Workshop: Fashion, Image, Exile: The Rediscovery of Theatre Photographer Elli Marcus (1899-1977), 12.-13.06.2024, Essen

College for Social Sciences and Humanities (UA Ruhr) and Cultural Anthropology of Textiles, TU Dortmund Univ. (Web)

Time: 12.-13.06.2024
Venue: Essen
Registration by: 10.06.2024 (Web)

The recently rediscovered work of theatre photographer Elli Marcus (1899-1977), wo was active in Berlin in the 1920s, Paris in the 1930s, and New York in the 1940s, serves as the starting point for a broader discussion of fashion and theatre photography in this two-day workshop. Its specific focus is on the fate of fashion and theatre photography in exile and the challenges associated with curating photographic images for contemporary audiences.
The workshop is co-organised and hosted by Mila Ganeva, current Senior Fellow at the College for Social Sciences and Humanities and professor at Miami Univ., and her tandem partner Gudrun M. König, Cultural Anthropology of Textiles at TU Dortmund Univ. On 12 June, scholars and curators will shed light on fashion photography in the Weimar republic and Elli Marcus’s work in exile and provide insights into curating fashion photographs. On the agenda for 13 June are female photographers’ networks in exile, theater photography, and digital curating practices.

Programme

Wednesday, 12 June

  • 15:00 – Begrüßung | Introduction – Mila Ganeva & Gudrun M. König
  • 15:15 – Medienumbrüche / politische Zäsuren: Mode fotografieren in der Weimarer Republik und im Exil | Burcu Dogramaci, Institut für Kunstgeschichte, LMU München
  • 16:00 – Who was Elli Marcus? Photography, Exile, and Weimar Nostalgia | Mila Ganeva, College for Social Sciences and Humanities / Miami University, Ohio, (USA)
  • 17:15 – KEYNOTE: Modebilder kuratieren | Britta Bommert, Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Sammlung Modebild – Lipperheidesche Kostümbibliothek
  • 18:15 – Discussion
  • 18:45 – Refreshments

Thursday, 13 June

  • 9:15 – Vernetzte Exilfotografinnen: Karrierebrüche im Exil | Nathalie Dimic, Seminar für Kulturanthropologie des Textilen, TU Dortmund
  • 10:00 – Ephemere Kunst im Fokus. Theaterfotografie zwischen Dokumentation und Kunstform | Dorothea Volz, Deutsches Theatermuseum, München
  • 11:15 – Digitales Kuratieren in der fotografischen Exilforschung | Rolf Sachsse, Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar (em.)
  • 12:00 – Final discussion
  • 13:00 – Closing

Registration: Please register by 10 June, 12 pm (Web)

Location: The workshop will take place at the College for Social Sciences and Humanities.

Source: HSozuKult