Neulich im Labor

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Neulich im Labor is a homage to the photo lab, a potted social history about a slowly disappearing place that helped shape 20th century photography. The protagonists of the piece – photographers, artists, hand printers, and machine operators, each and every one an obsessive operating in their own world comprised of photo-fetish objects and actions – regularly convene at F.’s to reflect on analogue photography, its materiality, and everyday laboratory work. But today is a special day. Everyone has brought along their favourite piece. Today, it’s all about the future of the photo lab...