Vida Bakondy and Maria Six-Hohenbalken: Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (Web)

Time: 08.-09.04.2025
Venue: Austrian Academy of Sciences, Johannessaal, Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Pl. 2, 1010 Vienna
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08.04.20205: Public Lecture (PDF)
Elizabeth Edwards: Making Paths and Clearing Tracks. From ‚colonial‘ photographs to historical presences

09.04.2025: Workshop: Encounters with the Photographic Archives (PDF)

This workshop examines critical approaches to engaging with visual archives in the 21st century, emphasizing processes of reinterpretation and rediscovery. It focuses on photographic archives created across various historical periods, regions and contexts, shaped by different production histories and socio-political conditions. Through a series of case studies, the workshop will explore how photographs – be they private, un/sighted, or official – have been produced, archived, collected, used and exhibited. The focus is on the uncovering and critical engagement with existing private and public photographic archives.

Panels: Out of the Boxes: (Un)sighted Photo Archives and Collections | Counter Narratives: Reframing Archival Collections through Research and Exhibitions | From Analogue to Digital | Reconnecting Photographs – Participatory Approaches

Contributions by: Vida Bakondy (Vienna), Radovan Cukić (Belgrade), Elizabeth Edwards (Leicester), Katarina Matiasek (Vienna), Susan Meiselas (New York), Robert Pichler (Vienna), Maria Six-Hohenbalken (Vienna), Martina Trognitz (Vienna), and Eva Tropper (Graz)