Spätschicht x C/O Berlin

With Andrew Durbin, Biliana Voutchkova, Gary Schneider, Queer Analog Darkroom and Selin Davasse

A colour-inverted angel figure holding two torches on a black backdrop printed entirely with the word ‘Spätschicht’ in small white letters.

Spätschicht x C/O Berlin © Studio Pandan

On the occasion of Peter Hujar / Liz Deschenes: Persistence of Vision, Spätschicht x C/O Berlin turns its focus to photography within the shifting terrains of urban space, visibility and resistance.

Spätschicht – Live Programme at Gropius Bau is a monthly series of free events with an interdisciplinary programme ranging from talks, book discussions and film screenings to concerts and DJ sets. In addition to the workshop, you can experience a performance by Selin Davasse, a reading by Andrew Durbin, and a short film by Gary Schneider, to which musician Biliana Voutchkova will respond with a live performance.

Co-curated with Boaz Levin, Head of Programme and Curator at C/O Berlin, the March edition of Spätschicht is dedicated to an expanded understanding of photography and the social spaces it brings into being. Through film, literature, performance and participation, the evening picks up individual threads embedded in the works of Peter Hujar and Liz Deschenes and follows them across different timelines. In doing so, memories of artistic spaces of resistance become central – spaces that queer, creative communities carved out for themselves in New York City during the 1960s and 1970s, and which continue to be carried forward and reimagined in contemporary Berlin.

Programme

Spätschicht is a monthly series of free events with an interdisciplinary programme ranging from talks, book discussions and film screenings to concerts and DJ sets. Sometimes loud, sometimes quiet, experimental and always open to clashing – a space to discover new things and shift perspectives.

C/O Berlin is a non-profit foundation that presents a cultural program of international standing. The exhibition space for photography and visual media showcases works by renowned artists, supports emerging talents, and, through C/O Berlin Education, guides children, teenagers and adults on their journeys of discovery through our visual culture. Each year, C/O Berlin presents a wide range of solo and thematic exhibitions by internationally significant photographers and media artists.

Boaz Levin is a curator and Head of Program at C/O Berlin. He has written for publications including Camera Austria, Texte zur Kunst and frieze, and worked as editor of the “Kiosk” section of Cabinet magazine. He has co-curated international exhibitions such as the Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie (2017) and the Chennai Photo Biennale (2022). Together with Esther Ruelfs, he also co-curated the exhibition Mining Photography. The Ecological Footprint of Image Production at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg in 2022, which was also shown at Kunst Haus Wien and the Gewerbemuseum Winterthur.

During the event, photographs and video recordings may be made in which you may be recognisable. By attending, you consent to these recordings being used to communicate the event or exhibition.