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PiB Guide Nº50 SEP/OCT 2023

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PiB Guide Nº50 SEP/OCT 2023 © PiB (Photography in Berlin). COVER PHOTO: From the series “Contrapasso” © Massimiliano Corteselli. Group show »Jahrgang S1EB7EHN« by Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie at Konnekt.Berlin in Berlin-Marzahn, read more on page 4 & 5! +++ 4 photos on right double page spread (p. 5), from top left to bottom right: 1) »…it's easier for me like that…« © Giulia Thinnes. 2) NBSW © Meret Eberl. 3) Contrapasso © Massimiliano Corteselli. 4) Unter Bäumen © Ania Sudbin. +++ Photo on bottom double-page spread (p. 15): René and Georgette Magritte with their dog, 1967, silver gelatin print, 40 × 40 cm © Lothar Wolleh Estate, Berlin. Solo show at Lothar Wolleh Raum, Berlin-Mitte. +++ PiB Guide Editor / V.i.S.d.P. / Art Direction: Julia Schiller @julia.schiller_ · ele studio berlin · www.ele-studio.de +++ Printed on 100% recycling paper in Berlin-Köpenick by altmann-druck, many thanks!
© Nina Wiesnagrotzki, Galerie LORIS
© Nina Wiesnagrotzki, Galerie LORIS

© Nina Wiesnagrotzki, Galerie LORIS

© Nina Wiesnagrotzki, Galerie LORIS

Group Exhibition

«On Climate»

with
a sunrise by Roy Lichtenstein, a parrot with a hole by Fernando Marquina, a map by KP Brehmer, an etude by Diter Rot, the White Whale by Ute Hoffritz, an airplane by Panamarenko, an unrestored photo by Andreas Kilger, a stamp collection by Nina Wiesnagrotzki, the invisible by Ernst Barlach

Opening: Friday, March 18, 2016, 19h (Facebook Event)
Exhibition: March 19 – April 16, 2016
Curated by Nina Wiesnagrotzki
Opening hours: Thu-Sat 14-18h, and by appointment
Admission free

Description

“I’d call it more of a passion than a hobby. You’d think that the Internet would have killed us enthusiasts off – in actual fact it’s made us stronger. Philatelic information is much easier to get hold these days, and my better half said she’s happier now that I’ve found an online community and don’t have to bore her all evening with my stamp facts!

When you first start collecting it’s a bit of a free-for-all. The key is to pick a few topics and restrict your collection to just those subjects. My chosen topics fall under the general heading of ‘Science’, so I have ‘Climate Change’, ‘Electricity/Energy’, ‘Atomic Energy/Atomics’ and ‘Nuclear Power’ – although I also have a lesser collection of stamps relating to the gas and coal, which fall under ‘Industry’. Limiting yourself like this makes stamp collecting more difficult, but ultimately more rewarding.

It’s up to the individual to decide how to organise their own collection (this is part of the fun), but I like to use my stamps to tell stories. When done correctly a topical display can be a tour through an epoch. For instance, by organising stamps with the theme ‘energy’ into date rather than country of origin it’s possible to trace the public attitude towards different forms of energy over time.

I have a lot of stamps on nuclear power. It’s a funny topic to be attracted to considering my line of work – I’m in renewables – but opposites attract I guess. Although it’s not particularly valuable one of my favourite stamps is called “Atoms for Peace”. It was issued to commemorate a speech by President Eisenhower to the UN General Assembly in the early 50s. After what went on in Japan everyone was terrified of atomic energy; so in his speech Eisenhower tried to reassure the American people, as well as the rest of the world, that the technology could be used for good. Of course, now they say that it was all a PR stunt to get us used to the idea of Cold Warfare.

I like the stamp because I think it represents our ambivalent attitudes to nuclear power. We’re against it unless it means that energy bills go up or they’re going to build a wind farm in our back garden! But enough of that, I don’t want to get into the politics right now – I’m just a collector.”

– Text by Chloe Stead.

As a trained artist and medical doctor Nina Wiesnagrotzki’s practice encompasses associative links between art theory and history as well as natural and social sciences. Her interest in theories on the “Capitalocene”, which takes as its base the relation between humans and the rest of nature, have informed much of her recent work, including the video piece Sansui, Landscape (2014), which reflects on the significance of mountains in relation to Japan’s history of natural disasters. For On Climate she is exhibiting works from her own 2015 series of collages, Atoms for Peace, together with works from Sammlung Artothek Neuer Berliner Kunstverein. Through this method the montage intrinsic in her own collages is opened up to incorporate the whole exhibition.

Mit Werken aus der Sammlung Artothek Neuer Berliner Kunstverein
Erworben mit Mitteln der LOTTO-Stiftung Berlin

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