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16th October, 2020

EUROPEAN MONTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY ARENDT AWARD 2021

EUROPEAN MONTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY ARENDT AWARD 2021

Under the title “Rethinking Nature/Rethinking Landscape” the curators of the European Month of Photography network focus on the representation of nature in contemporary photography.
Exhibition projects in relation to this theme will be exhibited during the photo Festivals EMOPLUX (Luxembourg), CIRCULATION(S) (Paris) and IMAGO LISBOA (Lisbon) in 2021 and at FOTO WIEN (Vienna) in March 2022.
From about 40 artistic positions, proposed and reviewed by t...
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8th October, 2020

Rethinking Nature/Rethinking Landscape

Rethinking Nature/Rethinking Landscape is the new theme of the EMOP network. The curators of the participating photo festivals  are currently reviewing works by emerging European photographers. The five nominated artists for the EMOP Arendt Award will be announced in October 2020.

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17th May, 2018

Vienna meeting April

The Vienna meeting end of April confirmed a close collaboration of five cities (Berlin, Budapest, Bratislava, Luxembourg, Paris and Vienna ) on the common project “The body in contemporary European photography”. The subject was discussed in depth within the five curators and a list of about 40 artists/photographers was kept to be part of the book project and exhibitions in Budapest and Bratislava ( autumn 2018), Vienna and Luxembourg ( spring 2019). Paris is said to schedule the next festival ...
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2nd March, 2018

Berlin meeting February

Emop curators met in Berlin on February 26/27th at Podewil Palais of Kulturprojekte Berlin to discuss content of the next book on contemporary photography and connected exhibition projects. Discussions addressed several topics such as the body in contemporary photography and how digital technologies influence representation. Outcome was a list of about 40 artists whose works need further discussions.

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25th January, 2018

Vienna meeting January 2018

All members of the EMoP met in Vienna on January 22/23 to discuss the future of the network considering major institutional changes. At the MEP in Paris, long time director and founder Jean-Luc Monterosso will retire in April and the new director, Simon Baker from the Tate Modern, will take office. In Vienna, the KunstHaus will replace MUSA whose future is uncertain considering the restructuring of the Vienna Museum landscape. Budapest is considering the move of the Museum of photography from Kecskemét t...
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25th September, 2017

Berlin meeting : Elections of new board

During its meeting in Berlin today, a new board was elected according to the statutes: Vaclav Macek (Central European House of Photography, Bratislava) as President, Jean-Luc Soret (Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris) as Vice-President, Pierre Stiwer (Café-Crème Asbl, Luxembourg ) as Director of Finances and Oliver Baetz (Kulturprojekte Berlin) as Financial Supervisor. Thomas Licek (Vienna) was appointed Secretary General of the new permanent secretariat hosted in Vienna.

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