<html><head></head><body>Dear Spectre,<div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: content-box;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: content-box;">we are in the midst setting up an exhibition here at Gessnerallee in Zurich which I think you would be interested in - it is dealing with the history of that one well known photograph of the famous "Storming of the Winter Palace" (1920) which is actually a 'fake' (although an interesting one).</div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: content-box;"><br style="box-sizing: content-box;"></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: content-box;">There is a book published on the occasion of the exhibition by Diaphanes (separate German and English editions).</div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: content-box;"><br style="box-sizing: content-box;"></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: content-box;">The opening is on Saturday at 6 pm - I would be happy to see you (well, those of you who are based in Zurich or Switzerland)!</div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: content-box;"><br style="box-sizing: content-box;"></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: content-box;">All the best,</div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: content-box;">Inke Arns</div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: content-box;"><br style="box-sizing: content-box;"></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: content-box;"><div class="mcntmcntevent mcntmcnthidden" style="margin: -78px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: content-box;"><div class="mcntmcntlc" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: content-box;"><div class="mcntmcntheading" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: content-box;"><div class="mcntmcnttitle" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: content-box;"><h2 style="margin: 0.75em 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: content-box;"><br></h2><h2 style="margin: 0.75em 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: content-box;"><br></h2><div>---</div><div><br></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>The Storming of the Winter Palace: History as Theatre</b></div><div class="mcntmcntperformer" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: content-box;"><div><p style="margin: 1.12em 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: content-box;">A cooperation between <strong style="box-sizing: content-box;">Universität Zürich (Slavisches Seminar)</strong> and <strong style="box-sizing: content-box;">HMKV (Dortmund) </strong>in coproduction with <strong style="box-sizing: content-box;">Gessnerallee Zürich</strong></p></div><div><strong style="box-sizing: content-box;"><br></strong></div></div><div class="mcntmcntperformer" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: content-box;"><div>Gessnerallee Zurich</div><div>24 Sep - 25 Oct 2017</div><div>(Opening: 23 Sep 2017, 6 pm)</div><div><br></div></div><div class="mcntmcntperformer" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: content-box;">On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution, the exhibition «Storming of the Winter Palace: History as Theater» is dedicated to the photograph, which more than any other, has become the symbol of this revolution: the storming of the Winter Palace. However, the photo does not stem from the historic event itself, but from a theatrical reenactment, which was executed by the theater director Nikolai Evreinov in 1920. The exhibition presents film footage and photographs of the reenactment of 1920 as well as the photo’s process of becoming a document in the writing of Soviet history, in picture and school books, and on posters. In addition, contemporary artists have been invited to produce new works that respond to or comment on Evreinov and address the themes of history, memory, reenactment, and repetition.</div></div></div><div class="mcntmcntcredits mcntmcnthidden mcntmcntismore-idm46412577430656" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: content-box;"><p style="margin: 1.12em 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: content-box;">Curated by <strong style="box-sizing: content-box;">Inke Arns & Sylvia Sasse</strong></p><p style="margin: 1.12em 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: content-box;">An exhibition with works by <strong style="box-sizing: content-box;">Nikolai Evreinov, Chto delat, Waldemar Fydrych (Orange Alternative) a.o.</strong> </p><p style="margin: 1.12em 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: content-box;">Exhibition design <strong style="box-sizing: content-box;">Anton Lukas</strong></p><p style="margin: 1.12em 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: content-box;">A cooperation between <strong style="box-sizing: content-box;">Universität Zürich (Slavisches Seminar)</strong> and <strong style="box-sizing: content-box;">HMKV (Dortmund) </strong>in coproduction with <strong style="box-sizing: content-box;">Gessnerallee Zürich</strong></p><p style="margin: 1.12em 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: content-box;">Funded by <strong style="box-sizing: content-box;">Schweizerischen Nationalfonds (SNF)</strong> and <strong style="box-sizing: content-box;">Kulturstiftung des Bundes</strong></p><p style="margin: 1.12em 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: content-box;">The exhibition will be presented, in an extended version, at the HMKV at the Dortmunder U in Dortmund (DE) (25 November 2017 – 8 April 2018) and at the Muzeum Sztuki, Łodz (PL) (March 2018).</p><p style="margin: 1.12em 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: content-box;">→ On the occasion of the exhibition the book «The Storming of the Winter Palace», ed. by Inke Arns, Igor Chubarov and Sylvia Sasse is published (diaphanes, Zurich).</p></div></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: content-box;">More information:</div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: content-box;">http://www.gessnerallee.ch/programm/#/4649-4648</div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: content-box;"><div>http://www.slav.uzh.ch/de/forschung/litwissprojekte/Sturm-auf-den-Winterpalast.html#3</div></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: content-box;"><br style="box-sizing: content-box; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><p class="mcntmcntMsoNormal" style="margin: 1.12em 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: content-box; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; font-size: 10pt;">------------</span></p><p class="mcntmcntMsoNormal" style="margin: 1.12em 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: content-box; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; font-size: 10pt;">Dr. Inke Arns,</span><span style="box-sizing: content-box; font-size: 10pt;"> Director, </span><span style="box-sizing: content-box; font-size: 10pt;">Hartware MedienKunstVerein (HMKV), </span><span style="box-sizing: content-box; font-size: 10pt;">Office: Hoher Wall 15, 44137 Dortmund. </span><span style="box-sizing: content-box; font-size: 10pt;">Exhibitions: Dortmunder U, </span><span style="box-sizing: content-box; font-size: 10pt;">Leonie-Reygers-Terrasse, 44137 Dortmund, </span><span style="box-sizing: content-box; font-size: 10pt;">T +49-231-496642-0 (direct line: -11), </span><span style="box-sizing: content-box; font-size: 10pt;">F +49-231-496642-29, </span><span style="box-sizing: content-box; font-size: 10pt;">M +49-43062793, </span><span style="box-sizing: content-box; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="mailto:inke.arns@hmkv.de" class="mailto" style="box-sizing: content-box;" title="E-Mail an inke.arns@hmkv.de senden" target="_blank">inke.arns@hmkv.de</a>, </span><span style="box-sizing: content-box; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.hmkv.de" title="http://www.hmkv.de" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: content-box;">www.hmkv.de</a></span></p><p class="mcntmcntMsoNormal" style="margin: 1.12em 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: content-box; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="box-sizing: content-box; font-size: 8pt;">HMKV is the recipient of the 2017 </span><b style="box-sizing: content-box; font-size: 8pt;">ADKV-ART COLOGNE Award for Art Associations</b></p><div><b style="box-sizing: content-box; font-size: 8pt;"><br></b></div></div><br></body></html>