Exhibition structure

I. “Foreign home”, photographs by Kai Löffelbein, 1st prize, zenith Photo Award 2011 (11 photographs)
II. “In search”, photographs by Agata Szymanska-Medina, 2nd prize, zenith Photo Award 2011 (11 photographs)
III. “We, they and I”, photographs by Feriel Bendjama, 3rd prize, zenith Photo Award 2011 (12 photographs)
IV. “Gropiusstadt, Berlin”, photographs by Lukas Fischer, online readers award, zenith Photo Award 2011 (11 photographs)
V. Selected works by other competition entrants (21 photographs)

Scope of the exhibition

• 66 photographs (b/w and colour), 63 of them framed:
• 18 frames measuring 100 x 70 cm (3 portrait, 15 landscape)
• 45 frames measuring 58 x 45 cm (21 portrait, 24 landscape)
• One stand for visitor book and information material
• Colour of the frames: uncoated aluminium / mount card: grey
• Introductory text on Dibond measuring 60 x 40 cm
• 14 short texts (5.5 x 12.5 cm) accompanying the exhibits and four long texts (8.6 x 12.5 cm), mounted on Dibond
• Approx. 50 m continuous wall space is required to hang the frames.

• Total weight of crates: approx. 500 kg
• The transport crates are mounted on castors..

• A loan period of at least eight weeks is usual.
• The borrower shall insure the loaned items “from nail to nail” (insurance value: 12,365.00 Euros).
• The borrower shall be responsible for organizing and paying for transportation of the loaned items to its exhibition venue and return transportation in consultation with Haus der Geschichte Foundation.
• The borrower shall provide suitable exhibition space including the exhibition technology (gallery rails/partitions).
• The borrower shall contribute to handling costs, the costs of the basic layout of communication media and covering licence rights by paying a one-off fee of 250 Euros.
• The borrower shall conduct public relations work (see below).
• The borrower shall provide 2-3 photos of the space or institution where the exhibition is to be held for possible announcements in Haus der Geschichte publications.
• Entrance to the exhibition must be free.

• The borrower shall compile exhibition documentation, which is to be given to Haus der Geschichte after the end of the exhibition. The documentation shall include:
  • 5-10 representative photos of the exhibition at the borrower’s venue with and without visitors
  • Information on visitor numbers
  • Press reviews
  • Visitor comments / copies of the visitor book

General
The borrower shall hold an opening event and send the lender specimen copies of the invitation to the exhibition opening in good time. The borrower shall conduct PR work and organize a supporting programme for the exhibition. Haus der Geschichte shall for its part provide a press release and press photos.

Poster and invitation
Haus der Geschichte shall provide the borrower with a fixed contingent of 50 posters and 300 invitations bearing the exhibition motif without any individualized imprint. The latter can be carried out at the borrower’s request and expense in consultation with Haus der Geschichte. Additional contingents of these materials can be purchased at cost price.

Opening event
A representative of Haus der Geschichte must be requested to open the exhibition. The borrower is obliged to cover the travel expenses and if necessary the cost of overnight accommodation.

Publication of the photos is only permitted in the context of reporting on the exhibition and together with the copyright notice.

Colourful and diverse? That is how we see Muslim life in Germany in a selection of photos from the zenith Photo Award 2011. In 2011 zenith, the “magazine for the Orient”, and Stiftung Mercator launched a competition calling on entrants to photograph the life of Muslims in Germany in all its facets. The exhibition for hire by Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland Foundation presents some 70 images from this nationwide competition.

In addition to photo series by the prize-winners, the exhibition also showcases selected images by other entrants. Eighty-four participants, both Muslims and non-Muslims, addressed the topic. They include professional photographers, photography students and enthusiastic amateurs. Staged and documentary photos, quizzical gazes from the outside inwards, and attempts at explanation from the inside together offer an panorama of different artistic approaches.

The photographs enable kaleidoscopic insights into the everyday life and lifeworld of Muslims in Germany – at home, on the street, at work, at school or in their spare time. Kai Löffelbein won first prize with “Foreign home”. The photo series shows children on a playground, youths at a teahouse, and a Kurdish husband and wife in a refugee home.

He wanted to convey “a sense of the foreign and of being unwelcome” with his photos, says the prize-winner. With her photos, Agata Szymanska-Medina (2nd Prize) tells the story of a young Palestinian who has been living in Germany for one year between his old and his new home. Feriel Bendjama won 3rd Prize for her self-portrait wearing a headscarf and various accessories in a photo series: “In my work I reflect my personal observations and encounters with the headscarf,” she comments.

Together, the photographs produce an especially multi-facetted picture and reveal the various, colourful forms of expression of Muslim culture in Germany.

“Muslims in Germany. Images from the zenith Photo Award” is an exhibition by Stiftung Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland in cooperation with zenith - Zeitschrift für den Orient and Stiftung Mercator. The first presentation was held in the Underground Gallery at Haus der Geschichte in Bonn. The exhibition “Muslims in Germany. Images from the zenith Photo Award” ran from 12 October 2012 until 17 June 2013.