Katja Stuke and Oliver Sieber have been working for 25 years with photography as a medium, but also with the various possibilities of exhibiting, researching and publishing photography. Since 2010, they have been organizing ANT!FOTO, an ongoing series of exhibitions and events hosted at various institutions. At its core, the series fosters dialogue around the many forms and expressions of photography.
One recurring format within this series is the ANT!FOTO BAR. For each edition, Stuke and Sieber – along with invited guests – curated a selection of thematically relevant books from their personal library. These gatherings invited people to engage in conversations about photography in a relaxed setting, accompanied by drinks and music. The concept was inspired by themed bars that Stuke and Sieber encountered during several visits to Japan beginning in 2006. The mobile ANT!FOTO Bar was launched in 2021. It had been installed at different venues for individual evenings on different themes.
2019-2020
ANTIFOTO BAR at Tina Miyake, Düsseldorf
2020,2021
virtual ANT!FOTO BAR
2021-2024
Mobile ANT!FOTO BAR
June 29, 2021 Kunstverein Bielefeld
Sept 4, 2021 Sprengel Museum Hannover
Sept 16, 2021 Filmwerkstatt Düsseldorf
Sept 18, 2021 Place Internationale, FFT Düsseldorf
Nov 9, 2021 POP-UP Bar at Sasori Bar, St. Germain Paris
May 22, 2022 FFT Düsseldorf
May 26, 2022 Strike a Pose, K21 Düsseldorf
Aug 4, 2022 Micro Pop Festival, Museum Ostwall, Dortmund
Aug 25, 2022 Tokyo no Hate, POP-UP Bar The PhotoBookMuseum Cologne
Oct 20, 2022 Photoszene Festival Cologne
2023, several events at Stadtbibliothek Düsseldorf
Feb 9, 2024 Staatsgalerie Stuttgart