Ukrainian artist Mykola Ridnyi is exhibiting a series at the Fotograf Gallery that sees him covering symbols of radical right-wing organizations with bubble gum. His reflections of social and political reality manifest a long-standing interest in the rise and internationally interconnected nature of right-wing extremism in Europe. Interviewing him about his work and the recent change of focus in his series “Facing the Wall” will be Mariana Serranová.
The Fotograf Festival explores intersections in photography and contemporary art – just like its partner projects – Fotograf Gallery and Fotograf Magazine. Festival is held in Autumn months and it presents current topic through solo as well as group exhibitions prepared in cooperation with invited domestic or foreign curators in various Prague galleries and institutions. A series of discussions, atist talks, site-specific events, public space exhibitions, projections and guided/commented tours accompany that exhibition program. Fotograf Festival is the only thematic- and curator-conceived photography festival in the Czech Republic. Its aim is to promote the photographic medium and its broader integration into contemporary art and into the conscience of the general public.
The discussions, at which invited experts debate each other on the current festival theme in the context of visual art, are meant not only for the expert public, but for the lay public as well. Fotograf Festival looks to build a tradition and a new platform for a photography festival that places Prague among other important centers for photography and the visual arts in Europe. It strives to share contemporary photographic art and the creation of a thematically-focused space where the general public and experts from around the world can meet.
Fotograf Festival is organised by
Fotograf 07 z.s.
Jungmannova 7
Praha 1, 110 00
info@fotografnet.cz
+420 605 553 432
fotografestival.cz
fotografgallery.cz
fotografmagazine.cz
Team Team Fotograf Festival #13
Světlana Malinová
Creative director
svetlana.malinova@fotografnet.cz
Monika Čejková
Author of the concept & curator of the exhibition in Trade Fair Palace
Tina Poliačková
Curator of the exhibition in the Fotograf Gallery
Pavel Matěj
Manager of the Festival
pavel.matej@fotografnet.cz
Jan Hladonik
Marketing
jan.hladonik@fotografnet.cz
Graphic Design
Anymade Studio
Karina Golisová
Coordination
karina.golisova@fotografnet.cz
Tereza Vacková
Socials & Media Relations
tereza.vackova@fotografnet.cz
Viktorie Vítů
Accompanying Program
viktorie.vitu@fotografnet.cz
Markéta Kinterová
editor-in-chief Fotograf Magazine
marketa.kinterova@fotografnet.cz
Barbora Čápová
Production, advertisement Fotograf Magazine
barbora.capova@fotografnet.cz
Marie Rozmánková
Finance and Administration
marie.rozmankova@fotografnet.cz
Aleš Loziak
Web
ales.loziak@fotografnet.cz
Fotograf Festival is organized by Fotograf 07 z.s. under the auspices of the City of Prague, the Municipal District of Prague 1, Prague 7 and with the financial support of the Prague City Hall in the amount of CZK 300.000 the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic and the State Culture Fund of the Czech Republic. With support of the Government of Flanders.
