Crisis? What Crisis?!

Crisis? What Crisis?!
The point of departure for this year's Photomonth festival Main Program was the conviction that crisis is not a transitional phase or an anomaly any more, but a characteristic trait of everyday life, a permanent state with which we must cope in practically all spheres of our lives: private, public, and global. Political, economic, environmental, and migration crises concern us to the same degree as crises of identity, trust, and “individuality” in a globalized world.

Nor has the crisis bypassed photography which, in our epoch of overproduction of images, is trying to find its place. The constantly changing media landscape has forced photographers – journalists, reporters, and artists – to turn to new forms of communication with the viewer and creative use of source materials. Classical reportage no longer suffices to speak of the contemporary world and the processes it sees happening. Democratic institutions, including cultural ones, have to redefine their roles in creating culture.

 

Read more about the theme of the festival and artists in the "Main Program" tab. 

 

Please remember that Photomonth will also feature the massively popular ShowOFF Section, another Portfolio Review with a Griffin Art Space Foundation Prize, and dozens of accompanying events. This year's festival begins 12 May and runs, as per tradition, for an entire month. 

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