Land's End

About the project

The place of the 'topography of terror' as reflected in contemporary photography.

Content of 'Land's End'

"'Land’s End' features ten artists who photographed what is now the 'Topography of Terror 'site between 1981 und 2014, including John GOSSAGE, Michael SCHMIDT and Joachim BROHM.
The connection between photography and memory is obvious: photographs, like our memories, are drawn from reality, yet they convey a pictorial materiality all of their own. In their role as editors, Andreas GEHRKE and Michael DISQUÉ adopt an artistic approach to address the site, a place that was initially rendered unrecognizable by demolition and repurposing, rediscovered in the 1980s and embedded in the historical memory by the 'Topography of Terror Foundation'. The photographic surveys, depictions and descriptions in Land’s End reveal changes in the landscape and the medium of photography alike. Viewed as a whole, the images do not create a panoptic overview of the area, but rather an approximation of the site within our collective memory." (publisher's note, © Drittel Books, 2019)

About the participated photographers

Joachim BROHM

Michael DISQUÉ

Klaus FRAHM

Andreas GEHRKE

Johannes GOSSAGE

Volker HEINZE

Kai-Olaf HESSE

Bettina LOCKEMANN

Elisabeth NEUDÖRFL

Margret NISSEN

Michael SCHMIDT