Kategorie: Collaborations
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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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KONOHANA DREAM.
»Konohana Dream« is a juxtaposition of two videos: one taken 2019 while bicycling through this local disctrict, the other created with Google Street View following the exact same route – an opportuity to reflect upon time, process and progress, transformation or memory. see the video »» »Konohana Dream« 2020two-channel video, 33:36 minwith sound »Discussing EXPO«…
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Moon over Konohana.
Katja Stuke’s and Henguchi’s collaborative exhibition was shown at the JKI Japanisches Kulturinstitut Köln (The Japan Foundation) from Nov. 6, 2020 until May 2021. The exhibition was on show for a few weeks. Due to the Corona restrictions, Henguchi was unable to travel from Osaka. In 2022 he was resident artist of the WELTKUNSTZIMMER in…
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North of Mikawashima.
Photopaper 66/67 by Takano Ryudai, Oliver Sieber and Katja Stuke. Published 2021. PHOTOPAPER was a monographic photo publication with a continuously changing editorial team of international experts. These guest editors name photographers or photographic projects which they would like to present to an international public. PHOTOPAPER features this work in single monographic issues of 16…
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Discussing EXPO.
In 2019 Katja Stuke and Oliver Sieber invited Henguchi and other people from Konohana to discuss EXPO. Architects and artists as well as shop- and hotel-owners, local people talked about their opinion or memory of EXPO 70 and their expectations, hopes and worries regarding EXPO 2025, which takes place in Konohana. The recording of this…
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Japanese Lesson.
Since 2006 Katja Stuke and Oliver Sieber have been traveling to Japan, working on topics from subculture to surveillance. Since 2011 they are developing an extensive body of work they call the »Japanese Lesson«. At the beginning it was a single one-channel video, dealing with the visual influence, research and overwealming impressions of the Japanese…
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Import Export.
Several Japan related events in Düsseldorf organized by Katja Stuke and Oliver Sieber: Oct 21, 2010 »Roadside Japan« A Lecture by Tzusuki KyoichiKünstlerverein Malkasten In cooperation with the Japan Foundation, Cologne Nov 18, 2011»Contemporary Japanese and German Photography« A Lecture by Takashi Homma Künstlerverein Malkasten Jan–Apr 2016 Keiji Uematsu, Invisible Force and Seeing. Exhibition.Künstlerverein Malkasten…
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Second Photobattle.
The second photobattle – the return-match – took place inside the subwaystation Moskauer Straße in Düsseldorf. June 6, 2011Photobattle in DüsseldorfKatja Stuke & Yoshinori Henguchi.Performance: Henguchi,Hino & AchanHandelszentrum/Moskauer Str., Subway Station U 75, Düsseldorf June 15, 2011, Fanzine-Creat-PartyStudio Böhm Kobayashiwith guest musicians: Swen Buckner, Achan & Hino, Shunsuke Oshio
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First Photobattle.
Tetsuya Goto also was the one who introduced Katja Stuke and Henguchi in 2010. Stuke was looking for a partner to realise the first Photobattle. They met in Konohana, Osaka, since then the central spot for all exchange activities. They agreed to walk through Namba area the next day, both equipped with small Fuji disposable…
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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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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…