27/9/2002
Backlight 02
Nykyaika, Tampere
The 6th International Photography Triennial. Theme: 'Critical Authenticity' Backlight02 focuses on the new forms, possibilities and ethical challenges of documentary photographic art in the intercultural setting. Backlight02 has an extended understanding of documentary. By this understanding documentary is not opposed to creative fictive works but views them as actualisation of the artists reaction or relation to world events.
The 6th International Photography Triennial in Tampere, Finland
Theme: "Critical Authenticity"
BACKLIGHT02 focuses on the new forms, possibilities and ethical challenges
of documentary photographic art in the intercultural setting. Backlight02
has an extended understanding of documentary. By this understanding
documentary is not opposed to creative fictive works but views them as
actualisation of the artists reaction or relation to world events. The idea
of documentary that we wish
to uphold is permissive to many truths. Definitions of documentary need to
be constantly and
vigorously rethought as truth and falsity, fiction and real can no longer be
the sole operative concepts. Critical authenticity refers to the ability
to respond and to exercise critical responsibility in authentic situations
of social and ethical urgency.
BACKLIGHT 02 will happen in Photographic Centre NYKYAIKA and in Museum
Centre VAPRIIKKI in Tampere. VAPRIIKKI (Factory) is a national monument, a
beautifully renovated brick building from the heavy industrial period.
BACKLIGHT02 exhibitions will be seen there on three different floors in a
fascinating space close to the falls of Tampere, all together more than 2000
QM of spacious and transparent architecture. NYKYAIKA is located at
Kehr?saari in the heart of Tampere City beside of the river and very close
to the beautiful harbour.
Between the 28th of September and the 1st of December 2002 BACKLIGHT
presents the photography- and media-based artworks of 43 artists from 11
countries in Europe and South America.
A series of Videos, Projections, Multimedia based artworks, Internet
projects, photo sculpture and classic camera based photography will
introduce exciting positions of contemporary art to our audience.
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Main Exhibitions:
28.9. 1.12.02
"Critical Authenticity"
Located in Museum
Centre VAPRIIKKI <http://www.tampere.fi/vapri> and in Photographic Centre
NYKYAIKA
Artists:
Albert, Alessandro - Italy; Antille, Emmanuelle - Switzerland; Baselgia,
Guido - Switzerland; Brunner-Szabo, Eva -
Austria; Calo, Marco - Italy; Chen, Teresa - Switzerland; Domanska, Anna -
Poland; Farrell, David - Ireland;
Faure, Nicolas - Switzerland ; Frisch,Thierry - Luxembourg ; Honory,
Alexander - Germany; Hornung, Robert - Luxembourg; Kolber, Veronique -
Luxembourg; Kollar, Martin - Slovakia ; Korzeniecka, Katarzyna - Poland ;
Kutschker, Thomas - Germany ; Laitinen, Antti - Finland; Lopez, Marcos
- Argentina ; Pink Twins:Vesa & Juha
Vehvil?inen.- Finland; Sanviti, Oswaldo - Italy ; Sauerwein, Pitt -
Germany; Sobek, Evzen - Czech Republic ; Verzone, Paolo - Italy ;
Weisgerber, Vera - Luxembourg ; Zamagni, Cristina - Italy.
In the image: 'Criollitas', Marcos Lopez, 1996.
Artists will be in Tampere for
Vernissage!
20.10. 1.12.2002 plus17
Located inMuseum Centre Vapriikki
from Switzerland:
Caraco, Francoise; Erdt, Ruth ; Fernandez, Nicolas; Giannini, Fabrizio;
Nguyen, Cat Tuong; Popp, Thomas ; P?ntener, Vanessa; Studer, Monica; Van den
Berg, Christoph; W?sten, Franziska
from Finland:
Ekholm, Juha Allan; Hohteri, Maarit; Hyv?rinen, Aimo ; J?rvel?, Riitta;
Kokko, Jaana; Louekari, Martta; Male, Jukka
plus17 is an exhibition of young emerging artists from Switzerland together
with a collection of Finnish photographic artists.
The BACKLIGHT02 Photography Award:
The new feature for BACKLIGHT02 is the International Backlight Photography
Award, which will be given to the artist(s) with the most inspiring visions.
The award consists of a solo exhibition, of an invitation for a two-week
working residence in Tampere, and of 2002 Euro. The award is sponsored by
Vitrea Oy.
Symposium: "Critical Authenticity"
28th September at Museum CentreVapriikki auditorium
The keynote speaker will be
Jan-Erik Lundstr?m: Director of the Bildmuseet at Ume?, Sweden.
Other speakers are
Alessandra Capodacqua: Curator Fondazione Studio Marangoni in Firence/Italy
Paul di Felice: Director Cafe Cr?me in Luxembourg
Peter Pfrunder: Curator Swiss Foundation of Photography (via Pro Helvetia
Merja Salo: Prof., Dep. of Photography at University of
Art and Design Helsinki
Several of the featured artists will also give short presentations about
their work at the symposium
Seminar at the University
On the 29th September there will be a seminar at the University Tampere,
with invited guest speaker Margarita Ledo Andi?n from Spain, and
presentations by Backlight artists. The seminar will also mark
the start of several Backlight workshops.
2nd Symposium:
The Finnish-language Backlight Symposium will be held on the 19th October at
the Vapriikki auditorium, focusing on the ethics of photography. There will
be a lecture and presentations by Ilona Reiners, Hannu Vanhanen and Juha
Suonp??, a screening of Aimo Hyv?rinens documentary film View on truth
(Kuvitelma totuudesta), about photographer Jukka Male and a panel discussion
with photographer Male, Juha Allan Ekholm, Reiners and Hyv?rinen. The
Backlight seminar will be a national forum for discussing aspects of image
ethics in documentary, journalistic, and nature photography by experts in
those fields.
Partners:
Backlight02 is organised by Photographic Centre Nykyaika and co-organised by
the Fondazione Studio Marangoni in Florence, Italy and Caf? Cr?me in
Luxembourg. The partners involved are the Arts Council of Pirkanmaa, the
City of Tampere, Museum Centre Vapriikki, University of Tampere; Tampere
Polytechnic , Department of Art and
Media, German Culture Centre, Tampere; Goethe Institute Helsinki; the Pro Helvetia Cultural
Foundation in Z?rich and Gallery Francoise Knabe Saarbr?cken. Backlight 02
is supported by the European Union Culture 2000 Framework Programme.
Artists in residence, workshops:
Several international artists will be residing, working and lecturing in
Tampere. Marcos L?pez and Martin Kollar will be teaching workshops for
students at the University of Tampere and at the School of Art and Media.
There will be guided tours for school classes of the main exhibition, and a
childrens art program organised by Rajataide ry.
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Timetable:
September:
Friday 27.09.02 17.00 20.00 Main Exhibition Vernissage
in Museum Centre VAPRIIKKI
Friday 27.09.02 16.00 22.00 Vernissage in Photographic
Centre NYKYAIKA
28.09. 01.12.02 BACKLIGHT02 exhibition in VAPRIIKKI and in
NYKYAIKA
Saturday 28.09.02 9.00 18.00 "Critical Authenticity",
the International Backlight Symposium in Vapriikki
Sunday 29.09.02 13.00 Seminar at University of
Tampere and start of the Workshops
October:
Saturday 19.10.02 10.00 16.00 2nd Symposium (in Finnish):
"Valokuva ja etiikka" (Photography and ethics)
Saturday 19.10.02 16.00 18.00 Vernissage +17 exhibition
in Museum Centre VAPRIIKKI
20.10. 01.12.02 plus17 exhibition in VAPRIIKKI
Guided tours on Sundays at noon; tours during the week also for school
classes bookable!
Satellite Exhibitions:
September 02 BACKLIGHT - Retro99:
A flashback to Backlight99 and the artworks, those international artists has
realised in their
RESIDENCE in Tampere.
Catrica, Paulo Portugal; CHIPEX Switzerland:Cortinovis Claude; Humeros,
Alan; Iuncker, Steve; Petramand, Gerard; Parfenok, Vladimir /Belarus; Prior,
Pauline/Holland; Suzuki, Michi /Italy-Japan; Taylor, Christoph France/UK;
Van de Heuvel, Thea/Holland; W?rndl, Elisabeth/Austria
For that show BACKLIGHT02 has produced a small leaflet.
The Tampere Museum of Modern Art presents:
28.9. - 31.12.02. Piril?, Marja
A large 1996-02 exhibition "Camera Obscura" by well known Tampere Photo
Artist in VAPRIIKKI, concurrently with the main Backlight exhibition.
BACKLIGHT 02 develops the European cooperation already established in the
previous triennials.
Its purpose is to promote the exchange of works, artists and ideas dealing
with current photographic issues and to provide them with a professional
forum and a wide audience.
Photographic Center NYKYAIKA Valokuvakeskus
Tampere, Finland
phone +358 3 2146677
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