The curatorial concept presented in this exhibition concentrates on certain aspects of the festivals overall questions. Its concern is with the borders of photography. What criteria define a picture? What particular qualities give us the perception of a photograph and when do we give up on calling something a picture? 'pictorale molto male' takes a space related and site-specific approach to these themes. Its artists are interested in the relation between the idea and the materiality of photography. Their artworks not only deal with the physicality of pictures in space but also with space in a broader sense of the term; especially toward the one in which they are presented.

© Frauke Dannert, 2010, papercollage on wall plus carpet

© Matthias Wollgast, untitled, 2010

Installation view at Van Geertstraat 81 (work of Axel Braun)