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DTSTAMP:20260511T145820Z
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SUMMARY:Book presentation: Benyamin Reich\, "Jerusalem Berlin"
DESCRIPTION:Berlin-based photo artist and curator Benyamin Reich counts hi
 mself among the "third generation"\, the grandchildren and great-grandchil
 dren of mostly German Jews who were murdered by German fascists in concent
 ration camps or forced into exile. Reich grew up mainly in Jerusalem and c
 omes from an ultra-Orthodox family - his father is a rabbi. The self-confe
 ssed gay artist studied at the Musrara School of Photography in Jerusalem 
 in 1992/93 and from 1998 at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Art
 s in Paris. After further studies in Israel\, he has lived and worked in B
 erlin since 2009.\nHis photographic work deals with the complex intersecti
 ons between Jewish identity\, sexuality and belonging in Berlin. in 2026\,
  Berliner Secession Verlag published the book Jerusalem Berlin\, a volume 
 of analogue photographs with text contributions by the writer Simon Straus
 s and the curator of PURPLE PATH Alexander Ochs.\nThe book will be present
 ed in the Mittweida City Library\, photographic works by the artist will b
 e shown and there will be an artist talk between Benyamin Reich and Alexan
 der Ochs. Reich is no stranger to Mittweida: The "Altes Erbgericht" art ga
 llery dedicated a solo exhibition to him in 2022\, and in 2025 he was invo
 lved in the Mittweida Sukkot as a curator\, among other things.\nAn event 
 organised by the city of Mittweida in cooperation with Friends of the Purp
 le Path e.V. and with the kind support of Secession Verlag Berlin.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Berlin-based photo artist and curator Beny
 amin Reich counts himself among the "third generation"\, the grandchildren
  and great-grandchildren of mostly German Jews who were murdered by German
  fascists in concentration camps or forced into exile. Reich grew up mainl
 y in Jerusalem and comes from an ultra-Orthodox family - his father is a r
 abbi. The self-confessed gay artist studied at the Musrara School of Photo
 graphy in Jerusalem in 1992/93 and from 1998 at the École Nationale Supé
 rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. After further studies in Israel\, he has l
 ived and worked in Berlin since 2009.</p>\n<p>His photographic work deals 
 with the complex intersections between Jewish identity\, sexuality and bel
 onging in Berlin. in 2026\, Berliner Secession Verlag published the book <
 a href="https://secession-verlag.com/buecher/jerusalem-berlin" target="_bl
 ank">Jerusalem Berlin</a>\, a volume of analogue photographs with text con
 tributions by the writer Simon Strauss and the curator of PURPLE PATH Alex
 ander Ochs.</p>\n<p>The book will be presented in the Mittweida City Libra
 ry\, photographic works by the artist will be shown and there will be an a
 rtist talk between Benyamin Reich and Alexander Ochs. Reich is no stranger
  to Mittweida: The "Altes Erbgericht" art gallery dedicated a solo exhibit
 ion to him in 2022\, and in 2025 he was involved in the <a href="t3://page
 ?uid=969">Mittweida Sukkot</a> as a curator\, among other things.</p>\n<p>
 An event organised by the city of Mittweida in cooperation with Friends of
  the Purple Path e.V. and with the kind support of Secession Verlag Berlin
 .</p>
LOCATION:Mittweida City Library
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