Events, Residencies

Artist talk :: Jaana Kokko, Sergey Novikov

Tikšanās ar šībrīža ISSP Rīgas Rezidences māksliniekiem.

A meeting with ISSP Riga Residency artists Jaana Kokko (FL) and Sergey Novikov (RU)

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Sergejs Novikovs - fotogrāfs, studējis foto un filmu montāžu. Viņa darbu galvenās tēmas ir teritoriju un sabiedrību ekonomika un kultūra, kā arī to darbības mehānismi. Fotogrāfiskā prakse ietver invāziju pilsētas infrastruktūrā un inscenējumu, modernitātes vizuālo zīmju atjaunošanu. Autora fotogrāmatas tika nominētas Luma Rencontres Dummy Book Award Arles, Anamorphosis balvai, Photobookfest Dummy Award, DOCfield Dummy Award, Fiebre Photobook festivāla, Dummy Award Encontros da Imagem, Images Vevey Book Award. Dzīvo un strādā Maskavā, Krievijā.
www.sergeynovikov.com

Jāna Kokko - vizuālā māksliniece, filmu veidotāja un fotogrāfe. 2002. gadā absolvēja Helsinku Mākslas Universitāti, studējot filmu, fotogrāfiju un mediju mākslu. Viņa strādā galvenokārt ar video un filmu un bieži portretē cilvēkus, ar kuriem strādā. Jāna regulāri māca Tēlotājmākslas akadēmijā Laika un Telpas katedrā (ieskaitot kustīgo attēlu, fotogrāfiju un 'site-specific mākslu'), kā arī ir doktorantūrā Aalto universitātē, Helsinkos, mākslas nodaļā.
www.jaanakokko.com


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Sergey Novikov - photographer, studied photo and film editing. The main themes of his work are economy and culture of certain territories, the mechanisms of their functioning. His photographic practice includes interventions in urban infrastructure, staging, reenactments of the visual marks of modernity. His projects and photobooks were nominated for the Luma Rencontres Dummy Book Award Arles, the Anamorphosis Prize, the Photobookfest Dummy Award, the DOCfield Dummy Award, the Fiebre Photobook Festival, the Dummy Award Encontros da Imagem, the Images Vevey Book Award. Based in Moscow, Russia.
www.sergeynovikov.com

Jaana Kokko - Finnish Visual Artist, Film maker and photographer with a background also in economics. She graduated from the University of Arts in 2002 after studying Film, Photography and Media arts. She works mainly with video/ film together and often do portraits of the people she work with. Jaana is lecturing regularly in the Academy of Fine Arts in the department of Time and Space (including Moving image, Photography and Site-specific Art) and is also a PhD candidate at the Aalto University, Helsinki, Arts Department.
www.jaanakokko.com


Ieeja bez maksas, pasākums notiks angļu valodā.
Free entrance, the event will take place in English.

Events, Residencies

ISSP evening programme open to visitors

The ISSP Evening Programme at Ezersala boarding school (Ludza district) from 1st till 7th August will be traditionally open for interested visitors and guests! Detailed programme in English here.

Aaron Shuman in Riga (second try)

We all try again and are looking forward to host Aaron Shuman in Riga this weekend, provided no more volcano surprises coming up. The lecture “Whatever Was Splendid: New American Photographs” will take place at kim? at 19:00 on Saturday 1 May 2010.

The workshop Aesthetics of nostalgia will run this weekend, 1-2 May. You are welcome to apply for several vacant places till this Friday, 30 April!

THE APPLICATIONS TO ISSP 2010 ARE WELCOME TILL 10TH MAY WITHOUT CHANGES.

Aaron Shuman in Riga: workshop and lecture

In framework of US culture month in Riga “Made in USA“, we are pleased to invite applications to an ISSP-run workshop Aesthetics of nostalgia by a great photographer, editor, writer and curator Aaron Shuman. The workshop shall take place on 17-18 April 2010, at kim? Riga.

The two days course combines lectures, critique, and individual photographing by participants to explore in depth the subject of NOSTALGIA. See complete workshop description here, and apply till 15 April!

Vanessa Winship and George Georgiou in Riga

Yes, its true - Vanessa Winship is coming to visit us again, together with her partner, another great photographer George Georgiou!

The schedule of public events that we are planning in cooperation with kim? :
23 March 2010, 19:00 - Vanessa Winship and George Georgiou: artist talk & works presentation - open event for all interested
27-28 March 2010 (2 full days) - “Documentary practice and narrative, the long term project”: double master-class, workshop - previous application required

ISSP 2009 Exhibition Opening in Riga

We are happy to announce that the ISSP 2009 results are about to be presented in Riga - the ISSP 2009 Exhibition opens on 3 December 2009, 18:30 at Goethe-Institute Riga! All the participants, family and friends of the International Summer School of Photography are invited!

ISSP 2009 exhibition in Riga

The date and time of the ISSP 2009 Vernissage in Riga is 3 December 2009, 18:30, at Goethe Institute !

The exhibition will feature a selection of most vivid works (5 per workshop), to be selected by ISSP teachers. We also very much hope to present the ISSP 2010 Catalogue!
Everyone is cordially invited!

In connection with the Opening we also present first ISSP workshop in Riga: Photoworks presentation: sequence, context & strategies or How To Get Your Work Out in Public by Kai Olaf Hesse from BerlinPhotoWorkshops. Two days, December 4-5, applications till November 20. More information coming soon!

ISSP Club evenings to start from September

We have launched a new activity - a series of ISSP club meetings in Riga! The club evenings will take place with an approximate regularity of every second week. In the programme: ISSP participants’ presentation of completed or ongoing projects, invited artists’ talks, and a special selection of photography-related movies. The main motivation is to keep up the contacts and networking among the ISSP participants.
All ISSP friends are welcome! Information on upcoming events - in your mailboxes, or at ISSP Facebook group.

Ps. Thanks to Jānis & Red Roofs Hotel for location support!

ISSP evening programme

ISSP 2009 is officially launched by now! :) The evening programme Sunday - Wednesday, as well as the Gala Event and the Opening of the Exhibition on Saturday 8 August is open for guests and visitors!