Eva Olthof
In der Freihand
01 May - 05 Jul 2015
EVA OLTHOF
In der Freihand
1 May - 5 July 2015
Where is history “made?” Inspired by this question Eva Olthof has worked since 2010 on projects in which she researches certain events or locations through testimonials and documentation. She collects fragments, photographs (both taken by herself and found), archival material, texts and objects, searching for the boundaries between the documentary and imaginary image. Olthof will present an installation at TENT in which her new publication Return to Rightful Owner plays a central role. The politics of forgetting, remembering and citing, is the central theme of the book, which takes the origination of the Amerika-Gedenkblibliothek in Berlin as its starting point. This public academic library, modeled after the Public Library, was opened in 1954 as a gift from the American people to the population of West Berlin.
In der Freihand
1 May - 5 July 2015
Where is history “made?” Inspired by this question Eva Olthof has worked since 2010 on projects in which she researches certain events or locations through testimonials and documentation. She collects fragments, photographs (both taken by herself and found), archival material, texts and objects, searching for the boundaries between the documentary and imaginary image. Olthof will present an installation at TENT in which her new publication Return to Rightful Owner plays a central role. The politics of forgetting, remembering and citing, is the central theme of the book, which takes the origination of the Amerika-Gedenkblibliothek in Berlin as its starting point. This public academic library, modeled after the Public Library, was opened in 1954 as a gift from the American people to the population of West Berlin.