Congratulations - the Riga Photography Biennial and ISSP Gallery Award ‘Seeking the Latest in Photography!’ has been presented to Annija Muižule (Latvia) for her series ‘Joyful Businessmen Throwing Papers and Having Fun in the Office’. We're excited to show Annija's exhibition at the ISSP Gallery next spring!
Congratulations also to Reinis Lismanis, who received the special prize - an opportunity to publish his "Trial and Error" series as a photography book with NoRoutine Books!
This is the third year the Riga Photography Biennial’s Award for young Baltic photographers has been presented. The RPB received 53 applications from photographers from the three Baltic States. 15 artists were selected during the first round. The jury nominated 10 finalists who will be invited to participate free of charge in the RPB’s Off-year Programme 2019 Portfolio Review: from Estonia – Aap Tepper, Mari-Leen Kiipli, Hedi Jaansoo; from Lithuania – Vytautas Kumza, Kotryna Ula Kiliulyte; from Latvia – Reinis Lismanis, Annija Muižule, Georgs Avetisjans, Paula Jansone and Annemarija Gulbe.
The award was presented by an internationally renowned jury - Michael Biedowicz (DE), photo editor and owner of Pavlov’s Dog Gallery; Iveta Gabaliņa (LV), programme director of the ISSP Gallery; Jonatan Habib Engqvist (SE), curator and writer; Sten Ojave (EE), curator at Center For Contemporary Arts, Estonia; Paul Paper (LT), artist and curator; Daiga Rudzāte (LV), editor-in-chief of ‘Arterritory’ culture portal and director of INDIE culture project agency; Amelie Schuele (DE), exhibition manager Unseen; Mitch Speed (CA/DE), artist and art critic; Diāna Tamane (LV), artist and RPB Award winner 2018.
The jury commented on the award-winning series ‘Joyful Businessmen Throwing Papers and Having Fun in the Office’: “Annija Muižule presents a humorous and critical analysis of contemporary photography, where the artist researches the commodification of images and interplays between images and words. This is done through a conceptually clear and remarkably simple gesture of looking at how emotions are expressed through stock images, as well as the indexical signs provided by jpg names. By focusing on the interaction between suppliers and our expectations, her work acts as an inquiry into the role of contemporary photography. It is a pertinent observation of how these images not only represent but also create the way we understand the world.”
We are delighted to announce the list of the ISSP 2016 selected participants - 73 photographers from over 25 countries of the world! Thanks a lot for our great experts team - Louise Clemens (Format Festival), Salvatore Vitale and Paola Paleari (YET Magazine), Ann-Christin Bertrand (C/O Berlin) and Anastasiia Fedorova (The Calvert Journal) for helping us through the evaluations! We are looking forward for confirmations and for seeing you in Latvia soon!
Aicinām uz ISSP Skolas 2014/2016 Absolventu izstādi "Apvērstā telpa" no 2. līdz 19. jūnijam, Kaņepes kultūras centrā. Izstādē piedalās astoņi jaunie autori ar ISSP Skolas mācību laikā tapušiem fotogrāfijas autorprojektiem: Ieva Vīksne, Krista Valaine, Laima Vainiņa, Liene Biezā, Liene Leonoviča, Linda Ansone, Līga Goldberga, Nora Vrubļevska.
Atklāšana 2. jūnijā plkst. 19:00 Kaņepes kultūras centrā!
Šo ceturtdien, 26. maijā, plkst. 18.00 aicinām uz Dzelceļa muzeju, kur notiks SELF PUBLISH RIGA saruna par fotogrāmatām Latvijā! Piedalās Latviešu autori Arnis Balčus, Māra Brašmane, Inga Erdmane, Reinis Hofmanis un Anna Volkova (Orbīta), kuri stāstīs par savu izdevumu tapšanu un diskutēs par grāmatas lomu Latvijas fotogrāfijā.
Laipni lūgti uz festivāla Rīgas Fotomēnesis 2016 atklāšanu 12. maijā, kā arī lieliskām lekcijām un pasākumiem 3 dienu garumā - pilna atklāšanas nedēļas programma apskatama šeit!
The Riga Photomonth 2016 is about to start! The Festival officially opens on 12 May with exhibitions Territories and SELF PUBLISH RIGA, followed by a great programme of talks and events for the entire weekend - welcome!
SELF PUBLISH RIGA 2016 exhibition and talks coming this week as part of the opening events of the Riga Photomonth 2016! Detailed programme of the events here.
SELF PUBLISH RIGA izstāde un pasākumu sērija sākās 12. maijā, reizē ar Rīgas Fotomēneša atklāšanu! Detalizēta pasākumu programma te.
Till 2 June we invite to see the exhibition of five alumni of the ISSP International Masterclass - Ieva Raudsepa, Emanuele Camerini, Ulrike Schmitz, Merlin Nadj-Torma, Salvatore Vitale MIXTAPE, curated by Aaron Schuman - opening on 13 May at 20:00 at K.K. fon Stricka Villa!
Līdz 2. jūnijam aicinām apskatīt ISSP Starptautiskās meistarklases absolventu iztādi MIXTAPE, kurā apskatāmi Ievas Raudsepas (LV), Salvatores Vitāles (IT/CH), Emanueles Kamerīni (IT), Ulrikes Šmites (DE) un Merlinas Nadj-Tormas (DE) - darbi. Izstādes kurators - Ārons Šumans (UK). Atklāšana 13. maijā plkst. 20:00 K.K.for Stricka villā!
We cordially invite you to talks by the Flâneur project resident artists in Riga - Alex F. Webb and Jonas Feige on Wednesday 11 May 6.30 pm at the ISSP Studio!
Aicinām uz Flâneur projekta rezidences mākslinieku Aleksa F. Veba un Jonasa Feiges autorvakaru trešdien, 11. maijā plkst. 18.30 ISSP Studijā!
We are pleased to announce the selection results for Kuldīga Photography Residency 2016! The three photographers selected from 80 international applications are Felicia Honkasalo (FI), Petr Pawlowski (CZ/US) and Nikolas Ventourakis (GR/UK). We very much look forward to welcoming them to Kuldīga in August!
You are cordially invited for an artist talk by Arnold van Bruggen and Anoek Steketee Creating through Collaboration - stories on slow journalism & modern documentary on 5 May 18:00. The talk is organised in cooperation with SSE Riga as part of Riga Photomonth 2016.
Aicinām uz Arnolda van Brugena un Anūk Steketē publisko lekciju Radīt sadarbībā - stāsti par lēno žurnalistiku un moderno dokumentālismu 5. maijā plkst .18:00. Pasākums tiek rīkots sadarbībā ar SSE Riga Rīgas fotomēneša ietvaros.
Priecājamies paziņot, ka māksliniece Viktorija Eksta ir izvēlēta fotogrāfijas rezidencei Kairā, Ēģiptē, šā gada septembrī. Rezidence notiek starptautiska projekta Alternative Storytelling ietvaros un ir veltīta radošai arhīvu fotogrāfijas izmantošanai.
ISSP is celebrating its tenth anniversary with a new publication - the ISSP 10 postcard set showcasing some of the best new Latvian photography by 10 emerging artists, friends and contemporaries of ISSP.
And the birthday celebrations continue! To kick off our eleventh year, we have asked 10+1 great photographers from around the world - our friends, students and tutors - to take over ISSP's instagram for a week with a view of their everyday life and artistic practice. First up - Valentino Bellini in Palermo, Sicily! Follow: www.instagram.com/issp_latvia/