On display are projections of images selected by the international festival partners of Giovane Fotografia Italiana
FOTODOK, UTRECHT
FOTODOK was founded in 2008 as a space for seeing, thinking, and learning, continually accumulating knowledge alongside its audience, collaborators, and talents. FOTODOK’s program is built upon four pillars: Exhibitions, Public Programs, Talent Development, and Education.
In an era where news articles are shrinking in length and quickly losing their newsworthiness, and where we are bombarded with an ever-increasing amount of information and images, FOTODOK offers narratives for contemplation and, ideally, a pathway to better comprehend the world we inhabit. FOTODOK tells stories through documentary photography and integrates other media such as film, virtual reality, and web documentaries.
With the Talent Embassy program, FOTODOK brings upcoming artists to international photography festivals to connect them with experts and new partners to develop their work and find platforms and audiences to connect with.
Screening a selection of images by Chris Becher, Emma van Dobben, Jesper Boot, Mark Rammers, Pippilotta Yerna
FOTOFESTIWAL ŁÓDŹ, Poland
Fotofestiwal is an international festival of photography held annually in the city of Lodz, Poland. It is one of the largest and oldest photography events in Europe. The festival features a wide range of exhibitions, workshops, lectures, discussions, portfolio reviews, screenings and parties. It takes place in various venues throughout the city, including galleries, museums, public spaces, and outdoor installations.
Each year, Fotofestiwal has a different theme that explores contemporary issues and challenges in society, culture, environment and politics. The festival’s goal is to encourage critical thinking and promote dialogue through photography and visual arts. Fotofestiwal is known for its commitment to supporting emerging artists and promoting diversity in photography.
Screening a selection of images by Weronika Gęsicka e Michalina Kacperak
PHOTOWORKS, BRIGHTON
Photoworks champions photography for everyone. We are an international platform, global in reach, and have provided opportunities for artists and audiences since 1995. We do not have a physical venue, but our online channels are always open. Our programme brings new experiences to audiences and opens new ways to encounter photography such as the Photoworks Festival in a Box or our yearly annual publication.
If photography can be traced back to the 15th century, it is the materialisation of a specific way of seeing associated with objectification and colonisation. In Photoworks Annual #30, we begin with this radical reading of photography. The Thing, titled after Aimé Césaire’s “colonisation = thingification” (Discourse on Colonialism, 1950), examines how photography has been used to “thingify” what it depicts and how artists have resisted this.
The Thing brings together 27 projects from around the world that address issues like racism, sexism, LGBTQ activism, worker rights, immigration, and the environment. By examining how each series addresses and destabilises photography, The Thing suggests that these artists are also identifying a common problem with photography and how it depicts the world.
Screening a selection of images by Eleonora Agostini, Remy Artiges, Vincen Beeckman and La Deviniere, Lucas Blalock, Leah Clements, Juan Covelli, Giana De Dier, Dries and Bieke Depoorter, Odette England, Jermaine Francis, Frederike Helwig, Lauren Huret, Sky Hopinka, Mahmoud Khaled, Xiang Li, Javier Hirschfeld Moreno, David O’Mara, Liz Orton, Lam Pok Yin and Chong Ng, Wakilur Rahman, Felipe Romero Beltrán, RoN, Julie Scheurweghs, Matilde Søes Rasmussen, Sheida Soleimani, Tabitha Soren, and Sofia Yala
