Press release ULRIKE OTTINGER BILD ARCHIVE January 23 –March 21, 2004 Opening: Thursday, January 22 2004, 7 p.m. Curator: Catherine David From 23 January until 21 March 2004 Witte de With will host a solo presentation of the work of Ulrike Ottinger. The exhibition is a retrospective of Ulrike Ottinger’s photography that highlights its relationship with her film work. Curated by Catherine David in close collaboration with the artist, the exhibition is part of the Witte de With programme in connection with the 33rd International Film Festival Rotterdam. Since her debut film, Laokoon & Sons, in the early 1970s, Ulrike Ottinger (b. Konstanz, 1942) has been a unique and provocative voice in the German cinema. Since then she has made 17 films, ranging from experimental documentaries to full-length feature films characterized by her innovative and expressionistic use of costume, staging, and composition. Recently she finished her latest film Twelve Chairs which was filmed at various locations in the Ukraine. Besides directing films she has worked in theatre and published a number of books. As a photographer Ulrike Ottinger developed an extensive œuvre by continuously capturing reality and fiction in different forms. Her work consists of registrations of the world around her and fictional interpretations and visualizations of people in various situations. Making careful selections from her collection of photos, postcards, and other images, Ottinger puts together visual notebooks which she uses as scripts for her films. Such “scrapbooks” may include photo sessions with friends and actors, portraits, pictures, and documents collected while travelling through Asia and Eastern Europe. The exhibition at Witte de With will evoke the extensive research undertaken by Ulrike Ottinger before shooting a film by showing selections related to early films such as Superbia – The Pride (1986) and Usinimage (1987), as well as to more recent work such as Southeast Passage (2002). Publication: An overview of Ulrike Ottinger’s work will be published in collaboration with Cantz Verlag in autumn 2004. Opening of the Ulrike Ottinger exhibition: Thursday, 22 January 2004, 7-9 p.m. (simultaneously with Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, the Nederlands Fotomuseum, the Goethe Institute, galerie RAM, TENT., and V2. CBK and IFFR have organized a screening of Cai Guo-Qiang in the Lantaren/Venster theater at 6 p.m.) Press photos: www.wdw.nl/persfoto/ottinger
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