In tribute to the history of studio photographic practice in Egypt; On Photography, at Studio Viennoise an exhibition from 14 November to 16 December 2012 in Downtown Cairo
Location: 7 Champollion Street, Downtown Cairo
Soft Opening: 14 November at 7 pm
Closing event “Finissage”: 16 December at 6 pm
Soft Opening: 14 November at 7 pm
Closing event “Finissage”: 16 December at 6 pm
Daily from 11am to 8pm, until 10pm during events
Curated by: Heba Farid, Paul Ayoub-Geday
Organized by the Photographic Memory of Egypt (PME) program, CULTNAT
Supported by the Office fédéral de la culture OFC, Musées et collections (CH), Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Center for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage, Egypt (CULTNAT) and Ismaelia Real estate.
On photography, at Studio Viennoise will be looking at selected historical examples and will touch on contemporary approaches to photographic studio practice. Tributes to well known as well as forgotten photographers will be exhibited alongside oral histories (videos) describing the practices of some of the “Last Studios” and current practitioners. The state of the profession will be discussed through the juxtaposition of these works with that of contemporary practitioners and artists. Questions of technique, style and the market will be discussed through the forms and mediums of the works exhibited, creating micro-climates and relationships between the works - archaeological and yet referencing contemporary practice. The viewer will be invited to participate in the production of photographs through the ‘Living Studio’ (at Studio Viennoise); a working photographic studio that will host invited practitioners. Each photographer/artist will re-create their own practice, deciding their own form and medium, and will produce work that will be exhibited at the end of the duration of the exhibition. The exhibition will open to the public starting Wednesday 14 November 2012 from 11am (soft opening). Various talks, film screenings, master classes and photo sessions with selected photographers/artists will take place throughout the duration of exhibition (5 weeks). A closing event followed by a reception: « Finissage » Sunday 16 December 2012 at 6pm will be held to present the production of the Living Studio.
Exhibition sections:
- Studio Viennoise waiting room and working studio (the Living Studio)
- The Last Studios: From the last great studios of Cairo and Alexandria
- Oral histories: Video installations; Testimonies of practitioners.
- Contemporary practices: How the profession reinvents itself.
Tributes:
- Tributes to once famous but forgotten photographers: Photographs from collections
- Tribute to the Camera Mayya and the unknown photographer: Photographs from collections, documentary photographs, oral history and artifacts
Curated by: Heba Farid, Paul Ayoub-Geday
Organized by the Photographic Memory of Egypt (PME) program, CULTNAT
Supported by the Office fédéral de la culture OFC, Musées et collections (CH), Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Center for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage, Egypt (CULTNAT) and Ismaelia Real estate.
On photography, at Studio Viennoise will be looking at selected historical examples and will touch on contemporary approaches to photographic studio practice. Tributes to well known as well as forgotten photographers will be exhibited alongside oral histories (videos) describing the practices of some of the “Last Studios” and current practitioners. The state of the profession will be discussed through the juxtaposition of these works with that of contemporary practitioners and artists. Questions of technique, style and the market will be discussed through the forms and mediums of the works exhibited, creating micro-climates and relationships between the works - archaeological and yet referencing contemporary practice. The viewer will be invited to participate in the production of photographs through the ‘Living Studio’ (at Studio Viennoise); a working photographic studio that will host invited practitioners. Each photographer/artist will re-create their own practice, deciding their own form and medium, and will produce work that will be exhibited at the end of the duration of the exhibition. The exhibition will open to the public starting Wednesday 14 November 2012 from 11am (soft opening). Various talks, film screenings, master classes and photo sessions with selected photographers/artists will take place throughout the duration of exhibition (5 weeks). A closing event followed by a reception: « Finissage » Sunday 16 December 2012 at 6pm will be held to present the production of the Living Studio.
Exhibition sections:
- Studio Viennoise waiting room and working studio (the Living Studio)
- The Last Studios: From the last great studios of Cairo and Alexandria
- Oral histories: Video installations; Testimonies of practitioners.
- Contemporary practices: How the profession reinvents itself.
Tributes:
- Tributes to once famous but forgotten photographers: Photographs from collections
- Tribute to the Camera Mayya and the unknown photographer: Photographs from collections, documentary photographs, oral history and artifacts
ينظم مركز توثيق التراث الحضارى والطبيعى التابع لمكتبة الاسكندرية والمدعم من وزارة الاتصالات برئاسة د.ياسر الشايب بالتعاون مع قسم المتاحف التابع للمكتب الفيدرالي السويسري للثقافة ،OFC ، معرض عن حركة التصوير الفوتوغرافي بالقاهرة والإسكندرية ، يناقش المعرض الذى يفتتح اليوم الاربعاء ولمدة خمس اسابيع بمقر"ستديو فيينواز" بشارع شامبليون بالقاهرة ، العلاقة بين الاعمال التصويرية قديما والممارسات المعاصرة من خلال عرض صور من مجموعات أعمال فوتوغرافية قديمة، وصور وثائقية ومن خلال البحث في نماذج تاريخية محددة، والتطرق إلى النهج المعاصر لممارسة التصويرالفوتوغرافي في الاستديوهات ، وسوف يناقش المعرض ايضا" الاشكال التقنية واساليب الفنانين قديما وحديثا و كيف تعيد المهنة اكتشاف نفسها .
تقول هبة فريد مدير برنامج ذاكرة مصرالفوتوغرافية بمركز توثيق التراث الحضارى والطبيعى ان المعرض سوف يكرم المصورين الذين كانوا على رأس حركة التصوير الفوتوغرافي بالقاهرة والإسكندرية من خلال الصور التى التقطوها ومجموعات أعمالهم الفوتوغرافية ، كما سيتم تكريم المصورين المعروفين والمنسيين جنبا إلى جنب ، مع عرض لحكايات من ذاكرة معاصري هؤلاء الفنانين وذويهم (من خلال الفيديو) لوصف طرق عمل البعض منهم فى "آخر الاستوديوهات العاملة" ، وسوف يناقش أيضا الحالة التي وصلت إليها المهنة من خلال وضع هذه الأعمال إلى جوار أعمال الممارسين والفنانين المعاصرين .
كما اشارت هبة فريد الى انه سيتاح لزوار المعرض من خلال "ستوديو فيينواز"، أن تلتقط صورهم بواسطة مصورين محترفين "عن طريق تحديد مواعيد مسبقة" ويقوم الفنانون المشاركون بالتقاط صور الزوار اللذين سوف يحصلون على تلك الصور مع احتفاظ "ستوديو فيينواز" بالحق في استعمل نسخ من هذه الصور في معرضه الختامي الذى يقام فى السادس عشر من ديسمبر القادم .
I will be available at the studio on: 6/12 - 8/12 and 13/12/2012
For appointments please call 01020364646
11 am - 9 pm
11 am - 9 pm
