CANCELLED: Who Did It Better in CCTV Cameras? – A Playful Championship

In view of the measures taken by the authorities due to the current developments in connection with the corona virus, this event will not take place. No events will take place on site at the Centre for Photography until further notice.

As part of the exhibition Street. Life Photography the final rounds of a playful tournament will take place: Curators turned sports commentators Ann-Christin Bertrand and Marco De Mutiis will present artistic projects that have been created using CCTV cameras. The works address questions of surveillance, voyeurism and control through the lens of photography and the camera. Bertrand and De Mutiis ultimately choose what they consider to be the most exciting and best work. Visitors play an important part in the process: They can cast their vote and decide who amongst the artist did it better in CCTV cameras!

The event takes place in English.

Admission: CHF 8 (plus admission to the exhibition)

For members: CHF 6 (including 20% discount and free admission to the exhibition)

Subject to changes due to the current situation.

Please note: At Fotozentrum masks are compulsory. Further information on the current safety and protection measures can be found here.

Marco De Mutiis is Digital Curator at Fotomuseum Winterthur, where he co-curates the experimental exhibition format and research laboratory SITUATIONS. He also directs Screen Walks, a series of live-streamed explorations of online spaces with artists.

Ann-Christin Bertrand is a curator, writer and lecturer in photography. She has been working for ten years as a curator at C/O Berlin, where she is responsible for young, contemporary positions as well as for questions about the future of the medium.

Fleeting encounters in the streets of international metropolises calm suburban scenes, thriving thoroughfares, quirky everyday settings – street photography presents the diversity of our urban spaces and the people who live in them. The exhibition Street. Life. Photography and its five kaleidoscopically arranged sections with different thematic approaches offer a range of very different perspectives on city life and ways of photographing the street. In this exhibition, international contemporary photographers like Maciej Dakowicz, Loredana Nemes and Harri Pälviranta are contrasted with historical positions such as those of Diane Arbus, Lee Friedlander, William Klein, Harry Callahan and Lisette Model.