Photo-Exhibition
The photo exhibition “Hans Sima – a political life” reconstructs the life and political work of Carinthia’s governor Hans Sima using selected photographic highlights.
Professor Oliver Rathkolb and Dr. Petra Mayrhofer are curating the photo exhibition together with Dr. Andreas Kuchler, Director of the Museum of the City of Villach. It provides insights into the former craft of political press photography in black and white. Photographic self-portraits using cell phone photography were still unknown. Sima planned to give Austria’s southernmost province an active role at the intersection of the three countries Austria, Italy, and the former Yugoslavia. He therefore intensified specific projects within the framework of Alps-Adriatic cooperation. The presentation of this exhibition in four languages is intended to underline this. Representative excerpts from the ORF III documentary “Hans Sima: A politician’s life in turbulent times” complement the presentation. An audio guide in German, English, Italian, and Slovenian facilitates the communication of the content and the participation of visually impaired people.
The new special exhibition of contemporary history on a total of 15 panels can be seen free of charge until the end of the year 2023 in the Alps-Adriatic Media Library of the Villach Chamber of Labor, Kaiser-Josef-Platz 1, 9500 Villach.
Sponsered by Villach :City Museum, Hans Sima Stiftung, and Arbeiterkammer Kärnten