Ostkreuz Photographers Confront the Present in "Was tun wir" at Dresden's robotron-Kantine
The Ostkreuz photography agency has mounted "Was tun wir," a large group exhibition at the robotron-Kantine in Dresden addressing the present moment. Following the agency's well-received retrospective "Träum weiter – Berlin, die 90er" two years ago, the new show turns from the 1990s to current upheavals. Ostkreuz photographers, according to the Freitag review by Frank Schirrmeister, intervene, take positions and tell stories when social crises intensify. The exhibition arrives amid the return of war to Europe, climate breakdown and the painful formation of a new world order. The show is presented as a forceful statement by the agency's members.
Key facts
- Ostkreuz is a Berlin-based photography agency whose members mounted the exhibition
- The show "Was tun wir" is on view at the robotron-Kantine in Dresden
- It follows the Ostkreuz retrospective "Träum weiter – Berlin, die 90er" held two years earlier
- The exhibition addresses the present and its frictions rather than the 1990s
- The review was written by Frank Schirrmeister for Freitag
- The show is framed against the return of war to Europe and climate breakdown
- Ostkreuz photographers are described as intervening and taking positions in their work
- The earlier Berlin retrospective is characterized as very successful
Entities
Artists
- Frank Schirrmeister
Institutions
- Ostkreuz
- robotron-Kantine
- Freitag
Locations
- Dresden
- Germany
- Berlin
- Europe