KOPFTUCH FÜR DEN HERRN

Since the question keeps coming up. Is there a work by Banksy in Berlin? More than 20 years ago, hardly anyone noticed when he was officially part of an exhibition and painted directly on the wall. And then the painting got its very own story.

The original mural by Banksy ‘Every picture tells a lie’ was created as part of the exhibition ‘Backjumps – Volume:1’ in 2003. After the end of the exhibition it was painted over for the subsequent exhibition. Eight years and many layers later, the work was uncovered again by a restorer commissioned by Brad Downey and presented under the title: ‘What Lies Beneath’, 2011 (Materials: restored/extracted ‘Banksy’). During the exhibition there was speculation about the sale of the work. To prevent this, the artist Brad Downey destroyed the painting with a hammer and chisel. He took the splinters and thus Banksy’s work home with him. Eight years later, in his exhibition ‘Brad Downey – Slow Motion Disasters’ at the same venue, Haus Bethanien in Berlin, parts of the painting returned as ‘Flying Copper’. Whether the story will continue remains to be seen… Three photos of the wall in Bethanien from 2011, as well as the ‘Flying Copper’ can be seen here in the photo gallery.

While the conference is over, the mowo exhibition is still running up to sep 29th, 2013. If you are in the neighborhood of Torrevieja / Alicante‎ you are welcome to see about 200 photos. The show includes a series of five photos taken from my project ‘architecture – eye on detail’

Sala de Exposiciones Vista Alegre (map)
C/ Concepción esquina Paseo Vista Alegre, 03181 Torrevieja, Alicante‎

español:
MOWO EXHIBITION es la gran exposición de MOWO, el Encuentro de la Comunidad de Fotografía Móvil que se celebra en Torrevieja, por segundo año consecutivo, del 13 al 15 de septiembre y que cuenta con el patrocinio del Patronato de Turismo de la Costa Bianca y el Ayuntaniento de Torrevieja.

En esta exposición las 200 fotografías han sido capturadas y editadas con un teléfono móvil. 100 de ellas han sido seleccionadas de entre más de 19000 que se han presentado al concurso que MOWO ha realizado para ello. El resto pertenecen a los ponentes invitados.

Los puntos de vista que nos encontramos son muy distintos y variados donde prima el sentido artístico y la creatividad. Imágenes de calle, niños, paisajes, retratos, en color o en blanco y negro, convierten esta exposición en una excelente muestra del nivel actual de la fotografía móvil en España y en el resto de países. La fotografía móvil es de todos y para todos.

I will give a presentation of my photo project ‘architecture – eye on detail’.

Saturday, Sep. 14th
12:30 MOWOCAST “Architecture – eye on detail” @bazillus

‘architecture – eye on detail’
Details of architecture as ‘Urban Time Stamps’. My focus is on excerpts and reduction of interfaces and nodes. A challenge to find the essence of the works as well as they transform the content in an independent abstract image.
The combination of architecture, space, light and urban landscape creates an atmosphere of a certain moment. Concrete and light as marker of history in the urbanity. Abstraction and cut outs as a trigger of imagination. Photos create memory. They are not final result but rather a start to imagine and to remember.

About me:
“Architecture – eye on detail” @bazillus
Uli Schuster – CV (español)

MOWO 2013
‘The World’s Photomobile Community Meeting’
Torrevieja (Spain) 13-14-15 september