Re-exposure
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| free of charge |
| no ticket required |
| in combination with "Names, we bear" by Michikazu Matsune |
| Foyer |
| Belongs to: Goodbye, Palace Of The Republic, Blown Away: The Palace of the Republic |
What picture do private photographs paint of our lives and the upheavals of history? How did the people of Bitterfeld-Wolfen capture their world in photographs? Thanks to numerous contributions, the artist Anke Heelemann was able to collect a wide variety of personal perspectives – from photo albums, memory boxes and brigade diaries, across the last century. The pictures show the everyday aspects of life, both the remarkable and the unusual – family celebrations, everyday scenes, excursions. But they also casually reveal the history of a city and a region.
In this interactive installation, visitors are invited to design and comment on the pages of the photo album using the collected photos, captions and quotes. In this way, they can record their own individual perspective on yesterday, today and tomorrow and jointly shed new light on history.
Concept and project development: Anke Heelemann
The Humboldt Forum presents two artistic projects that were developed together with people from Bitterfeld and Wolfen: Michikazu Matsune’s Names, we bear (performance) and Anke Heelemann Re-exposure – an album with Bitterfeld-Wolfen (installation).
Bitterfeld-Wolfen is an exciting example of the fate and opportunities of a region with a history of transformation. Developments and experiences that other regions in East Germany have also had are concentrated here, and the scars of the upheavals and collapses are particularly evident. Bitterfeld and Wolfen, once characterized by lignite and the film industry, experienced rapid development: from heathland to industrial city, from Anhalt village to modern industrial city, then to National Socialist prestige location and later to socialist showcase city. After reunification, the sell-off and dismantling of the Wolfen film factory, unemployment and emigration left their mark on the town. Today, Bitterfeld-Wolfen is a place of change, where the return of nature, the handling of toxic waste and the future of energy are becoming visible. Bitterfeld-Wolfen is part of a landscape that we can either see as a problematic legacy or as part of the solution for a society of tomorrow. Where, if not here, can stories of change be told?
Anke Heelemann
Anke Heelemann, born in Hoyerswerda, studied at the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig, at the Bauhaus University in Weimar and at the College of Fine Arts in Sydney (Australia). As a media artist, she has been working with forgotten private photographs under the label FOTOTHEK since 2006. In her interactive-performative artistic work, Anke Heelemann draws on interventions, theater and installations, among other things.
www.vergessene-fotos.de
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The project was developed in 2024 as part of the OSTEN festival in Bitterfeld-Wolfen. A big thank you to all contributors and the collection points: the Wolfen Industrial and Film Museum, the Bitterfeld District Museum, the Irene Bicycle House and the Bitterfeld-Wolfen Town and Tourist Information Office.
