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Since 2003 the non-profit organisation Photon Gallery – Centre for Contemporary Photography researches and presents contemporary fine art photography. In particular, the gallery focuses on recognising and promoting various Slovene and international artists working in the field of contemporary photography and video, with an emphasis on the production from Central and South-eastern Europe.

Photon Gallery offers a regular exhibition programme in its home gallery space in Ljubljana, collaborates on a number of international projects and attends international art fairs. The gallery runs also the biennial named Photonic Moments – Month of Photography.

In 2013 Photon has opened a gallery space in Vienna, since 2014 in the city’s emerging art quarters at the former Ankerbrot bread factory, Absberggasse 27. In 2016 it moved to the 7th Quartier in the city center, Zieglergasse 34.

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.

External links

Photon Galerie in Vienna website (in German and English)
Photonic Moments festival website
Video evenings programme by Kolektiva

Gallery

Opening of Baku Biennial of Contemporary Art, Baku, Azerbajdzan, 2009

Opening of Vanja BuÄan exhibition Folls and Follies, Photon Gallery, 2009

Opening of Matej Sitar exhibition Pravljice [Fairy Tales], Photon Gallery, 2010

Goran Bertok exhibition, Photoport Gallery, Bratislava, 2010

Opening of namaTRE.ba project, Bosnia & Herzegovina video art, Photon Gallery, 2010

Until Death Do Us part, a view of the exhibition by Katarina RadoviÄ, Photon Gallery, 2011

Until Death Do Us part, an exhibition by Katarina RadoviÄ, Photon Gallery, 2011

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-[[Photon Gallery]] is beside the [[Galerija Fotografija]] one of the two on the photography specialized private galleries in Ljubljana. Since its establishing in [[Established::2004]] it presents, promotes and sells photography of Slovene as well as international authors. The Photon Gallery collaborates on many international and national projects. Since 2005 is the initiator of the ''Month of Photography'' festival in Ljubljana. The Photon Gallery attends regularly international art fairs.
+Since [[established::2003]] the non-profit organisation [[Photon Gallery|Photon Gallery – Centre for Contemporary Photography]] researches and presents contemporary fine art photography. In particular, the gallery focuses on recognising and promoting various Slovene and international artists working in the field of contemporary photography and video, with an emphasis on the production from Central and South-eastern Europe.
+Photon Gallery offers a regular exhibition programme in its home gallery space in Ljubljana, collaborates on a number of international projects and attends international art fairs.
+The gallery runs also the biennial named [[Photonic Moments – Month of Photography]].
+In 2013 Photon has opened a gallery space in Vienna, since 2014 in the city’s emerging art quarters at the former Ankerbrot bread factory, Absberggasse 27. In 2016 it moved to the 7th Quartier in the city center, Zieglergasse 34.
 }}
+==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).
-==Exhibitions==
-Focused on the contemporary photography of Slovene and other photographers of CEE regions, the Photon Gallery prepares approximately one exhibition monthly. The Gallery features plenty of solo exhibitions. Recently the Gallery exhibited works of young Slovene artist [[Špela Volčič]], the representative of the new wave photography [[Vanja Bučan]], but also work of [[Tomo Brejc]], photographer of young established generation. Beside exhibitions of established artists as [[Stane Jagodič]], the Gallery presents each year also artist of older, classical Slovene photography; in 2009 the gallery featured the series entitled ''Vanishing'' of [[Janez Korošin]].
-Beside solo exhibitions, is Photon Gallery known also for its themed group shows like ''Early 80s Music Scene'' (2008), ''Laibach-Focus'' (2004) or ''Contemporary Erotic Photography'', which was in 2008 prepared in the cooperation with [[Primož Lampič]], the head of the photography department of the [[Museum of Architecture and Design (MAD)]] (then Architecture Museum Ljubljana). The exhibition in 2008 featured also works of [[Goran Bertok]], [[Matjaž Prešeren]], [[Jure Breceljnik]], [[Voranc Vogel]], [[Rajko Bizjak]], and of tandem [[Barbara Jakše and Stane Jeršič]].
+Beside solo exhibitions, Photon Gallery also produces various thematic and overview group exhibitions: the series of international overview exhibitions ''Photonic Moments'' (2005&ndash;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&ndash;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 Culture and Congress Centre|Cankarjev dom]], [[Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana]], ''[[Fotografija, Magazine on Photography]]'' and the [[Academy of Fine Arts and Design]].
-Moreover, the nudity is the theme often present in the programme of the Photon Gallery. In 2007 the Photon Gallery for the first time introduced to Slovene public the work of the notorious Japanese photographer ''Nobuyoshi Araki'' with the selection from his Pola Eros series. Recently the Gallery featured also photographies of French artists Enna Chaton or Italian photrographer Luca Donnini, whose works expresses the unusual presence of a highly involved voyeur – both solo exhibitions were featured in 2009, the last one within the programme of the [[Red Dawn International Women's Festival]] in the [[Metelkova mesto Autonomous Cultural Zone|Autonomous Cultural Centre Metelkova mesto]] in Ljubljana.
+{{Image|Photon Gallery - 01.jpg}}
-The Gallery intensively cooperates with national and international institutions. In the summer of 2009 it was featuring as well the group exhibition ''Camera Obscura – Autoportrait'' of the Students of Photography from the [[Academy of Fine Arts and Design]]. In the collaboration with ''Nessim Gallery'' from Budapest the Gallery presented in the beginning of 2010 a renowned Hungarian contemporary photo artist Gabor Kerekes with the series Over Roswell and a selection of other works.
+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.
-==Ljubljana ''Month of Photography'' and ''Photonic Moments''==
+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.
-Inspired by events that have been happening in 2004 in the number of European cities under the name ''European Month of Photography'', the Photon Gallery initiated 2005 the ''Ljubljana Month of Photography''. Each year the event focuses on presentation of contemporary trends in photography from Slovenia and other countries of the region. The 2006 programme involved a total of almost 20 exhibitions and accompanying events in Slovenia capital. In last three editions, the Month of Photography encompassed a yearly average of 30 exhibitions as well as related events, such as symposium entitled Discussions on Contemporary Photography etc. Within the event  the »Photo Exhibition of the Year« award is granted.
-The most significant annual production project of Photon Gallery is the exhibition entitled ''Photonic Moments'', which shows by international curators selected works of young and emerging artists from Middle and South-eastern European region. In 2006, ''Photonic Moments'' became the official exhibition of the ''Month of Photography'' festival. The first edition of ''Photonic Moments'' featured 40 artists from 8 countries, the second edition shown also works of [[Damjan Kocjančič]], [[Tomo Brejc]], [[Andrej Osterman]], [[Damjan Švarc]] and international artists as Joszef Bartha, Alexander Valchev, Boriana Rossa, Anna Orlikowska, Sitara Ibrahimowa and many others. The fourth edition in 2008 gathered artists from 6 countries (Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Slovenia, Serbia and Turkey) including [[Primož Bizjak]], [[Maša Bajc]], Ektor Dimissianos, Marko Ercegović, Valentino Bilić Prcić, [[Špela Volčič]] and others. The ''Photonic Moments'' tours often throughout Europe.
+==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 [[Video in Progress Festival|festival]].
-==Video in progress and ''Photonic Luminatic''==
+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.
-In 2006 the Gallery introduced the programme entitled ''Video in progress'', consisting of presentation of contemporary video art. The focus of the first year was on video artists from the region, for the second year more conceptual criteria were used.
-As the intersection between photography and video, the Photon Gallery prepares annually since 2008 the exhibition entitled ''Photonic Luminatic''. It goes about an overview introducing the selection of Slovenian artists who use medium of photography and video for research and creative endeavour in the broader context of the visual arts. The selection for the show is traditionally done by [[Dejan Sluga]], the director of the Photon Gallery, video artists are selected by [[Vesna Bukovec]] and [[Metka Zupanič]]. The first edition focused in the phenomenon of the ''new documentary photography'' within the contemporary artistic practise with the aim to show how the 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 inter-media projects. Within the selection of 15 artists was as well works of [[Bojan Salaj]], [[Borut Peterlin]], and [[Tomo Brejc]]. In 2009 the show featured beside 14 photographers also vidos of [[Zmago Lenardič & Jasna Hribernik]], group [[Kolektiva]], [[Polonca Lovšin]], [[Anja Medved]], [[Tanja Lazetić]], and [[Dejan Habicht]].
+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==
-The Photon Gallery represents almost 40 national and international artists. The works that could be commissioned from the gallery are documented on the Gallery website. Since few years it visits regularly the international art fairs using the strategy of the curated presentation based on thematic frame. Until now the gallery presented itself on Viennafair and Berliner Liste, where the Gallery booth opened topics of death, death-wish and dark sexual desires. The presentation under the title ''Thanatos'' featured 4 photo-artists ([[Bojan Salaj]], [[Tomo Brejc]], [[Goran Bertok]], and Gyula Fodor) and the video group [[Kolektiva]] showing a kind of bizarre video, demonstrating how an art institution is swallowed by a giant vagina.
+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==
-*[http://www.photon.si/en Photon Gallery website]
+*[http://www.photongallery.at Photon Galerie in Vienna website] (in German and English)
-*[http://www.photonicmoments.net/ The ''Photonic Moments'' project's website]
+*[http://www.photonicmoments.net/ Photonic Moments festival website]
-* [http://www.artnet.de/magazine/news/mania/mania05-09-09.asp Feature from Viennafair 2009 (also about Photon Gallery) on Artnet website]
+*[http://www.kolektiva.org/producing/video-vecer-video-evening Video evenings programme by Kolektiva]
-* [http://www.artfacts.net/en/institution/photon-gallery-10214/overview.html Photon Gallery on Artfacts]
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