Moon over Konohana

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From here On

Moon over Konohana

The moon has been a central theme of a series by Katja Stuke for several years now. Her series Moon over Konohana include several photographs of ‚fake‘ moons, e.g. illuminated street signs in Osaka and Tokyo, company logos in Düsseldorf or lights at the airport in Paris. A central aspect of her work is the questioning of the supposed reality, presentability and irritation of the seen image, and thus also the possibilities of photography in general.
For the dialogue exhibition at the Japanisches Kulturinstitut/Japan Foundation in Cologne 2020/2021 a new, exclusive dialogue between Katja Stuke and Henguchi Yoshinori between Düsseldorf and Osaka was created, originating from one photograph Katja Stuke has taken in Konohana in 2015.
Konohana is a district in Osaka, characterized by old (partly empty) Japanese houses, various Shotengai in which still small retailers, kissaten, supermarkets, specialty stores or even a pachinko hall are located.
Konohana is the center of Henguchi’s life, where Katja Stuke has lived during several residencies. Konohana feels partly almost village-like, at least in a small town, but is very centrally located on the JR-Loop Line and is known to tourists by Universal City. In 2025 the World EXPO will be held in Konohana.

The Dialogue:
Katja Stuke sent several large prints of Moon over Konohana to Osaka. There Henguchi, who works as a poet and photographer, created videos, photographs and texts for the exhibition in Cologne.
Although – or maybe because of – the exhibition in Cologne was never open to the public the dialogue between Katja and Henguchi still continues.
In a new series Katja Stuke used photographs she took in Konohana during the last years to creat new images of a ‚moon‘ over Konohana. And once a month during the night of the full moon, Henguchi will perform in Konohana.

Collaboration

Katja and Henguchi have been cooperating since 2010, both in joint artistic works and in the organization of artist exchange programs between Osaka and Düsseldorf. Introduced by Goto Tetsuya in Osaka, the idea of a Photo-Battle was first developed. Based on an idea of „battle“ with reference to Hip Hop, various installations were created in galleries (Osaka), subway stations (Düsseldorf), performances or publications. More and more artists were integrated, such as musicians from Osaka and Düsseldorf.
Photography has always been a bridge in the dialogue between the two artists in all projects (up to the present day), the handling of the images a method of communication.
From this cooperation further forms of collaboration developed. Meanwhile there is an exchange between Osaka and Düsseldorf, which has already brought other artists from Düsseldorf to Japan and from Osaka to Düsseldorf (including Dunja Evers or Mizuuchi Yyoshihito); a network was created, which now also includes the WELTKUNSTZIMMER in Düsseldorf and the BLEND INN / Blend Apartments in Osaka.

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Katja Stuke

Katja Stuke studierte Fotografie in Düsseldorf. Neben ihrer eigenen künstlerischen Arbeit kooperiert sie oft mit Oliver Sieber, mit dem sie auch schon einige Ausstellungen kuratiert hat wie z.B. das Festival »Internationale Photoszene« in Köln 2016 und ANT!FOTO in Düsseldorf seit 2010. Sie war Mitglied in verschiedenen Jurys wir w.B. Paris Photo/Aperture Foundation »Book of the Year« oder bei verschiedenen Festivals. 2017 gewann sie mit Oliver Sieber den LUMA Rencontres Dummy Book Award des Festivals Rencontres d‘Arles.
Seit 2005 waren sie regelmäßig im Ausland tätig unter anderem in Künstlerresidenzen in Osaka, Tokyo, Paris, Chicago, Rotterdam, Sarajevo oder Toronto.

Ausstellungen (Auswahl) :
»Beyond Emscher« [G] Ruhr Museum Essen, Stiftung Zollverein
»Contested Landscaples« [G] Kunsthallte Mannheim
»Sequence as a Dialogue« Kunsthalle Gießen
»Rocket to the Moon« [G] Parrotta Cologne/Bonn
»Questioning Photography Now, GCA Chongqing
»Fotografie neu ordnen« MfKG Hamburg
»Japanese Lesson« UNSEEN Amsterdam
»You and Me« Photomonth Krakow [G]
»You and Me« Cosmos Croisière, Les Rencontres d‘Arles
»Photobook Phenomenon« [G] CCCB Barcelona
»ConteS/Xting Sport« [G] nGbK Berlin
»Mit anderen Augen« [G] Kunstmuseum Bonn
»Zoom Düsseldorf« [G] MHK Tirana
»You and Me« Kornelimünster, Aachen
»Jo volia ser fotògraf« [G] Fundació Foto Colectania BBC
»You and Me« Palazzo da Mosto, Reggio Emilia
»You and Me« Museum for Contemporary Photography
»Under Surveillance« [G] Galerie für Fotografie Hannover
»Past is now« [G] Stadtmuseum München
»Fax from the Library« Temple Paris
»(Mis)understanding Photography and Manifestos« [G] Folkwang Museum Essen
»Manifeste! Eine andere Geschichte der Fotografie« [G] Fotomuseum Winterthur
»Fax from the Library« Kunsthalle Bremen
»Spectator Sports« [G] MoCP, Chicago
»Zeitgespenster« [G] Museum Morsbroich Leverkusen
»Der Mensch und seine Objekte« [G] Folkwang Museum
»Eleven to Liverpool Street» Kunsthaus Essen
»Flashmob« [G] Kunsthaus Essen
»Our House« Museum für Photographie, Braunschweig
»O.i.F.« Florence Loewy, Paris
Pingyao Photo Festival
»Explaining Frau Böhm« Nachtfoyer Kunsthalle Düsseldorf

www.krautphotographer.org

www.katjastuke.de
www.antifoto.de

Henguchi

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