фотофестиваль в Тампере (2008) BACKLIGHT 2008

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BACKLIGHT 2008 — Newsletter Tampere, 22.10.2007

The 8th International Photography Triennial Backlight 2008 has been chosen for funding in Culture2007-2013 program of the European Union. Among the 77 projects from around in Europe, Backlight08 is the only project with Main-Organizer in Finland. We are satisfied!

The festival is rooted in documentary photography and open to different artistic approaches. It promotes intercultural dialogue by focusing on revealing the hidden, the veiled, the lost and forgotten. Backlight08 will consist of exhibitions, a symposium with lectures, workshops, guided tours, a residence program, portfolio review and publications.

The central presentations of Backlight 2008 will be based on an International Call for Artists. The Call is focused on photography, but it also accepts photography-based projects that are combined with other media.

Deadline for submissions will be 31st of January 2008.


The Title of Backlight2008 is Tickle Attack


Content of the project: Tickle Attack is about Humor, Laughter, Irony, Paradox and Absurd. Artists should submit photography-based projects that express and reflect diverse artistic perspectives and interpretations through various cultural backgrounds.

Members of the Jury: Martin Breindl, Fluss Nö Initiative für Foto- und Medienkunst; Krzysztof Candrowicz, Lodz Art Center; Alessandra Capodacqua, Fondazione Studio Marangoni; Ulrich Haas-Pursiainen, Photographic Centre Nykyaika; Alla Räisänen, Northern Photographic Centre.

Exhibition concept: To promote intercultural dialogue, Backlight 2008 will organize one main exhibition that will be divided and shared by organizer and co-organizers. Selected artworks will be displayed in different venues throughout Europe (Florence, Lodz, Oulu, Tampere, Wolkersdorf) according to the thematic concept.


The exhibition will be presented in September 2008 and streamed via Internet in order to give the audience access to the entire content.

The whole exhibition will also be presented at Lodz Photo Festival in May 2009.

Single projects may also be selected for additional presentations by Backlight2008 partners: City of Dudelange & Cafe Crème, Luxemburg; Galleri Image, Aarhus, Denmark; Goethe Institut, Helsinki, Finland; Kaunas Photo, Kaunas, Lithuania; Kunstihoone, Tallin, Estonia; Langhans Galerie, Prague, Czech Republic; National Centre of Photography, St.Petersburg, Russia; Kotka Photographic Centre, Kotka, Finland.

Backlight 2008 Award: 5.000 Euro

Organizers: Backlight 2008 is organized by Photographic Centre Nykyaika in Tampere, Finland, and co-organized by Fluss Nö Initiative für Foto- und Medienkunst, Wolkersdorf, Austria; Fondazione Studio Marangoni, Florence, Italy; Lodz Art Center, Lodz, Poland; Northern Photographic Centre, Oulu, Finland.


Project Manager is Ulrich Haas-Pursiainen M.A.

http://www.backlight.fi/