A masked man looking over a balcony. An airplane flying into a skyscraper. Hearing these descriptions, we immediately picture the scenes in our minds. We know exactly what events are meant. Pictures possess a tremendous power. Not only do they capture the decisive moment; they also influence public discourse, demanding reflection and response. Particularly after catastrophes and traumatic events, the ubiquity of the images makes the events themselves seem omnipresent, inescapable. Pictures of terror have an enormous, enduring power that holds the viewer in its thrall. They burn themselves deep into our collective memory. The exhibition "The Uncanny Familiar" curated by C/O Berlin examines the meaning of photography in our contemporary visual culture by exploring the visual processing of images of terror in recent decades. The events in Munich in 1972 and in New York in 2001 establish the temporal framework for the exhibition. Through the artistic confrontation with these events, political images are called into question; and the archival images presented lay bare the construction and illusion of photography.

This exhibition was organized to commemorate the tenth anniversary of September 11, 2001, and is curated by Felix Hoffmann for C/O Berlin. It features approximately 200 works from Spiegel magazine’s photographic archives and around 30 artists, including Thomas Hoepker, Dennis Adams, Michal Kosakowski, Coco Kühn, Fiorenza Menini, Thomas Galler, Thomas Ruff, Simon Menner, Peter Piller, Christoph Draeger, Thomas Hirschhorn, G.R.A.M., Walid Raad, Gael Peltier, Naeem Mohaiemen, Michael Schirner, Sarah Charlesworth, Mikael Mikael, Robert Boyd, Johan Grimonprez, Luuk Wilmering, Pascale Couvert, Natalie Czech, Reymond Depardon, Michael Schäfer, Marc Volk, and Malte Wandel.

Special guided tours with artists presented in the exhibition
on following dates at 4 pm

Sunday, 23 October Simon Menner
Saturday, 29 October Michael Schäfer
Sunday, 30 October Coco Kühn
Sunday, 6 November Marc Volk
Sunday, 13 November Coco Kühn
Saturday, 19 November Friedrich von Borries
Sunday, 27 November Marc Volk

C/O Berlin
International Forum For Visual Dialogues
Since its inception 2000 in the former Royal Post Office (Postfuhramt) building, C/O Berlin, International Forum For Visual Dialogues, has firmly established itself within the cultural landscape of Berlin-Mitte, near Museum Island and the government district.

Through the energies and commitment of its three founders – photographer Stephan Erfurt, designer Marc Naroska,and architect Ingo Pott – a singular insitution in Germany has been created, presenting a cultural program of international stature and quality.

http://www.co-berlin.info

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