Matthias Kliefoth Knihy

The project "Mit Euren Spuren" celebrates the anniversary of the repeal of section 175 of the German Criminal Code by highlighting the experiences of queer seniors. Six young photographers collaborated with eight seniors, documenting their intergenerational exchange through photographs and writings, showcasing the struggles and achievements of past generations in the LGBTQIA+ movement.

Exposing photographic archives Lighting the Archive, which went online in 2020, is an open-ended series of conversations with artists like Annette Kelm, Elfie Semotan, Wolfgang Tillmans, and Ulrich Wüst about photographic techniques, structures of order, and materialities. The conversations are invariably framed by questions about where the photographers see their life’s works and legacies over the long term—what, in other words, is to become of their oeuvres one day. In Exposing Tears, Lighting the Archive engage the writer and curator Mike Sperlinger in dialogue. Sperlinger studied the careers of the photographers Marianne Wex and Chauncey Hare through the lens of the art market’s economy of attention and interwove biographical facts with external circumstances shaping their paths, including their withdrawals from the art system and their eventual rediscovery as “forgotten artists.” An essay by Mike Sperlinger relates how the latter was possible; Lighting the Archive’s Maren Lübbke-Tidow and Rebecca Wilton spoke to the author to discuss the central role that the question of the archive played in his efforts.

Fotografische Archive freilegen – Lighting the Archive mit Mike Sperlinger In Risse freilegen treten Lighting the Archive, eine online verfügbare Gesprächsreihe über fotografische Arbeitsweisen, Ordnungsstrukturen und Materialitäten, mit dem Autor und Kurator Mike Sperlinger in einen Dialog. Sperlingers Essay betrachtet die Werdegänge der Fotograf*innen Marianne Wex und Chauncey Hare unter dem Brennglas der Aufmerksamkeitsökonomie und deren Rückzüge aus dem System Kunst – bis hin zu ihrer Wiederentdeckung als „vergessene Künstler*innen“. Wie dies gelingen konnte und welche tragende Rolle das Thema Archiv dabei gespielt hat, bespricht Lighting the Archive mit dem Autor. Exposing Photographic Archives – Lighting the Archive with Mike Sperlinger In Exposing Tears, Lighting the Archive, an open-ended series of conversations about photographic techniques, structures of order, and materialities, engage the writer and curator Mike Sperlinger in dialogue. Sperlinger’s essay looks at the careers of the pho- tographers Marianne Wex and Chauncey Hare through the lens of the art market’s economy of attention including their withdrawals from the art system and their eventual rediscovery as “forgotten artists.” Lighting the Archive discusses with the author how this was achieved and what a key role the archive played in the proces.