Writings/ Lectures.

Writings on Japanese Photography

[Engl./Ger.] “A different (post)-Modern Age. Comments on present-day Japanese photography”. In: Cat. 5. Internationale Fototage Herten, Herten 1999. p. 12-13, 173

[Ger.] “Crisis, what Crisis? Japanische Fotografie in Zeiten des Umbruchs” (Crisis, what Crisis? Japanese Photography in Times of Change). In: Photonews, no. 9, Sept. 2000, p. 12-13

[Engl/Ger.] „Heiner Schilling” (Tokyo Photography), in: European Photography, no. 70, Vol. 22, Winter 2001/2002, p. 34

[Ger.] Review: “Japanese Box”. 6 facsimile reprints and a text booklet in a wooden box. Ed. Christoph Schifferli, 2001. In: Photography now, no. 1-02, January 2002

[Ger.] Review: “The Japanese Experience – Inevitable”. Ed. Brehm, Margit, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal. Ostfildern 2002. In: European Photography, no. 72, Vol. 23, no. 2, Winter 2002/2003, p. 67-68

[Ger.] Review: Under Construction. Anmerkungen zu der neuen „History of Japanese Photography” (Comments on the new “History of Japanese Photography). In: Photonews, no. 7-8, Juli/August 2003, p. 10

[Ger.] “Japan in Graz. Ausstellung und Symposion bei Camera Austria” (Japan in Graz [Austria]. Exhibition and Symposium at Camera Austria). In: Photonews, no. 12-1, Dezember 2003/ Januar 2004, p. 8-9

[Ger.] Review: “Yuki Onodera: Camera Chimera”, 2003. In: Photography now, no. 1-04, January 2004

[Engl./Ger.] Review: “Aoi Sora: Polgasun”, 2005. In: European Photography, no. 78, Vol. 26, Fall/Winter 2005, p. 60

[Ger.] Review: “Kohei Yoshiuki: The Park”, 2007. In: Photography now, no. 1-08, January 2008

[Ger.] “Experiment und Spiel. Anmerkungen zu japanischen Fotobüchern der Gegenwart” (Experiment and Play. Remarks on Contemporary Japanese Photobooks). In: PhotonewsThema: “Das Fotobuch”, Supplement zu Photonews, no. 5/08, 2008, p. 12-13

[Engl.] Interview: “Mariko Takeuchi. Focus on contemporary Japanese photography”. In: Foam magazine #17, December 2008, p. 23-26

[Ger.] “Issei Suda. Die Transformation der Blume” (Issei Suda. The Transformation of the Flower). In: Photonews 02/09, 2009

Lectures/ Talks on Japanese Photography (selection)

[Engl.] “Positions of Subjective Documentary Photography. Robert Frank, Danny Lyon, Nan Goldin, Araki Nobuyoshi)”. Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, 1997

[Engl.] “Contemporary Japanese Photography Books”. Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, 1998

[Ger.] “Der Einfluss der deutschen Fotoavantgarde auf die japanische Fotografie in den 20er/30er Jahren” (The Influence of the Germany Avant-Garde on the Japanese Photography in the 1920s/30s). German Institute for Japanese Studies, Tokyo, 1998

[Ger.] “Der Trend der Zukunft? Anmerkungen zu den Arbeiten der jüngsten Generation japanischer Fotografinnen” (The Future Trend? Comments on Works of the Youngest Generation of Japanese Women Photographers). 11th German Language Meeting for Japanese Studies, University Trier, 1999

[Ger.] “Japanische Fotografie zwischen Kunst und Entertainment” (Japanese Photography in between Art and Entertainment). Department for Art History, University Munich, 2001

[Ger.] “Reste des Authentischen: Positionen Japanischer Fotografie der Gegenwart” (Remnants of the Authentic: Positions of Contemporary Japanese Photography), Department for Art History, Leipzig University, 2001

[Ger.] “Sentimental Story: Positionen der japanischen Fotografie der Gegenwart”, (Sentimental Story: Positions of Japanese Photography), Museum of Asian Art, Berlin Dahlem, 2003

[Ger.] “Die Bildmaschine – Fotografie in der japanischen Popkultur” (The image machine – Photography and Japanese Pop Culture), Department of Japanese Studies, Frankfurt University, 2003

[Ger.] Laudatio on Daido Moriyama on occasion of the Culture Award of the German Photographic Society for Daido Moriyama. Photographic Collection, SK-Stiftung, Cologne, 2004

[Engl.] “Superflat. New Japanese Art and Pop Culture”. Département d’Archéologie et d’Histoire de l’Art, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, 2005

[Ger.] “Zeitgenössische japanische Fotografie und Lifestyle”. (Contemporary Japanese Photography and Lifestyle). Symposium: Photography and Lifestyle in Japan from 1945 until Today. Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland, 2006

[Ger.] “Daido Moriyama und die Provoke Ära”. (Daido Moriyama and the Provoke Era), Photographic Collection, SK-Stiftung Kultur, Cologne 2007

[Ger.] Talk with Nobuyoshi Araki in his exhibition “Kinbaku”. Jablonka Gallery, Berlin 2008

[Engl.] Conference to present the Japan guest of honour project, moderated by Mariko Takeuchi, guest curator, with Ferdinand Brueggemann, associate director of the Galerie Priska Pasquer (Cologne), Etsurô Ishihara, founder of Zeit Foto Salon (Tokyo), Anne Wilkes Tucker, curator for photography, Houston Museum of Fine Arts, author of “The History of Japanese Photography” (2003), Paris Photo 2008.

Teaching

Guest Lecturer at the Department for Japanese Studies, Frankfurt University:
- Course: “‘Tokyo Style’: Fotografie und Lifestyle in Japans Metropole” (Tokyo Style: Photography and Lifestyle the Capital of Japan), summer semester 2003
- Course: “Superflat” – Fotografie / Malerei und Popkultur in Japan (Superflat – Photography/ Painting and Pop Culture in Japan), winter semester 2003/2004

Guest Lecturer, Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig
“Japanische Fotografie von der Moderne bis zur Gegenwart” (Japanese Photograpahy from the Modern Era until Today), 2-day course, 2007