26/10/2006
European Month Of Photography
Different venues, Berlin
With more than 150 exhibitions and events: artistic, documentary, ethnological and even press photography. The festival will open with the first monographical exhibition on the legendary photographer of the Weimarer Republic Sasha Stone in the Berlinische Galerie. His images for the publication "Berlin in pictures" (1929) were considered lost for good until they were discovered by chance in Vienna by the curators.
Month of Photography in Berlin 2006 with more than 150 exhibitions and events
Paris | Wien | Berlin | Bratislava | Luxemburg | Moskau | Rom
The "Month of Photography" will be taking place for the second time in
Berlin in November 2006. Originally created in 1980 as "Mois de la Photo"
by the Berlin twin city Paris, it is now an event that takes place every
two years in different major cities across Europe.
The "Month of Photography" offers a large variety of exhibitions to the
ever growing international photography buffs, not only ranging from
historical to contemporary exhibitions but also presenting itself as a
platform for discussions and workshops.
The different aspects of photography will be on show during the festival:
artistic, documentary, ethnological and even press photography here play
an important role.
Participating in the project are private and public collections,
galleries, archives, cultural institutions and embassies specialized in
presenting historical and contemporary international photography with more
than 150 exhibitions.
European Month of Photography
"The European Month of Photography" was first extended from Paris to
Vienna and to Berlin in 2004, starting a strong exchange of exhibitions
between these three cities. This year, three European capitals will join
the festival, thus bringing to the project a truly European dimension with
activities sponsored by the "old" and the "new" EU-countries and partners.
The institutions of the participating countries will be part of a cultural
exchange "joint venture" presenting in Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Bratislava,
Luxembourg, Moscow and Rome contemporary European photography by
photographers of the seven participant countries, culminating in one of
the main highlights: Mutations I.
The festival will open on October 27th with the first monographical
exhibition on the legendary photographer of the Weimarer Republic Sasha
Stone in the Berlinische Galerie. His images for the publication "Berlin
in pictures" (1929) were considered lost for good until they were
discovered by chance in Vienna by the curators of "The Month of
Photography".
A further highlight will be the exhibit "famous" by the group klubfoto
starting on November 2nd in the Martin-Gropius-Bau. Once a year, this
forum for photography based in Hamburg calls on photographers to present
photography works inspired by a certain topic. During the whole of
November, Berlin will be the host for a multitude of events such as the
Berlin photomarathon, the fair for photography "Fotobild" and different
conferences and workshops.
Coordination
Museumspadagogischer Dienst Berlin (MD Berlin)
Klosterstrabe 68-70 . D-10179 Berlin-Mitte
Curator: Thomas Friedrich
Projectmanager: Oliver Batz
Projectassistant: Kathrin Kohle
info@mdberlin.de
Press
Philip Krippendorff, Celia Solf, Stefan Hirtz
Schliemannstr. 2, D-10437 Berlin
Fon: +49 (0)30 440 10 720
Fax: +49 (0)30 280 81 61
E-Mail: mail@artefakt-berlin.de
Opening: 27 October 2006
For further information and updates on the "European Month of Photography"
please check: http://www.mdf-berlin.de