14th Noorderlicht International Photofestival
dal 15/9/2007 al 27/10/2007
Segnalato da
15/9/2007
14th Noorderlicht International Photofestival
Der Aa-kerk, Groningen
Act of faith - On faith and conflict, ecstasy and excess. In a blistering and extremely timely exhibition 130 photographers from all over the world offer a probing documentary image of this veritable Tower of Babel - and its consequences. Their photographs were made in front of the gates of Paradise - and Hell.
Act of faith - On faith and conflict, ecstasy and excess
Ancilliary shows: Abbas (Noorderlicht Photogallery) and Material World (CBK)
Is faith permissible? Or is faith compulsory? How sacred is the line separating church and state today, long the unquestioned foundation of Western democracy? How firm is the theory of evolution? How conceivable is unbelief?
Belief: indispensable for one, unthinkable for another. Experienced individually but lived out collectively, it binds together communities of faith, and separates them. In the world called faith, truth very quickly becomes one's exclusive possession.
In a blistering and extremely timely exhibition 130 photographers from all over the world offer a probing documentary image of this veritable Tower of Babel - and its consequences. Their photographs were made in front of the gates of Paradise - and Hell. Sometimes they are very personal, sometimes detached. At one moment they are confrontational or critical, another loving or surprising - but never indifferent.
At the same time the exhibition illuminates the versatility of photography today as a socially engaged, narrative medium. With photographs varying from portraits to landscapes, diaries to documentation, Act of Faith is a journey through the world and through photography: a double intention that has characterized the Noorderlicht Photofestival from its very beginning.
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Subsidiary exhibitions: in our own Noorderlicht Photogallery: Children of
Abraham, the globe-spanning report on the role of religion in society, by
the Magnum photographer Abbas. In the Center for Visual Arts: Material
World, about religion without God. Satellite program: photography at forty
locations in the city and province of Groningen.
Noorderlicht organizes various activities through September-October:
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM
Curators meeting (theme: The Future of Photo Festivals)
Euroclasses on Documentary Photography: two master classes for photography
students and recently graduated photographers from the Netherlands and Europe.
Entries are still welcome!
RELIGION DEBATE September 29
The Saving Word; On the necessity or redundancy of religion in the 21st
century. Noorderlicht has four prominent experts cross swords in a debate
over the contemporary role of religion - and its necessity or redundancy
BOOK PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLIC INTERVIEWS
Bas Heijne talks about his new book 'Onredelijkheid' with author and writer
Coen Simon (September 21)
Photojournalist Lana Slezic talks about her experciences in Afghanistan with
the editor in chief of Vrij Nederland Emile Fallaux. With presentation of her
recently published photobook Forsaken (October 6)
And more:
Photobook market with the renowned Markus Schaden and others > Art and Culture
program for secondary schools > Guided tours > Documentaries and movies >
Nostalgic Bus Ride to eight exhibitions in old churches along a beautiful rural
route
Soon online:
All Act of Faith photographers will be presented with images and texts. A
preview is now available online.
In the media
Now in stores: Exclusive report on Act of Faith in Vrij Nederland, Dutch
quality magazine, with an essay by Marcel Möring. Free copies are available
at the counter in the Aa-kerk (only in Dutch).
Photo journal P|F pays special attention to Noorderlicht in its September
issue, with an exceptional black and white photography portfolio from Act of
Faith.
Der Aa-kerk
Akerkhof 2 - Groningen
Admission: 8,50 euro