14.08. plkst.18.00
Splendid Palace Riga
Elizabetes iela 61
ARTIST TALKS
“Between darkness and light” - Jodi Bieber - The talk will explore different projects spanning over eighteen year period, in autobiographic, historical and psychological perspective.
“An unfortunate tour through the mind of Mr Toledano” - Phillip Toledano will explain his artistic actions for the last ten years, and try to make sense.
Otrdien, 14. augustā, plkst. 18.00, Splendid Palace Mazajā zālē notiks divu starptautiski augsti novērtētu fotogrāfu publiskas uzstāšanās. Visiem fotogrāfijas, mākslas un žurnālistikas interesentiem būs iespējams noskatīties konceptuālā mākslinieka Filipa Toledano un daudzu pasaules fotožurnālistikas balvu ieguvējas Džodijas Bīberes darbu prezentācijas, kā arī uzdot māksliniekiem jautājumus.
Džodija Bībere dzimusi 1967. gadā Johannesburgā. Džodijas darbs padziļināti pievēršas sociālajiem kariem sabiedrībā un margināliem cilvēkiem. Lai gan viņas aizraušanās ir Dienvidāfrika, fotogrāfes darbs viņu ir aizvedis arī daudz kur citur pasaulē, tostarp uz citām Āfrikas valstīm, Irānu, Irāku, un Pakistānu. Viņas pirmā grāmata, «Starp suņiem un vilkiem – pieaugot līdz ar Dienvidāfriku» (Between Dogs and Wolves – Growing up with South Africa) tika izdota 2006. gadā, kam sekoja «Soueto» (Soweto) 2010. gadā. Viņas darbus turpina starptautiski izstādīt personālizstādēs un grupu izstādēs. 2011. gadā Bībere ieguva galveno balvu World Press Photo konkursā. Viņas kontā ir arī 10 citas World Press Photo balvas, pirmā vieta Starptautiskajā gada fotogrāfijas konkursā 2009. gadā un liels skaits citu apbalvojumu.
Filips Toledano dzimis 1968 gadā Londonā, franču-marokāņu mātei un amerikāņu tēvam. Dzīvo un strādā Ņujorkā. Pēc daudzu gadu darba reklāmas aģenturās kļuva par konceptuālo mākslinieku – radošo ideju paušanai par galveno mediju izmantojot fotogrāfiju. Viņa darbu tēmas ir galvenokārt sociopolitiskas, bet pēdējā laika Toledano virzījies arī dziļi personiskā telpā. Viņš strādā ar dažādiem medijiem - no fotogrāfijas līdz instalācijai, un no skulptūras līdz glezniecībai. Toledano ir izdevis četras grāmatas: «Bankrots» (Bankrupt, 2005), «Telefonsekss» (Phonesex, 2008), «Dienas ar manu tēvu» (Days with my father, 2010) un «Jaunais skaistums» (A new kind of beauty, 2011), par cilvēkiem, kas sevi ‘radījuši no jauna’ ar plastiskās ķirurģijas palīdzību. Fotogrāfa darbi ir parādījusies neskaitāmos starptautiskos izdevumos un festivālos; tie ir bijuši plaši izstādīti ASV un citur. Pēdējos trīs gadus Filips ir mācījis fotogrāfiju Starptautiskajā fotogrāfijas centrā Ņujorkā un uzstājies kā vieslektors dažādos starptautiskos pasākumos.
Abi mākslinieki kopā ar citiem pasaulē atzītiem fotogrāfiem ieradušies Latvijā, lai nedēļas garumā pasniegtu meistarklases Starptautiskās fotogrāfijas vasaras skolas (International Summer School of Photography, ISSP) studentiem – fotogrāfiem no visas pasaules.
Pateicāmies par "Splendid Palace" un SIA "Rīgas Nami" atblastu pasākumam.
Uzstāšanās notiks angļu valodā.
The ISSP Selection committee has completed its work evaluating 2009 applications. It was a hard task to select the best 50 (52!) out of 108 - and we did receive more quality applications than we could accept…
Congratulations to the chosen ones! ;) We are looking forward to hearing your participation confirmations soon. And, yes, over ten applicants are currently in the waiting list, in case any places free up.
We also want to thank everyone who applied this year - we really appreciate the interest and hope you try again next year. All of the applicants will very soon receive emails informing of the status.
Hey hey! The admission of applications for ISSP 2009 has been completed yesterday - we have received over 100 applications, from over 20 (!) countries. Thanks to all of you for your interest!
The selected participants shall be announced on this site in the beginning of June. We will also inform all the applicants by email.
Good news - the teacher for Workshop nr.5 of ISSP 2009 is finally confirmed! Vanessa Winship (UK) will be giving a workshop on Environmental portrait. Vanessa is a double winner of World Press Photo Competition (1998 and 2008) and a Photographer of the Year 2008 of SONY World Photography Awards. We are very happy for this solution and grateful to SONY for special support. See www.vanessawinship.com for more on the latest addition to ISSP 2009 teachers’ group.
Ps. Applications to ISSP still open until 17 May 2009!
Dear all! The term for submitting ISSP Applications has been prolonged till 17 May 2009!
We apologise for the delay with 5th workshop announcement, and hope to have the information on the web-site by the end of this week.
Hey hey! We are glad to announce that the application process for the 4th International Summer School of Photography (ISSP) is now open.ISSP 2009 will take place in Ludza, Latvia from 1 to 9 August 2009.
And here it comes (finally!!) Some visual impressions on the International Summer School of Photography 2008 by Arno Geens (a special ISSP correspondent and Jos World representative):
And our classics - documentation of ISSP Final Exibition installation and opening in Ludza on August 9, 2008 - by Ģirts Raģelis (ISSP 2006 and 2008 participant):
Now for sure, the ISSP 2009 shall take place on 1-9 August 2009 at the same location in Ludza.
Information on this year’s workshops and teachers, and the application forms shall appear on the updated web-site very soon - on 1st week of April. The deadline for participants applications will be 1st week of May.
The Exhibition will remain open to public at Goethe Institute Riga, Torna iela 1, from 6.10. till 1.11.2008, Mondays – Fridays 9:00-20:00, Saturdays 9:00-15:30
Uff, its over now… Alas, all the great things come to an end… but only to give way to new beginnings. With all due self-criticism (particularly towards the technicalities of the digital lab), we have to admit that the event was next to perfect! A quick glance at the participants evaluation forms - over 4/5 of the students rated their ISSP experience as ‘excellent’… More feedback in quotes:
The ISSP 2007 Catalogue is a collection of 15 photo-series created by the ISSP students for the final exhibition in August 2007. An independent jury: art historian and curator Inese Baranovska, photographer Alnis Stakle and painter Andris Eglitis was engaged in the production of the catalogue by selecting three brightest photo-series from each of the 5 thematic workshops. The publication is a documentary of the creative results of the ISSP. It also provides a summary insight into artistic explorations of new authors, at the same time reflecting the current tendencies in young contemporary photography.
November 29, 2007: The ISSP 2006 Catalogue has received the Latvia Photography Award of the Year 2007 in the nomination of “Photoalbum or Photography Book of the Year”!
