Zeitgenossenschaft. Das 9.Grazer Fotosymposium, eine ungeliebte Austellung und ein neuer Verein

The author criticeses the exhibition ""Oesterreichische Fotografen
fotografieren oesterreichische Tiere'' (Austrian photographers photograph
Austrian animals), curated by Breicha, and makes a comparison with the
international exhibition Zeitgenossenschaft organised in connection with the
9th Graz Symposium on Photography. Brief comments are made on the lectures
given by various artists: Pidder Auberger (D), Axel Huette (D), Walter Berger
(A), Michaele Moscouw (A), Barbara Ess (USA), Karen Knorr (GB), gallery
director Rob Powell's (GB), talk on ""The World of Surfaces'' (documentary
project in England), the performance and works by Wink van Kempen / Henk Tas
(NL), and lastly Nan Goldin's dia-show ""The ballad of Sexual Dependency''.
(German/English)