As part of the "Foto Wien" festival,
the exhibition FOTOTECHNIKa deals with the primarily male connotated field of photographic technology and technical manuals
in order to critically reflect on these historically shaped stereotypical gender attributions and also to subject them to
a reinterpretation.
Women with an affinity for technology are thus both the protagonists and
the subject of the exhibition. In terms of content, FOTOTECHNIK
a spans an arc from female biographies
from the early 20th century, such as Lucia Moholy and Berenice Abbott, to the practical experiences of the participating women
artists themselves, all of whom have completed technical training and transfer observations of their own applied practice
into the artistic perspective.
Artists: Caroline Heider, Ruth Horak, Lisa Rastl, Claudia
Rohrauer
Opening: 09.03.2022, 17-21h
Exhibition duration:
10 - 27.03.2022
Mon. to Sun., 11-19 h
Symposium in the context of the exhibition:
12.03.2022, 3-6 p.m.
Photo technology is difficult, heavy and dirty, therefore male(?). Manuals on photo technology
are male(?). But exceptions become the rule - female photographers with an affinity for technology are the protagonists and
topics of the symposium with lectures and artistic presentations by Caroline Heider, Ruth Horak, Ulrike Matzer, Lisa Rastl,
Claudia Rohrauer and Katharina Steidl.
PHOTO VIENNA Festival Headquarters
Studio Augarten
Scherzergasse
1a
1020 Vienna
