This month-long event that started on May 17 with the opening exhibition of Waltera Pfeiffera in the Starmach Gallery is one of the largest photography festivals in Europe. Every year in mid-May Krakow becomes world’s capital of photography. All of the city’s best galleries, museums, cafes, cultural centres, and even more unique locations like private flats, public parks, and post-industrial spaces, will be filled with dozens of individual and collective photo exhibitions.
The theme of the 11th Photomonth is fashion
This year’s edition also many side events that are an integral part of the main program: workshops, numerous artist meetings, film screenings and other events that typically take place during Photo Month.
Check the website for more info: http://www.photomonth.com/index.php/pl/page/462/spotkania-mistrzowskie.html
SHOWcabinet at SHOWstudio’s Headquarter in Belgravia, London, March 2013.
Courtesy of SHOWstudio.
EVENT CALENDAR 2013
Admission to all events is free.
16.05 THURSDAY
17:00 ShowOFF vernissage
Piotr Macha – Bloody Harvest
Curator: Dorota Buczkowska
Opcja, ul. Piłsudskiego 38
18:00 vernissages
Ghislain Dussart – COLLAGES
MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow (Alpha Gallery), ul. Lipowa 4
TADEUSZ ROLKE – STUDIO ROLKE
Curator: Witek Orski
MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow (Beta Gallery), ul. Lipowa 4
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17.05 FRIDAY
16:30 Masters Series (eng)
Walter Pfeiffer
Starmach Gallery, ul. Węgierska 5
16:30 ShowOFF vernissage
Milena Natalia Soporowska – Guest Rooms
Curator: Bownik
Galeria Trzecie Oko, ul. Bocheńska 5
17:00 ShowOFF vernissage
Alexandra Soldatova – Everything Must Be Beautiful
Curator: Cecylia Malik
Museum of Municipal Engineering in Krakow, ul. św. Wawrzyńca 15
18:00 GRAND OPENING OF THE FESTIVAL
Vernissage
WALTER PFEIFFER – IN LOVE WITH BEAUTY
Curators: Martin Jaeggi, Thomas Seelig
Starmach Gallery, ul. Węgierska 5
20:00 vernissage
SYNCHRODOGS – CRYPSIS
Curators: New Roman Collective
Galeria New Roman, ul. Krasickiego 9/8
21:30 OPENING PARTY
23:00 concert (free entry)
Ludojad
FORUM Przestrzenie, ul. Konopnickiej 28
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18.05 SATURDAY
12:00 curator’s tour (pl)
A tour of the Limits of Fashion exhibition with Paweł Szypulski
Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art Gallery, pl. Szczepański 3a
13:00 vernissage (eng)
MILOU ABEL – I AM YOU
ZPAF Gallery, ul. św. Tomasza 24
14:00 vernissage
LIMITS OF FASHION
Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art Gallery, pl. Szczepański 3a
16:00 ShowOFF meeting
Meeting with the curators of ShowOFF Section 2013: Kuba Bąk, Bownik, Dorota Buczkowska, Cecylia Malik, Marika Zamojska
Led by: Jagna Lewandowska, Piotr Sikora
Malopolska Garden of Arts, ul. Rajska 12
17:00 ShowOFF vernissage
Anna Kieblesz – Whirl
Curator: Bownik
Malopolska Garden of Arts, ul. Rajska 12
17:30 ShowOFF vernissage
An Excerpt from the Catalogue of Works by Antonín Přibyl
Curator: Marika Zamojska
Galeria Wiatrak, ul. Łobzowska 6
18:30 ShowOFF vernissage
Aleksandra Loska – Nothing in the Middle
Curator: Marika Zamojska
Galeria Łącznik, pl. Matejki 4/12
19:30 ShowOFF vernissage
Dominik Ritszel – Eine kleine werke
Curator: Dorota Buczkowska
Galeria Szara Kamienica, Rynek Główny 6
20:00 vernissage
CORINNE DAY – EARLY DAYS
Curators: Wojciech Nowicki, Mark Szaszy
Galeria Pauza, ul. Floriańska 18/5 (2 piętro / 2nd floor)
20:00 ShowOFF vernissage
Sergey Melnychenko – Schwarzenegger Is My Idol
Curator: Kuba Bąk
Pauza, ul. Floriańska 18
21:00 ShowOFF vernissage
Kaja Dobrowolska – Memory Box
Curator: Kuba Bąk
Galeria AS, ul. św. Marka 22
22:00 party
Saturday at the Szczepański Square
Bomba | Charlotte | Betel, pl. Szczepański 3
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19.05 SUNDAY
12:00 curator’s tour (pl)
A tour of the Limits of Fashion exhibition with Paweł Szypulski
Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art Gallery, pl. Szczepański 3a
13:30 Masters Series
Simon Menner
Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art Gallery, pl. Szczepański 3a (audiovisual hall)
16:00 wernisaż / vernissage
ROY VILLEVOYE – RED CALICO
Seweryn Udziela Ethnographic Museum in Krakow, ul. Krakowska 46
17:30 ShowOFF vernissage
Yurko Dyachyshyn – Slavik’s Fashion
Curator: Cecylia Malik
OFFence Gallery, ul. Koletek 12
18:00 vernissage
SHOWstudio – Fashion Film
Angel Wawel, ul. Koletek 12
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20.05 MONDAY
18:30 vernissage
FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE F.C. GUNDLACH COLLECTION
Curator: F.C. Gundlach
National Museum in Krakow, Main Building, al. 3 Maja 1
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21.05 TUESDAY
18:00 Masters Series (de / pl)
F.C. Gundlach
National Museum in Krakow, Main Building, al. 3 Maja 1 (audiovisual hall)
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23.05 THURSDAY
18:00 meeting (pl)
The T-shirt: Global Cultural Product?
Led by: Jacek Kukuczka, Eleonora Tenerowicz
Seweryn Udziela Ethnographic Museum in Krakow, ul. Krakowska 46
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24.05 FRIDAY
24–26.05 WEEKEND KRAKÓW PHOTO FRINGE
City Game: Photo Fringe
Info: krakowfringe.com, facebook.com/krakowphotofringe
24–25.05 Academy of Photography workshop (eng / Pl)
Contemporary Fashion („Baron Magazine”)
Led by: Ché Zara Blomfield & Matthew Holroyd
Akademia Fotografii, ul. Grodzka 60
Booking: akademiafotografii.pl
21:00 SLIDENITE – outdoor screenings
Polish Documentary Photography
FORUM Przestrzenie, ul. Konopnickiej 28
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25.05 SATURDAY
12:00–18:00 event (tickets)
Cloudmine Pop Up Shop
Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art Gallery, pl. Szczepański 3a (1st floor)
13:00 curator’s tour (pl)
A tour of the Limits of Fashion exhibition with Karolina Sulej
Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art Gallery, pl. Szczepański 3a
18:00 Masters Series (pl)
Zbigniew Libera
Led by: Witek Orski
Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology, ul. Konopnickiej 26
21:00 SLIDENITE – outdoor screenings
photo.mov international video competition
Screening of photo.mov competition finalists
FORUM Przestrzenie, ul. Konopnickiej 28
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26.05 SUNDAY
11:00–18:00 event (tickets)
Cloudmine Pop Up Shop
Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art Gallery, pl. Szczepański 3a (1st floor)
12:00 workshop for children
At the exhibition Limits of Fashion
Led by: Justyna Mazur
Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art Gallery, pl. Szczepański 3a
Booking: photomonth.com
12:00 Masters Series (eng)
Marie Schuller (SHOWstudio)
Angel Wawel, ul. Koletek 12
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29.05 WEDNESDAY
18:00 Legal Culture Workshops
Photography: The Essentials of Functioning in the Digital Reality
Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art Gallery, pl. Szczepański 3a
Booking: legalnakultura.pl
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30.05 THURSDAY
18:00 Masters Series & screening (pl)
Tadeusz Rolke
before the meeting:
Krakow Film Festival presents
Diary of a Journey; dir. Piotr Stasik, Polska, 2013, 51 min (in Polish only)
MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, ul. Lipowa 4
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31.05 FRIDAY
18:00 Masters Series (eng)
Oliver Chanarin
Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology, ul. Konopnickiej 26
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1.06 SATURDAY
11:00–17:30 8TH PORTFOLIO REVIEW
Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology, ul. Konopnickiej 26
Booking: photomonth.com
1–2.06 Academy of Photography workshop
Fashion Photography
Led by: Szymon Rogiński
Akademia Fotografii, ul. Grodzka 60
Booking: akademiafotografii.pl
11:00–17:00 Academy of Photography workshop for children
Wet Collodion Technique
Led by: Łukasz Gietka (Institute of Rare Techniques)
Akademia Fotografii, ul. Grodzka 60
Booking: akademiafotografii.pl
11:00 workshop for children
PHOTO-graphic Children’s Day
Bal, ul. Ślusarska 9
12:00–16:00 event
Limits of Fashion: Braids plaited by Danuta Płatek
Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art Gallery, pl. Szczepański 3a
18:00 EXPERIMENTAL SECTION
discussion panel (pl)
From Educated Farmer to Urban Intellectual: about Lifestyle in Poland
A discussion with the participation of: Agata Michalak („Kukbuk”), Janusz Noniewicz („K MAG”, Katedra Mody ASP w Warszawie), Katarzyna Świeżak („Wysokie Obcasy”), Katarzyna Bojarska („Widok”, IBL PAN),
Magde Szczesniak (IKP UW)
Led by: Karolina Sulej
Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art Gallery, pl. Szczepański 3a (audiovisual hall)
22:00 party
KMag Party
Invitations: facebook.com/k.mag
FORUM Przestrzenie, ul. Konopnickiej 28
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2.06 SUNDAY
11:00 workshop for children
At the exhibition Red Calico Roy Villevoye
Led by: Justyna Mazur
Seweryn Udziela Ethnographic Museum in Krakow, ul. Krakowska 46
Booking: photomonth.com
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5.06 WEDNESDAY
5–10.06 Academy of Photography workshop
Workshop with Andrzej Kramarz
Led by: Andrzej Kramarz
Akademia Fotografii, ul. Grodzka 60
Booking: akademiafotografii.pl
18.00 meeting
The Indispensability of Fashion – meeting with Andrzej Barański
National Museum in Krakow, Main Building, al. 3 Maja 1
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6.06 THURSDAY
18:00 meeting
A consideration of Roy Villevoye’s exhibition, within the context of the Ethnographic Museum’s collection of artefacts from New Guinea
Led by: Jacek Kukuczka, Eleonora Tenerowicz
Seweryn Udziela Ethnographic Museum in Krakow, ul. Krakowska 46
18:00 screening
PLANETE+ DOC Festival at Krakow Photomonth
Bert Stern: Original Madman; dir. Shannan Laumeister, USA, 2011, 93 min
Kino Pauza, ul. Floriańska 18/5 (2nd floor)
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7.06 FRIDAY
18:00 screening
PLANETE+ DOC Festival at Krakow Photomonth
Manufactured Landscapes; dir. Jennifer Baichwal, Canada, 2006, 90 min
Kino Pauza, ul. Floriańska 18/5 (2nd floor)
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8.06 SATURDAY
19:00 screenings
Peter Lindbergh – mein Leben; dir. Werner Raeune, Germany, 2007, 43 min
Rankin – Show Off; dir. Ralph Goertz, Germany, 35 min
Nuremberg House Gallery, ul. Skałeczna 2
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9.06 SUNDAY
19:00 screenings
lbert Watson: Retrospective; dir. Ralph Goertz, Germany, 30 min
Robert Mapplethorpe – Shapes; dir. Ralph Goertz, Germany, 2011, 40 min
Nuremberg House Gallery, ul. Skałeczna 2
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15.06 SATURDAY
21:00 First of the festival closings
concert (tickets: 25 pln)
Őszibarack
Mezkal Music Club, ul. Meiselsa 18
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16.06 SUNDAY
12:00 workshop for children and parents
Zuzanna Alicja dress up
Led by: Alicja Szulc, Zuzia Szulc and Agnieszka Pajączkowska
Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art Gallery, pl. Szczepański 3a
Booking: photomonth.com
17:00 UNOFFICIAL FESTIVAL CLOSING
Picnic at the Ramp
19:00 Bombilla invites for the concert (free entry)
The Abstinents
Fundacja Sztuk Wizualnych, ul. Ślusarska 9