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BLOW-UP (#MeToo)

Robert Schlotter — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 23:12:58 +0000

In BLOW-UP (#MeToo), artist and art historian Claudia Christoffel takes a contemporary look at Antonioni’s much-cited 1967 film.
Reproducing the dialogue of the introductory scene between the photographer and the model in the film’s own font, she addresses the humiliating perspective and degrading language the photographer’s film character is using within what is actually conceived as a professional working situation.
At least since MeToo, the gender-specific power position of producers and directors in the film and creative industries has been discussed widely.

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Espinho

Robert Schlotter — Sat, 12 Mar 2022 13:24:59 +0000

Some years ago, while sitting on a train in Portugal, Vincen Beeckman stumbled upon the town of Espinho and it’s fishermen’s quarter, a self-contained area of the city consisting of twenty streets at the most.
Espinho was once home to a large fish-canning factory, the de Fábrica Brandão, Gomes & Cª, established in 1894 by two pairs of brothers from the local area. The fishermen of Espinho had a loyal client in the brothers Brandão & Gomes. At its peak, this company employed no fewer than 400 people – including children.
With the introduction of huge industrial fishing vessels, floating factories, coming mainly from neighbouring Spain, little was left for the fishermen of Espinho to fish. The coastal factory has been closed for decades. Only two ships of the local fishing fleet still navigate the currents of the Atlantic. Espinho’s fishermen still catch their fish using the ancient Xávega method (also known as xávena), whereby small wooden boats go out to sea to cast baited nets, that are later hauled in from shore.
After his first encounter, Beeckman frequently returned to the fishing quarter for a number of weeks each year, to photograph this vanishing world. With this publication, launched together with Espinho’s community, Vincen Beeckman pays homage to an era that is about to come to an end.

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Forain, Kaffers en Boerin

Robert Schlotter — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 19:57:51 +0000

For three years, Siska Vandecasteele follows Johnny, who has been a merchant for all his life. Johnny gives the photographer an insight into the otherwise closed world of the fair. He opens the doors of his house and caravan for her. He alternately puts her on the wrong foot, and makes her think.

This book describes the story of Johnny in word and image. A typical atypical „foorkramer“. Siska Vandecasteele traces a world that is slowly disappearing. A world that seems different, but not so different from our world – those of the visitors or “kaffers en boerinnen“.

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