01 FotoMuseum
BOOKS
'Books' is an exhibition about the relationship between the image and the book. The intention is to interpret the term 'book' in a wider sense and to define (and perhaps re-define) ways of representing the reproducable medium of photography. Editions from festival artists will be presented at the museums 'Platform 01' and 'Leeszaal' - two spaces located next to the FotoMuseum library. In part, the library will also be connected to the exhibition with an interventional project using aspects of the library itself.
The Cologne based bookshop 'Schaden' will join in during the first weekend of the festival, presenting a selection of stock from the shop as well as hosting the book launch on Sunday.
Artists: Paulien Barbas, Beierle + Keijser, Ralf Grossek, Corinne Vionnet, Fernfeld, Jan Rymenants & Kristien Bosmans, Mariken Wessels, Ruth Van Beek & Basje Boer |
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Booklaunch
21.03.10
SUN: 1pm – 2pm
Opening
19.03.10
FRI: 5pm – 7pm
Exhibition: Platform 01
20.03. – 28.03.10
TUE – SUN: 10am – 6pm
MIRALITE-EVOLUTION II
Opening
19.03.10
FRI: 5pm – 7pm
Exhibition: Stairway
20.03. – 28.03.10
TUE – SUN: 10am – 6pm
PHOTOGRAPHERS IN CONFLICT
The festival for photojournalism Visa pour l’Image in Perpignan (Southern France), has established itself as a solid framework for an annual gathering of the photojournalism industry. Controversial in its presentation of, and in its reflection on, photojournalism, the festival determined the environment in which Galic and Gredig in 2006 examined the group of the concerned photojournalists. In the aftermath of Abu Ghraib and the Tsunami, a cross-section of 32 photographers was invited in situ by the two artists into a Spartan, black painted studio, in order to capture their still portraits and video interviews. By isolating the photojournalists and placing them in front of their camera, Galic and Gredig reverse the asymmetrical power relationship between photographer and subject, and explore the self-perception of the photographers. |
Artists: Goran Galic / Gian-Reto Gredig
Opening
19.03.10
FRI: 5pm – 7pm
Exhibition: Galerie
19.03. – 21.03.10
FRI – SUN: 10am – 7pm

02 SECONDroom
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In his work Abe Rechterschot points out interesting connections between objects, photographs and situations. He changes the hierarchic position of objects, alters them, and re-considers their (artistic) value. He investigates a way to document, present and re-document in a exhibition. He disorganizes expectations and attaches new meanings to the photographed object by changing scales, placing objects in surprising contexts and exploring the material of a photo-print. Photography and film are being used to decrypt and develop a new visual language. By small alterations Abe Rechterschot questions the construction of an image, the illusion of space in a flat image, and the materiality of a photograph and the photographed subject. |
Artist: Abe Rechterschot
Opening
19.03.10 FRI: 7pm
Exhibition
20.03. – 04.04.10
WED – SUN: 2pm – 7pm
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03 Depot Dam
THE STAIRCASE KNOCKED THE HOUSE OVER
Taken from a French nursery rhyme* the title of this exhibition implies a form of destruction from within. However, this doesn’t mean that the artists in this show break down in a negative sense of the term. They rather build up, from inside to out by creating a new frame, defiant towards yet defined by the former. Their method is one of a playful abandon intended to reinterpret the definition of ‘space’. By intervening either in, on or outside of the image they all mark their territory to compose a new configuration of local reality that is neither a true nor false representation of the original.
When the boundaries of one arena collapse there is potential for a higher form to emerge constructed from its constituent parts.
*Les Deux-Sèvres, Paul Eluard
Artists: Paulien Barbas, Lara Dhondt, Sabrina Jung, Anouk Kruithof, Wim Wauman, Joachim Weischer |
Opening
19.03.10
FRI: 7pm
Exhibition
20.03. – 04.04.10
WED – SUN: 2pm – 7pm

04 NICC
THROUGH APPARATUS
Traditionally, it is assumed that photography is a process of image production; a means to an end. However, in an expanded sense, the critical potential of photography can also exist within the processes and apparatus that produce the image. The camera that takes the picture, the projector that displays the result and the labour that produces the print are just as photographic as the image itself. As these apparatuses are inextricably part of the process of photography, they are also fundamentally part of that which we deem photographic.
The works in this exhibition wil maintain a focused demonstration that photography, as a process, is not just a mode of image production but a critical tool with the ability to contain artistic inquiry within and around its technological and conceptual apparatus.
Artists: Tomas Boiy, Michael Heym, Oscar Hugal, G. Leddington, Christoph Meier, Colin Penno, David Price and Ian Corbett, Adriana Salazar-Arroyo, Philip Ullrich, Matthias Wollgast
Co-Curator: G. Leddington |
Opening – Party
19.03.10
FRI: 7pm – 01am
Exhibition
20.03. – 04.04.10
WED – SUN: 2pm – 7pm
Artist Talks
01.04.10
THU: 8pm

05 Novylon
POTEMKIN VILLAGE
'Potemkin village' refers to the fake settlements erected at the direction of Russian minister Grigory Potyomkin to fool Empress Catherine II during her prospective visit to Crimea (Ukraine) in 1787. The term has come to stand for any construction designed to stage reality for ideological or other ends. The artists in this group exhibition examine the idea of reality as a composition, as something that is staged, whether it is by conscious design or by the human gaze. At the same time, they reflect about the idea of the photographic image as a composition or construction of reality and the photographic nature of reality itself.
Artists: Bert Danckaert, Alwin Lay, Georg Parthen, Ryan Rivadeneira, Anu Vahtra, Yaniv Waissa |
Opening
19.03.10
FRI: 7pm
Exhibition
20.03. – 04.04.10
WED – FRI: 2pm – 1am
SAT, SUN: 2pm – 7pm |
06 Van Geertstraat 81
PICTORALE MOLTO MALE
The curatorial concept presented in this exhibition concentrates on certain aspects of the
festivals overall questions. Its concern is with the borders of photography. What criteria
define a picture? What particular qualities give us the perception of a photograph and when
do we give up on calling something a picture?
'pictorale molto male' takes a space related and site-specific approach to these themes. Its
artists are interested in the relation between the idea and the materiality of photography. Their
artworks not only deal with the physicality of pictures in space but also with space in a
broader sense of the term; especially toward the one in which they are presented.
Artists: Johannes Bendzulla, Axel Braun, Frauke Dannert, Moritz Fiedler, Sebastian Freytag, Oscar Hugal, Christine Moldrickx, Christian Odzuck, Matthias Wollgast
Co-Curator: Matthias Wollgast |
Opening
19.03.10
FRI: 7pm
Exhibition
20.03. – 04.04.10
WED – SUN: 2pm – 7pm

07 Atelier Solarshop
STILLS AND THINGS
'Stills' plays with the variety of possible ensembles that we identify and accept as a authentic, evident situation. Something that seems to make sense in its limits of time and context.
"Things" looks for the undeniable magic inherited in all things. The useless effort to define them, to capture their essence.
Artist: Bernd Kleinheisterkamp |
Opening
19.03.10
FRI: 7pm
Exhibition
20.03. – 04.04.10
WED – SUN: 2pm – 7pm

08 ra
INSTALLATION THE BOOKSTORE & 30 MIN LOOP
The title above is about the attempt that Fong Ponto made to turn the bookshop into an artistic environment. All video's shown are a result of Ponto's get together with Kathrin Klingner in March 2010 in Amsterdam.
Artists: Fong Ponto
ENCLOSED CONTENT CHATTING AWAY IN THE COLOUR INVISIBILITY
Artist: Anouk Kruithof
Opening
19.03.10
FRI: 7pm
Exhibition
20.03. – 04.04.10
WED – SAT: 11am – 8pm
SUN: 11am – 6pm

* Madam Fortuna
THE 1 MILLION $ PICTURE
Have you ever seen a 1 Million dollar picture? Have you wondered what it might look like? Have you always wanted to make one yourself? What would happen if you made such a picture? What then? Fame, fortune and everything that goes with it? Or, would it return you back to step one? Would it make you doubt what you already forgot you doubted?
Ohad Ben Shimon will create such a picture in his visit to the festival. The picture and Ohad's unique method of contemplating about image production will be presented live to the public at Madam Fortuna, followed by a party to celebrate the presentation of the picture. |
Artist: Ohad Ben Shimon
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timetable

you can download a *.pdf with the program here |