In this interview, Stefanie Grebe, Head of the Photographic Collection at the Ruhr Museum, talks to Corinna Weidner about the work and career of industrial photographer Ruth Hallensleben.
Essen
Radical? Yes, radical! Especially in times like these. Because radical means from the root, that is, thorough and thoughtful. But radical also means extreme, rigorous, ruthless, and ideologically rigid. In chemistry, there are free radicals; in algebra, for example, there are the Nile and the prime radicals. In Turkey, a daily newspaper is called that; in China, it's part of a character; and in phonetics, it's a sound formed at the root of the tongue. Let's do it like Rühmkorf: simply... – think and act radically and fearlessly. Incorruptible.
Mannheim
03-04.05.2025 — Mannheim
01.04.2025 — Zoom
30.11-01.12.2024 — Essen
Münster
The DFA regularly invites international guest curators to select from the entire pool of members’ works. This selection is evaluated by the guest curator and publicly made available on the Academy's website. For contemporary photographers, new avenues of public interest can be opened up in this way, including opportunities for their work to become the subject of current public debates.
curator
Verena Kaspar-EIsert has been chief curator of the MuseumsQuartier Wien since October 2022. Previously, she was curator at KUNST HAUS WIEN from 2014-2022 and curator of the FOTO WIEN photo festival from 2019-2022. She specialises in contemporary photography and art that deals with ecological issues.
25.12.2022
