans D. Christ/Iris Dressler, Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Ostfildern 2011, Hatje Cantz. |
| 2008 | EP/2006/K., Berlin 2008, edition of Büro für Bildangelegenheiten. |
| 1999 | PLAN, (cooperation with Elisabeth Neudörfl), ed. by Institut für Buchkunst, Leipzig 1999. |
| Theory: monographic books | |
| 2022 | Thinking the Photobook. A Practical Guide, Berlin: Hatje Cantz, 2022. |
| 2008 | Das Fremde sehen. Der europäische Blick on Japan in der künstlerischen Dokumentarfotografie, Bielefeld 2008, transcript. |
| 2002 | Sammeln: Erinnern - Erneuern - Transformieren, Werkstatt Wort Bd. 2, Christoph Türcke (ed.), Leipzig 2002, Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst. |
| Theory: papers | |
| 2021 | Blättern. Performative Dimensionen und Zeitlichkeit im Fotobuch, in: Steffen Siegel and Anja Schürmann (ed.): „Weiterblättern! Neue Perspektiven der Fotobuchforschung,“ Fotogeschichte Bd. 159/2021, 7–12. |
| The Photobook: An Approach Incorporating Aspects of Activity, in: Viola Hildebrand-Schat/Christoph B. Schulz/Katarzyna Bazarnik (ed.): „Refresh the Book,“ Leiden/Boston: Brill/Rodopi, 2021, 196–220. | |
| Exploring the Urban Space: Methods for Visual Urban Research, in: Ela Kaçel and Axel Sowa (ed.): „Photography as Visual Urbanism. Memories, Research, Mediation,“ Candide, Journal for Architectural Knowledge, No. 12/January 2021, 155–172. | |
| 2019 | The Power of Place in Holocaust Postmemory Photography, in: Kerstin Schmidt und Julia Faisst (Hg.): „Picturing America. Photography and the Sense of Place“, Leiden und Boston: Brill/Rodopi, 2019, 228-251. |
| 2016 | Unbestimmtheitsstellen in der dokumentarischen Fotografie, in: Hannelore Paflik-Huber (ed.): „Let's Mix All Media Together & Hans Dieter Huber“, Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2016, 222-232. |
| 2015 | Beyond the Decisive Moment: Temporality in Paul Graham's „A
Shimmer of Possibility“, in: Brianne Cohen/Alexander Streitberger (ed.): Image [&] Narrative, Vol 16, No. 3 (2015), 17-30. |
| 2014 | The City as Contact Zone, in: Visual Resources, Volume 30, Number 4,
Oktober 2014 (Taylor & Francis), 354-372. |
| 2013 | A Phenomenological Approach to the Photobook, in: Imprint. Visual Narratives in Books and Beyond, ed. by Hans Hedberg/Gunilla Knape/Tyrone Martinsson/Louise Wolthers, Gothenburg 2013, Art and Theory Publishing. |
| 2010 | Maskierung und Demaskierung von Macht. Paul Grahams fotografische Sicht on Japan, in: Kritische Berichte: The Phoenix of Hiroshima. Entwürfe einer neuen Identität im Bild 2/2010, 63-72. |
| 2008 | Dokumentarfotografie. Zur Entwicklung eines Begriffs, in: Rundbrief Fotografie, Vol. 15 (2008), No. 4 [N.F. 60], 14-17. |
| 2007 | Constructing the World. Documentary Photography in Artistic Use, in: R. Adelmann/A. Fahr e.a. (eds.) Visual Culture Revisited. German and American Perspectives on Visual Culture(s), Cologne 2007, Herbert von Halem. |
| 2004 | Vom Grenzraum zur Grenzüberschreitung. Grenzen und Globalisierung im künstlerischen Diskurs, in: H.D. Huber/B. Lockemann/M. Scheibel, Visuelle Netze. Wissensräume in der Kunst, Ostfildern/Ruit 2004, Hatje Cantz. |
| Netzkunst als Konzeptkunst, in: H.D. Huber/B. Lockemann/M. Scheibel, Visuelle Netze. Wissensräume in der Kunst, Ostfildern/Ruit 2004, Hatje Cantz. |
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| 2002 | Jenseits der Netzkunst, in: H.D. Huber/B. Lockemann/M. Scheibel (ed.), Bild Medien Wissen, Munich 2002, kopaed. |
| 2000 | objects in this mirror may be closer than they appear, in: K. Sachs-Hombach and K. Rehkämper (Hg.), Vom Realismus der Bilder, Magdeburg 2000, Scriptum. |
| Reviews and miscellaneous texts | |
| 2016 | Jorge Ribalta: Monumentmaschine, in: Camera Austria #134, summer
2016, 82. |
| 2014 | Ueno Park, in: Dörte Eißfeldt/HBK Braunschweig (eds.), Klasse. Buch.
64 Positionen aus der Klasse Eißfeldt, Heidelberg 2014, Kehrer, 184. |
| 2012 | An Almost Casual Gaze. On »Guide to the Wastelands of Lea Valley« by Lara Almarcegui, in: Status. 24 Contemporary Documents, ed. by Daniela Janser/Thomas Seelig, Winterthur 2012, 78-79. |
| 2008 | Robert Frank: Die Amerikaner, on: http://www.booksports.de. |
| Judith Joy Ross: Living with War, on: http://www.booksports.de. |
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| Helen Levitt: Fotografien von 1937 - 1991, on: http://www.booksports.de. |
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| 2007 | Elisabeth Neudörfl: Super Pussy Bangkok, on: http://www.booksports.de. |
| Dorothea Lange: Impounded, on: http://www.booksports.de. |
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| Paul Graham: American Night, on: http://www.booksports.de. |
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| On Bettina Lockemann (selection) | |
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| 2015 | Katharina Sykora: An den Rändern Europas - Fotografische
Grenzgänge. Unbestimmtes Terrain, Europa: Entgrenzungen, ed. by
Gregor Maria Hoff, Innsbruck: Tyrolia, 2015, 137-156. |
| 2014 | A Conversation with Bettina Lockemann, Mommy, by Susan Silas
and Chrysanne Stathacos |
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| Lectures (selection) | |
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| 2019 | Das Fotobuch als Handlungsraum. Performative Dimensionen und Zeitlichkeit im Fotobuch, Workshop Neue Perspektiven der Fotobuchforschung, Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen, Germany |
| Fotografie und Welt. Eine Standortbestimmung des Dokumentarischen,
Düsseldorf Photo-Weekend 2019, Haus der Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany |
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| 2018 | Künstlerische Dokumentarfotografie in urbanen Kontexten,
TU Munich, Faculty of Architecture, Munich, Germany |
| Stadt und Land. Fotoprojekte aus dem amerikanischen Süden,
American Studies/Art History, Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Eichstätt, Germany |
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| 2017 | NOW and AGAIN. Fotografische Vor- und Nachbilder, lecture at Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany |
| On Photography, Lecture-Performance with Julia Schulz-Dornburg, La Virreina, Centre de la Imatge, Barcelona, Spain |
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| 2016 | Agency in Photography. Exploring Photography as Performative, Helsinki Photomedia 2016, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2015 | Conceptual Documentary: Constructing the World in Images, Southeastern Louisiana University, Department for Fine and Performing Arts, Hammond, Louisiana, USA |
| Constructing the Urban Landscape, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
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| 2014 | From the Periphery. Housing Estates and the Car-Oriented City, University of Applied Sciences, Potsdam |
| Critical Documentary: The Place in Holocaust Postmemory Photography, conference »Die Kunst zu kritisieren«, Braunschweig University of Art |
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| After Fukushima. Strategies of Photographic Visualization, lecture series: »Geography of Photography: Japan – Photography and Photographers«, Zurich University |
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| The Power of Place. Photographing the Holocaust Today, Helsinki Photomedia 2014, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland |
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| Beyond the Decisive Moment. Temporality in Paul Graham’s »Shimmer of Possibility«, Photofilmic Images Conference, Brussels, Belgium |
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| 2013 | Überlegungen zur Phänomenologie des fotografischen Bildes, lecture series: The Photographic Dispositif, Braunschweig University of Art, Germany |
| The City as Contact Zone, College Art Association (CAA) annual conference, New York City, USA |
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| 2012 | A Phenomenological Approach to the Photobook, international symposium: Visual Narratives in Books and Beyond, Hasselblad Foundation/University of Gothenburg, photography at Valand Academy, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| A Phenomenological Approach to Photography, Helsinki Photomedia Conference – Images in Circulation, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland |
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| undocumented, lecture in the series »Studio Real – Kunst und Dokument«, ACC Galerie/Bauhaus University, Weimar, Germany |
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| 2010 | Undetermined Terrain. The Urban Experience Between Europe and Asia, International Conference: Cityscapes in History: Creating the Urban Experience, Center for Advanced Studies, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich |
| Seeing the Other, the Photographic View on Japan, lecture at the 3. International Photobook Festival Kassel, Germany |
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| Begegnungen in der Kontaktzone, lecture at the Württembergischen Kunstverein Stuttgart |
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| 2009 | Seeing the Other. Japan from European Photographers' Perspective, lecture within the series ›Japanische Häppchen‹, Academy of Visual Arts Stuttgart, Germany |
| Photographing Japan. European Photographers and their Photographic Conception of Japan, lecture within the cluster of excellence Europe - Asia, ›Pictorial Flows. Visuality and Mediality in Global Context‹, Heidelberg University, Germany |
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| Photographing the Other. A European View on Japan, lecture within the research project ›Memoria Cultural e Identidades Fronterizas. Entre la Construcción Narrativa y el Giro Icónico‹, Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales, Instituto de Filosofía, Madrid, Spanien |
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| Bettina Lockemann: Documentary Projects, Faculty of Architecture, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey |
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| Exploring Territories, Art Space PIST, Istanbul, Turkey |
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| 2008 | Encounters Within the Contact Zone. European Influences in Japan in the photography project »Contact Zone«, lecture within the lecture series ›Positions of Photography‹, F+F Schule für Kunst und Mediendesign Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2007 | Seeing the Other. The European View on Japan in Contemporary Artistic Documentary Photography, lecture within the course of lectures ›Japanese Photography‹, Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig in cooperation with the Institute of Japanology, Leipzig University, Germany |
| 2006 | Seeing the Other. The European View on Japan in Contemporary Artistic Documentary Photography, lecture within the ›History & Humanities Study Group‹, German Institute for Japanese Studies Tokyo, Japan |
| 2005 | The World is not Enough, lecture within the exhibition ›Trial of Power‹, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, Germany |
| Constructing the World. Documentary Photography in Artistic Practice, lecture at the congress ›Visual Culture Revisited. German and American Perspectives on Visual Culture(s)‹, JFK-Forum Berlin, Germany |
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| 2003 | Seeing the Other. The View on Japan in Paul Graham's Artist Book »Empty Heaven«, lecture at the congress ›Photography and Book II‹, Department of Art History, Leipzig University, Germany |
| 2001 | Goodbye to the Wild West. Reflections on net.art at the point of institutionalization, lecture at the congress ›art.net.dortmund under construction‹, Hartware Medienkunstverein, Dortmund, Germany |
| 2000 | The International City, lecture at the symposium ›Event City‹, Bauhaus Dessau, Germany |
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