From 12 September to 31 October, design students from the Faculty of Communication and Environment will be exhibiting photographic works at the Camera Obscura in Mühlheim, offering insights into the lives of international students during the coronavirus pandemic.
Students on the Information and Communication Design degree programme have created videos featuring their photo series as part of the photography seminar led by Valerie Schmidt, a lecturer at Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences. The 15 different photographic works offer personal insights into the lives of individuals during the lockdown in Germany and abroad.
In these photographic narratives presented as videos, viewers see portraits and hear personal accounts from people directly affected by Covid-19. They learn more about the new reality of wearing face masks; experimental scenarios of a possible post-Covid future are created, and an empty yet luminous city is shown during night-time walks. Silhouettes are used to recreate dearly missed family members and scenes from everyday life; in one video, viewers are bombarded with a constant barrage of press headlines. There are also documentaries and re-enactments of current demonstrations and street life in Hanoi, reflecting the new hygiene regulations.
The finished works are the result of the summer term, which took place online due to the coronavirus pandemic. They are photographic narratives in video form which, as a cinematic medium featuring sound, will also appeal to a wider audience.
The exhibition opens on Saturday 12 September, from 12:00 to 17:00, at the Camera Obscura, Am Schloß Broich 42, 45479 Mülheim an der Ruhr. Special hygiene measures apply when visiting the museum. The artists will be in attendance.
An exhibition featuring works by:
AICHA HAJOUI
, ALEXANDRA SCHLEGEL
, AMALIE DEBESS
, ANH KHOA NGUYEN
, ANN KATHRIN ENGLISCH
, BINH HO, CONG NGUYEN
, CHIMA NWOKE
, LE TRUNG-DUC
, HENRI MORSCHEK
, MADELINE HOPP
, MARINE SHIRINYAN
, NELE KEUWEL
, SHARMEEN AHMAD
, SVEN SIEBEL
, WIKTOR SMOLINKSI
