BERLIN VIEWS – A New Photo Collaboration between C/O Berlin and visitBerlin
- C/O Berlin and visitBerlin have jointly invited four photographers to capture their very personal view of the city
- Opening of the open-air exhibition on Tue, 22 October, MegaFence, Köpenicker Straße 70
Berlin, 11 October 2024 C/O Berlin, in collaboration with visitBerlin, is pleased to present the new photo project BERLIN VIEWS consisting of an open-air exhibition, a poster campaign in Berlin and select international locations, and a microsite with photographs by Kristin Bethge, Delfina Carmona, Marina Mónaco, and Christian Werner.
The opening will take place on Oct 22 at 17:00 at MegaFence, Köpenicker Strasse 70, where the works will be on display until Nov 3. We cordially invite you to celebrate this special event with drinks and snacks from the mobile bar Paradieschen. Accreditation here.
"Nearly twenty-five years ago we founded C/O Berlin in this city—and there couldn’t have been a better place for our institution. Berlin is more diverse than any other city in Germany, and there are many different things that make this city so attractive. I am very pleased that the four photographers we have chosen will enable us to participate in their own personal view of Berlin, while also showing us Berlin from perspectives that we might not be familiar with, allowing our passion for this city to grow even more.” — Stephan Erfurt, CEO, C/O BerlinFoundation
"Berlin is one of the most important photo venues in the world and a magnet for cultural tourism. With BERLIN VIEWS, we want to showcase our city with its energy and creativity.“ — Burkhard Kieker, CEO, visitBerlin
Concrete sculptures that initially have the look of futuristic monuments turn out to be the iconic Cadillacs in Halensee. The deep blue, minimalistic awning of one of the most famous Turkish supermarkets in Neukölln highlights the symbolic quality of urban typography. A melancholic scene in a smoky Berlin bar tells of loneliness and intimacy in the city. A person seeks solitude from the hustle and bustle of the city in the thick greenery of Tiergarten. Taken far away from the big attractions of the city, these pictures reflect unexpected, multifaceted aspects of Berlin — and are the focus of the new photo project.
For BERLIN VIEWS, C/O Berlin and visitBerlin have invited four outstanding Berlin-based photographers — Kristin Bethge, Delfina Carmona, Marina Mónaco, and Christian Werner — to present their very personal view of the metropolis. Their unconventional motifs and unusual photographic approaches open new perspectives on life in Berlin, the people who live here, and the city’s hidden places, creating a complex portrait of the city that captures its complexity and variability while also revealing its creative pulse. BERLIN VIEWS highlights Berlin’s significance as a dynamic and creative focal point for photography and visual art.
In addition to the open-air exhibition, additional works by these photographers are presented on the micrositeberlin-views.com that was created especially for the project. More information: visitBerlin.de.
About the photographers
Kristin Bethge
Kristin Bethge studied communication design with a focus on photography and art at Mainz University of Applied Sciences with a year abroad at the school of visual arts EAV Parque Lage in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Since 2016 she has been working in Brazil, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé on the relationship between society and nature within the context of memory and identity. In 2021 Bethge received the VG Bild-Kunst grant, and in 2022 she was awarded the Initial 2 special grant from the Academy of the Arts in Berlin. Bethge works for magazines such as M Le Monde Magazine, ZEITmagazin, Monocle, Wall Street Journal, and The Guardian. She is based in Berlin and Rio de Janeiro.
Delfina Carmona
Delfina Carmona is a Berlin-based photographer and art director from Argentina. With a background in theater and professional photography, she explores the visual arts and creative photography by constructing scenes and installations. Her work features small scenarios and performances, self-portraits, and compositions with objects and vibrant colors. Often surreal and dreamlike, her style embraces absurd aesthetics, reflections, and shadows, becoming a form of personal expression that opens a door to an emotional and sensitive world.
Marina Mónaco
Marina Mónaco is a Berlin-based photographer and director from Buenos Aires. Since moving to Germany in 2020 to join the Film Akademie Baden-Württemberg, she has explored the spectrum of youth culture across suburban Europe. Raw, vulnerable, and unapologetic, her ongoing series Kids serves as the living manifesto of a generation that she is part of. In 2023 she presented I Saw You in a Song, her first solo exhibition in Berlin, and published a book with the same title. Mónaco’s latest projects include a second book, I Saw You in a Song: An Anti-Memoir, and a new exhibition in Berlin. In June 2024 she had her New York debut with a solo exhibition and artist residency program at Contact Photo.
Christian Werner
Christian Werner is a Berlin-based photographer. He has been an integral part of the city’s cultural landscape since the late 1990s. His passion for portraying intriguing people has led him to photograph celebrities like such as Billie Eilish, M.I.A., Bret Easton Ellis, Harun Farocki, and Susan Sarandon for 032c, Harper’s Bazaar, Interview, Numéro, SSENSE, ZEITmagazin, and other German and international magazines. Werner has published his work in several thematic books, including LOS ANGELES (2019, Korbinian Verlag), STILLLEBEN BRD (2016, Kerber Verlag), and BONN. DAS ATLANTIS DER BRD (2019, Matthes & Seitz).
About C/O Berlin
- C/O Berlin is a charitable foundation that presents a cultural program with an international standing.
- The exhibition space for photography and visual media shows works by renowned artists and promotes emerging talents
- C/O Berlin accompanies children, teenagers and adults on their journeys of discovery through our visual culturen in the C/O Berlin Education section.
- Each year C/O Berlin shows numerous solo and group exhibitions, curated and put together in cooperation with renowned museums, collections and institutions worldwide.
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