15-18 November 2012
Grand
Palais
Avenue Winston-Churchill
75008 Paris
Hours: Thursday-Sunday
noon-8pm
Published by e-Flux
Thursday November 15
2:30-4pm
The emergence of the Düsseldorf photography school and its transatlantic relationship with contemporary American artists
Hilla Becher (artist), Christopher Phillips (Curator, the International Center of Photography, New York), Thomas Ruff (artist).
Discussion moderated by Roxana Marcoci.
4:30-6pm
Pecha Kucha session*
Armelle Canitrot (art critic, Paris), Laurent Grasso (artist), Béatrice Gross (independent curator, Paris and New York), Elisabeth Lebovici (art critic, Paris), Vera Lutter (artist) Benoît Maire (artist), Kevin Moore (independent scholar and curator, New York), Matthew S. Witkovsky (chair and curator of the Department of Photography, the Art Institute of Chicago).
6:30-7pm
Darkroom 2012
Performance by Robin Rhode (artist).
Friday November 16
2:30-4pm
The "fluidity" and "impurity" of the photographic medium
David Campany (author and reader in Photography at the University of Westminster, London), Jean-François Chevrier (Professor in the History of Contemporary Art at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris), David Joselit (Carnegie Professor of the History of Art at Yale University), Michelle Kuo (Editor in Chief, Artforum, New York).
Discussion moderated by Roxana Marcoci.
4:30-6pm
Photographic documents, appropriation and forms of archival and historical reconstruction
Adam Broomberg (artist), Oliver Chanarin (artist), Urs Stahel (Director of Fotomuseum Winterthur), Akram Zaatari (artist).
Discussion moderated by Roxana Marcoci and Paul Holdengräber.
6:30-7:30pm
Interactive lecture
Taryn Simon (artist)
Lecture moderated by Marta Gili (Director of Jeu de Paume, Paris).
Saturday November 17
2:30-4pm
Architecture, urban photography and propaganda
Beatriz Colomina (Director, Program in Media and Modernity, Princeton University), Rem Koolhaas (architect and Professor in Practice of Architecture and Urban Design, Harvard University), Martin Parr (artist), Mark Wigley (Dean, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, New York).
Discussion moderated by Paul Holdengräber.
4:30-6pm
Pecha Kucha session*
Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc (artist), Simon Baker (Curator of Photography and International Art of Tate Modern, London), Tobia Bezzola (Director of Museum Folkwang, Essen), Valérie Duponchelle (Art Critic,Paris), Brigitte Ollier (Art Critic, Paris), Markus Schaden (Publisher and Independent Curator, Cologne), Alec Soth (Artist), Erik Verhagen (Art Critic, Paris).
6:30-7:30pm
Performative lecture
Marcelline Delbecq (Artist).
Sunday November 18
2:30-4pm
Filmic elements in still and moving pictures
David Lynch (artist).
Discussion moderated by Paul Holdengräber.
4:30-6pm
Photographic portraiture, doubling, and mirroring exposures
Els Barents (Director of Huis Marseille Museum, Amsterdam), Jennifer Blessing (Senior Curator of Photography, Guggenheim Museum, New York), Britt Salvesen (Curator and Head of the Wallis Annenberg Department of Photography and the Department of Prints and Drawings, Los Angeles County Museum of Art).
Discussion moderated by Roxana Marcoci and Paul Holdengräber.
*"Pecha Kucha": a Japanese expression meaning "the sound of conversation". Each participant has carte blanche to make a 7 min concise presentation on selected recent photography exhibitions, books, and works.
2:30-4pm
The emergence of the Düsseldorf photography school and its transatlantic relationship with contemporary American artists
Hilla Becher (artist), Christopher Phillips (Curator, the International Center of Photography, New York), Thomas Ruff (artist).
Discussion moderated by Roxana Marcoci.
4:30-6pm
Pecha Kucha session*
Armelle Canitrot (art critic, Paris), Laurent Grasso (artist), Béatrice Gross (independent curator, Paris and New York), Elisabeth Lebovici (art critic, Paris), Vera Lutter (artist) Benoît Maire (artist), Kevin Moore (independent scholar and curator, New York), Matthew S. Witkovsky (chair and curator of the Department of Photography, the Art Institute of Chicago).
6:30-7pm
Darkroom 2012
Performance by Robin Rhode (artist).
Friday November 16
2:30-4pm
The "fluidity" and "impurity" of the photographic medium
David Campany (author and reader in Photography at the University of Westminster, London), Jean-François Chevrier (Professor in the History of Contemporary Art at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris), David Joselit (Carnegie Professor of the History of Art at Yale University), Michelle Kuo (Editor in Chief, Artforum, New York).
Discussion moderated by Roxana Marcoci.
4:30-6pm
Photographic documents, appropriation and forms of archival and historical reconstruction
Adam Broomberg (artist), Oliver Chanarin (artist), Urs Stahel (Director of Fotomuseum Winterthur), Akram Zaatari (artist).
Discussion moderated by Roxana Marcoci and Paul Holdengräber.
6:30-7:30pm
Interactive lecture
Taryn Simon (artist)
Lecture moderated by Marta Gili (Director of Jeu de Paume, Paris).
Saturday November 17
2:30-4pm
Architecture, urban photography and propaganda
Beatriz Colomina (Director, Program in Media and Modernity, Princeton University), Rem Koolhaas (architect and Professor in Practice of Architecture and Urban Design, Harvard University), Martin Parr (artist), Mark Wigley (Dean, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, New York).
Discussion moderated by Paul Holdengräber.
4:30-6pm
Pecha Kucha session*
Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc (artist), Simon Baker (Curator of Photography and International Art of Tate Modern, London), Tobia Bezzola (Director of Museum Folkwang, Essen), Valérie Duponchelle (Art Critic,Paris), Brigitte Ollier (Art Critic, Paris), Markus Schaden (Publisher and Independent Curator, Cologne), Alec Soth (Artist), Erik Verhagen (Art Critic, Paris).
6:30-7:30pm
Performative lecture
Marcelline Delbecq (Artist).
Sunday November 18
2:30-4pm
Filmic elements in still and moving pictures
David Lynch (artist).
Discussion moderated by Paul Holdengräber.
4:30-6pm
Photographic portraiture, doubling, and mirroring exposures
Els Barents (Director of Huis Marseille Museum, Amsterdam), Jennifer Blessing (Senior Curator of Photography, Guggenheim Museum, New York), Britt Salvesen (Curator and Head of the Wallis Annenberg Department of Photography and the Department of Prints and Drawings, Los Angeles County Museum of Art).
Discussion moderated by Roxana Marcoci and Paul Holdengräber.
*"Pecha Kucha": a Japanese expression meaning "the sound of conversation". Each participant has carte blanche to make a 7 min concise presentation on selected recent photography exhibitions, books, and works.
