Hito Steyerl, The Building, 2009

Between the Arts. What and Where Is German Photography Now?

Presentation by Felix Hoffmann, Chief Curator at C/O BERLIN
Ryerson University CONTACT Lecture Series
Monday, March 22, 7PM
Ryerson University – Library Building, Room 72
350 Victoria St at Gould St


Within Germany’s art scene, the medium of photography retains a strong presence on multiple levels. Over the past decades, a number of newly significant movements in the field of art education and art production have established themselves alongside the world famous Düsseldorf School of Andreas Gursky, Thomas Struth or Candida Höfer.

Between the Arts. What and Where Is German Photography Now? will examine these developments and provide an overview of the new schools of photography in Germany, while discussing the artistic and structural changes since 1990.

Felix Hoffmann, one of Europe’s most innovative photo and media art curators, is an art historian and art theorist, and is currently Head Curator at C/O Berlin.

Co-presented by the Ryerson Gallery & Research Centre, the Goethe-Institut Toronto, the School of Image Arts and CONTACT.

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The War According to eBay

Lecture by Berlin based artist Hito Steyerl
Ryerson University CONTACT Lecture Series
Monday, March 29, 7PM
Ryerson University – Library Building, Room 72
350 Victoria St at Gould St

Hito Steyerl presents an illustrated talk about three documentary projects: an analysis of the sale of war photography on eBay, as well as a discussion of two of her own recent works entitled The Building andAfter the Crash.

The War According to eBay analyzes the fact that amateur photos of German soldiers in WWII constitute a growing market on eBay. In order to emphasize copyright claims, eBay vendors add various markings to the pictures, which Steyerl uses to talk about the original events as seen via their commodification and distribution on the internet.

Hito Steyerl is a Berlin based filmmaker, video and installation artist as well as a writer in the areas of essayist documentary and postcolonial criticism. Her award winning films and installation projects have been seen all over the world, including at Manifesta 5, Documenta 12, the Shanghai Biennial, the Rotterdam Film Festival and many other venues.

Co-presented by the Ryerson Gallery & Research Centre, the Goethe-Institut Toronto, the School of Image Arts, the Images Festival and CONTACT.

For more information contact Alice Jaroschek, 416 979 5000 x 2030