Kodak Knows No Dark Days
External Publications, Reiterations & Circulations
ongoing
International Conference of Photography and Theory “Deathscapes: Histories of Photography & Contemporary Practices” (lecture)
In 2024, Xaver Könneker presented a lecture about his project “Kodak Knows No Dark Days” at ICPT in Nicosia, Cyprus. He was part of a panel on Forensics & Photo(archives).
2024
Lecture - Screening
Foam Magazine #57
(cover project)
In 2020, Xaver Könneker’s collage work from his preliminary visual research on the link between the smile, forensic identification and the history of Kodak was featured on the cover of the Foam Magazine #57: IN LIMBO.
2020
Collage cut out on paper
Dust Magazine #57 The Smile Edition (essay)
In 2024, the essay “Smile Though Your Heart Is Aching: Forensic Gazes, Death and Smiling for a Photograph” was featured in the issue 57 the Smile Edition of Dust Magazine.
2024
4 page spreadPrinted Publication
In 2023, a shortened version of the essay “Smile Though Your Heart Is Aching: Forensic Gazes, Death and Smiling for a Photograph” was shortlisted for the Source Magazine Writers Prize and published on their digital platform.
2023
Shortlist Writers PrizeDigital Publication