C/O Berlin Shows After Nature Prize Winners Kallinikou and Kriemann Alongside Carrie Mae Weems Retrospective
Currently exhibited at C/O Berlin are the works of this year's After Nature photography prize winners, including Ulrike Crespo, Stelios Kallinikou's *Cliffs Among Dreams*, and Susanne Kriemann's *In the Fever of the Sun, Butterflies Flutter in the Stomach*, available until 20 January. Additionally, Carrie Mae Weems' retrospective, *The Heart of the Matter*, runs until 3 February. Kriemann's pieces delve into the remnants of industry and atomic activity, highlighting landscapes from former uranium mining sites in Saxony, Thuringia, and France's Limousin. Kallinikou captures the Akrotiri peninsula in Cyprus, reflecting on ecological diversity and military influence. Weems explores themes of power, memory, race, and femininity through her personal narrative in her series *Family Pictures and Stories* and *Kitchen Table*.
Key facts
- C/O Berlin is showing work by the two winners of this year's After Nature, Ulrike Crespo photography prize.
- The winners are Stelios Kallinikou, presenting Cliffs Among Dreams, and Susanne Kriemann, presenting In the Fever of the Sun, Butterflies Flutter in the Stomach.
- Both prize presentations are on view until 20 January.
- Carrie Mae Weems's retrospective The Heart of the Matter is also on show at C/O Berlin until 3 February.
- Kriemann's engagement with radioactivity was initially motivated by the Chernobyl disaster of 40 years ago.
- Kriemann's current work centres on former uranium extraction landscapes in Saxony, Thuringia and the Limousin region in France.
- Kallinikou has spent more than a decade photographing and filming the Akrotiri peninsula in southern Cyprus.
- Akrotiri is a Sovereign Base Area that remained a British overseas territory after Cyprus gained independence in 1960, with the Royal Air Force maintaining a base there.
- The Akrotiri Salt Lake is a major wetland and stopping place for migratory birds.
- Turkish occupation of northern Cyprus began in 1974, leaving the island's territorial boundaries undefined.
- Weems has examined power and memory in photographs, videos and installations for more than four decades.
- Weems's Kitchen Table series focuses on domestic space as a stage for relationships.
Entities
Artists
- Susanne Kriemann
- Stelios Kallinikou
- Carrie Mae Weems
- Ulrike Crespo
Institutions
- C/O Berlin
- After Nature
- Ulrike Crespo photography prize
- Royal Air Force
- The Guardian
Locations
- Berlin
- Germany
- Cyprus
- Akrotiri
- Akrotiri Salt Lake
- Saxony
- Thuringia
- Limousin
- France
- Chernobyl