The Creative Europe cooperation project ‘Living Realities. Changing Perceptions.’ of Brunnenpassage with Studio Alta Prague, Impact Hub Athens and Dschungel Vienna is coming to a close, after two intensive and inspiring years! Our thank goes to all the contributors, participants and everybody involved into this exceptional and exciting transnational venture!
We are happy to share this short videodocumentation as a memory of our common work with all of you and hope it will also inspire others working in the field!
Nine young women of the project “zukunftskwizin” got a guided tour of the exhibition “Living Realties. Changing Perceptions.”. In addition to a general introduction to the subject, to the exhibition an to the participative Workshop, various artistic approaches were used to give the women the opportunity to express their own associations. A special highlight was the photography with the Polaroid camera, because this kind of photography was very new for the young women. They dealt with the themes of “Love, loss and longing” and created wonderful photographs.
In the course of the exhibition, a school class was invited and offered a guided tour as well as a workshop. Curious and with full commitment, the children took part in the process. They looked at the different works, brought in their own associations and represented the pictures with their own bodies. Afterwards they got the space and the possibility to create their own artistic work with paper and different colors. The exchange was very exciting as the children’s impressions brought a whole new perspective on the exhibition.
The Artist Class of Brunnenpassage created a wonderful evening with lyrics, music and acting. The artists wrote their own texts, but also edited texts by writers and created their own piece. Musically, the performative reading was supported by the Moneka Band, which created a wonderful atmosphere. The piece showed insights into the living realities of the performers and was above all the issue of being able to be taken seriously as an artist in exile and, as a result, also to get good jobs. The entire evening showed the diversity of the artistic disciplines of the Artist Class, as drama, music, dance as well as film were represented in one piece.
On this evening, questions were discussed around the topic of photography and flight. Photography takes on various functions and forms of expression in art as well as in journalism. As a tool for documentation, representation or even provocation, it shapes the visual perception and memory of certain events. It depicts realities, but also constructs them. Critical photography deals in particular with the role and the voices of the photographers. Who takes pictures? Who or what is represented? And in what context are the pictures presented? The discussion revolved around the impact of portrayals on the issue of escape and the responsibility one bears as a photographer and publisher.
The participants were Nermin Ismail (journalist and author, editor at Deutsche Welle in Bonn), Natalia Hecht (artist and psychologist, Brunnenpassage), Ammar Alabd Alhamid (participant in the photography workshops Living Realities, Changing Perceptions, studied communication sciences, worked at film and television), Florian Rainer (photographer and artist, exhibition and book “Escape Routes: Autumn 2015 in Austria”). Clara Gallistl moderated the evening.
Last Friday evening was all about exchange. Individual stories and experiences were shared. All participants had the opportunity to ask the artists questions about their work, their stories and their own living realities. Many personal photos gave even more insights into the other’s life. It was a wonderful evening with very deep conversations.
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