Festivaltema 2023
(English below) Vakre fremstillinger av brutale ødeleggelser i naturen, fotografiet som trussel for vårt demokrati og fotografen som dekker verdens kriser fra skyttergraven, er bare overskriften på det publikum får se på årets festival. Oslo Negativ skal undersøke fotografiets DNA ved å utfordre fotografene på temaene Demokrati, Natur og AI.
Hver helg har sitt eget unike festivalprogram, som inkluderer artist talks, panelsamtaler og foredrag med mer:
14. – 15. oktober: AI
21. – 22. oktober: Natur
28- – 29. oktober: Demokrati
Over internasjonale 100 fotografer
Årets fotofestival kan skilte med mer enn 100 internasjonale fotografer. De er representert av ulike foto-institusjoner, organisasjoner, en del av hovedstadens mange gallerier, samt det nasjonale fotomuseet, Preus museum. Utstillingene vil henge uendret gjennom festivalen.
«Det har blitt en stor, flott og sammensatt festival. Vi kan by på litt av hvert med store og mindre kjente navn akkurat slik en festival skal være. Utstillerne har vist kreativitet og engasjement, og tema- utstillingene er jeg stolt av å få lov til å utforme. Preus museums Open Call fikk enorm internasjonal oppmerksomhet, og deres utstilling brer seg flott rundt i bygget. Jeg er helt trygg på at festivalen kan tilby noe for enhver smak, innen de fleste sjangere» – kurator Nina Sørlie.
Vi ses på Adamstuen 14.-29. oktober!
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Festival theme for 2023:
DNA – Democracy, Nature & AI
Photography documents the present-day, and it can manipulate, inspire and provoke. Now, As the third annual Oslo Negativ photo-festival unfolds, these are the impressions you can look forward to experiencing. Over the span of three weekends, the festival will explore the DNA of photography by focusing on Democracy, Nature and AI.
Each weekend will have its own unique programme, which includes artist- and panel talks and more:
14.-15. October: AI
21.- 22. October: Nature
28.- 29. October: Democracy
View the full festival-programme here.
Democracy
Photojournalists risk their lives in the quest to document the largest crisis of our time? Right on the forefront, in the very eye of the storm can Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynsey Addario be found. Even if you do not know her name, you have seen her photos. Armed with only a camera, Addario has faced and documented warfare, natural disasters and human trafficking first-hand, thus risking her life in the process, to ensure eye-opening material for the rest of us to see.
Nature
Is it possible to create beautiful photography of the objects that kill life on earth? This is a question which has intrigued British photographer Mandy Barker to the point of it becoming her life’s work. By transforming plastic waste from the ocean into beautiful arrangements, Barker conveys the dangers of plastic waste for the natural life of both the land and ocean through her photography.
AI
To which degree can a photograph be trusted to depict a truth? Photography has always been an object for manipulation, which has never been as easily done as today. This question has greatly engaged Magnum-photographer Jonas Bendiksen, who has explored the topic through his work. His experiments with the manipulated photograph has managed to provoke and manipulate both his photograph-colleagues and the rest of the world, and for the first time ever, will the documentation of this experiment be showcased to the Norwegian audience in its entirety at Oslo Negativ.
This year's entirely unique venue, The old Faculty of Veterinary Medicine located at Adamstuen in Oslo, will provide sites never before seen associated with photography– or anything else for that matter. This will be the very first time that these protected buildings will be opened to the public.
Be sure to save the date: October 14.-19.!