Mercedes Debeyne                                                                         Pablo Ruiz Holst


Watching You Watching Me
Cultural and Creative Exchange through images
Ruth Ademasu, Tesfaye Bekele, Terhas Berhe, Mercedes Debeyne, Susanne A. Friedel, Pablo Ruiz Holst, Noad Lemma, Samson Molla, Judith Schenk, Kirill Semkow

Initiated and curated by Aida Muluneh and Eva Maria Ocherbauer.

Opening: Friday, November 5, 7 p.m.

Saturday, November 6 - Saturday, December 3, 2010
Tuesday - Saturday 2 - 6 p.m.

Forum der Neuen Schule für Fotografie Berlin
Brunnenstr. 188-190, 10119 Berlin



Samson Molla                                                                                Naod Lemma

Overcoming prejudices, changing views and socializing were the ideas of the "Watching You Watching Me" project, that will be presented at Neue Schule für Fotografie in november 2010. A workshop within the "Spot on … BAMAKO" exhibition prompted Eva Maria Ocherbauer and Aida Muluneh to initiate the student exchange project and to document the sustainability of the encounter.

Five young photographers from the Neue Schule für Fotografie Berlin had visited D.E.S.T.A. FOR AFRICA in Addis Ababa in march 2010. In June 2010 the ethiopian students had been welcome to Berlin. Following the theme "creative exchange through images" they kept hold of their experiences and impressions with their cameras.

The produced works transport the result of an effective learning process: a new view on Africa and Europe, showing some characteristics far from the established stereotypes, accompagnied by some subjective impressions of the photographers.
 


Kirill Semkow                                                                                 Judith Schenk




Susanne A. Friedel                   Terhas Berhe
 
The projects will be presented in November 2010 in the context of the 4. European Month of Photography Berlin 2010 at the "Neue Schule für Fotografie", and following during the „International Photography Festival“ im December 2010 at the Goethe Institut Addis Ababa.





The exhibition is supported by the Department for Foreign Affairs and the ifa - Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen.


    




Tesfaye Bekele                                                                               Ruth Ademasu