On the occasion of C/O Berlin‘s twenty-fifth birthday, this group exhibition takes a look at close to two decades of the C/O Berlin Talent Award. This unique prize for emerging talents has been an integral part of C/O Berlin‘s programming since 2006. Over ninety talents have been honored since then—forty-seven pairs from art and theory. Documentary in Flux is the first exhibition to look back on the C/O Berlin Talent Award. It presents the work of fourteen prizewinners to shed light on the transformation of documentary strategies in the contemporary photographic discourse, from the established genre of documentary photography to staged documentaries, the expansion of the concept of media, and visions of the future.

With works by/ Mit Werken von Sibylle Fendt (2006), Tobias Zielony (2007), Pepa Hristova (2008), Ivonne Thein (2008), Janina Wick (2008), Friederike Brandenburg (2010), Willem Popelier (2012), Florian van Roekel (2012), Emanuel Mathias (2015), Sasha Kurmaz (2016), Sylvain Couzinet-Jacques (2019), Anna Ehrenstein (2020), Adji Dieye (2021) und Karolina Wojtas (2022).
 

C/O Berlin, Hardenbergstr. 22-24, 10623, Berlin

https://co-berlin.org/en/program/exhibitions/documentary-flux
 

Emanuel Mathias und Laura Bierau

The contribution presents a current Artistic Research project at Merseburg University of Applied Sciences. The focus is on the self-conception and image of the engineering sciences, as well as the transfer of knowledge to the region, which includes the industrial sites of Leuna and Schkopau. The artist Emanuel Mathias accompanied a research team and alumni of the university for one year, examining their work and knowledge processes, rituals and gestures, as well as the participants’ self-perception. Artistic Research interweaves science and art in an interdisciplinary manner, condensing complex topics in a sensory way and potentially leading to innovative, aesthetic insights. Artistic Research can enrich science communication and university culture by creating visibility and developing and testing new formats and forms of presentation.

Online talk follow here:

https://festival.hfd.digital/de/sessions-2025/?id=841859

more infos:https://festival.hfd.digital/de/

https://festival.hfd.digital/de/
 

Tuesday, April 29 | 4:30–8:00 p.m., FUNKEN Space, Technology Campus 6 II

The topic: Creative Methods of Project Work – Artistic Research for Organizations.

Organizations and projects are confronted with problems on a daily basis that require creative ideas and solutions. In this workshop, we will explore a catalog of artistic methods that help us understand and communicate complex processes.

In this 3.5-hour workshop, we will use practical exercises to develop the strategies of artistic research as a tool for shifting perspectives in organizational development and communication.

We will work in small teams and discuss concrete implementation ideas for your organization.

Come along and join Emanuel Mathias to learn about a catalog of artistic methods that will help you understand and communicate complex processes.

Tuesday, April 29, 4:30–8:00 p.m. Funken Space, Technologiecampus 6, 09126 Chemnitz

More information here: https://funken-akademie.de/2025/04/22/29-april/

In a collaborative process involving diverse actors and approaches, the project if, then, else explores the functions and interrelationships of architectural, social, and representative public space and designs forms between “being public” and engaging in dialogue with the public.

To begin: “Fieldwork Maximiliansstraße” – Emanuel Mathias begins on Saturday, April 12. A process-based research laboratory is being created underground in the 24h-Passage. Emanuel Mathias is developing an observation practice that inscribes itself into the space through ritualized actions and movements. Feature, review, record, script, assemble. Midnight – until Wednesday, April 16

A project and initiative by Anna Lena von Helldorff///**** together with Susanne Beck**, students from HGB Leipzig***, Anke Dyes with students from the AdBK Munich, Simone Egger with Max Zeidler****, Emanuel Mathias, Frauke Zabel*, and other protagonists who contribute perspectives on the place and its surroundings and bring them up for discussion. (tba)

10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day plus evening program Free admission

The international festival is taking place for the fourth time this year and is dedicated to the theme: “Intimate Frameworks / Intimate Structures”.

Management and artistic conception: Calin Kruse, dienacht e.V. Artistic co-conception: Jenny Starick, Head of Art Library & Visitor Service

Further information and the detailed festival program at dienacht.eu The Leipzig Photo Book Festival is a project by dienacht e.V. and will take place in 2025 in cooperation with HALLE 14.

Invited by Christopher Muller,

Photography Studies and Practice, Master of Arts, Bachelor of Arts

Folkwang Universität der Künste Essen

Ph.D. Thesis by Emanuel Mathias

Submitted on: December 12, 2024
Defense Date: [To be determined]

For the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Faculty of Art and Design, Bauhaus University Weimar

Advisors and Examiners

• Prof. Dr. Alexandra Toland, Bauhaus University Weimar
• Prof. Michaela Schweiger, Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle (Saale)
• Prof. Dr. Michael Lüthy, State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart

All posters can be downloaded and printed free of charge from the following website:

https://www.machdeinkreuz.de/plakate

Participating artists include: David Schnell, Harry Hachmeister, Cihan Çakmak, Matthias Weischer, Ricarda Roggan, Sapotigue, Margret Hoppe, Sebastian Stumpf, and Nazanin Zandi.

From the press release: I am taking part in the #machdeinkreuz campaign because I want to use my picture to give others the opportunity to take a stand for a life of solidarity. I find the campaign relevant because it encourages people to exercise their right to vote. As part of a generation that was able to benefit from the change and the ideals of the European idea, I want a liberal and cosmopolitan Saxony.

The poster image entitled “The Way” is from my photographic work entitled “Gestures” published in 2009 and shows a scene in which one person carries another. It is based on the myth of Aeneas and was shot by me in one of the outskirts of the city of Tunis in Tunisia, a year before the protests that became known as the Arab Spring.

In the spring of this year, a conference proceedings entitled Mend, Blend, Attend: Advancing Artistic Research was published as part of the 13th SAR International Conference on Artistic Research with my text Field Work – Making Kin between the Primate, the Researcher and the Artist.