Photography Festival PHOTO of VIENNA will start on January 20. March

Exhibitions, Talks, Workshops and more 21. March in the festival headquarters

Vienna (OTS/RK) – On 20. March starts the Kunst Haus Wien, a Museum of Wien Holding, along with 130 program partners oriented photography Festival PHOTO of VIENNA. Numerous exhibitions and Events in Vienna at that time devote up to 20. April the Medium of photography in all its facets. In the official festival headquarters in the Otto Wagner’s post office savings Bank at Georg-Coch-Platz 2 in 1. Viennese municipality district 21. March to 6. April 2019 in addition to numerous exhibitions as well as Talks, lectures, Workshops, Screenings, and image reviews with free admission.

Exhibition of „Urban zones/Zones Urbaines“ – The phenomenon of the city explore

Well-known Austrian and a French photographer were invited, with the phenomenon of the city and to explore the effect of areas of life in urban areas.

Tip: the Installation „Leaving the Office“ by Valérie Jouve on the MQ forecourt, Talk with the artists on 22. March 15:30-16:30 clock, meeting with Walter Seidl on the 21. March from 18:00-18:30 PM and Claudia Larcher on 4. April 18:00-18:30.

Exhibition „body fiction“ – The human body in photography

„Body fiction“ is the common book – and exhibition project by the partner cities of the European month of photography (EMOP). Vienna presented those five positions, which are nominated for the EMOP Arendt Award. They show different artistic approaches to staging, exploitation, and representation of the human body in contemporary photography.

Tip: book presentation and lecture at the 21. March 16:00-17:30 clock, meeting with artist Alix Marie on may 22. March from 18:00-18:30.

Exhibition of the „Curators choice“ – the selection of The Exertinnen

The three well-known curators Marieke Wiegel (Dutch photo Museum), Nadine Wietlisbach (photo Museum, Winterthur/Switzerland) and Anna-Kaisa locking Berger (University of the Arts Helsinki) were invited, with the Austrian photography scene. Your choice and present it in the framework of the exhibition.

Tip: Talk „Austrian photography in focus“ on June 21. March 17:30-18:30 clock, meeting with the artist Bernhard Hosa, on 23. March from 18:00-18:30.

Exhibition „A Fork in the Road“ – students show Work

Students of the class of photography/Gabriele Rothemann, University of applied arts Vienna and students of the Athens School of Fine Arts show their latest Works and celebrate the Common.

Tip: the picture meeting with artist Judith Pichlmüller on 5. April 18:00-18:30.

Exhibition „Stefan Oláh post office“ – architecture photography of a classic

Stefan Oláh presented in his work, the former post office, as he has found it. In the room below the cashier’s hall of the Postsparkasse by Otto Wagner-designed inventory stored.

Tip: picture the meeting with the artist Stefan Oláh on 29. March from 18:00-18:30, Talk „and questions of architectural photography“ at the 6. April at 17:00.

Exhibition „Monsanto: A Photographic Investigation“ – the group under the magnifying glass

The chemical company Bayer purchased in 2018 almost 59 billion Euro, the US seed producer Monsanto. Because of its patent policy, Monsanto, the manufacturer of the plant protection product, glyphosate, is repeated in the criticism. The French photographer Mathieu Asselin has researched about Monsanto, Concerned with spoken and for the exhibition portrays.

Tip: Talk with the artists Mathieu Asselin: The Monsanto/Bayer Deal and the destruction of rural structures. 3. In April 2019, At 18:00.

„Office Shows“ – Three offices, three different exhibitions

Three exhibitions in three offices: Lisa big-head portraits of the underground cave landscape of a Romanian salt mine. Lena Rosa Händle-created dialogical portraits with women of different generations and social classes in Cantabria. Sabine Jelinek dealt with the theme of the fold.

Tip: picture the meeting with the artists: Sabine Jelinek on 24. March from 18:00-18:30, Lisa’s big head on the 28. March from 18:00-18:30, Lena Rosa Händle on 3. April 18:00-18:30.

Exhibition „White Flag“ – Dual view of an improvised choreography

Hanna Putz and Sophie Thun, photographed each other over a period of two years, and constructed a game of varying roles behind and in front of the camera.

Exhibition „The Secret Show“ – secret project of an artist collective

An exhibition of the artists ‚ collective 280A in the vault or the vault of the Otto Wagner post office savings Bank, which deal with the theme of „space“.

Tip: the picture meeting with artist Michael Kollmann on December 31. March from 18:00-18:30.

Exhibition „Vienna is So beautiful, the house is“

The 100-year anniversary of the Vienna Gemeindebaus Wiener Wohnen invited in cooperation with PHOTO VIENNA, all of Vienna, to take a photograph of your Church building project. Be shown the best 23 photos.

Tip: the award ceremony for The winning image of the „So beautiful is Vienna – So beautiful in the housing estate“ will take place on 5 is. April at 18:00 instead.

Exhibition „From the use of photography. Austria
1930-1950“

Using historical objects, the exhibition of the people’s history Museum looks at the practices of private photography in Austria in the years 1930-1950. The process of photography is traced.

Tip: exhibition tour and curator talk on the 26. March at 18:00, the Talk „let’s Talk about your pictures!/Start Collecting Photography“ on 29. March at 18:00.

RONDO photo prize exhibition – The best submissions

On the occasion of the 20th birthday of RONDO, the Lifestyle magazine has called the RONDO photo. Be issued to the best submissions.

Tip: award ceremony on the 28. March 2019

(Final)

Susanne Haider
art:phalanx, Agency for culture and urbanity
Tel.: +43 1 524 98 03-11
E-Mail: presse@artphalanx.at
www.photo of Vienna.at

Elisabeth Bauer
Wien Holding – Corporate Communications
Tel.: +43 1 408 25 69 – 47
E-Mail: e.bauer@wienholding.at
www.Wien holding.at