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:news190@zasb.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20180328T154001 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20180420T000000 SUMMARY:Exhibition: 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 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 development of coloni al and post-colonial times in numerous African countries\, as documented by state and private press agencies. In addition\, it documents the funct ion\, use and organization of a medium that has contributed so much to th e formation of national identities by visualizing the struggles for self- determination and justice. While most of the material in the exhibition comes from the press photo archive in Buea\, a small part of the exhibiti on shows press photos from South Africa\, which have developed a special dynamic and language in the context of the local and international anti-a partheid movement. The results of a contemporary\, artistic examination o f historical photographs provide an insight into their possible uses beyo nd purely scholarly questions and applications.\\r\\nThe exhibition makes a point on the cultural and social-historical significance and research p otential of press photographs and press photo archives in Africa. It is a lso a plea for their preservation\, protection and use since if the conti nent's visual cultural heritage is forgotten and not used\, there is a ri sk that African press photo archives will literally disappear from the sc ene. \\r\\nImages of Current Affairs. Press Photography and Archives in Af rica is the result of the project carried out by African Photography Ini tiatives between 2013 and 2015 Press Photo Archive Buea\, Cameroon\, long- term preservation\, conservation and access and was shown for the first ti me in summer 2017 with great success at the University Library of Basel.\\ r\\nFor some years now\, and increasingly\, African photography\, especial ly historical (western) African studio and contemporary art photography\, has been attracting public attention\, while African press photography i s still largely unknown in its function as a time capsule and memory stor e for future generations. State press photo agencies on the African conti nent have played an eminently important role in the formation of national and pan-African identities in the post-colonial era.\\r\\nSince their cr eation during and shortly after the Second World War\, state-run African p ress and photo agencieshave been profoundly influenced by various politica l and\, in particular\, technological changes. The first is the transform ation of colonial information services into institutions serving the new and independent nations. The other changes concern the technological chan ge from black-and-white to colour photography and from analogue to digita l 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 collected\, stored and organized and from where the images reach the public. How this happens a nd how it is regulated\, under which political\, social\, legal and mater ial conditions\, has immediate and long-term effects on access to the pho tographs\, on their use and circulation\, in short\, on the public presenc e of press photographs and their long-term material survival.\\r\\nWhile t he majority of the exhibition's material comes from the press photo archiv e in Buea (Cameroon)\, a small part of the exhibition presents press photo s 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 from Uganda.\\r\\nFurther information: www.a frican-photography-initiatives.org [http://african-photography-initiatives .org/index.php/exhibitions/bilder-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 Affair s. Press Photography and Archives in Africa is now shown in Zürich at P hotobastei.

Richly illustrated\, the exhibition provides vis itors with an insight into the political\, social and economic developmen t of colonial and post-colonial times in numerous African countries\, as documented by state and private press agencies. In addition\, it document s the function\, use and organization of a medium that has contributed so much to the formation of national identities by visualizing the struggle s for self-determination and justice.

While most of the mate rial in the exhibition comes from the press photo archive in Buea\, a sma ll part of the exhibition shows press photos from South Africa\, which ha ve developed a special dynamic and language in the context of the local a nd international anti-apartheid movement. The results of a contemporary\, artistic examination of historical photographs provide an insight into t heir possible uses beyond purely scholarly questions and applications.\nT he exhibition makes a point on the cultural and social-historical signi ficance and research potential of press photographs and press photo archives in Africa. It is also a plea for their preservation\, prote ction and use since if the continent's visual cultural heritage is forgot ten and not used\, there is a risk that African press photo archives will literally disappear from the scene. \nImages of Current Affairs. Press P hotography and Archives in Africa is the result of the project carried ou t by African Photography Initiatives between 2013 and 2015 Press Photo Archive Buea\, Cameroon\, long-term preservation\, conservation and acces s and was shown for the first time in summer 2017 with great success a t the University Library of Basel.\nFor some years now\, and increasingly\ , African photography\, especially historical (western) African studio an d contemporary art photography\, has been attracting public attention\, w hile African press photography is still largely unknown in its fun ction as a time capsule and memory store for future generations. State pr ess photo agencies on the African continent have played an eminently impo rtant role in the formation of national and pan-African identities in the post-colonial era.\nSince their creation during and shortly after the Sec ond World War\, state-run African press and photo agencieshave b een profoundly influenced by various political and\, in particular\, techn ological changes. The first is the transformation of colonial informa tion services into institutions serving the new and independent nations. The other changes concern the technological change from black-and-white t o 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 institutio n in which press photographs are collected\, stored and organized and fro m where the images reach the public. How this happens and how it is regul ated\, under which political\, social\, legal and material conditions\, h as immediate and long-term effects on access to the photographs\, on thei r use and circulation\, in short\, on the public presence of press phot ographs and their long-term material survival.\nWhile the majority of the exhibition's material comes from the press photo archive in Buea (C ameroon)\, a small part of the exhibition presents press photos from < b>South Africa\, which have developed a special dynamic and language in the context of the local and international anti-apartheid movement\, a s well as press photographs from Uganda.\nFurther information:< /b> www.african-photography-initiatives.org DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20180520T000000 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR