work in progress ver. 2

How do you create photography that moves?
A journey through the processes of 15 Swiss photographers is shown by the pool collective in the OnCurating Project Space Zurich from August 26th to September 30th.

In «work in progress ver. 2», the second edition of the exhibition, visitors get an exclusive insight into the personal and mostly hidden process of creating a photo project in a multimedial and interactive way.

Various stages, from the development of a question, the research, artistic experiments, technical questions to the decision-making process in the image selection, are revealed. With the different themes and approaches, the collective shows the diversity of the photographic work process.

Location
OnCurating Project Space
Ausstellungstrasse 16
8005 Zurich

Date
25.08.-30.09.2022

OnCurating Project Space
The exhibition takes place in the centrally located OnCurating Project Space in Zurich’s Kreis 5. OnCurating Project Space offers space for new formats between curating, contemporary art, activism, theory, performance and music. The art space facilitates critical discourse through innovative and experimental exhibition formats. oncurating-space.org

Curated by Anna Konstantinova
As in the first exhibition of «work in progress», the curator Anna Konstantinova accompanies the pool collective through the process of preparing the exhibition. Her focus is on contemporary photography, post photography, curating digital spaces and transforming art into digital formats. She has worked on «SITUATIONS» at the Fotomuseum Winterthur and is part of «The Photographer’s Gallery and Fotomuseum Winterthur – Screen Walks» project. She completed the MAS program «Curating» at the Zurich University of the Arts. Since 2021 she is curator of the contemporary photography collection at Bank Vontobel and works as a freelance curator.

Caretakers
Anna-Tia Buss
Mikhail Bushkov
Anna Konstantinova
Jonathan Liechti
Pedro Rodrigues
Frederik van den Berg

Curator
Anna Konstantinova

Artists
Akosua Viktoria Adu-Sanyah
Marion Bernet
Olga Bushkova
Mikhail Bushkov
Anna-Tia Buss
Bettina Diel
Mali Lazell
Jonathan Liechti
Danielle Liniger
Franziska Martin
Pedro Rodrigues
Claudia Schildknecht
Frederik van den Berg
Anne-Camille Vaucher
Simon von Gunten
Anja Wurm

Sponsors
vfg – vereinigung fotografischer gestalterInnen
SBF – Schweizer Berufsfotografen und Filmgestalter
Fachstelle Kultur Kanton Zürich
Kultur Kanton Bern
Kultur Stadt Bern
Cassinelli-Vogel-Stiftung
Kulturfonds Kanton Solothurn
Kanton Wallis
Fondation Oertli Stiftung

Virtual Exhibition 2022

The exhibition is available as a 3D Tour. The virtual experience provides details about each work in the exhibition, as well as the ability to virtually wander and peruse the exhibition space.

Events

Vernissage
August 25

Dialogic guided tour on the subject of “Photography as therapy”
September 16 – With the artists Danielle Liniger, Anja Wurm, Mikhail Bushkov, Mali Lazell. Moderated by curator Anna Konstantinova and therapist Sarah Lebeck-Jobe.
The artists talked about their projects, which deal with trauma, strong emotions and complicated relationships. Together with the therapist, they discussed how they use photography to process these issues themselves and how they helped their subjects to deal with them.

Feedback Workshop and Rooftop Spaghettis
September 17 – The aim of the workshop was to get to know an innovative feedback method. Afterwards Mali Lazell invited to a rooftop spaghetti dinner, where all were welcome.

Exhibition tour
September 18 – With the curator Anna Konstantinova

Panel discussion on the topic of the representation of family in photography
September 23 – With the artists Akosua Viktoria Adu-Sanyah, Olga Bushkova, Marion Bernet, Simon von Gunten
Moderated by Katrin Bauer (Assistant Curator Fotomuseum Winterthur).
The artists whose projects in the exhibition «work in progress ver.2» deal with the theme of family discussed on why they had chosen this theme for their work, how family influenced their artistic practice and how families can be represented in photographic projects. The discussion was moderated by Katrin Bauer, assistant curator of the Fotomuseum Winterthur, who, among other things, was actively involved in the research and preparation of the exhibition at the museum – «Wahlfamilie – Zusammen weniger allein».

Exhibition tour
September 25 – With the curator Anna Konstantinova

near. as a guest at the pool collective with Melody Gygax
September 29
The near. association was a guest at the pool collective. In a panel discussion led by Melody Gygax (picture editor/curator and Swiss representative of Magnum Photos), work in progress became the basis for discussion: How do you deal with feedback? How can unfinished works be curated & presented? How can an exhibition be a productive laboratory for photographic projects?

NFTS – The Art (of) Revolution with Akosua Viktoria Adu-Sanyah
September 30
This NFT Talk with Q&A was for people working in the cultural field: Artists, Editors, Curators, Photographers and more. We talked about art, tech, tools, money and communities, looking at a variety of real-world examples. How can you get started in this field, and why is it important?

Finissage
September 30
A cozy aperitif with music was the last opportunity for a tour through the exhibition.

work in progress ver. 2

How do you create photography that moves?
A journey through the processes of 15 Swiss photographers is shown by the pool collective in the OnCurating Project Space Zurich from August 26th to September 30th.

In «work in progress ver. 2», the second edition of the exhibition, visitors get an exclusive insight into the personal and mostly hidden process of creating a photo project in a multimedial and interactive way.

Various stages, from the development of a question, the research, artistic experiments, technical questions to the decision-making process in the image selection, are revealed. With the different themes and approaches, the collective shows the diversity of the photographic work process.

Location
OnCurating Project Space
Ausstellungstrasse 16
8005 Zurich

Date
25.08.-30.09.2022

OnCurating Project Space
The exhibition takes place in the centrally located OnCurating Project Space in Zurich’s Kreis 5. OnCurating Project Space offers space for new formats between curating, contemporary art, activism, theory, performance and music. The art space facilitates critical discourse through innovative and experimental exhibition formats. oncurating-space.org

Curated by Anna Konstantinova
As in the first exhibition of «work in progress», the curator Anna Konstantinova accompanies the pool collective through the process of preparing the exhibition. Her focus is on contemporary photography, post photography, curating digital spaces and transforming art into digital formats. She has worked on «SITUATIONS» at the Fotomuseum Winterthur and is part of «The Photographer’s Gallery and Fotomuseum Winterthur – Screen Walks» project. She completed the MAS program «Curating» at the Zurich University of the Arts. Since 2021 she is curator of the contemporary photography collection at Bank Vontobel and works as a freelance curator.

Virtual Exhibition 2022

The exhibition is available as a 3D Tour. The virtual experience provides details about each work in the exhibition, as well as the ability to virtually wander and peruse the exhibition space.

Events

Vernissage
August 25

Dialogic guided tour on the subject of “Photography as therapy”
September 16 – With the artists Danielle Liniger, Anja Wurm, Mikhail Bushkov, Mali Lazell. Moderated by curator Anna Konstantinova and therapist Sarah Lebeck-Jobe.
The artists talked about their projects, which deal with trauma, strong emotions and complicated relationships. Together with the therapist, they discussed how they use photography to process these issues themselves and how they helped their subjects to deal with them.

Feedback Workshop and Rooftop Spaghettis
September 17 – The aim of the workshop was to get to know an innovative feedback method. Afterwards Mali Lazell invited to a rooftop spaghetti dinner, where all were welcome.

Exhibition tour
September 18 – With the curator Anna Konstantinova

Panel discussion on the topic of the representation of family in photography
September 23 – With the artists Akosua Viktoria Adu-Sanyah, Olga Bushkova, Marion Bernet, Simon von Gunten
Moderated by Katrin Bauer (Assistant Curator Fotomuseum Winterthur).
The artists whose projects in the exhibition «work in progress ver.2» deal with the theme of family discussed on why they had chosen this theme for their work, how family influenced their artistic practice and how families can be represented in photographic projects. The discussion was moderated by Katrin Bauer, assistant curator of the Fotomuseum Winterthur, who, among other things, was actively involved in the research and preparation of the exhibition at the museum – «Wahlfamilie – Zusammen weniger allein».

Exhibition tour
September 25 – With the curator Anna Konstantinova

near. as a guest at the pool collective with Melody Gygax
September 29
The near. association was a guest at the pool collective. In a panel discussion led by Melody Gygax (picture editor/curator and Swiss representative of Magnum Photos), work in progress became the basis for discussion: How do you deal with feedback? How can unfinished works be curated & presented? How can an exhibition be a productive laboratory for photographic projects?

NFTS – The Art (of) Revolution with Akosua Viktoria Adu-Sanyah
September 30
This NFT Talk with Q&A was for people working in the cultural field: Artists, Editors, Curators, Photographers and more. We talked about art, tech, tools, money and communities, looking at a variety of real-world examples. How can you get started in this field, and why is it important?

Finissage
September 30
A cozy aperitif with music was the last opportunity for a tour through the exhibition.