Käthe Kollwitz Prize 2019. Hito Steyerl
Hito Steyerl is the recipient of the Käthe Kollwitz Prize 2019. With this award, the Akademie honours an international artist, whose special interest lies in the media, technology and the dissemination of images. Her work includes texts, performances, multimedia installations and essayistic documentaries, in which she addresses post-colonial criticism, feminist representation logic and the influences of globalisation. On the occasion of the award ceremony, the Akademie will be showing an exhibition at Pariser Platz.
With the kind support of Kreissparkasse Köln, sponsor of the Käthe Kollwitz Museum Köln (in Cologne).
On 13 Mar 2019, curator Anke Hervol will give a tour through the exhibition.