Kategorie: Before Photobattle
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Das Osaka Kontinuum.
In 2026, we will celebrate twenty years since our first residency in Osaka—a three-month stay as part of the ArtEX exchange program between Osaka and Düsseldorf. That time remains deeply important to us. It was the starting point for countless collaborations and friendships. Beyond the personal connections, the residency and our experiences in Japan also shaped…
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15 YEARS ANT!FOTO.
Katja Stuke and Oliver Sieber curated the first ANT!FOTO exhibition in 2010. In 2011, as part of the 150th anniversary of German-Japanese friendship, they had the possibility to invite several Japanese artists to Düsseldorf. This was another important moment in their exchange with Osaka, building on their first residency there five years earlier. Feb 4…
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CCTV – Osaka Public
The images of Osaka Public / Osaka Private, 2006 are based on videos shot by Katja Stuke in the streets of Osaka. The images mostly show passers-by who are unaware of being observed by the media. The images are characterised by a certain fleetingness, the people are in motion, some can only be seen as…
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Character Thieves.
Two of Sieber’s series, Character Thieves and J_Subs, both of which are connected to Japan in different ways, are currently on show in an exhibition entitled Dress Code at the Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn co-produced with the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto and the Kyoto Costume Institute. Sieber’s relationship with Japan actually began in his…
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J_Subs.
The portraits of Oliver Sieber’s J_Subs were taken during the ArtEx residency in Osaka in 2006, the artist book was published some years later in 2009 including a text by Christoph Schaden. J_Subs were later exhibited at Kyotographie Festival in 2015 and at Fotomuseum Winterthur & Fotohof Salzburg. read more »» related: Imaginary Club »»…
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CASO exhibition.
Exhibition by Katja Stuke and Oliver Sieber at the Contemporary Art Space Osaka 2006 including Oliver Sieber’s J_Subs and Charachter Thieves, Katja Stuke’s CCTV/Osaka Public, the Naniwa Blog (image) and all zines and publications realised before 2006.
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2006: Kobayashi San.
A chain of visual associations. From Jan 2006 to Jan 2007 with more than 70 international photographers. The blog started during Stuke / Sieber’s first stay in Osaka in 2006. Together with Hisako Nakagawa they invited photographers, artists, friends in Germany, Japan, Canada, Romania, from South America, Turkey, the Baltic Countries, the Netherlands, South Korea…
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2006: ArtEx.
ArtEx was an residency grant and exchange program between Düsseldorf and Osaka Prefecture until 2006. It was funded by the City of Düsseldorf and the Ernst Poensgen Stiftung. Unfortuately it was terminated in 2006, Katja Stuke and Oliver Sieber where the last artists from Düsseldorf coming to Osaka. They stayed near Sakaisuji Honmachi in Osaka,…
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Böhm Tradecenter.
The Böhm Tradecenter was an online-exhibition space created by Katja Stuke and Oliver Sieber. Using virtual shipping container as a modular exhibition space. Between 2005 and 2010 they showed 28 virtual exhibitions. The first Trandecenter was actually exhibited in a physical container as part of PhotoEspaña in 2005. From Japan they invited Hisako Nakagawa, who…