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PhotoIreland Festival 2012

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The third iteration of the PhotoIreland festival focuses around the theme ‘Migrations: Diaspora & Cultural Identity’, showcasing some of the finest national and international contemporary photography in and around Dublin city. These Photographers examine how movement shapes identity—cultural and national. 

We welcome you to the digital archive of the festival, to move through their work and question how movement impacts us. 

PhotoIreland Festival 2012

PhotoIreland Festival 2012

PhotoIreland Festival 2012

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Overview

PhotoIreland Festival 2012

2012.photoireland.org

Exhibitions

On Migration,  Max Becher and Andrea Robbins, Roger Eberhard and James Nizam , Anthony Luvera, Irène Attinger, Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen, 14-22 Jul
Books on Migration, curated by Irène Attinger, 14-15 Jul
Magazines on the Wall: 10 projects on Migration, Wojciech Wilczyk, Tamas Dezso, Ana Adamović, Alexandra Croitoru,
Verner Soler, Benjamin Füglister, 14-22 July.
David Monahan & Maurice Gunning – Living – Leaving, David Monahan, Maurice Gunning, 6-22 Jul
El otro lado del alma / The Other Side of the Soul, Jorge Luis Álvarez Pupo, Raúl Cañibano, Elio Delgado, Humberto Mayol, and Ramón Pacheco, 6 Jul-30 Aug
Isabelle Pateer, Unsettled, Anna Cornelis, 28 Jun-12 Jul
Jean Revillard, Sarah on the Bridge, Jean Revillard, 16 Jul-4 Aug
Evelyn Hofer, Dublin and Other Portraits, Evelyn Hofer, 6 Jul–31 Aug
The Seán Hillen Collection, 27 Jul-30 Sep
Kimura Ihei in Paris: 1954-55, Ihei Kimura, 3 Jul-15 Sep
Senija Topcic, Decency, Senija Topcic,  5-31 Jul
Jens Komossa, Television Rooms, Jens Komossa, 5-31 Jul
Tratti-Ritratti / Traits-Portraits: Diverse Italian Identities in Ireland, Angela Tangianu,  4-31 Jul
Mark McCullough & Suzanne Mooney, Disparate Geometry, Suzanne Mooney & Mark McCullough, 6-28 Jul
Adrian Reilly, Several Distances at Once, Adrian Reilly, 6-28 Jul
RHA Annual Exhibition 2012,Amelia Stein, Abigail O’Brien, David Farrell, Elaine Byrne, Tamsin Snow, Armelle Skatulski, Remco De Fouw, Andrew Duggan and Siobhan Dempsey, CX Hayden, Anna Rackard, Jeanette Lowe, Ulla Schildt, Miriam O’Connor, David Creedon and Jamie Young,  28 May-18 Aug
Adam Patterson, A Very Normal Place,Adam Patterson,  30 June-4 Aug
‘Where Were You?’,Garry O’Neill, 8–22 Jul
Sergey Sergeev, Pilgrimage,Sergey Sergeev, 25 Jul-3 Aug
Jeanette Lowe, The Flats: Memories, Perceptions, Reality, Jeanette Lowe, 12–22 July
Amelia Stein, The Big Sky and The Palm House 21 June–27 July
Remote Coral Reefs: Tara Oceans, Eric Roettinger, Aldine Amiel, 7 Jul-31 Aug
NCAD PDI Students, Fourteen 12,Rory Cleary, Peter Kelly, Willemein Koelink, Madeleine Maher, Patricia McCormack, Rosa Meager, Judy O’Connell, Francesca O’Connor, Paul Quinn, Philip Sliney, Elena Venzo and Sergio Vilchez, 29 Jun-1 Jul
Pole to Pole, Vincent Hilaire, 10-21 Jul
Tara Oceans: A Worldwide Portrait of Marine Plankton, Emmanuel Reynaud, Noan Le Bescot, Mattias Ormestad, Eric Roettinger, Johan Decelle, Fabrice Not, Cedric Guiguand, Jennifer Gilette, Aldine Amiel, Jérémie Capoulade, and Sébastien Colin, 7 Jul-3 Aug
Oksana Afonina, 13.raw, Oksana Afonina, 26-30 Jun
Mid-Twentieth Century, Michael Kenna, 15 Jun–20 Jul
Chasing Shadows III, Alison Baker Kerrigan, Dominique Beyens, Caitriona Dunnett, Karena Hutton, Kasia Kesicka, Jamie Maxwell, Stephen McCullagh, Ian Mitton, Adrian Reilly, Dominic Turner, and Gwen Wilkinson, 29 June–10 July
(UN)Themed,Joseph Carson, Phoebe Gill, Jessica Glynn, Vincent Gregan, Grace Hall, Angela Hayes, Ciaran Healy, Jennifer Hickey, Jason Kearney, Suzanne Linnane, Emilie Lynam, Harry Lyster, Vivienne Mooney, Noel Phelan, Nina Szymanska,  30 Jun–5 July
20 x 20: Peripheries – Moments From The Side,Alison Baker Kerrigan, Samantha Dukelow, Niall Griffin, Zoe Hamill, Marie Hickey, Deborah Hughes, Sonja Kroll, Phil Lang, Cindy Morrissey, Veronica Nicholson, Claudi Nir, Noel Noblett, Ciara O’ Halloran, Maciej Pestka, Gillian Prenderville, Artur Sikora, Francesco Taurisano, Karen Tierney, Conor Williams, and Antonia Zharko, 29 June-12 July
Ruptures, Ieva Baltaduonyte, Joseph Carr, Brian Cregan, Caroline McNally, Lyndsey Putt, and Katie O’Neill, 1-7 Jul
Homeless Gallery,  Irek Misiak and Kasia Krynska, 1-4 Jul
John Lalor, Signed Out, John Lalor, 2-31 Jul
Phil Behan, The Karen of Mayo, Phil Behan, 1 Jul-1 Aug
DICE, Encounters,Paul Corcoran, Bartosz Nowicki and Will Hartley, 3-10 Jul
Frank Miller, Minority Report, Frank Miller, 2-15 Jul
Dublin Camera Club Annual Exhibition 2012,  4-28 Jul
Close to Closure, Artur Sikora, Hugh McCabe, Fiona O Donnell, Sharon Murphy, Monika Fabijanczyk, Calin Ploscar, Jeanette Lowe, and Rebecca McGetrick, 5-10 Jul
Kate Nolan, Neither, Kate Nolan, 4-20 July
Greg Constantine, Nowhere People: The World’s Stateless, Greg Constantine, 5–19 July
Flux, Ryan Byrne, Kristina Collender, Emmett Connell, Ciarán Cooney, Efa Corwell, Neil Dorgan, Kathy Gilroy-Barry, Jonathan Higgins, Feena Kavanagh, Kasia Kaminska, Barry Keogh, Patricia Klich, Deirdre McGing, Claire Meagh, Bobi Murray, Robert McCormack, Adele O’Byrne, Nikki O’Carroll, Treasa O’Hanlon, Catherine O’Toole, Maciej Pestka, Alex Sinclair, and Irene Siragusa, 6–8 Jul
Paul Tierney, Reflected City,  6-16 Jul
Tristan Hutchinson, Took Strength To Tackle Those Hills,  6–17 Jul
Evan Buggle, Ballyfermot: A Migrating Landscape, 5-14 July
Paul McCarthy, Na Caipíní,  6-31 Jul
Nicolas Reuland, Up in Smoke, 6-26 Jul
Ciara O’Halloran, The Other Room, 6–31 Jul
Ailbhe Greaney, A View Is Where We Are Not, 6-31 July
Vincent O’Byrne, Post Photography, 7-28 Jul
Conor Blundell, Dublin Lights, 10-31 Jul
The Hidden City, Florian Leavy, Francis Matthews, Aisling McCoy, Stephen Mulhall, Mark Noonan, and Paul Quinn. 7-23 Jul
UU MFA Students, Finding Fragments, Noel Bowler, Emma Campbell, Judith Cornwell, Lena Cronin, Ken Finegan, Richard Gilligan, Jason Higgins, Hans Klemmer, Paul McGuckin, Lorna O’Brien, Ciaran Og Arnold, and Myles Shelly. 13-15 Jul
BurnIn Company, Half Afraid to Think, Serena Kitt, Mary D’Arcy, Gerry Blake, Kelly O’Brien, Alison McDonnell, Nicola Whelan, James Lillis, 13–19 Jul
f/22, Anush Babajanyan, Jill Quigley, David Thomas Smith, Dorota Konczewska, Jesse Fox, Cristina Venedict, Aoife O’Dwyer, Mike O’Neill, Siabh Wall, Joanne Betty Conlon, Natalia Marzec, Naomi Goodman, Jamie Young, Ste Murray, Patricia Klich, Garry Loughlin, Cindy Morrissey, Lynn Rothwell, Patricio Cassinoni, Claire Duggan, Anita Kulon, and Alma Haser, 13-19 Jul
Jamie Young, Water Towers of Ireland, 13–23 Jul
Andrzej Rozycki, Photosophy, 13–24 Jul
Jos Menting, Circle of Light, 16-19 Jul
Joby Hickey, 20,000km, 12-31 July
Helena Tobin, A Space Between, 17-29 Jul
Doreen Kennedy, Mono No Aware, 18 Jul-1 Aug
Stephen Doyle, Time Served, 19 Jul-3 Aug
Adapt, Curated by Amy Stevens. Artists: Noah Addis, Joelle Jensen, Allison Kaufman, Michael Mergen, Tim Portlock, Jeffrey Stockbridge, Kimberly Witham, 20 Jul-4 Aug
Gianluca Gamberini, Cinecitta, 20-22 Jul
Katerina Mistal, Mapping Europe, 20-22 Jul
Rory O’Neill, Limbo, 20-22 Jul
Steve Ryan, Sometimes They Move, 20-22 Jul
Sean Breithaupt, Crude, 20-22 Jul
Inland, Marcus Cassidy, Jason Lowe, Alex Rose, Karena Hutton, Kate Ryan, Jane Cummins, Steve Mc Cullagh, L.Rigney, Jamie Maxwell, Adrian Reilly, Katie Gilligan, 25-31 Jul
Brian Cregan, The Glass Garden, 25-31 Jul
Paul Kelly, Landless in Chaco, 27 Jul-29 Aug
Slide Project(or), Martin Robinson and Emma Turpin, 27 Jul–Aug 6
Moira Sweeney, Stevedoring Stories, 23-26 Aug

Events

Slideluck Potshow Dublin, Paul Aundsen, Amy Stevens, Ciaran Dolan, Dean Dorat, Diarmait Grogan, Egor Rogalev, German Perraire, Michael Alberry, Robin Mitchell, Jocelyn Allen, Gregory Valton, Soliman Lawrence, Tina Remiz, Dara Mc Grath, Chloe Lelliot, Miriam O Connor, Francis O Riordan, Laura Pannak, Alice Fitzgerald and Thomas Geoghegan, Kasia Kesica, and Alice Carfrae, 12 July

Talks

The Life & Work of Evelyn Hofer, Susanne Breidenbach, 6 Jul
Maurice Gunning artist talk at the NPA, 13 Jul
David Monahan artist talk at the NPA, 10 Jul
Symposium – On Migrations: Images, Lives and Objects, 12 Jul
Sergey Sergeev artist talk at CFCP, 31 Jul
Seán Hillen artist talk at the NPA, 28 Jul
On the Future of Photography Education, 15 Jul
Kate Nolan Artist Talk at bio.space033, 10 Jul
Amelia Stein talk at Oliver Sears Gallery, 12 Jul
Evening Tour and Talk with Amelia Stein at the RHA, 4 Jul
Grad Talks: Glenn Doyle, 10 Jul
Grad Talks: Dragana Jurisic, 9 Jul
Grad Talks: Sarah Tehan, 11 Jul

Sponsors

These are the organisations that made possible to bring you the third edition of the PhotoIreland Festival.

MAIN SPONSOR

Canon

SUPPORTED BY

Arts Council Of Ireland
Dublin City Council

RTE
The Irish Times

SPONSORED BY

FIRE Fine Art Print
Inspirational Arts

CULTURAL PARTNERS

Instituto Cervantes
French Embassy
Alliance Française
Instituto Italiano
Austrian Embassy
Polish Embassy
Dutch Embassy
Goethe Institut
Lithuanian Embassy


Contributors

Max Becher, Andrea Robbins, Roger Eberhard and James Nizam , Anthony Luvera, Irène Attinger, Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen, Irène Attinger, Wojciech Wilczyk, Tamas Dezso, Ana Adamović, Alexandra Croitoru, Verner Soler, Benjamin Füglister, David Monahan, Maurice Gunning, Jorge Luis Álvarez Pupo, Raúl Cañibano, Elio Delgado, Humberto Mayol, Ramón Pacheco, Isabelle Pateer, Unsettled, Anna Cornelis, Jean Revillard, Evelyn Hofer, Seán Hillen, Ihei Kimura, Senija Topcic, Jens Komossa, Angela Tangianu,  Suzanne Mooney, Mark McCullough, Adrian Reilly, Amelia Stein, Abigail O’Brien, David Farrell, Elaine Byrne, Tamsin Snow, Armelle Skatulski, Remco De Fouw, Andrew Duggan Siobhan Dempsey, CX Hayden, Anna Rackard, Jeanette Lowe, Ulla Schildt, Miriam O’Connor, David Creedon and Jamie Young,  Adam Patterson, Garry O’Neill, Sergey Sergeev, Jeanette Lowe, Amelia Stein, Eric Roettinger, Aldine Amiel,Rory Cleary, Peter Kelly, Willemein Koelink, Madeleine Maher, Patricia McCormack, Rosa Meager, Judy O’Connell, Francesca O’Connor, Paul Quinn, Philip Sliney, Elena Venzo, Sergio Vilchez, Vincent Hilaire, Emmanuel Reynaud, Noan Le Bescot, Mattias Ormestad, Eric Roettinger, Johan Decelle, Fabrice Not, Cedric Guiguand, Jennifer Gilette, Aldine Amiel, Jérémie Capoulade, and Sébastien Colin, Oksana Afonina, Michael Kenna, Alison Baker Kerrigan, Dominique Beyens, Caitriona Dunnett, Karena Hutton, Kasia Kesicka, Jamie Maxwell, Stephen McCullagh, Ian Mitton, Adrian Reilly, Dominic Turner, Gwen Wilkinson, Joseph Carson, Phoebe Gill, Jessica Glynn, Vincent Gregan, Grace Hall, Angela Hayes, Ciaran Healy, Jennifer Hickey, Jason Kearney, Suzanne Linnane, Emilie Lynam, Harry Lyster, Vivienne Mooney, Noel Phelan, Nina Szymanska, Alison Baker Kerrigan, Samantha Dukelow, Niall Griffin, Zoe Hamill, Marie Hickey, Deborah Hughes, Sonja Kroll, Phil Lang, Cindy Morrissey, Veronica Nicholson, Claudi Nir, Noel Noblett, Ciara O’ Halloran, Maciej Pestka, Gillian Prenderville, Artur Sikora, Francesco Taurisano, Karen Tierney, Conor Williams, Antonia Zharko, Ieva Baltaduonyte, Joseph Carr, Brian Cregan, Caroline McNally, Lyndsey Putt,Katie O’Neill, Irek Misiak and Kasia Krynska, John Lalor, Phil Behan, Paul Corcoran, Bartosz Nowicki, Will Hartley, Frank Miller,  Artur Sikora, Hugh McCabe, Fiona O Donnell, Sharon Murphy, Monika Fabijanczyk, Calin Ploscar, Jeanette Lowe, and Rebecca McGetrick, Kate Nolan,Greg Constantine, Ryan Byrne, Kristina Collender, Emmett Connell, Ciarán Cooney, Efa Corwell, Neil Dorgan, Kathy Gilroy Barry, Jonathan Higgins, Feena Kavanagh, Kasia Kaminska, Barry Keogh, Patricia Klich, Deirdre McGing, Claire Meagh, Bobi Murray, Robert McCormack, Adele O’Byrne, Nikki O’Carroll, Treasa O’Hanlon, Catherine O’Toole, Maciej Pestka, Alex Sinclair, Irene Siragusa, Paul Tierney, Tristan Hutchinson, Evan Buggle, Paul McCarthy, Nicolas Reuland, Ciara O’Halloran, Ailbhe Greaney, Vincent O’Byrne, Conor Blundell, Florian Leavy, Francis Matthews, Aisling McCoy, Stephen Mulhall, Mark Noonan, Paul Quinn, Noel Bowler, Emma Campbell, Judith Cornwell, Lena Cronin, Ken Finegan, Richard Gilligan, Jason Higgins, Hans Klemmer, Paul McGuckin, Lorna O’Brien, Ciaran Og Arnold, and Myles Shelly, Serena Kitt, Mary D’Arcy, Gerry Blake, Kelly O’Brien, Alison McDonnell, Nicola Whelan, James Lillis, Anush Babajanyan, Jill Quigley, David Thomas Smith, Dorota Konczewska, Jesse Fox, Cristina Venedict, Aoife O’Dwyer, Mike O’Neill, Siabh Wall, Joanne Betty Conlon, Natalia Marzec, Naomi Goodman, Jamie Young, Ste Murray, Patricia Klich, Garry Loughlin, Cindy Morrissey, Lynn Rothwell, Patricio Cassinoni, Claire Duggan, Anita Kulon, Alma Haser, Jamie Young, Andrzej Rozycki, Jos Menting, Joby Hickey, Helena Tobin, Doreen Kennedy, Stephen Doyle, Amy Stevens, Noah Addis, Joelle Jensen, Allison Kaufman, Michael Mergen, Tim Portlock, Jeffrey Stockbridge, Kimberly Witham,Gianluca Gamberini, Katerina Mistal, Rory O’Neill,Steve Ryan, Sean Breithaupt,Inland, Marcus Cassidy, Jason Lowe, Alex Rose, Karena Hutton, Kate Ryan, Jane Cummins, Steve Mc Cullagh, L.Rigney, Jamie Maxwell, Adrian Reilly, Katie Gilligan,Brian Cregan, Paul Kelly, Martin Robinson, Emma Turpin, Moira Sweeney,

Team

CURATORIAL TEAM

Festival Founder & Director Ángel Luis González
Festival Curator Moritz Neumüller
Festival Coordinator Claudi Nir
Technical Coordinator Frank Brennan
Book & Magazine Fair Coordinator Arcangela Regis
Migration Blog Marta Lebek
Publications Marcella Almassy
Portfolio 12 Catalogue Ignacio Barceló
Photographic Documentation Alison Baker Kerrigan
Festival video promo Cian Brennan
Identity Rory McCormick
Web Site Development Quomo.org
Photographic Documentation ‘Books on Migration’ Eric Stephanian

Katarzyna Majak, Andreas Müller-Pohle, Pavel Banka, Reinhard Braun, and Jan Babnik: Curators of ‘Magazines on the Wall’
Additional texts for ‘Magazines on the Wall’: Sanja Kojić Mladenov and Simona Dumitriu

Achievements

323 Artists | 73 Exhibitions | 50 Venues
45 Events | 150 Publishers | 700 books

Book and Magazine Fair
With 15 publishers present, and a programme of talks, workshops, and book presentations, the fair has been designed for your delight. Showcasing ‘The Library Project’, the festival collection of over 700 books from 150 publishers worldwide.

Press

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https://www.thejournal.ie/read-an-emigrants-letter-home-from-argentina-in-the-1800s-514982-Jul2012/
https://www.thejournal.ie/asylum-seeker-photos-hatch-hall-ireland-527564-Jul2012/

Moxie Studios
Gallery Of Photography Ireland
Goethe-Institut Ireland
National Botanic Gardens
74 Benburb Street
bio.space 033
Brannigans Bar
Broadstone Studios & Gallery
Dublin Central Library
The Centre for Creative Practices
Darc Space
designist
D-Light Studios
Dublin Camera Club
Dublin City Library
Exchange Dublin
Filmbase
Eight Gallery
Inspirational Arts Gallery
Instituto Cervantes
Irish Aid Volunteering & Information Centre
Leinster Gallery
Light House Cinema
Little Green Street Gallery
Mad Art Gallery & Studio
Monster Truck Gallery
National Photographic Archive
No Grants Gallery
Oliver Sears Gallery
Pearse House Flats
Royal Hibernian Academy
RUA RED, South Dublin Arts Centre
Sebastian Guinness Gallery
Signal Arts Centre
South Studios Gallery
The Atrium
The chq building
The Copper House Gallery
The Bernard Shaw
The Little Museum of Dublin
The Market Bar
National College of Art and Design
Wood Quay Venue
Italian Institute of Culture
Alliance Française
The Back Loft
Institute of Photography
RUA RED, South Dublin Arts Centre

Celebrating its 3rd edition in 2012, PhotoIreland Festival will explore the theme ‘Migrations: Diaspora & Cultural Identity’, showcasing some of the finest national and international contemporary photography in and around Dublin city from 1–31 July, highlighting the importance of Photography & Image Culture in Ireland.

Join us in a month long celebration during Ireland’s innovative and unique Photography festival, meeting artists, publishers, while taking the opportunity to network with industry professionals. Enjoy the exhibitions and events, the Book & Magazine Fair with a special focus on the latest international publications, and our Summer Campus with portfolio reviews, workshops, talks and more.

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