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Good Afternoon,
I hope you can help me.
I understand that you once exhibited at „Agentur und Galerie für Fotografie“ in Hannover. I believe it was run by a photographer called Chim – I purchased some photographs there some years ago but cannot trace what happened to Chim.
I am hopeful you may have some knowledge of him ?
I would welcome any information you could give me.
Kind regards
Richard Wells
Devon, UK.
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Dear Richard,
surprisesurprise – This is Wolf Böwig, former owner of chim – btw. „chim“ originated from David Seymour = is his nickname.
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Only the best.
Luck.
And freedom.
Wolf
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Dear Wolf,
Thanks so much for your reply and information. Ah, so Chim was the gallery’s name. The three small photos I purchased must have been yours. That’s so interesting.
Best
Richard
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Wolf, I scanned the pictures with titles years ago before framing them in 3 nice square frames – they still look good together.
It must have been in the 1990’s !
Best
Richard
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„Nein, es gibt nur eine Hoffnung. Wir alle müssen Verrat an unserem Land begehen.
Nur so können wir uns gegenseitig retten, glaubt mir!“
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John le Carré, das Russlandhaus
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Relentlessness – Olivier Del Fabbro in 3 Quarks Daily
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While repairing roofs Andryi has been exposed, both indirectly or directly, to a variety of weaponry: mortars, snipers, rockets, you name it. “When we repaired roofs, artillery fire was constantly active. Once, we saw phosphorous bombs in the near distance, then we hid in the basement.” The last roof was the scariest experience. Some of the material that Andryi and his partner use is a plain white awning, easily detectable by the Russians. Being only one kilometer away, the Russians bombarded Andryi and his friend with mortars, but luckily, they missed. “That was scary, but they did a bad job in trying to hit us.” In total, Andryi counted twenty-six explosions. “It was frequent, loud, and very close.” When talking about his war experience, Andryi has, as many Ukrainians, a dry and succinct way of expressing himself. “You realize that you can get hit, when you hear the bomb exploding.”
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In June 2023, came the next catastrophe. The Kakhovka Dam was blown up. The consequence was an unimaginable natural and humanitarian crisis. Large parts next to the lower Dnieper River were flooded. Mines were washed away, animals died, elderly drowned in their own homes. Russia’s creativity in regard to cruelty and violence against Ukrainians seemed inexorable. A man-made natural catastrophe, similarly to the Holodomor, Stalin’s artificially created famine in Ukraine in the 1930’s killing millions. How much violence could the already sickened and weakened body of Kherson withstand?
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Relentlessness
Ukraine 14|15
photo: Wolf Böwig
12.12.2023 | Belvedere21: Geschichten wiedererzählen. Krieg in Zeichen der Kunst
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Kriege und bewaffnete Konflikte beeinflussen unsere Wirklichkeit in gleichem Maße wie auch die Kunst und die Literatur, die immer schon als Spiegel oder zumindest als Kommentar dieser Wirklichkeit verstanden wurden. Die Auseinandersetzung mit dem Krieg in einer unüberblickbaren Zahl an Werken können im Kontext ihrer jeweiligen Zeit, sowohl als Dokumente gegen den Krieg, aber auch als dessen Propaganda gelesen werden.
Der Schriftsteller Marko Dinić und die Theaterwissenschafterin Darija Davidović kuratieren und moderieren diese Veranstaltung. Dem Phänomen des Krieges unter dem Aspekt zeitgenössischer Kunstproduktion widmen sie sich in einem Gespräch mit der Autorin Ronya Othmann, die sich in Lyrik, Prosa und Essay dem Genozid an den Êzîd*innen sowie den Konflikten im Nahen Osten zu nähern versucht und dem Fotografen Wolf Böwig, der mit seinem Konzept der Extended Photography den generationellen Traumata jener Kriege nachspürt, die er selbst fotografierte.
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Belvedere21
Arsenalstraße 1
1030 Wien
Geschichten wiedererzählen. Krieg in Zeichen der Kunst
12.12.2023
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