geradezu - fotografische Ausstellung mit Bus-Anreise (Köln nach Düren) Führung und Performance

In the organizer's words:

geradezu - an excursion day (with optional bus journey) guided tour of the exhibition (with Anja Schlamann) and a performance (with Marie Donike and Johannes Specks)

Going straight ahead means taking a path that seems clear. But in the very next moment, the direction can shift. geradezu also means: directly, almost, nearly. The title plays with this double meaning - movement and attitude at the same time.

The works in this exhibition move within this field of tension. Architecture, spaces and situations initially appear orderly and natural. Lines guide the eye, perspectives structure the image. But over time, scales change, emptiness becomes perceptible, people appear or are missing.

The"almost" also means approaching: The pictures enter into a relationship with the viewer. Between orientation and irritation, the obvious only gradually becomes apparent. geradezu.

Ihave been photographing with passionfor 22 years, mostly analog and with a large format camera. In this exhibition I am showing five photographic series - two long-term projects (Ladentische + S I E) and three completed works (UnterBrücken, Aurora + doing memory).

On 21.06.26 (optionally at 13:30 with bus departure from Kunsthaus Rhenania) at 14:30 the artist Anja Schlamann will give a guided tour of the exhibition on site. The artist couple Marie Donike and Johannes Specks will serve snacks in the room with the pictures of the counters collected worldwide.
The return journey by bus from Düren is planned for 6:30 pm, arriving in Cologne at the Kunsthaus Rhenania at around 7:30 pm.