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The Makeable Mind "I'm not crazy, my reality is just different than yours." (Cheshire Cat internet meme) The Noorderlicht International Photo Festival 2021 will take place from 26 June to 12 September 2021 at various locations in the Dutch provinces of Groningen and Friesland. Departing from photography, the festival focuses on the entire spectrum of the image, both analogue and digital: from computer-generated imagery to virtual, mixed and augmented reality, installations, projections and mappings. The theme ‘The Makeable Mind’ will explore the relationship between visual culture and reality: How do visual technologies, communication media, and both mainstream and citizen journalism influence our thinking, and how do they disguise, describe, rewrite and expose our reality?
Fotofestiwal was established in 2001 as one of the first photography events in Poland. Since then it has grown into one of the most relevant photographic festivals in Europe but its core mission has not changed: presenting photography in its various ways (via exhibitions, films, slideshows, workshops etc.) but also talking about important social issues and introducing the unobvious beauty and unique history of our city to the audience. For such reason we organize thematic exhibitions in various post-industrial spaces, which Łódź is well known for, we put stress on networking parties – (we are quite famous for those), but also every year we try to develop new ways of talking about photography: via events such as Photo-Match: Completely Different Portfolio Review, during which we focus on having equal status granted to the curators as well as artists, with formula of presentation that numerous festivals are applying worldwide now with a success. Since 2016 we work as a collective, with no board of directors, developing a new way of cultural institution management.
Edition 2021 will take place in Łódź from 10th to 27th of June.
Gallerie MR137, Paris, France. udsat på grund af Corona til 2021
The challenge in this exhibition is that you, as an artist, freely express yourself visually around the Corona crisis in 10, time-specific artmoney. What does the artist experience in isolation? What thoughts does the artist have of how the world's leaders are dealing with the crisis? What does the artist think about life and death, togetherness and solitude, tranquility and longing in a time when everyone can risk infecting one another? What is "value" when society shuts down? Pay particular attention to one of the works, which is exhibited behind glass and possibly used in a catalog. The other 9 works will be for sale in a fun and interactive way that is still in the planning. We calculate that there is room for a maximum of 190 artists. Thus, there is a wide range of artistic expressions that the audience can reflect on, just as the pandemic (hopefully) is closer to an end, and we are slowly returning to everyday life. At the same time, there is a limit to the number of participants, so it is better to register quickly if you want to secure a spot.
