BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.5.7//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news207@zasb.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20180405T160343 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20180419T190000 SUMMARY:Exhibition Opening: "Press Photography and Archives in Africa" DESCRIPTION:After a successful show during four months in the summer of 20 17 at the university library Basel the exhibition Images of Current Affa irs. Press Photography and Archives in Africa is now shown in Zürich at Photobastei. Richly illustrated\, the exhibition provides visitors w ith an insight into the political\, social and economic development of c olonial and post-colonial times in numerous African countries\, as docum ented by state and private press agencies. In addition\, it documents th e function\, use and organization of a medium that has contributed so mu ch to the formation of national identities by visualizing the struggles for self-determination and justice. While most of the material in the e xhibition comes from the press photo archive in Buea\, a small part of t he exhibition shows press photos from South Africa\, which have develope d a special dynamic and language in the context of the local and interna tional anti-apartheid movement. The results of a contemporary\, artistic examination of historical photographs provide an insight into their pos sible uses beyond purely scholarly questions and applications.\\r\\nThe exhibition makes a point on the cultural and social-historical significanc e and research potential of press photographs and press photo archives in Africa. It is also a plea for their preservation\, protection and use si nce if the continent's visual cultural heritage is forgotten and not use d\, there is a risk that African press photo archives will literally d isappear from the scene. \\r\\nImages of Current Affairs. Press Photograph y and Archives in Africa is the result of the project carried out by Afr ican Photography Initiatives between 2013 and 2015 Press Photo Archive B uea\, Cameroon\, long-term preservation\, conservation and access and was shown for the first time in summer 2017 with great success at the Universi ty Library of Basel.\\r\\nFor some years now\, and increasingly\, African photography\, especially historical (western) African studio and contemp orary art photography\, has been attracting public attention\, while Afr ican press photography is still largely unknown in its function as a tim e capsule and memory store for future generations. State press photo age ncies on the African continent have played an eminently important role i n the formation of national and pan-African identities in the post-colon ial era.\\r\\nSince their creation during and shortly after the Second Wor ld War\, state-run African press and photo agencieshave been profoundly in fluenced by various political and\, in particular\, technological changes. The first is the transformation of colonial information services into institutions serving the new and independent nations. The other changes concern the technological change from black-and-white to colour photogr aphy and from analogue to digital photography on the one hand\, and the emergence of the Internet on the other. Such changes have had a lasting ef fect on the archive\, the place and the institution in which press photo graphs are collected\, stored and organized and from where the images re ach the public. How this happens and how it is regulated\, under which political\, social\, legal and material conditions\, has immediate and l ong-term effects on access to the photographs\, on their use and circula tion\, in short\, on the public presence of press photographs and their lo ng-term material survival.\\r\\nWhile the majority of the exhibition's mat erial comes from the press photo archive in Buea (Cameroon)\, a small part of the exhibition presents press photos from South Africa\, which have developed a special dynamic and language in the context of the local and international anti-apartheid movement\, as well as press photographs fr om Uganda.\\r\\nFurther information: www.african-photography-initiatives.o rg [http://african-photography-initiatives.org/index.php/exhibitions/bilde r-des-zeitgeschehens-ii] X-ALT-DESC:After a successful show during four months in the summer of 201 7 at the university library Basel the exhibition Images of Current Affai rs. Press Photography and Archives in Africa is now shown in Zürich at Photobastei.

Richly illustrated\, the exhibition provides visitors with an insight into the political\, social and economic devel opment of colonial and post-colonial times in numerous African countries \, as documented by state and private press agencies. In addition\, it d ocuments the function\, use and organization of a medium that has contri buted so much to the formation of national identities by visualizing the struggles for self-determination and justice.

While most o f the material in the exhibition comes from the press photo archive in B uea\, a small part of the exhibition shows press photos from South Afric a\, which have developed a special dynamic and language in the context o f the local and international anti-apartheid movement. The results of a contemporary\, artistic examination of historical photographs provide an insight into their possible uses beyond purely scholarly questions and applications.\nThe exhibition makes a point on the cultural and social- historical significance and research potential of press photographs and press photo archives in Africa. It is also a plea for their pre servation\, protection and use since if the continent's visual cultural heritage is forgotten and not used\, there is a risk that African press photo archives will literally disappear from the scene. \nImages of Curr ent Affairs. Press Photography and Archives in Africa is the result of t he project carried out by African Photography Initiatives between 2013 a nd 2015 Press Photo Archive Buea\, Cameroon\, long-term preservation\, conservation and access and was shown for the first time in summer 201 7 with great success at the University Library of Basel.\nFor some years n ow\, and increasingly\, African photography\, especially historical (wes tern) African studio and contemporary art photography\, has been attract ing public attention\, while African press photography is still largely unknown in its function as a time capsule and memory store for futu re generations. State press photo agencies on the African continent have played an eminently important role in the formation of national and p an-African identities in the post-colonial era.\nSince their creation duri ng and shortly after the Second World War\, state-run African press and photo agencieshave been profoundly influenced by various political and\, in particular\, technological changes. The first is the trans formation of colonial information services into institutions serving the new and independent nations. The other changes concern the technologica l change from black-and-white to colour photography and from analogue to digital photography on the one hand\, and the emergence of the Internet on the other. Such changes have had a lasting effect on the archive\, the place and the institution in which press photographs are collec ted\, stored and organized and from where the images reach the public. H ow this happens and how it is regulated\, under which political\, social \, legal and material conditions\, has immediate and long-term effects o n access to the photographs\, on their use and circulation\, in short\, on the public presence of press photographs and their long-term materia l survival.\nWhile the majority of the exhibition's material comes fro m the press photo archive in Buea (Cameroon)\, a small part of the exhibition presents press photos from South Africa\, which have d eveloped a special dynamic and language in the context of the local and international anti-apartheid movement\, as well as press photographs fro m Uganda.\nFurther information: www.african-photography-in itiatives.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR