When the first photograph was exposed for eight hours on an asphalt-coated tin plate in 1826, no one could have imagined how self-evident photography would become for us. And although we have long entered the post-photographic age, we are haunted by a faint sense that not all secrets surrounding photography have been revealed. Six artists trace such potential mysteries: Pascal Petignat + Martin Scholz search for chemical stains in the house of photography's inventor Nicéphore Niépce, Peter Schreiner coaxes hidden details from sober instructional photography, Gregor Schmoll exposes the studio as an empty vessel filled with works, Isabelle le Minh stages overlooked details of photographic and apparatus history, and Sebastian Riemer finally uncovers the end of analog photography in discarded materials. More about the exhibition
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