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							                                                      PRESS – BACKGROUND
                                                      INFORMATION, 27 June 2008




International Backlight 08 Photo Festival (13 September – 16 November)
The international Backlight 08 Photo Festival comprises of two parts: exhibitions and a
Symposium.

The exhibitions are implemented as a network. Exhibitions in Austria, Finland, Italy and Poland
form the Backlight ensemble that features the photographic and video works of 56 artists.

Once the Backlight 08 Photo Festival is over, the works will tour around the galleries of the
Backlight organizers and partners in different parts of Europe between 1 December 2008 and 19
April 2009 as well as from 10 June 2009 to 31 July 2009. The programme for the exhibitions will be
ready in the autumn.

At the end of the project, Backlight 08 will exhibit a representative selection of works from all the
exhibitions in the Lodz Art Center in Poland in May 2009.



Backlight 08 Photo Festival Exhibitions
in alphabetical order according to country, city and gallery:



                                              AUSTRIA

WOLKERSDORF

FLUSS (Society for the Promotion of Photo- and Media Art)
13 September – 16 November

Artists / Projects:

        Atsuko Arai, Spain – When in Finland, do as the Finns do!?
        Erik Boker, USA – Product Dissections, Part 1
        Katerina Drzkova / Barbora Kleinhamplova, Czech Republic – IKEA - Show(in)rooms
        Anna Fabricius, Hungary – Hungarian standarts
        Mauro Fiorese, Italy – U.Pho.S. – Unidentified Photographic Subjects
        Anne Guest, UK – Food fight (Artwork: 2 Minute Warning)
        Marco and Saverio Lanza, Italy – Pastis
        GiesenLeenders, The Netherlands– Iron(y)
        Paula Muhr, Germany – Casanova
        Elodie Pong, Switzerland – no no no
        Mai Yamashita / Naoto Kobayashi, Germany – Infinity



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                                               FINLAND


HELSINKI

Goethe-Institut Finnland
19 September – 27 October

Artists / Projects:

        Bohnhof / Weinert, Germany – Abwesenheitsnotizen
        Frauke Thielking, Germany – Ready, steady, go
        Iikka Tolonen, Finland – Lebensraum


OULU

Northern Photographic Centre and the Oulu City Art Museum
19 September – 2 November

Artists and projects according to gallery:

        Gallery Valve
        Anne Guest, UK – Food fight (Artwork: 2 Minute Warning)
        Jan von Holleben, Germany – Dreams of Flying
        Ivo Mayr, Germany – Passers-by
        Mai Yamashita / Naoto Kobayashi, Germany – Infinity

        Valve Café
        Kurt Hoerbst, Austria – People scans

        Northern Photographic Centre / Rantagalleria
        Anne Guest, UK – Food fight (Artwork: 2 Minute Warning)
        Franziska Klose, Germany
        Marco and Saverio Lanza, Italy, Pastis 8
        GiesenLeenders, The Netherlands – Mimicry
        Luce Moreau, France – Venice prom time

        Galleria 5
        Veronica Dell’Agostino, Italy
                1. Agata e Cloridia
                2. Anastasia e Rodolfo
                3. La Contessina tutta rotta


PORI

Pori Art Museum
10 October 2008 – 2 February 2009

Artists / Projects from series:

        10 October – 16 November
        Reiner Riedler, Austria – Fake holidays


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        Anu Suhonen, Finland – Rehearsing happiness


        18 November – 28 November
        Herman van den Boom, Belgium – Arcadia redesigned
        Mai Yamashita / Naoto Kobayashi, Germany – Infinity

        30 December 2008 – 2 February 2009
        Jan von Holleben, Germany – Dreams of Flying
        Marco and Saverio Lanza, Italy – Finale / Pastis Paar vor Fernseher



TAMPERE

Gallery Rajatila
20 September – 12 October

Artists / Projects:

        Wiebke Leister, UK – Hals über Kopf
        Anu Suhonen, Finland – Rehearsing happiness


Art Center Mältinranta
20 September – 14 October

Artists / Projects:

        Giuseppe Di Bella, UK – ABU GHRAIB Installation
        Katerina Drzkova /Daniela Matejkova, Czech Republic – Paraphrases
        Anne Guest, UK – Food fight
        Gerda Lampalzer, Austria – The Odessa-Syndrome
        Midori Ikeda, Japan – Knitting woman in the Row-house


Exhibition Centre TR1
20 September – 9 November

Artists / Projects:

        Daniela Cojbuc, France – Sexy Ladies
        Kathrin Günter, Germany – Star shots 2
        Siri Hayes, Australia – Transition portraits
        Tatu Hiltunen, Finland – Man, View, Nature + Give Me My Fitness
        Lilly McElroy, USA – I throw myself at men
        Camilla Micheli, Italy – Itaku – Italian Cosplay
        Paula Muhr, Germany – Casanova
        Liv Pennington, UK – Partial Recall
        Oiko Petersen, Poland – Guys, from Poland with love
        Elodie Pong, Switzerland –Je suis une bombe
        Piero Steinle, Italy – The Laughter Project
        Ryudai Takano, Japan – My Dear Japanese Boys
        Sari Tervaniemi, Finland – Alpha Males
        Edward Thompson, UK – The living historians


Museum Centre Vapriikki

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20 September – 9 November

Artists / Projects:

        Atsuko Arai, Spain – When in Finland, do as the Finns do!
        Herman van den Boom, Belgium – Arcadia redesigned
        My Hellsten, Sweden – Fjällkor
        Marco and Saverio Lanza, Italy – Pastis
        Loredana Nemes, German – Under Ground
        Pekka Niittyvirta, Finland – Greetings from Helsinki
        Reiner Riedler, Austria – Fake holidays
        Andrea Stultiens, The Netherlands – Travels & Escapes, Alps
        Mai Yamashita / Naoto Kobayashi, Germany – Infinity
        Filippo Zambon, Finland – Lorenzo’s Mission



VALKEAKOSKI

Voipaala Art Centre
20 September – 9 November

Artists / Projects:

        Albin Biblom, Sweden – Mechkar
        Barbara Veronika Donaubauer, Germany – Dog exchange
        Jonathan Gitelson, USA – Dream Job
        John Goto with soundscape by Michael Young, UK – John Goto’s New World Circus
        G.R.A.M. (Gunther Holler-Schuster, Martin Behr), Austria – Innocent Anarchists
        Jan von Holleben, Germany – Dreams of Flying
        Rafal Milach, Poland – Disappearing Circus

Other activities in the Voipaala Art Centre

Artistic residence for Backlight artist.
Children's workshops.


                                              ITALY

FLORENCE

Fondazione Studio Marangoni
16 September – 18 October

Artists / Projects:

        Bettina Flitner, Germany – Boatpeople
        Anne Guest, UK – Food fight (Artwork: 2 Minute Warning)
        Martin Kollar, Slovenia – European Parliament
        Marco and Saverio Lanza, Italy – Pastis
        Paula Muhr, Germany – Casanova
        Matt Siber, USA – Floating logos
        Mai Yamashita / Naoto Kobayashi, Germany – Infinity




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                                               POLAND

LODZ

Lodz Art Center
19 September – 1 October 2008

Artists and Projects:

        Tatu Hiltunen, Finland – Man, View, Nature, Give Me My Fitness
        Jorma Mylly, Finland – Tapahtumia – Happenings
        Pekka Niittyvirta, Finland – Greetings from Finland
        Okko Oinonen, Finland – on the top of the iceberg / Intellectual Exiles

Lodz Art Center
1 May – 31 May 2009

A wide selection of works from the whole Backlight 08 Photo Festival will be presented at the Lodz
Art Center in Poland in May 2009.




More information:
Project Manager
Ulrich Haas-Pursiainen
Tel. +358 50 557 9960
Photographic Centre Nykyaika
ulrich.haas@backlight.fi
www.backlight.fi

Newsletter:
PR Manager
Pirjo Talvio
Tel. +358 40 728 5260
pirjo.talvio@pointtia.fi


This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This communication reflects the
views of the author only, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use of the information
contained herein.




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