(CON)TEMPORARY CONDITIONS: Wolfgang Ullrich
What does photography mean today—and what might it become tomorrow? To mark the reopening of the Haus der Photographie at the Deichtorhallen Hamburg, international artists, photographers, and scholars share their perspectives on the current state of photographic practice in the series (CON)TEMPORARY CONDITIONS: from new imaging technologies and changing viewing habits to questions of authorship, materiality, and responsibility. (CON)TEMPORARY CONDITIONS invites us to question existing notions and to rethink photography as an open, constantly evolving field.
Wolfgang Ullrich, born in Munich in 1967, studied philosophy, art history, logic/philosophy of science, and German language and literature. In addition to teaching positions at various universities, he served as an assistant at the Institute of Art History at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, a visiting professor of art theory at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg, and a professor of art history and media theory at the State University of Design in Karlsruhe. He lives in Leipzig as a freelance author. He has authored numerous publications, particularly on the history and critique of the concept of art, modern visual cultures, and phenomena of affluence. He is co-editor of the series DIGITALE BILDKULTUREN. His most recent book, “Memokratie. Social Media and Authoritarian Visual Politics,” was published by Klaus Wagenbach Verlag.