September 10 - 14, 2012

Nida Culture and Tourism Information Centre 'Agila' (Taikos 4)

Programme

Monday September 10

13:30     Opening event
14:00     Virginijus Kinčinaitis (Lithuania). The ectoplasmic bubble of photography
15:00     Ulrich Haas Pursiainen (Finland). Backlight: roots and impacts of a photography festival
Opening evening event

Tuesday September 11

Morning session
10:00     Jurij Dobriakov (Lithuania). The hidden cadaver art
11:00     Arnis Balcus (Latvia). What's happening in Latvian art photography?
12:00-14:00  Portfolio reviews 

16.00 Exhibition opening. John Burke – Simon Norfolk "Afganistan war photography" (Neringa history museum. Pamario str. 53, Nida )

Evening session
18:00  Simon Norfolk (UK). John Burke, the greatest war photographer you've never heard of
19:00  William Ewing (Switzerland). Navigating the Shoals of Art, Commerce and Technology: The Early 21st Century Photographer
21:00    Nida OFF

Wednesday September 12

Morning session
10:00  Eglė Deltuvaitė (Lithuania), Gytis Skudžinskas (Lithuania). Creating a photography book: from idea to implementation
11:00   Agnė Narušytė Photography between Madness and Apathy in Roland Barthes's Book Camera Lucida
12:00-14:00 Portfolio reviews 

16.00 Exhibition opening. „Young Russian photography. Rodchenco school of photography“ (Hermano Blodė Muzeum. Skruzdynės str. 2, Nida)

Evening session
17:00 Rafal Wylegala (Poland)
18:00 Mikhail Sidlin (Russia) Trends in young Russian photography (based on the works of  students and graduates of the Rodchenko Moscow School of Photography)
19:00 Chien-Chi Chang (Taiwan) The Visible Chain and The Invisible Chain
20:00 Romualdas Požerskis (Lithuania), Gunārs Binde (Latvia). Can there be a nude without  eroticism?

Thursday September 13

Morning session
10:00  Stanislovas Žvirgždas (Lithuania). Lithuanian photography at international exhibitions in Paris (1900, 1937) and New York (1939)
11:00 Algis Griškevičius (Lithuania). An artist and photographer: the birth of miracles; Tomas Pabedinskas (Lithuania). Analogous reality and digital illusions in Algis Griškevičius’ photography
12:00-14:00 Portfolio reviews 

16.00 Exhibition opening. Algimantas Aleksandravičius „Portraits of Colegues“ ir Algis Griškevičius „Stages“ (Nida School, G. D. Kuverto str. 12, Nida)

Evening session
18:00 Algimantas Aleksandravičius (Lithuania). The specifics of a portrait
19:00 William Ewing (Switzerland). The Death of the Portrait. Long Live the Face
20:00 Discussion: Art photography seminars in Nida: role, effect, and prospects
21:00 Nida OFF

Friday September 14

Morning session
10:00 Presentation of the festivals PhotoEspana and Circulation(s): young European photography 
11:00 Tomas Pabedinskas (Lithuania). Transgressing the boundaries of the moment:   humanistic approaches in the photos of today’s Vilnius.
12:00 Presentations of the festival Kaunas Photo 2012. Aesthetics of defect and screen of inspiration in contemporary photography

11:00-13:00 Submissions for the photo competition Photographing in Nida, 2012

Evening session
17:00 Nestan Nijaradze (Georgia). Presentation of the Tbilisi Photo Festival
18:00  Nestan Nijaradze (Georgia). Photography in Georgia: medium of changes (from 19th to 21th centuries)
19:00 Announcement of the results of the competition Photographing in Nida, 2012
Closing event.


Lithuanian Photographers Association, 2012.
www.photography.lt

The organisers reserve the right to change and/or supplement the programme

Additional information

All seminar events take place at the Nida Culture and Tourism Information Centre 'Aglia' (Taikos.4). Nida OFF will be held at Prieplaukos Vyninė (Naglių 16). In the eventuality that any of the listed lecturers are unable to attend or for any other unforeseeable reason, the lectures may change. Likewise, the times of the events may also be changed. In addition to the lectures, the seminar will also include exhibition openings and portfolio reviews. 

For housing write to fotomenininkainidoje@gmail.com

Accreditation

Attendance to the lectures is only possible with accreditation. To apply for accreditation, please fill in the questionnaire (below) and send it to fotomenininkainidoje@gmail.com no later than Wednesday September 5. Accreditation is also available on arrival before 19:00 on Wednesday September 12 and upon payment of a 10Lt (about €3) administration fee. No accreditation will be issued after this time.

When applying for accreditation, please provide the following information.

1. Name and nationality
2. Dates of expected stay at the seminar
3. Do you need English interpretation?
4. Do you wish to receive information by email concerning international projects organised by the Lithuanian Photographers Association?
5. Your mobile telephone number and email address

Please include one passport-size photo to be used exclusively for accreditation purposes.
The organisers reserve the right to refuse accreditation.