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The photographers Ursula Arnold, Sibylle Bergemann and Evelyn Richter were contemporary witnesses of upheavals that are still epoch-defining caesuras today: the construction of the Wall in 1961, the Peaceful Revolution in 1989 and the fall of the Wall (1989). In their photographs, they captured these events, but above all everyday life in the GDR: critically, realistically, but always with an empathetic and special eye for the people who lived in this country. In their art, they have dealt with the social conditions in a stubborn and independent way, and their photographs - of self-confident and self-determined women, among others - are still icons today.

What meanings do their photographic works have for us today? How do we interpret and read the works against the backdrop of current upheavals? How does the next generation of (female) photographers deal with aspects of being a woman, feminism and self-determination and with memories of the past that reach into the present? These are the questions we will be addressing this evening.

In the cherished tradition of "Generation Talks on East Germany", selected works and texts from the estates of Ursula Arnold, Sibylle Bergemann and Evelyn Richter will be presented in a reflective manner by their granddaughters and nieces. The Leipzig-based photographer Cihan Çakmak puts her work into a lively dialogue with the works. The clarinettist Constance Morvan creates exciting spaces and sounds in her music.

You are cordially invited to an evening

with Dorothea Arnold (actress and co-administrator of the Ursula Arnold estate)
Cihan Çakmak (photographer)
Lily von Wild (art photo historian)
Dr Jeanette Stoschek (Deputy Director Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig, Evelyn Richter & Ursula Arnold Archive, supported by the Ostdeutsche Sparkassen-Stiftung)
Franziska Richter (Culture & Politics Officer, Politics in East Germany, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung)

Constance Morvan, jazz musician, clarinet

Curatorial advice: Franziska Schmidt, art and photo historian

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