Dealing with Memory
AUGUST 14 - 23, 2020
Frappant Gallery, Hamburg, DE
Curators: Jewgeni Roppel, Maya Hristova
Organised: EEP Berlin & Ostlook Platform
Niels Ackermann (Switzerland), Maxim Dondyuk (Ukraine), Andrii Dostliev & Lia Dostlieva (Ukraine), Sebastian Hopp (Germany), Rafał Milach (Polen), Valentin Sidorenko (Russia), Zuzana Pustaiová (Slovakia), Danila Tkachenko (Russia)
A collective exhibition on memory brought together the work of photographers from Eastern Europe, Germany, and Switzerland. 'Dealing with Memory' spotlights the construction and reconstruction of memory and history in their different forms. Collective and cultural memories are thrown under the spotlight, while political or personal identities are reinterpreted, rearranged, and reflected.
“What characterises many of these artists is that their upbringing has largely been shaped by narratives that have preceded their birth. What unites them all, is their deep personal connection to the events they are attempting to deconstruct and their imaginative investment in their respective fields of research. Yet, the diversity encountered in their standpoints as citizens and artists speaks clearly about the absence of a uniform Eastern European identity,” co-curator Maya Hristova.