FLERE SIDER FOTOGRAFI 2013

13 -15 September 2013
Fotogalleriet, Møllergata 34, Oslo

The Norwegian Association of Fine Art Photographers (FFF – Forbundet Frie Fotografer) and Fotogalleriet welcome you to the fourth edition of Various Sides of Photography (Flere Sider Fotografi) from 13-15 September in connection with the Oslo Book Festival. The seminar aims to look at the phenomenon of the photo book as an artistic tool and an alternative form for presenting photographic art works. This year the seminar focuses on graphic design.

NORDIC DUMMY AWARD
The Nordic Dummy Award will be arranged for the second time during the seminar. Artists with a Nordic connection could submit a dummy that was judged by a jury consisting of Nina Strand (artist and editor, Objektiv), Heli Rekula (artist and professor, photography, Bergen Academy of Art and Design), Beate Cegielska (director Galleri Image, Aarhus) in collaboration with Thor Arvid Dyrerud (Press Publishing). The best dummies will be presented at Fotogalleriet during the seminar, and the winner of the Nordic Dummy Award will have the opportunity to collaborate with Elanders Fälth & Hässler, Formetc and Press Publishing.

The six finalists are:
- Jacob Buchard (DK) with the photo book 52 Oslo
- Heikki Kaski (FIN) with the photo book Tranquility
- Therése Jennie Olson (SE) with the photo book Stanna
- Erik Östensson (SE) with the photo book Cirklen oh linjen
- Maija Savolainen (FIN) with the photo book When the Sens of Belonging is Bound to the System of Movement
- Fatou Madeleine Åsbakk (NO) with the photo book Diasmemoarene

This years award went to Maija Annikki Savolainen for her book When the Sens of Belonging is Bound to the System of Movement.

WORKSHOP

As part of the seminar programme, we also invite for a graphic design workshop at Fotogalleriet on Saturday, 14 September at 14:30. If you are working on a photo book, you will have the opportunity to receive feedback on your work-in-progress by three graphic designers particularly working with photo books. The workshop is led by Sandra Praun (SE), Nicola Reiter (DE) and Yokoland/Aslak Gurholt (NO). You may bring any material ready for viewing, and you may also just present an idea.

fotoKIDS special
Children aged 6-12 years can join the fotoKIDS special workshop on Sunday 15 September from 11:00-14:00. The workshop will of course focus on photo books, and everyone will make their own photo book dummy during these three hours.

PROGRAMME

FRIDAY 13 SEPTEMBER
12:00-21:00 Open gallery and bookshop. Children’s programme in the video gallery.
18:00-18:30 Artist talk Christina Leithe H., winner of Nordic Dummy Award 2012
19:00 Nordic Dummy Award 2013 award ceremony

SATURDAY 14 SEPTEMBER
11:00-18:00 Open gallery and bookshop. Children’s programme in the video gallery.
11:00-14:00 Lectures
11:00 Nicola Reiter (DE), book maker / book designer
12:00 YOKOLAND/Aslak Gurholt (NO), graphic design bureau
13:00 Sandra Praun (SE), graphic designer
14:30-18:00 Workshop with Sandra Praun, Nicola Reiter and Yokoland
Binding registration via workshop@fffotografer.no before 10 September.
The workshop is free of charge.

SUNDAY 15 SEPTEMBER
11:00-16:00 Open gallery and bookshop. Children’s programme in the video gallery.
11:00-14:00 FotoKIDS special. Workshop on photo books for kids 6-12 years
Binding registration via fotokids@fotogalleriet.no before 8 September.
The workshop is free of charge.

Yokoland/Aslak Gurholt (NO)
Aslak Gurholt (b.1981) is a Norwegian designer, artist and illustrator – besides being an occasional curator, editor and writer. Gurholt is one third of the collective Yokoland, known for the design for the independent record label Metronomicon Audio and the publisher Flamme Forlag. Gurholt is also one half of the small publishing house Aki Books and the even smaller pop-up gallery Wizard. He has also written, edited, illustrated and designed a number of children’s books, art and photography books.

Sandra Praun (SE)
Sandra Praun (b.1971) is a graphic designer with special interest in book design in the fields of art, design and architecture. Graduated at Konstfack University College for Arts, Crafts and Design, and RMI Berghs in Stockholm. Clients include institutions such as Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Moderna Museet, Nationalmuseum Stockholm, The Hasselblad Foundation, Artipelag, and publishers like Art & Theory Publishing, Albert Bonniers Förlag, Arvinius Förlag, and Parallel Production. Praun received the award Svensk Bokkonst in 2010.

Nicola Reiter (DE)
Nicola Reiter (b. 1975) studied from 1998 to 2004 at the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig (Department of Arts / Graphic Design) with cyan and Professor Günter Karl Bose a. o. For her diploma presentation she showed her book ›Positio‹, which was published by Spector Books Leipzig in 2008. She was a lecturer at the Academy of Visual Arts from 2006 to 2008. Parallel to this she studied in the post-graduate class with Günter Karl Bose. In this period her second book ›Firn‹ arose, which was also published by Spector Books. Nicola Reiter lives in Munich since 2009 and works as a freelance graphic and book designer among others for the Museum of Photography Braunschweig.

Christina Leithe H. (NO)
Christina Leithe H. (b.1978) graduated with an MFA from Malmö Art Academy in 2006. Recent solo exhibitions took place at Galleri Maria Veie, Oslo (2013 and 2012). Recent participations in group exhibitions include Holodeck, Oslo (2013) and The Spring Exhibition, Charlottenborg Kunsthall, Copenhagen (2013), The Autumn Exhibition, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo (2012), Hidden Matter- a private collection, Breadfield, Malmö (2012), Astronomical Frontiers, Henningsen Contemporary, Copenhagen (2010) and Vårutstillingen, Fotogalleriet (2009). Leithe Hansen is also co-editor of the Nordic art publication Spesial Nord. Christina Leithe Hansen is represented by Galleri Maria Veie, Oslo.

Free entrance, limited seats
For more information, visit www.fffotografer.no / www.fotogalleriet.no
The seminar is supported by Arts Council Norway, Norwegian Photographic Fund, Fritt Ord, and ITgrafisk