All equal? Poster competition Anfachen Award IX fills you in on privileges.
Next week Tuesday at 4 pm the vernissage will take place on the Kennedy Bridge on the Outer Alster. Come by!
From June 17, 2025, the winning posters of the Anfachen Award IX on the subject of privilege will be on display in public squares and streets in Hamburg, offering passers-by and interested visitors of the city an exquisite selection of international poster art.
From June 17, 2025, the winning posters of the Anfachen Award IX will be on display in Hamburg’s streets and public squares. The posters show 25 different takes on the term privilege. With their large format and line-up display, they challenge us to rethink our ideas of equality and justice.
This exhibition can be seen in public spaces at the Kennedy Bridge, behind the Hamburger Kunsthalle (on the fence/platform/towards the tracks), behind the main railway station, next to the Reesendamm bridge/Jungfernstieg and on the Reeperbahn.
The poster designers were completely free in their choice of artistic means and in designing the theme. In very different ways, they ask who owns how much and who enjoys which rights.
“For some, it’s a refreshing dip into the sea at the holiday destination of their choice, for others, the ocean becomes a cold, wet grave: In my opinion, these radically different associations with the sea impressively illustrate the difference that privilege makes,” Malina Sophie Hartung from Hamburg, one of the 25 winners of the competition, says on her motif.
Two Hamburg students among the international winners
With Malina Sophie Hartung and Lilli Henning, two Hamburg-based poster designers have made it into the selection — both students at Hamburg Media School. Another winner, Coco Cerrella from Argentina, has already won an earlier edition of the competition. His poster shows what remains of people when stripped of all privileges: simple stick figures without any reference to age, origin, gender or social status, accompanied by the words “We are all like this”.
Regional clusters or multiple award winners in no way indicate any bias on the part of the inter-national jury. The jury members Agnieszka Węglarska (POL), Birgit Lohmeyer (GER), Yoav Perry (IL), Marlis Zimmermann (NL/CHE), 2x Goldstein (GER), Stas Kolotov (UKR) and Dan Thy Nguyen (GER) did not have any information on names, origin, gender or previous accom-plishments of the participating poster designers when they selected the 25 best motifs. And the choice was once again very large: 535 designs from 38 countries were submitted for this round of the Anfachen Award. The winners come from Argentina, Austria, Brazil, China, Czech Re-public, England, Germany, Iran, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey and the US.
About the ANFACHEN AWARD
In 2016, the Anfachen Award started with the topic ‘Women’, in the second year it was dedicated to the topic ‘Tolerance’, in the third year to ‘Housing’, in the fourth year to ‘Water’, in the fifth year to ‘Democracy’, in the sixth year to ‘Nature’ and ‘Humanity’, the seventh year to ‘Energy’, the eight year ‘Fear’, With hundreds of international submissions, renowned juries and a unique presentation, first in Hamburg and then in other German and international cities, the poster competition not only inspires the participants, but above all the public. The broad media response has also helped the award from the outset to draw increased attention to controversial socio-political issues.
artwork © Agnieszka Węglarska
Timetable
Tuesday, June 17, 2025, at 4 pm
Vernissage on the Kennedybrücke
Winning posters of the Anfachen Award IX in the streets of Hamburg Kennedybrücke, behind the Hamburger Kunsthalle
(on the plateau towards the tracks), behind the main station, next to the Reesendammbrücke/Jungfernstieg and on the Reeperbahn. **
• August 6 to 27, 2025 Zentrale Bücherhalle Hamburg
• August 22 and 23, 2025 Exhibition at the festival “Jamel rockt den Förster” in Jamel,
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (https://www.forstrock.de)
The Winners of Anfachen Award IX
Riccardo Carrara (IT/GBR)
Coco Cerrella (ARG)
Goyen Chen (TWN)
Nihat Dursun (TUR)
Ansgar Eilting (GER)
Oussama Elhamli (GER)
Jana Gehrig (GER)
Malina Sophie Hartung (GER)
Lilli Henning (GER)
Kai Huang (CHN)
Dies Irae (GER)
Farshad Isapuor (IRN)
Sylwia Kubus (GER)
Martyna Kulak (POL)
Rico Lins (BRA)
Zhaohui Lu (CHN)
Wojciech Osuchowski (CZE)
Deborah Schultheis (AUT)
Ellen Camille Vanmarcke (CHE)
Emma Woschniok (GER)
Chenwei Xu (CNH/USA)
Jury
Agnieszka Węglarska (POL), Birgit Lohmeyer (GER), Yoav Perry (IL), Marlis Zimmermann (NL/CHE), 2x Goldstein (GER), Stas Kolotov (UKR), Dan Thy Nguyen (GER).
patron: Klaus Staeck (GER)
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