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The group exhibition A New Vision of Debris, produced by Photon Gallery,
at the Budapest Photo Festival
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The performance Gazing Here Now by Aleksandra Saška Gruden, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA),
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Photon Gallery presents photographers Stane Jagodič, Rudolf Sikora, and Branko Lenart; and the presentation of selected Slovenian and international authors by Galerija Fotografija in the frame of the P/CAS – Paris Contemporary Art Show, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Paris,
at the Paris Photo
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The solo exhibition Imaginary Ecologies by Vanja Bučan (Photon Gallery), presenting two photo series Sequences of Truth and Deception and Looking for Sadiq, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Bratislava,
at the Month of Photography
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The opening of Photon Gallery's international exhibition Different Worlds 2018, featuring the work of Primož Zorko,
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Photon Gallery presents Tomaž Tomažin, Žiga Kariž, and Nika Oblak and Primož Novak, in the Art Photo Budapest section,
at the Art Market Budapest
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The exhibition NSK State in Time (Slovenian art collective Neue Slowenische Kunst (NSK)), curated and presented by Tevž Logar, in the Focus section, supported by the Igor Zabel Association for Culture and Theory; P74 Centre and Gallery presenting Polonca Lovšin and Uroš Potočnik; Photon Gallery presenting Peter Koštrun and Vanja Bučan; Ravnikar Gallery Space presenting Nina Čelhar, Simon Kocjančič and Maja Babič Košir; and Galerija Fotografija presenting Andrej Lamut, Boris Gaberščik and Tilyen Mucik, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA),
at the Viennacontemporary International Art Fair
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The solo exhibition Imaginary Envornments by Vanja Bučan (Photon Gallery), supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA),
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The opening of the exhibition Forbidden Whispers. Laibach and North Korea, organised by Photon Gallery, featuring a concert by Laibach and the documentary Music is the Art of Time 3, LP film Laibach, directed by Igor Zupe (attending) and produced by Nord Cross Production, in the frame of Summer at MCA,
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Photon Gallery presents Marko Lipuš, Rudolf Sikora, Balint Szombathy, and Branko Lenart
at the Photo Basel art fair
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The exhibition of artists' multiples Made in China: Successes And Failures with accompanying performances What You Buy Is What You Get, organised by Made by China project Photon Gallery and supported by Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna),
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Photon Gallery presents Stane Jagodič, Rudolf Sikora, Vanja Bučan, and a selection of photography books including a book by Rudolf Sikora Sám s fotografiou / Alone With Photography, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia London,
at the Photo London
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The exhibition Premonition by Peter Koštrun, organised by Photon Gallery and supported by Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna),
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The exhibition Re-Destruktion by Metka Zupanič, organised by Photon Gallery and supported by Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna),
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The exhibition Beyond Myself. Self-portrait in the time of social media, also featuring photographs by Nika Oblak, Primož Novak, and Tomaž Tomažin, curated by Dejan Sluga and Metka Zupanič, organised by Photon Gallery and supported by Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna),
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Photon Gallery is presenting works by Stane Jagodič and Klavdij Sluban and book with photographic works by Rudolf Sikora in Marko Lipuš,
at the Fotofever Paris
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Photon Gallery showcasing photographic works by different authors within the exhibition Different Worlds 2017, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Bratislava
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Presentations of P74 Centre and Gallery, GalerijaGallery, and Stolp Photogallery and Photon Gallery, presenting Goran Bertok, Marko Lipuš and Borut Peterlin, in the Art Photo Budapest section,
at the Art Market Budapest
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The exhibition Forbidden Whispers. Laibach and North Korea, also featuring photographs by Matjaž Tančič, organised by Photon Gallery and supported by Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA) (Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna),
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Boris Beja, Eva Križaj and Špela Škulj showcase their works at the international group exhibition Different Worlds 2017, organised by Photon Gallery,
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The exhibition Bohemians from Montparnasse , showcasing photographic works by Jean Cocteau and Veno Pilon, organised by Photon Gallery
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Father's Tale, an exhibition of works by Borut Peterlin, organised by Photon Gallery and supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
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A presentation of selected Slovenian and international authors by Galerija Fotografija (artists) and Photon Gallery (artists)
at the Fotofever Paris
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Zipped Worlds: Aethetics of the Intimate, a group exhibition also featuring works by Eva Petrič, curated by Dejan Sluga and co-organised by Photon Gallery,
at the Danube Dialogues Festival
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Photon Gallery presents Alen Ožbolt (VSSD), Stane Jagodič, and Galerija Fotografija presents Radenko Milak & Roman Uranjek and Boris Gaberščik at the Photo Basel art fair
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Close Enough? 70 Years of Magnum Photos, an exhibition organized by Photon Gallery in cooperation with Magnum, curated by Simone Klein and Dejan Sluga and supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
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Freud and me, alone, an exhibition of works by Žiga Kariž, organised by Photon Gallery and supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
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Different Worlds, an exhibition featuring works by Lana Bregar, Jaka Bulc and Tina Umer, produced by Photon Gallery in cooperation with the Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture, and supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna, accompanied by a musical performance by vocalist Katja Šulc and DJ teoP (White Trash),
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Zipped Worlds: Photography in Public Space, a group exhibition featuring works by Borut Krajnc, Eva Petrič and Metka Zupanič, co-curated by Dejan Sluga and co-organised by Photon Gallery,
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Variations of Photography 1969-1980, an exhibition of works by Stane Jagodič, curated by Miha Colner (Photon Gallery),
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Photon Gallery, Stolp Photogallery, P74 Centre and Gallery, and GalerijaGallery at Art Market Budapest
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P74 Centre and Gallery presenting Tomaž Furlan and Jože Barši, Photon Gallery presenting Markus Guschelbauer, Marko Lipuš, Alen Ožbolt in Bojan Salaj and Škuc Gallery presenting Miha Štrukelj, Matej Andraž Vogrinčič and Jasmina Cibic, as well as Alkatraz Gallery presenting Igor Eškinja, Andrea Knezović in Neven Korda at Focus: Ex-Yugoslavia and Albania within viennacontemporary, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
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"Babica", an exhibition of works by photographer Marko Lipuš, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
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Curator Miha Colner (Photon Gallery) at the J.E.E.P 2016, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Paris,
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Zipped Worlds: Photography in Public Space, a group exhibition featuring works by Borut Krajnc, Eva Petrič and Metka Zupanič, co-curated by Dejan Sluga and co-organised by Photon Gallery, at Rovinj Photodays
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Red Poppy Fields: The Great War Reflected in Contemporary Photography, an exhibition featuring works by Roman Uranjek, curated by Miha Colner and Dejan Sluga and co-organised by Photon Gallery,
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Miha Colner (Photon Gallery) as a panelist at the conference New Generations of Curators and Visitors
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Zabranjeno plakatirati: Priča o Buldožeru, an exhibition about the rock band Buldožer, organised by Photon Gallery, and a talk also featuring curator Miha Colner at the opening event
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Red Poppy Fields: The Great War Reflected in Contemporary Photography, an exhibition featuring works by Roman Uranjek, curated by Miha Colner and Dejan Sluga, accompanied by a discussion on the Isonzo Front featuring historian Petra Svoljšak, organised by Photon Gallery and the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Bratislava,
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Bohemians from Montparnasse, an exhibition of photo portraits by Jean Cocteau and Veno Pilon, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
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Margins: Contemporary Slovenian Photography, an exhibition featuring works by Jaka Babnik, Vanja Bućan, Emina Djukić, Peter Rauch, Matjaž Rušt and Robert Marin, curated by Miha Colner and Dejan Sluga (Photon Gallery),
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Red Poppy Fields: The Great War Reflected in Contemporary Photography, an exhibition featuring works by Roman Uranjek, curated by Miha Colner and Dejan Sluga (Photon Gallery) and supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
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Works by photographers Uroš Ambram, Stane Jagodič, Branko Lenart and Eva Petrič (Photon Gallery) and a presentation of the festival Photonic Moments – Month of Photography and the project Made in China with art by Alen Ožbolt, Jože Barši and Veli & Amos at Art Market Budapest
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Škuc Gallery, P74 Centre and Gallery and Photon Gallery at the viennacontemporary international art fair, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
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Zipped Worlds: Photography in Public Space also featuring the works of Borut Krajnc, Eva Petrič and Metka Zupanič, co-curated by Dejan Sluga and co-organised by Photon Gallery,
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Body and Flesh, an exhibition of works by photographer Goran Bertok, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
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Post Mortem, a photography exhibition by Goran Bertok, and Emptiness/Politics, a photography exhibition by Borut Krajnc, curated by Miha Colner (Photon Gallery),
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Zipped Worlds: Photography in Public Space also featuring the works of Borut Krajnc, Eva Petrič and Metka Zupanič, co-curated by Dejan Sluga (Photon Gallery), supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
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Photomagic, an art exhibition also featuring works by Stane Jagodič, curated by Dejan Sluga (Photon Gallery), supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
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Copy Paste, a group exhibition also featuring works by Aljaž Celarc, Lenka Đorojević, and Jure Kastelic, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
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The Amber Road Show, a group exhibition featuring also Slovene photographers Kaja Brezočnik and Aleksandra Vajd & Hynek Alt produced by Photon Gallery
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Aftermath: Changing Cultural Landscape, a group photography exhibition also featuring works by Bojan Salaj and Tomaž Gregorič, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA),
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Photon Gallery also present works by Aleš Gregorič, Damjan Kocjančič, and Borut Peterlin at Art Photo Budapest, in the framework of Art Market Budapest, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest,
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Ghosts of Dada, a joint exhibition also featuring works by Stane Jagodič, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
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City Perspectives exhibition featuring Bojan Salaj, Branko Cvetkovič, Tomaž Gregorič, Tanja Lažetić and Dejan Habicht, Zmago Lenardič and Jasna Hribernik, Kolektiva Institute, Polonca Lovšin and Anja Medved produced by Photon Gallery
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Tension Field, an exhibition joining six countries and also featuring works by Damjan Kocjančič produced by Photon, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
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Hommage, an exhibition by Rajko Bizjak (Photon Gallery), organised in the framework of the 23rd Bratislava Month of Photography,
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Aftermath - Changing cultural landscape, an exhibition featuring contemporary photography by artists from the former Yugoslavia territory, co-organised by Photon Gallery, at the 23rd Bratislava Month of Photography
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Vesna Bukovec and Lada Cerar (Kolektiva Institute) and Antonio Živkovič (Photon Gallery) participating in a joint exhibition Cultural City Network Graz - Arrivals / Departures
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Aftermath - Changing cultural landscape, an exhibition featuring contemporary photography by artists from the former Yugoslavia territory, co-organised by Photon Gallery
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Der Gläubiger des Lichts, an exhibition by Stane Jagodič produced by Photon Institute, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
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Aftermath - Changing cultural landscape, an exhibition featuring contemporary photography by artists from the former Yugoslavia territory, co-organised by Photon Gallery
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Tactics by Marko Lipuš, an inaugural exhibition produced by Photon Gallery, supported by the Slovenian Culture and Information Centre, Vienna (SKICA), Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Vienna,
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Aftermath - Changing cultural landscape, an exhibition featuring contemporary photography by artists from the former Yugoslavia territory, organised by Photon Gallery
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Photon Gallery presents a group exhibition of Grupa Junij in the framework of Eyes-on Festival
at the Month of Photography Vienna
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Italy Trieste/Trst Continental breakfast. place of encounter 2011 by Trieste Contemporanea
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Škuc Gallery, Gregor Podnar Gallery, Photon Gallery, and P74 Centre and Gallery at the Viennafair 2011
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A selection of Goran Bertok's photographic works from the series The Visitors (2004), Post Mortem (2007) and Red (2009) are presented in collaboration with Photon Gallery
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Exhibitions
Alongside solo and group exhibitions, the Photon Gallery team presents a rich accompanying programme based on talks, screenings, and lectures. In recent years the gallery has been working with numerous artist of different backgrounds and generations: Goran Bertok, Tomo Brejc, Bojan Salaj, Jože Suhadolnik, Peter Koštrun, Špela Volčič, Vanja Bučan, Matej Sitar, Andrej Osterman, Antonio Živkovič, Janez Bogataj, Branko Lenart, Stane Jagodič, Janez Korošin (Slovenia), Anikó Robitz, Gabor Kerekes (Hungary), diSTRUKTURA, Sandra Vitaljić (Croatia), Alexander Valchev (Bulgaria), Marko Citron, Luca Donini (Italy), Marko Lipuš, Ernst Logar, Gyula Fodor (Austria), Enna Chaton (France), Paula Muhr, Katarina Radović (Serbia).
Beside solo exhibitions, Photon Gallery also produces various thematic and overview group exhibitions: the series of international overview exhibitions Photonic Moments (2005–2008), overview group exhibition Photonic Luminatic – New Slovenian Photography and Video (2008), historical documentary exhibitions Early 80s Music Scene (2005), Laibach-Focus (2004), Early 80s Music Scene (2008) and Pankrti (2007), dedicated to the crucial music movements in Slovenia and Yugoslavia, and thematic group exhibitions such as Foto-graph (2005), Transitions (2006), Red: Gendered Colour in Frames (2010) and a series of curated video exhibitions under the common title Video in Progress (2008–2009). In 2019 the project Concrete Dreams was presented, it explored the heritage of industrial architecture, as it has been conveyed through the photographic and video media
Institutional and international cooperation
Photon Gallery regularly collaborates with numerous Slovene organisations, institutions and festivals. Photon Gallery took part within the programme of the 2009 International Feminist and Queer Festival Red Dawns and was in partnership with institutions and organisations such as National Museum of Contemporary History, Cankarjev dom, Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana, Fotografija, Magazine on Photography and the Academy of Fine Arts and Design.
Opening of Baku Biennial of Contemporary Art, Baku, Azerbajdzan, 2009
Photon Gallery has collaborated internationally in terms of exhibition exchange and collaborative projects with Monat der Fotografie from Vienna, Photoport Gallery from Bratislava, Nessim Gallery and Mai Mano House of Photography from Budapest, Helmut Newton Foundation from Berlin, K2 – Contemporary Art Centre from Izmir, Kulturvermitlung Steiermarkt – CCN Graz, Proartorg Beograd, Triestefotografia Festival, Sarajevo Winter Festival, Baku Biennial of Contemporary Art and others.
International cooperation has been boosted by Photon's presence in Vienna. Galerie Photon opened in 2013, and since April 2014 organises exhibitions in the vibrant cultural lofts space within the former Ankerbrot bread factory, starting off with the Perspectives of the City exhibition that presented a selection of a dozen of Slovene photographers and video artists.
Photonic Moments – Month of Photography
Inspired by events that took place in 2004 in a number of European cities under the name "European Month of Photography" and with the purpose of expanding its project "Photonic Moments", Photon Gallery initiated the "Ljubljana Month of Photography". From 2006 until 2008 the annual festival, involving a great number of exhibitions and accompanying events in the Slovenia capital, focused on presenting contemporary trends in photography from different countries of South-eastern Europe and the broader international scene. After the 2008 edition, the festival's board decided to switch to a biennial format, and fused both manifestations. Today the Photonic Moments – Month of Photography is a leading festival of contemporary photography in the region, featuring a number of relevant internationally-based exhibitions and a strong accompanying programme.
Special projects
In 2007 the Photon Gallery introduced the programme Video in Progress which presents contemporary video art. The focus of the first two years was on video artists from the region has shifted to more conceptual criteria of selection. In 2011 the event grew into a festival.
Since 2008 the exhibition Photonic Luminatic is an overview introducing a selection of Slovene artists who use photography and video for research and creative endeavour in the broader context of the visual arts. The curator of the whole exhibition is Dejan Sluga, director of the Photon Gallery, while selection of video art was done by Vesna Bukovec and Metka Zupanič. The first edition focused on the phenomenon of the "new documentary photography" within contemporary artistic practice with an aim to show how photography continues to become increasingly relevant as a completely independent artistic medium, and it is additionally evermore used as a tool for the presentation of various multi- and intermedia projects.
Video Evenings by Kolektiva Institute have been organised in Photon Gallery featuring monthly screen video selections prepared by various invited artists, curators, institutions, associations, and festivals.
Sales service and international art fairs
Photon Gallery represents almost 40 national and international artists whose available works are documented on the gallery's website. The gallery promotes its artists at international art fairs using the strategy of a curated presentation based on a thematic frame.
Photon Gallery also regularly attends art fairs in Vienna (Viennafair), Berlin (Berliner Liste) and in 2010, Photon participated for the first time on Paris Photo.
See also
- Photonic Moments – Month of Photography
- Galerija Fotografija
- Museum of Architecture and Design
- Kolektiva Institute
External links
- Photon Galerie in Vienna website (in German and English)
- Photonic Moments festival website
- Video evenings programme by Kolektiva