[TOC] Camera Austria 110, 2010 - Table of Contents

We cite from the EDITORIAL
"The cover picture of this issue of Camera Austria is a detail of a nature study: »Nature morte - Scenette«, a photographic work created at the museum of the Croatian hunting association in Zagreb,
also begins French artist Chrystel Lebas's pictorial contribution to this issue. Lebas's work - series of photographs created over an extended period of time, often accompanied by video films - are devoted to a single subject: reflection on nature and landscape. In her accompanying text, Sandra Krizic Roban looks into the significance of experiencing nature with regard to how we experience space. A central aspect in this context is reflection on the possibilities offered
by media such as photography and video for recording this experience of space and the conditions that govern how we read these images. It demands concentration and patience from us because the
static scenes, shot in the vestigial light of evening or at dawn, only slowly disclose factual information, but, as such, they also allow us to re-hone our view of nature and of the image in the same motion."
"The reference to actual places, which the authors approach with very different artistic strategies, is the red thread that ties together the contributions to this issue: Austrian artist and historian Arno Gisinger discusses with Florian Ebner about his projects, that centre on the question of visual representation of history. The discussion explores the functions, but also limits of the photographic image and addresses the central question as to the role of the photography medium
in the construction of history and memory. The starting point is Gisinger's recently published book Konstellation. Walter Benjamin en exil on the places of exile of the German philosopher Walter Benjamin, which, like all of his other works, is always bound to actual places and events: the »Indices« series deals with the French Resistance in World War II. »Veterans & Cu Chi« takes us to the tunnel systems of the Viet Cong, that have now become mere tourist attractions. »Hotel Jugoslavija«, finally, documents a journey to the successor states of Yugoslavia, to the sites of the last war in Europe. "
"The third position featured in this issue is a work by Arne Schmitt that is dedicated to a topographical study of urban space. Schmitt's approach - the serial nature of his photography and his preferred form of presentation, the artist's book - is set in the context of conceptual
and documentary positions. Arne Schmitt's photographic research and form-giving address places and situations in the realm of the disordered, peripheral and incidental. Maren Lubbke-Tidow provides an introduction to this work. »The >makeshift realm< is the space filled with everyday experiences that is, according to everyday norms, in the >wrong place< - and >wrong< because the makeshift realm describes a place that somehow just simply appears, beyond a desire for representation. In Schmitt's eyes, it is the perfect place — where things like cultural typographies appear, which the artist has set out to explore and show«."
"We would also particularly like to draw your attention to the FORUM in this issue: our readers will recall the anniversary number of Camera Austria (No. 100) and the exhibition with students and graduates of the Market Photo Workshop Johannesburg documented in that issue that we presented at the end of 2008 in Graz and then Prague and Munich and now finally, in spring this year, at the Johannesburg Art Gallery. The co-operation with the Market Photo Workshop continues in this issue's FORUM, in which we showcase nine photographers currently studying at the MPW.
Their critical perception of the socio-political situation of their country reveals the contradictions in the richest country in Africa. Last but not least, a pointer for our young readers: we have set up a special subscription for students to obtain Camera Austria at a very inexpensive price!"
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CONTENTS
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SANDRA KRIZIC ROBAN: Chrystel Lebas. The Translator of Nature / Die Übersetzerin der Natur
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FLORIAN EBNER: Ein Gespräch mit / A conversation with Arno Gisinger
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MAREN LÜBBKE-TIDOW: Arne Schmitt. Provisorische Gebiete / Makeshift Realms
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FORUM: MARKET PHOTO WORKSHOP JOHANNESBURG
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KOLUMNE
JEFF DERKSEN: Art and Cities during Mega-Events. On the Intersection of Culture,
Everyday Live, and the Olympics In Vancouver and Beyond. Part III
Kunst und Städte bei Mega-Ereignissen. Zur Überschneidung von Kultur,
Alltag und Olympischen Spielen in Vancouver und darüber hinaus. Teil III
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AUSSTELLUNGEN / EXHIBITIONS
Besprechungen von / Reviews by Anne Barclay Morgan, Hans-Jürgen Hafner,
Krystian Woznicki, Denise Robinson, Thilo Koenig, Kerstin Stremmel, Manisha Jothady,
Daniela Billner, Sandra Wagner, Yoann van Parys, Naoko Kaltschmidt, Fatos Üstek,
Krzysztof Pijarski, Kirsty Bell.
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BUCHER / BOOKS
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Besprechungen von / Reviews by Taco Hidde Bakker, Peter Kunitzky,
Gislind Nabakowski. Anton Holzer
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