Politics needs images. They influence what we consider credible, who we listen to and how we vote. Political figures need them just as much as democracy itself, whose public image comes under pressure time and again, particularly in times of crisis. ‘Media Chancellor’ Helmut Schmidt was well aware of this, and for today’s politicians it has become second nature.
Together with Meik Woyke, Managing Director and Chairman of the Board of the Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt Foundation, and Michael Kappler, Chief Photographer at dpa, we will discuss historical and current developments in political imagery and visual communication.
The focus will be on the following questions: What images does democracy need today? How are these images created? Who bears what responsibility for them?
The exhibition ‘Nachrichten – News’ can be visited at the Museum der Arbeit from 5.30 pm to 6.00 pm.
The discussion begins at 6.00 pm.
Meeting point: 3rd floor of the Neue Fabrik at the Museum der Arbeit.
Admission is free. Registration via theticket shop is required.