Camera Austria – History of an Institution
Camera Austria – History of an Institution
November 24, 2018
© Lieko Shiga, from the series „Rasen-Kaigan“, 2008 – 2012 (2018)
For more than forty years, the Graz-based organisation ‘Camera Austria’ has been fulfilling a multitude of roles – serving as an exhibition venue, discussion platform, publishing house, archive, library and organiser of numerous workshops and symposia. The Museum der Moderne in Salzburg now presents a showcase illustrating the association’s profound influence on Austria’s photography scene, as well as the networks and relationships that have arisen as a result of Camera Austria’s work.
The exhibition is not intended as a retrospective, but as an opportunity to reconsider aspects of Camera Austria’s history from a contemporary perspective. Divided into eight sections (Topography & Landscape, Image & Identity, Living Environment & Representation, Composition & Deconstruction, Picture & Politics, Research & Archive, Visual Politics & Science, and Privacy & Public Image), the showcase enables the works of 37 artists from 11 countries to enter into a visual dialogue. Audio and video recordings of symposia organised by Camera Austria offer further insight into the organisation’s achievements, both within Austria and on an international basis.
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© Lieko Shiga, from the series „Rasen-Kaigan“, 2008 – 2012 (2018)
© Seiichi Furuya, AMSterdam, 1980, Gelatin silver print
Ship Cancellation, 2004
© Sven Johne, Courtesy KLEMM’S Berlin / Bildrecht, Wien
Sumner, Mississippi, Cassidy Bayou in background, 1971
© Eggleston Artistic Trust, Courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London/Hong Kong