Celje FOKUS Festival

Contact

Celje FOKUS festival avtorske fotografije

Mariborska cesta 2, SI-3000 Celje

http://www.celjefokus.si

info@celjefokus.si

Organised byZavod FOKUS, zavod za umetnost, izobraževanje in zaposlovanje mladih

Matej Gorjup, Celje FOKUS Director

matej.gorjup@celjefokus.si

Phone386 (0) 31 332 359

Frequencyannual

Festival dates13.7.2015 - 18.7.2015

Celje FOKUS Festival – a festival of authorial photography – was first held in 2015 and is currently one of the few or even the only one of its kind. It has grown out of an annual workshop called Celje FOKUS, which has been held in Celje since 2008. This workshop has been aimed at mostly amateur photographers, who in six days have not only been given a set of technical know-how but have also been introduced to some of the relevant questions arising from the subject of contemporary photography. For this, sometimes outside guests were also invited.

While this workshop still remains and is the central part of the festival, it has now been accompanied by a programme that also features a masterclass workshop (in 2015 led by Anastasia Taylor-Lind), a number of photography exhibitions, movie screenings and round table discussions. The exhibitions features the photographers Donald Weber, Tadej Vaukman, Jaka Gasar, Tomaž Černej and also an presentation of anonymous, lost and found photo images. The topics of discussions touch upon the topics of documentary photography, the analogue / digital divide, the production of photobooks and so on.

Celje FOKUS 2014 by CeljeFokus on YouTube

Celje FOKUS in 2014, when still only a workshop

The festival takes place all over the city, with the workshop being partly focused on the urban landscape of Celje from the start. The venues where the orest of the festival is held are the Plevnik-Kronkowska Gallery, AQ Gallery Celje, Celje Museum of Recent History, Celje Gallery of Contemporary Art, Celje Youth Centre and the Art kino Metropol Celje.

External links

• Celje Fokus Festival web page