5th Fotofestival

5th Fotofestival
Mannheim-Ludwigshafen-Heidelberg
Grenzgänge. Magnum: Trans-territories
›Battleground / Afghanistan‹

Abbas, Eve Arnold, Thomas Dworzak, Tim Hetherington, Steve McCurry, Chris Steele-Perkins

Francis Alÿs, Alighiero Boetti, Elfe Brandenburger, Melton Prior Institut, Aqeela Rezaie, Saba Sahar, Sammlung Saladin, Sandra Schäfer

Exhibition from September 14 until November 10 2013

›Fotofestival Mannheim-Ludwigshafen-Heidelberg‹ is the biggest curated photographic festival in Germany and has developed into a highly regarded European biennale.
In celebration of its 5th anniversary the Fotofestival has invited the legendary photo agency and photographers´co-operative MAGNUM PHOTOS to be the artistic partner. MAGNUM PHOTOS is one of the world´s most renowned photografic agencies.

Under the title ›GRENZGÄNGE: MAGNUM: TRANS-TERRITORIES‹ the curator Andréa Holzherr is going to devise her own concept of the Fotofestival. Inspired by the special geographic characteristics of the Fotofestival - eight exhibition venues, three cities and two German federal states - she will select works that deal with the defence, opening, crossing and interwining of various territories. She will be dealing at the same time with themes such as, for example, home versus uprooting, exile and migration, war versus community.

In the exhibition ›Battleground / Afghanistan‹ the subject is disputed territories, war and armed conflicts, drawing on the example of Afghanistan. A space-filling fresco of photos from the artistiv partner MAGNUM PHOTOS documents the different phases of the country's war history. The art society's director, Susanne Weiß, has selected further artistic positions.
Selected works from artists as Francis Alÿs, Alighiero Boetti, Aqeela Rezaie, Elfe Brandenburger, Saba Sahar, Sandra Schäfer, the Salasin collection and he Melton Prior Insitute confront the country's current and historical situations from various perspectives.

Calendar

Friday 13.9. / 7 pm
Opening in the Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen
5th Fotofestival Mannheim_Ludwigshafen_Heidelberg
GRENZGÄNGE. MAGNUM TRANS-TERRITORIES

Saturday 14.9. / 6 pm
Focus Heidelberg
›Battleground Afghanistan‹

Wednesday 25.9. / 6 pm
Guided Tour in German
with Jochen Steinmetz

Tuesday 1.10. / 7 pm
›War Photographer‹
Film screening with Jochen Steinmetz

Sunday 6.10. / 2 pm
Grand Tour in Heidelberg
with Kristina Hoge

Wednesday 9.10. / 6 pm
Guided Tour in German
with Jochen Steinmetz

Sunday 20.10. / 5 pm
Guided Tour in French
with Caroline Marié

Wednesday 23.10. / 5 pm
Guided Tour in French
with Caroline Marié

Tuesday 24.10. / 6 pm
Guided Tour in German
with Caroline Marié

Sunday 27.10.
›Looking inside!‹
Excursion to Mannheim

Wednesday 30.10. / 7 pm
›Restrepo - Die blutige Wahrheit des Krieges‹
with Hartmut Jatzko

Saturday 2.11. / 7 pm
›Bewegungen unter schwierigen Bedingungen‹
Film
Presentation by Sandra Schäfer

Sunday 3.11. / 3 pm
Guided Tour in German
with Caroline Marié

Wednesday 6.11. / 7 pm
›Alighiero Boetti and Afghanistan‹
Presentation by Caterina Maderna

Thirsday 7.11. / 6 pm
Guided Tour in German
with Caroline Marié

Friday 8.11. / 7 pm
›Afghan Box Camera Project‹
Presentation by Lukas Birk

Sunday 10.11. / 2 pm
Grand Tour in Heidelberg
with Kristina Hoge

Young pioneers celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Youth Democratic Organization with Soviet style exercises. Kabul. Afghanistan 1986. © Abbas/Magnum Photos/FOCUS

Installation view Collection Saladin. Heidelberger Kunstverein. 2013. Toni Montana Studios

5th Fotofestival Mannheim-Ludwigshafen-Heidelberg Grenzgänge. Magnum: Trans-territories ›Battleground / Afghanistan‹

5th Fotofestival
Mannheim-Ludwigshafen-Heidelberg
Grenzgänge. Magnum: Trans-territories
›Battleground / Afghanistan‹