Nikita Teryoshin - O Tannenbaum - Book Presentation
Please join us for the launch of Nikita Teryoshin's new book about the post-Xmas life of the Christmas tree in Berlin.
Wednesday 11th December 18:00-21.00
Bilband Berlin
Immanuelkirchstraße 33
10405 Berlin
Malte Uchtmann & Jan A Staiger - The Perfect Crime - Book Presentation
Please join us this Friday 6th December for a book presentation and talk about The Perfect Crime: Concerning the Murder of Reality - out now on Kult Books
Germany is a crime fiction country. If wanted, fictional murder and manslaughter can be witnessed many times a day throughout the main television networks. There are more than 238 crime series available on Germany’s six largest broadcasting channels. Based on the overrepresentation of fictional murder on German television, The Perfect Crime investigates the effect of crime series on our perception and behaviour. The work examines the use of imaging techniques within police work and its epistemic implications, as well as the question of how fictional narratives change our perception of reality.
Friday 6th December 18 -21.00
Bilband Berlin
Immanuelkirchstraße 33
10405 Berlin
Book signing and Artist Talk with Tim Carpenter, Matteo Di Giovanni & Charlie Simokaitis
Please join us on Saturday 16th November for a visit to Berlin by Tim Carpenter & Matteo Di Giovanni, published by The Ice Plant, and Charlie Simokaitis, published by TIS.
We will have a short talk with the artists about their books, followed by a signing.
Saturday 16th November 6-9pm
Bildband Berlin - Immanuelkirchstr. 33 10405 Berlin
Gregory Halpern: ‘King, Queen, Knave’ [Book signing]
Join Gregory Halpern in Berlin, where he will be signing copies of his new bookKing, Queen, Knave, an idiosyncratic vision of his hometown of Buffalo, New York that defies familiar narratives of post-industrial decline and embraces an enigmatic strain of reality verging on surrealism. The event will include a short talk from the artist, and a drinks reception.
Tuesday 12 November 18:30
Bilband, Berlin
Immanuelkirchstraße 33
10405 Berlin
About King, Queen, Knave
Over two decades, Gregory Halpern has been photographing in and around his hometown of Buffalo, New York, meticulously crafting the series of photographs that forms his latest monograph.King, Queen, Knaveis an idiosyncratic vision of a city amidst its contradictions, defying familiar narratives of post-industrial decline and embracing an enigmatic strain of reality verging on surrealism. Halpern’s mesmerising sequence unfurls as a stage across which distinct and unpredictable characters appear in and amongst solitary buildings, snowdrifts, and sun-bleached scenes of everyday transcendence.
The images often locate their subjects within the specificities of the season and balance a historical project with the immediacy of a moment in its individual radiance. Embracing themes of reversal and ascension, Halpern confronts the complexities of his birthplace and of contemporary America at large, seeing beauty intertwined with ugliness and redemption with despair. This lyrical new work is testament to the endless complexity of a place at once familiar and unknown.
Deadbeat Club Pop Up!
Join us on Saturday the 2nd of November for a rare visit to Berlin by Deadbeat Club, an award winning independent publisher located in Los Angeles, rooted in contemporary photography.
Signing with the following artists:
Magdalena Wywrot - Pestka
Courtney Allen - Splendor
Tracy L Chandler - A Poor Sort of Memory.
Bildband Berlin
Immanuelkirchstr 33
Saturday 2nd Nov 2024
16:00 – 19:00
Nearest Truth Editions Launch
Nearest Truth Editions will be launching on Friday the 1st of November a series of new photobooks from Xiaofu Wang, Qiu Yangzi, Jack Garland, Yasmin Masri, Adam Titchener, Brad Feuerhelm, Jesse Jackson IV and Cornelia Pierce.
Brad Feuerhelm and three of the photographers, Qiu Yangzi, Jack Garland and Xiaofu Wang will be present at the launch and will give short presentations about their books.
Bildband Berlin
Immanuelkirchstr 33
Friday 1st Nov 2024
18:00 – 21:00
*artist talk at 19:00
Artist Talk and Book Launch Joe Dilworth - Everything, All At Once Forever
Everything, All At Once Forever was the last track on side two of Th' Faith Healers second LP. It was 20 minutes long, because that's how long the tape was that we recorded it on. The engineer waved at us from the control room when the tape was about to run out, so we could stop in time. We only did one take, and that was the point. We didn't intend to do it again.
I played drums with Th' Faith Healers from 1988-94 and it taught me how to unlearn the 80's. The stranglehold that aspirational culture had on the UK become really stale by then, and there wasn't even the money to prop it up. It was a very claustrophobic time, I took a lot of pictures of my friends at home, because there wasn't anywhere else to go, social life was dropping round for tea. I'd lost touch with current music, I was playing drums with a rather loose jazz outfit, and listening to Krautrock. It's hard to convey just how few distractions there were. So I hadn't really been paying attention, but it seemed something different was going on. Not in terms of a particular sound, but an anti-careerist denial of present, future, time itself. A turn inwards, externalised, very loudly, to each other. - Joe Dilworth
Bildband Berlin
Immanuelkirchstr 33
Thursday 24th October 2024
18:00 – 21:00
*artist talk at 19:00
Artist Talk with Adam Golfer and Hanno Hauenstein - Kadish
Please join us for an artist talk with Adam Golfer and hanno hauenstein about Kadish.
Kaddish considers the loss of three people very close to me, and the way these voids are reflected in surprising and often absurd ways, everyday. The oldest picture in the book is of my great uncle in Rome in 1947. The most recent is of my shadow on a wall in Germany in 2023.
Hundreds of images collected and saved over the past twenty years form an amorphous, ambient scroll of information: pictures from my archive, texts, emails, images from family albums, home movies, screengrabs and iPhone photos.
The book probes a pendulum of personal grief, couched among the anxieties of historical memory and its relationship to violence playing out in the present. It is an unstable, living archive which traces a meandering path from New York to Germany, Israel and Palestine.
Bildband Berlin
Immanuelkirchstr 33
Thursday 17th October 2024
18:00 – 21:00
*artist talk at 19:00
Artist Talk and Book Signing with Sabīne Zoltnere - Sheltering Ballad
Please join us for the launch of Sheltering Ballad, a photobook by Sabīne Zoltnere, published by Replika Publishing. The event will feature an artist talk and a special poetry reading by Bogdan Licar.
Sheltering Ballad is an exploration of the author’s journey through grief following the loss of her father more than twenty years ago. The book presents a series of black-and-white photographs—still life, self-portraits, and images of nature—that serve as gateways into the author’s inmost experiences, vague memories, and shifting landscape of her emotional world. It’s a journal of her voyage through suffering in the search for peace and acceptance.
The visual narrative is complemented by written interventions by Bogdan Licar, whose meditative reflections open a parallel pathway, probing themes of memory, death, and search for meaning. His words, like the photographs, are marked by a profound sensitivity and a sharp awareness of the fragility of life.
Sheltering Ballad is a sanctuary of longing, desperation, sadness and love.
Bildband Berlin
Immanuelkirchstr 33
Thursday 10th October 2024
18:00 – 21:00
*artist talk at 19:00
Artist Talk and Book Signing with Irina Unruh - Where The Poplars Grow
Please join us for the presentation of Where The Poplars Grow by Irina Unruh, published by Shift Books.
How does a German village get to Kyrgyzstan? Before the autumn of 1988, Irina Unruh, who was nine years old, left Kyrgyzstan, which was then part of the Soviet Union, with her family. Two decades later, she returned to Telman, her home village, which lies in the valley of the Chui River and is called Grünfeld by the older residents. Like its surrounding ones, the village was founded in the 1920s by refugee German Mennonites.
Unruh tells her personal story of escape, displacement and home on the path of the history of Russian-Germans. Unruh’s photographic journey reveals the secrets that have been hidden for generations, the memories that are loudly remembered, and those that are only a whisper. Her photographs capture vast landscapes, intimate family moments, and friendly interactions. “Where The Poplars Grow” combines contemporary history and fragments of a family album.
As you turn the pages, you become aware of collective and individual memories and their gaps. Unruh’s desire to track down childhood memories and record them photographically raises many questions about political and family entanglements, language, and how a German village found its way to Kyrgyzstan.
Bildband Berlin
Immanuelkirchstr 33
Friday 4th October 2024
18:00 – 21:00
*artist talk at 19:00
Artist Talk and Book Signing with Cai Dongdong - Passing By Beijing
Please join us for the launch of Passing By Beijing by Cai Dongdong
Cai Dongdong is a Chinese artist, born in 1978 in Tianshui, China. This book comprises colour pictures over the last 20 years, documenting his move from northwest China to Beijing.
The artist talk will be hosted by Haishu Chen from Shushushushu Books.
Bildband Berlin
Immanuelkirchstr 33
Thursday 8th Aug 2024
18:00 – 21:00
*artist talk at 19:00
Artist Talk and Book Signing with Abdulhamid Kircher and Sabiha Çimen
Please join us for the launch of Rotting from Within published by Loose Joints, together with a joint signing and talk with Sahiba Çimen and her book Hafiz from Red Hook Editions.
Rotting from Within refers to a feeling described by Abdulhamid Kircher upon the unearthing of his father’s history: the discovery of the generational trauma within the patriarchs of his family and the subsequent task of uncovering the artist’s self amongst the things passed down. Beginning at the age of seventeen with the reacquaintance of his estranged father, recently released from incarceration for selling drugs and attempted murder, Kircher’s self-led journey into photography coincided with a reflection on his past. Born in Berlin and fleeing to the USA at a young age, the camera provided an entry point for intimacy and familiarity with his father and his Turkish culture and heritage while fostering a deep relationship with the photographic medium and its possibilities.
Sabiha Cimen spent three years photographing Girl Quran Schools in five cities in Turkey, a subject that she knows very well since she attended the same schools when she was a teenager with her twin sister. After becoming a photographer, she returned to those schools to work on her project that has now become the subject for her first book, Hafiz.
Bildband Berlin
Immanuelkirchstr 33
Friday 19th July 2024
18:00 – 21:00
*artist talk at 19:00
Artist talk and book signing Stephanie Kiwitt: Flächenland with the journalist August Modersohn / Spector
The title Flächenland is a reference to the geographical term, alluding to the urban sprawl in rural areas that the majority of people in Saxony-Anhalt live in. Stephanie Kiwitt took these atmospherically dense photographs while travelling through the state: on walks, from her car, or from the train. They show glimpses of towns, villages, and landscapes, often put together as sequences that communicate a shift in perspective or convey movement or a sense of getting closer. Kiwitt’s images describe a living space that has been hugely influenced by economic and social processes and is in an ongoing process of transformation. The photos give visual expression to political statements and signs of continuous structural change.
In the booklet accompanying the images, Jonathan Everts and Daniel Herrmann use Kiwitt’s photographic work as a means to reflect on the present and future of urban agglomerations and rural areas in Saxony-Anhalt.
Stephanie Kiwitt is a photographer and Professor of Communication Design / Photography at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle. Jonathan Everts is Professor of Human Geography at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. Daniel Herrmann is artistic director of the Werkleitz Centre for Media Art.
Bildband Berlin
Immanuelkirchstr 33
Thursday 4th of July 2024
18:00 – 21:00
*artist talk at 19:00
Bildband & Kominek Summer Sale
Next Saturday 29th June Bildband & Kominek Gallery are getting together for a big book clearout - display copies, slightly damaged copies, end of line, out of print - 1000s of titles at Bildband at 30% off!
Come and check it out, have a chat and buy some books 📚 ☀️
Bildband Berlin - Immanuelkirchstr. 33 & Kominek Gallery down the street at Immanuelkirchstr. 25 10405 Berlin
Saturday 29th June - 11:00 – 18:00
"Gaijin Eyes" Release
We are cordially inviting you to the second Gaijin Eyes event, at Bildband Berlin on the 27th of June (18.00 –21.00).
Gaijin Eyes is a tale, a visual and literary diary, born in Japan, raised in Berlin, a multidisciplinary project bringing together the crafts of several creatives.
The Japanese word „Gaijin“ translates to Foreigner or Outsider. The eyes of an outsider show us a different perspective on Japan. A very personal, yet relatable sight. Gaijin Eyes is an introverted experience of an observer.
A project by Vinc Gertoberens (@vinckurt), featuring Kiril Nagy (@kirilschocolate), Olivia Waligora (@lilemi2_), SMLR (@smlr), Jonas Wolff (@jwwwolff) and others.
New Backyard Diaries - Vol.III Atlantic City by Nikita Teryoshin
"Backyard Diaries" showcases backyard cats as an alternative to meme cats and classic cat content found on the internet. These cats are not being pushed around in strollers, nor do they come from prestigious pedigrees. They are constantly engaged in a sometimes harsh struggle for survival, and their appearance reflects their past experiences. Through my work, I pay tribute to these outsiders of society. On the other hand, the series also reveals the less touristy areas of cities that, like the cats themselves, are often subject to gentrification.
Bildband Berlin
Immanuelkirchstr 33
Thursday 20th of June 2024
18:00 – 21:00
*artist talk at 19:00
NoRoutine Books presentation
Lithuanian independent publishing platform NoRoutine Books will be
presenting publications released in last five years at the Bilband Berlin book store. In addition to that they will introduce their way of making a book and the process of working with the author. NoRoutine Books is an independent publishing initiative dedicated to designing and printing unique fine arts books. All publications are strictly limited to 99 copies (+AP) with some unique elements included. Post-printing processes are finalized in the NoRoutine Books studio.
NoRoutine Books works closely with artists to conceptualize and produce their works in book format. Through a collaborative process, NoRoutine Books ask artists to push the boundaries of their practice and experiment with different printing and binding processes. Often the book becomes an extension of the art piece.
NoRoutine Books publications are in collections of The British Library / European Collection, MoMa / Manhatan Artist Book Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Thomas J.Watson Library, Belvedere 21 / Salon fur Kunstbuch, Women’s Art Library / Goldsmith University of London, Lithuanian Natonal Library, Latvian National Library, etc.
NoRoutine Books was founded by two artists, Vilma Samulionytė and Gytis Skudžinskas, in summer 2014.
Bildband Berlin
Immanuelkirchstr 33
Friday 14th of June 2024
18:00 – 21:00
*artist talk at 19:00
Bildband Zine Workshop - Book Launch
Join us on the 6th of June to celebrate the book launch of 6 artists who Participated in the Bildband Zine Making Workshop. We had a wonderful weekend editing the projects and turning them into zines, now we’re excited to share with you the results ✨
If you are interested in taking part in future workshops this would be a great opportunity to get more info. New dates are coming soon!
Bildband Berlin
Immanuelkirchstr 33
Thursday 6th of June 2024
18:00 – 21:00
*artist talk at 19:00
Photos by@njklasThe artists:@hahauenstein@sebastianalten@emmacharlotta_@admagnusson@njklas@joshuasmock
Book Launch - Yoshihiro Suzuki: Eastbeats. Osaka 1964 – 1970
As a young man who had just moved from the countryside to the metropolis of Osaka, Suzuki Yoshihiro started a new life as a company worker by treating himself to a Minolta SRI single-lens reflex camera. In his free time, he wandered around the city, spontaneously and curiously photographing the urban landscape, in settings ranging from boulevards to shopping arcades and from the business district to traditional backstreets. Suzuki refers to himself as an ”amateur photographer,“ and his story is representative of the strong amateur photography movement in post-war Japan, which is for the most part unknown to the public, unlike the work of professional photographers who have been exhibited worldwide. Suzuki’s early photographs came to light by pure coincidence: his son’s wife discovered the negatives and developed them as contact sheets. More than fifty years after Suzuki’s photographs were taken, they are now finally being published as a photobook.
Present for the talk will be Yumi Son, the editor, Helmut Völter the Designer and Anne König the publisher.
Bildband Berlin
Immanuelkirchstr. 33 10405 Berlin
Thursday 30th May
18:00-21:00
Artist talk starts at 19:00
Book Launch - mind the gap, luv. by Kate Schultze
Mind the gap, luv. explores the aftermath of the Brexit referendum, focusing on regions like Yorkshire and the West Midlands where the Brexit vote was strongest, with significant long-term implications. I am curious about this decision’s effects, especially after discovering that many of my friends voted to leave the EU without a clear rationale. The series examines Brexit’s impact, capturing the prevailing Zeitgeist and exploring the relationship between »Britishness« as a cultural identity and the desire for independence from the EU, particularly among working-class adolescents. As an outsider and insider, my unique perspective shapes the project, aiming to gain insights into the Brexit vote’s reasons and potential effects on the UK’s future..
Bildband Berlin
Immanuelkirchstr. 33 10405 Berlin
Thursday the 23rd of May
18:00-21:00
Artist talk starts at 19:00
Book Launch - Musical Chairs by Max Zerrahn
In his third monograph, Musical Chairs, Max Zerrahn transcends the mundane
confines of everyday objects, liberating them from their human-imposed roles.
Drawing parallels with classical fairy tales reminiscent of the Brothers Grimm, Hans
Christian Anderson and Toy Story, inanimate objects begin to take on
a life of their own. The urban space transforms into a stage, devoid of human
presence, yet secretly coming alive.
Musical Chairs leverages the representational character of photography, the images
remain true to the subject without being aesthetically over-romanticized. By
embracing the medium’s inherent ability to capture and depict reality,
Max Zerrahn achieves a poetic yet humorous view of the hidden life of things and a
pointed engagement with the medium of photography and its capabilities.
The titular game of Musical Chairs provides the narrative structure for the book.
Similar to the children's game of musical chairs, where a chair is removed in each
round, the book is divided into chapters with decreasing page numbers.
Bildband Berlin
Immanuelkirchstr. 33 10405 Berlin
Thursday the 16th of May
18:00-21:00
Artist talk starts at 19:00