Photo exhibition in memory of Robert Conrad
775 years of Greifswald: Robert Conrad from Greifswald + in Berlin and the world
Photo exhibition in memory of Robert Conrad
Two years after the sudden death of photographer Robert Conrad (1962-2023), we would like to commemorate him with two exhibitions in Greifswald.
Robert Conrad grew up in Greifswald and discovered his love of architecture and photography here. He began documenting the changes to the cityscape as early as the 1980s. Away from the state-organized cultural scene, he and his friends also organized ESG events, readings and unauthorized rock and punk concerts in demolished buildings and backyards in Greifswald. He often showed his slides and photographs of the disappearance of Greifswald's old town.
Around 60 photographic works illustrate central aspects of his work in a joint exhibition in St. Marien and the Koeppenhaus. Beginning with early works in St. Marien from Greifswald in the 1980s, the exhibition in the Koeppenhaus documents Conrad's life from the late GDR regime, from the Wall in Berlin to worldwide travels to exciting architecture in the new world that was now accessible to him after the Wall came down.
The exhibition is a cooperation between Koeppenhaus, St. Marien Greifswald and the Robert Havemann Society with the support of Margrit Kühl and many of Robert Conrad's companions.
St. Marien until June 9, 10 am - 4 pm, free admission
Koeppenhaus until July 3, Tue-Fri 2 pm - 6 pm, special opening for MV Day on Sun, June 22 from 12 pm - 4 pm, free admission
Sat, May 24, 7 pm, St. Marien - Super 8 films Greifswald in the 80s with Thomas Frick, sounds by Rex Joswig and Pegman (Herbst in Peking)
Wed, June 18, 8 pm, Koeppenhaus - Film "Berlin Utopiekadaver" with director Johannes Blume, documentary about a wave of evictions of Berlin house projects.
Fri, June 27, 8 pm, Koeppenhaus, concert performance for the Long Evening of the Greifswald Galleries
Photo (c) Colonia Marina "XXVIII Ottobre" in Cattolica and St. Marien (c) Robert Conrad, Robert Havemann Society
Organizer: St. Marien and Koeppenhaus
