Sirius Arts Centre Centre has been awarded a grant from Culture Ireland enabling Artistic Director, Peggy Sue Amison to send five photographic artists from Ireland with their works to the 8th International Festival of Photography in Łodz, Poland from the 7 – 10 May, 2009.
As part of an invited team of six curators from different countries, Sirius’ Artistic Director, Peggy Sue Amison has created a special programme featuring 5 Irish photographers as part of this year’s 8th International Festival of Photography in Łodz, Poland . Each invited curator was asked to make a presentation of artists that reflects contemporary photography from their country.Since 2001
In her position as Artistic Director of Sirius Arts Centre, Peggy has curated numerous photographic exhibitiosn at Sirius, working with Irish and international artists. Peggy also facilitates the development of new works through the international artist-in-residency programme at Sirius, often partnering artists and organisations together.
A photographic artist herself, Peggy has also written critical essays and reviews for numerous photographic publications internationally and serves as a reviewer at meeting places for photographers at different photographic festivals. An important part of her work at Sirius is focused on raising the level of discourse about photography in Ireland through all of the above.
The photographers from Ireland who will be exhibited as part of the 8th International Festival of Photography in Łodz, Poland are: David Farrell, Jackie Nickerson, Mark Curran, Eoin O Conaill and Seán Hillen.The Irish photographers will also have the opportunity to participate in the festival’s porfolio review sessions, providing them a rare opportuntity to show their works in one on one meetings to curators, publishers and other photographic professionals throughout Europe.
Other curators invited to participate and invite artists from their country include: Martin Brindl - Curator/FLUSS, Austria and Co-Curator of the International Photographic Triennial Backlight, Finland, Jim Casper - Editor and Director/LensCulture International On Line Magazine, Paris, France, Nina Kassianou - Curator/Thessaloniki, Museum of Photography, Greece, Alessandra Capodacqua - Curator/Fondazione Studio MarangoniCenter of Contemporary Photography in Florence, Italy, Tomasz Ferenc - Photo Editor & Researcher/Dept of Sociology of Culture, University of Lodz, Poland.
This programme is one part of the 8th International Photography Festival in Łodz, Poland which will run from 7 – 31 May. The festival’s main exhibition is an EU funded project curated by photography institutions from Austria, Italy, Finland and Poland. Titled ‘Tickle Attack’ the exhibition is a collection of images presenting humour, absurdity and irony.
For more information on the Lodz International Photography festival visit their website at : http://www.fotofestiwal.com/2009
For more information contact Sirius Arts Centre at 021 481 3790 (http://www.siriusartscentre.ie/)
Sirius Arts Centre would like to thank Culture Ireland for their support in helping to facilitate this opportunity to showcase photography in Ireland internationally.
As part of an invited team of six curators from different countries, Sirius’ Artistic Director, Peggy Sue Amison has created a special programme featuring 5 Irish photographers as part of this year’s 8th International Festival of Photography in Łodz, Poland . Each invited curator was asked to make a presentation of artists that reflects contemporary photography from their country.Since 2001
In her position as Artistic Director of Sirius Arts Centre, Peggy has curated numerous photographic exhibitiosn at Sirius, working with Irish and international artists. Peggy also facilitates the development of new works through the international artist-in-residency programme at Sirius, often partnering artists and organisations together.A photographic artist herself, Peggy has also written critical essays and reviews for numerous photographic publications internationally and serves as a reviewer at meeting places for photographers at different photographic festivals. An important part of her work at Sirius is focused on raising the level of discourse about photography in Ireland through all of the above.
The photographers from Ireland who will be exhibited as part of the 8th International Festival of Photography in Łodz, Poland are: David Farrell, Jackie Nickerson, Mark Curran, Eoin O Conaill and Seán Hillen.The Irish photographers will also have the opportunity to participate in the festival’s porfolio review sessions, providing them a rare opportuntity to show their works in one on one meetings to curators, publishers and other photographic professionals throughout Europe.Other curators invited to participate and invite artists from their country include: Martin Brindl - Curator/FLUSS, Austria and Co-Curator of the International Photographic Triennial Backlight, Finland, Jim Casper - Editor and Director/LensCulture International On Line Magazine, Paris, France, Nina Kassianou - Curator/Thessaloniki, Museum of Photography, Greece, Alessandra Capodacqua - Curator/Fondazione Studio MarangoniCenter of Contemporary Photography in Florence, Italy, Tomasz Ferenc - Photo Editor & Researcher/Dept of Sociology of Culture, University of Lodz, Poland.
This programme is one part of the 8th International Photography Festival in Łodz, Poland which will run from 7 – 31 May. The festival’s main exhibition is an EU funded project curated by photography institutions from Austria, Italy, Finland and Poland. Titled ‘Tickle Attack’ the exhibition is a collection of images presenting humour, absurdity and irony.
For more information on the Lodz International Photography festival visit their website at : http://www.fotofestiwal.com/2009
For more information contact Sirius Arts Centre at 021 481 3790 (http://www.siriusartscentre.ie/)
Sirius Arts Centre would like to thank Culture Ireland for their support in helping to facilitate this opportunity to showcase photography in Ireland internationally.
