The Fifth International Photography Festival will take place between November 23rd - December 2nd, 2017, Midtown Tel Aviv. The Romanian photographer Andrei Pandele will represent Romania in the international program of the Festival with the support of the Romanian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv.
During the Festival, the Romanian photographer will participate on November 26th, at 20:30, at the ”Photographers' night marathon”, and on November 27th, at 19:00, at a Gallery Talk. The events, in English, will be held in Midtown Tel Aviv, 144 Menachem Begin road. The works of Andrei Pandele can be seen during the Long Lost international exhibition.
The entrance to the exhibition and Festival events is ticket-based: https://eventbuzz.co.il/PHOTOISRAEL.
Visiting hours for the exhibition:
23.11–16:00-22:00
24.11 – 10:00-15:00
25.11 – 10:00-22:00
26.11-30.11 – 16:00-22:00
1.12 – 10:00-15:00
2.12 – 10:00-22:00
The Fifth International Photography Festival in collaboration with the Romanian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv
is pleased to invite you to the exhibition
Long Lost
Participants: Andrei Pandele (Romania), Daniel Gebhart de Koekkoek (Austria), Elin Høyland (Norway), Evgenia Arbugaeva (Russia), Laura Letinsky (Canada), Weronika Gesicka (Poland)
Curator: Maya Anner
Artistic director: Eyal Landesman
Gallery Talk 27.11.2017 / 7 PM
Midtown Tel Aviv, 144 Menachem Begin road
Long Lost consists of six small solo exhibitions by six contemporary photographers who explore the themes of identity, memory, and fantasy. Even though they come from different countries, belong to different generations, and work in a variety of genres – from historic documentary photography, through personal documentary photography, to staged photography and still life – viewed together as a whole the exhibitions presents a cohesive and engaging image of the burning issues in today’s Western society.
Working with straightforward and authentic photography, Austrian photographer Daniel Gebhart de Koekkoek presents a collage of photographs titled The World We Live In. The artist deliberately does not give us details about the location and the time in which these were taken, creating an effortless, almost timeless look of pieces of life. The result is a poetic and touching installation with humorous and surreal touches that aspires to offer an insight into the little worlds that people create.
A similar poetic-surrealistic feeling is also found in the works of Russian photographer Evgenia Arbugaeva, which features photographs from the series Tiksi. Tiksi, the artist’s hometown, is a small port town in the Russian Arctic. The photographer combines outdoor photographs of the spectacular snowy landscapes with carefully staged scenes to create a fantastic story that weaves together reality, imagination, and childhood memories.
Polish photographer Weronika Gesicka presents the series Traces, comprised of manipulated vintage photographs from the 1950s and 1960s, drawn from American archives. The original photographs portray a variety of family and other everyday scenes – it is difficult to determine whether these are authentic documentations or carefully staged photos. The artist subjects these photographs to various manipulations, erasing faces, hiding figures, and adding different elements to create absurd and humorous images. The manipulation of the works creates an uncomfortable feeling and raises questions about the traces we leave behind. The works also offer social criticism on family life, romantic relationships, and the status of women in society.
Romanian photographer Andrei Pandele presents historical photographs of Bucharest from the era of the Communist dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu. Pandele manages to convey a fascinating documentation of a city that is in the frenzy of industrialization and construction, on the expense of its residents’ lives. Beyond their historical significance, the photos reflect Pandele’s fascination with the poetics of the mundane, turning the spotlight on the individual and articulating a message about the power of life in the midst of chaos.
Norwegian photographer Elin Høyland presents a series of beautiful and moving works in which she documented two elderly brothers in a small village in Norway, who have spent their entire life living by each other’s side. It seems that there is no need to elaborate on the photographs that unfold the whole story perfectly... Høyland attests that she is fascinated with the documentation of people and drawn to the unstaged and the little details that make up everyday life. Her photographs reflect on simplicity, authenticity, loss, and memory.
The works of Canadian photographer Laura Letinsky differ from the other works in the exhibition, in that there are no human figures in them. Nevertheless, traces of human presence are evident in all the photographs, which look like portrayals of a deserted scene. The exhibition presents works from several series of Letinsky, created over several years. While the earlier works document real still life, the new works are collages created by the artist from Martha Stewart's magazines, her own old artworks, and objects. Letinsky challenges the viewers’ temporal and spatial orientation, wishing to undermine our sensory perception and reflect on seduction and frustration and on the gaps between what we want and what we really need.
Six perspectives on life, death, and what we can do with the time between them.
PHOTO IS:RAEL Festival
The Fifth International Photography Festival
November 23rd - December 2nd, Midtown Tel Aviv
The largest photography event in Israel
12 days | 25 exhibitions | 200 artists from all over the world | 25 special events | 15 social exhibitions
For details and updates: www.photographyfestival.co.il
Since its launch five years ago, the International Photography Festival has become an Israeli art institution that draws tens of thousands of visitors each year. The festival features works by more than 200 prominent international photographers.
The upcoming festival will feature a wide range of exhibitions and special events, including the first ever photography marathon, a White Night event in the festival’s galleries with art, music, and alcohol; gallery talks, guided tours, workshop, and activities for children and families.
The exhibitions will include international and Israeli projects, among them a retrospective exhibition of the legendary Indian artist Raghu Rai, spanning five decades of his activity that offers an unparalleled visual portrayal of India; an exhibition of the Italian photojournalist Paolo Pellegrin, which recounts the story of the chaos in the Arab world since the 2003 invasion of Iraq; I Believe I am Gay, an exhibition that features portraits of religious people from the gay community in Holland; an exhibition of the Brazilian photographer Angélica Dass, which presents a chromatic range of portraits of the different human skin shades; an exhibition summarizing the festival’s social activity Photovoice, aimed at giving disenfranchised communities the skills and means to tell their story through photography and more.
This year the festival will host photographers from the following countries: India, Italy, Holland, Brazil, Romania, Poland, Russia, Norway, Czech Republic, Canada, UK, France and Spain.
Location: Midtown Tel-Aviv (Menachem Begin rd. 144)
Dates: November 23rd - December 2nd
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For more details: Masha Kushnir, masha@photographyfestival.co.il
Promo images: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ox4ggs9i3caqtsb/AABJRB2dQk2Ht8gHQ0YMkPKTa?dl=0
Full details and updates on the festival’s website: www.photographyfestival.co.il
