Athens Photo Festival at the Benaki Museum

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View this email in your browser Opening of the Athens Photo Festival 2015 The main programme of the Athens Photo Festival 2015 will take place from 3 June through 26 July 2015, at the Benaki Museum, featuring 78 established and emerging artists from 25 countries. The 2015 festival theme under the on the interconnections between collective and individual memory, time and perception, exploring the relationship between past and present, both experimental and mainstream. Benaki Museum (Pireos St. Annexe) Inauguration: Wednesday 3 June, 20:00 Duration: Thursday 4 June - Sunday 26 July Πειραιώς 138 & Ανδρονίκου Thursday, Sunday: 10:00 - 18:00 Friday, Saturday: 10:00 - 22:00 Adi Nes (IL), Andreas Olesen (DK), Christian Patterson (US), Christina de Middel (ES), Daesung Lee (KR), Danila Tkachenko (RU), David Favrod (CH), Dima Gavrysh (US), Gidon Levin (IL), Harry Griffin & Eva O'Leary (US), Helge Skodvin (NO), Huang Qingjun (CN), Jiehao Su (CN), Katrin Koenning (DE), Ksenia Yurkova (RU), Lizzie Calligas (GR), Mark Wilson (UK), Martina Cleary (IE), Michal Solarski, Tomasz Liboska (PL), Naomi Harris (US), Niina Vatanen, Hertta Kiiski (FI), Pericles Alkidis (GR), Peter Puklus (HU), Rahul Tarukder (BD), Simon Menner (DE), Simona Ghizzoni (IT), Stephanie Roland (BE), Viktor Koen (GR/US), Yiannis Theodoropoulos (GR), Laia Abril (ES), Andrea Botto (IT), Justin Maxon (USA) Photo: Adi Nes MEMORY LAB Photography challenges history David Birkin (UK) Iconographies, Petros Efstathiadis (GR) Bombs, Attila Floszmann (HU) Sillence After the Revolution, Marko Lipus (AT) Real Play Figures, Andreas Muehe (DE) Obersalzberg, Henning Rogge (DE) Bombcraters, Aura Rosenberg (US) The Angel of History, Vee Speers (AU) Immortal Curated by Manolis Moresopoulos Photo: Andreas Mühe RECORDED MEMORIES 23 artists / 11 countries An exhibition by the Goethe-Institut in cooperation with the Museum of Photography Braunschweig and Hellenic Centre for Photography Hassan Abdelghani (HR), Ana Adamovic (RS), Jelena Blagović (HR), Pavel Braila (MD), Michele Bressan (RO), Marianna Christofides (CY/DE), Iosif Kiraly (RO), Panos Kokkinias (GR), Milomir Kovacevic (BA/FR), Nikola Mihov (BG/FR), Erhan Muratoglu (TR), Nikola Radić (RS), Stefan-Constantin Sava (RO), Stefana Savic (RS), Sasho Stanojkovikj (MK), Predrag Terzic (RS), Andreas Tsonidis (GR), Peter Tzanev (BG), Zaneta Vangeli (MK), Sandra Vitaljic (HR), Vangelis Vlahos (GR), Fani Zguro (AL/DE), Vana Kostayola & Kostis Stafylakis (CH/GR) Curated by: Constanze Wicke Co-curated for Athens: Xenia Kalpaktzoglou Photo: Vangelis Vlahos, from the series Allagi (1981), 2007 YOUNG GREEK PHOTOGRAPHERS Anisa Xhomaqi, Antonis Lekkos, Athanasios Karatzas, Daimon Xanthopoulos, Katerina Petroutsou, Elena Nassati, Aimilia Vrotsou, Emily Gaki, Georgia Maragkopoulou, Iliana Meintani, Konstantinos Kartelias, Lily - Vasiliki Zoumpouli, Marilia Fotopoulou Curated by Manolis Moresopoulos Young Greek Photographers is the annual juried exhibition that seeks to promote Greek talented artists, between the ages of 18-35, to be exhibited and introduced to a wide audience and network of photography professionals. Photo: Marilia Fotopoulou THE PHOTOBOOK EXHIBITION 350 Photobooks from 96 Countries In recognition of the increasing importance of the photo book in contemporary photographic practices, the Festival is introducing a new specific exhibition section dedicated to the form of book, featuring a curated selection of photobooks from artists and individual publishers worldwide. Photo: Kazuma Obara PHOTO VOICES  We Speak Photography Friday 5 June 2015, 17:30 – 21:30 Benaki Museum (Pireos St. Annexe) Considering the role of photography as a tool to stimulate cultural and social awareness, under the motto  “We Speak Photography”, Photo Voices brings together internationally acclaimed photo practitioners and critical thinkers, whose work and thought stands out for their subject matter, process and critical insight.  Photo Voices is designed as a series of 12 short and inspiring talks to share thought provoking images and words. Each presentation lasts about 20 minutes in a total of 4 hours. This year’s talk series will take place on Friday 5 June, 2015 at the Benaki Museum in Athens.  A. D. Coleman (US) Photography Critic and Author, Adi Nes (IL) Artist, Aliki Tsirgialou (GR) Curator, Benaki Museum Photographic Archives, Christina de Midel (ES) Artist, Constanze Wicke (DE) Independent Curator, Enrico Bossan (IT) Creative director at Fabrica, Director of Colors Magazine, Hercules Papaioannou (GR), Curator Thessaloniki Photography Museum, Jean-Luc Soret (FR) Curator at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie (MEP) in Paris, Kim Knoppers (NL) Curator at FOAM (Photography Museum Amsterdam), Kostas Ioannidis (GR) Author, Assistant Professor at Athens School of Fine Arts, Patrick Zachmann (FR) Magnum Photographer, Simon Menner (DE) Artist INTERNATIONAL PORTFOLIO REVIEWS One-on-one with internationally acclaimed experts Monday 8 - Tuesday 9 June 2015, 10:00 – 16:30 Benaki Museum (Pireos St. Annexe) The Athens Photo Festival’s Portfolio Reviews offer an opportunity for emerging artists and photographers to meet and engage with international experts in the field of photography. A total of 22 curators, editors, critics and festival’s directors from around the world gather in Athens to provide photographers with networking opportunities, critical advice, and guidance on their work and career development. This year’s portfolio review programme will take place on Monday 8 and Tuesday 9 June, 2015 at the Benaki Museum in Athens. Each of the participants will have 6 appointments of their choice over two days. Each individual review session is 20 minutes long.  In addition to providing professional advice, the reviewers will award the “Best Portfolio” and the winner will have the chance to exhibit at the Athens Photo Festival 2016 edition. A. D. Coleman (US) Photography Critic and Author, Caroline Hunter (UK) Photo Editor at The Guardian – Weekend Magazine, Christina Androulidaki (GR) Director, CAN Gallery, Costis Antoniadis (GR) Curator/Director, Ariadne Photo Gallery, Enrico Bossan (IT) Creative Director at Fabrica, Director of Colors Magazine, Ericka Weidmann (FR) Editor-in-Chief L’Oeil de la Photographie, Frank Wagner (DE) Curator of European Month of Photography Berlin, Constanze Wicke (DE), Independent Curator, Gabriela Uhl (HU) Curator Fotohonap – Hungarian Month of Photography, Jean-Luc Soret (FR) Curator at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris, Jim Casper (FR) Editor/Publisher Lens Culture, Kim Knoppers (NL) Curator at FOAM (Photography Museum Amsterdam), Manik Katyal (IN) Photo Editor and Editor-in-Chief Emaho Magazine, Marion Hislen (FR) Director/Curator of Festival Circulation(s), Michaela Bosakova (SK) Curator at Central European House of Photography in Bratislava, Miha Colner (SL) Curator Photonic Moments in Ljubljana, Peter Bas Mensink (NL) Publisher & Director of GUP Magazine, Sophia Greiff (DE) Curator FotoDoks Festival, Manolis Moresopoulos (GR) Director/Curator of Athens Photo Festival, Stavros Petsopoulos (GR) Publisher Agra Editions, Thomas Licek (AT) Managing Director Eyes On – Month of Photography Vienna, Vassilis Zidianakis (GR) Artistic Director at Atopos Cultural Organization PHOTOGRAPHY AS PERFORMANCE Wednesday 3 - Sunday 21 June, 2015 Benaki Museum (Pireos St. Annexe) Contemporary art encourages the interaction across conventional boundaries of expressive fields. Since 2009, Athens Photo Festival has been an excellent opportunity for experimenting with the ways through which an artistic medium between life and art (performance) and a major visual art (photography) can cross boundaries and create interesting hybrids. During the 2015 Photography as Performance Event artists from diverse backgrounds (visual arts, theatre, music, photography, graphic design) will enact issues concerning self and alterity and will develop liminal situations through secular rituals.  Curated by: Nikolaos Stathopoulos, Sylvia Solakidi, Demosthenes Agrafiotis Eva Giannakopoulou, Anastasis Grivas, Happlnk, Foteini Hatzimichail, Maria Iliopoulou, Alexandra Ioannidi, The Flower Girls, Markela Kontaratou, Andi Lazarou, Maria Lympoura, Rilene Markopoulou, Vasiliki Psarrou, Apostolos Plachouris, Evangelia Raftopoulou, Vasiliki Sifostratoudaki, Nikos Stathopoulos, The Black Swan, Stavros Taktikos, Antigoni Theodorou, Thodoris Trampas, Eleni Tsamadia, Filippos Vasiliou, Kostas Voulgaris, Nefeli Voutira, Myrto Vratsanou www.photofestival.gr Share Tweet Share Copyright © 2015 Hellenic Centre for Photography, All rights reserved. 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