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The Photonic Moments – Month of Photography was launched by Photon Gallery in Ljubljana in 2005 with the aim of presenting contemporary authorial photography developments in Central and South East Europe and its broad global context. In the region with just a few institutions that would specialise in contemporary photography research and theory, the festival has grown into an important platform for networking, transitioning and establishing new cultural connections.

In 2010 a forum Talks on Contemporary Photography was organised next to a big central exhibition Tension Field with an international team of curators from Bratislava, Graz, Ljubljana, Novi Sad, Rijeka and Skopje. The selection of Slovenian photographers included Damjan Kocjančič, Jože Suhadolnik, Aleksandra Vajd in Antonio Živkovič.

Background

Since 2005 the Photon Gallery organised an annual Photonic Moments festival, which was in 2006 already expanded with the Ljubljana Month of Photography autumn events, through which the Photon Gallery started to contribute to the international platform dedicated to photography under the name European Month of Photography (Berlin, Paris, Vienna, Bratislava, Luxembourg, Moscow and Rome). Since 2008 the programme by Photon, featuring contemporary trends in photography from the Central and South East Europe in broader international context, takes place biennially under the name Photonic Moments – Month of Photography.

The festival's programme committee has involved several figures of Slovenian contemporary art and photography, e.g. Dejan Sluga, Miha Colner, Antonio Živkovič, Rajko Bizjak, Jan Babnik, Vasja Nagy and Peter Koštrun. Each edition of the festival hosts several international curators.

Programme and venues

The 5th edition of the Photonic Moments – Month of Photography in 2010 presented a number of group exhibitions as well as solo shows. The main venue Cankarjev dom hosted the central group exhibition Tension Field exploring different tendencies in the development of art photography in the region since 1980, which was accompanied by a two-day forum Talks on Contemporary Photography. The Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana hosted and co-organized three exhibitions at their venues: Lee Miller's photography at the Jakopič Gallery, Trine Sondergaard & Gina Zaccharias at the City Art Gallery Ljubljana and Marko Jamnik at the Vžigalica Gallery. In the framework of the festival several exhibitions were presented also in Maribor, Celje, Novo mesto, Škofja Loka, Trbovlje and Ptuj.

Photon Gallery collaborates with a dispersed network of partner organizations, in 2010 with the Cultural City Network Graz, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Rijeka, Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje, Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina, Novi Sad and House of Photography from Bratislava.

Sections

The 2010 edition of the festival was divided into five sections: Enlarger with the main exhibition and research project Tension Field; Exposition presenting three current regional overviews of productions with a notable curator’s touch (Second Half Time, New Serbian Photography, Present Continuous); Diffuse contains interesting presentations of two different solo projects (Jeffrey Silverthorne, Trine Sondergaard & Gina Zaccharias); Retrospective which turns to the historic photographic production (Lee Miller; Gojmir Anton Kos); Flash forming the frame of the festival with a line of exhibitions presenting (Milan Pajk, Goran Bertok, Marko Lipuš, Tomaž Tomažin, Antonio Živkovič, Nataša Košmerl, Branko Lenart).

External links

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-The [[Photonic Moments – Month of Photography]] is a festival of contemporary art photography initiated by [[Photon Gallery]] in Ljubljana in [[established::2005]]. It focuses on the developments of photography in Central and South East Europe and the relevant production in the wider global context.
+The [[Photonic Moments – Month of Photography]] was launched by [[Photon Gallery]] in Ljubljana in [[established::2005]] with the aim of presenting contemporary authorial photography developments in Central and South East Europe and its broad global context. In the region with just a few institutions that would specialise in contemporary photography research and theory, the festival has grown into an important platform for networking, transitioning and establishing new cultural connections.
-The festival presents an important initiative and a platform for networking, transitioning and establishing new cultural connections, thus meeting the need for institutions in the region that would specialise in contemporary photography research and theory. In 2010 a two-day forum ''Talks on Contemporary Photography'' was organised within the festival that presented a number of relevant internationally-based exhibitions as well as a line of solo exhibits of Slovenian authors.
+In 2010 a forum ''Talks on Contemporary Photography'' was organised next to a big central exhibition ''Tension Field'' with an international team of curators from Bratislava, Graz, Ljubljana, Novi Sad, Rijeka and Skopje. The selection of Slovenian photographers included [[Damjan Kocjančič]], [[Jože Suhadolnik]], [[Aleksandra Vajd]] in [[Antonio Živkovič]].
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 ==Background==
-[[Photon Gallery]], inspired by events that took place in 2004 in a number of European cities under the name ''European Month of Photography'' initiated the ''Ljubljana Month of Photography'', also with the purpose of expanding its project ''Photonic Moments'' from 2005. Up to 2008 it was organised annually, 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 renamed it to ''Photonic Moments – Month of Photography''.
+Since 2005 the [[Photon Gallery]] organised an annual ''Photonic Moments'' festival, which was in 2006 already expanded with the ''Ljubljana Month of Photography'' autumn events, through which the Photon Gallery started to contribute to the international platform dedicated to photography under the name ''European Month of Photography'' (Berlin, Paris, Vienna, Bratislava, Luxembourg, Moscow and Rome). Since 2008 the programme by Photon, featuring contemporary trends in photography from the Central and South East Europe in broader international context, takes place biennially under the name ''Photonic Moments – Month of Photography''.
+The festival's programme committee has involved several figures of Slovenian contemporary art and photography, e.g. [[Dejan Sluga]], [[Miha Colner]], [[Antonio Živkovič]], [[Rajko Bizjak]], [[Jan Babnik]], [[Vasja Nagy]] and [[Peter Koštrun]]. Each edition of the festival hosts several international curators.
+==Programme and venues==
-==Profile==
+The 5th edition of the Photonic Moments – Month of Photography in 2010 presented a number of group exhibitions as well as solo shows. The main venue [[Cankarjev dom, Cultural and Congress Centre|Cankarjev dom]] hosted the central group exhibition ''Tension Field'' exploring different tendencies in the development of art photography in the region since 1980, which was accompanied by a two-day forum ''Talks on Contemporary Photography''. The [[Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana]] hosted and co-organized three exhibitions at their venues: Lee Miller's photography at the [[Jakopič Gallery]], Trine Sondergaard & Gina Zaccharias at the [[City Art Gallery Ljubljana]] and [[Marko Jamnik]] at the [[Vžigalica Gallery]]. In the framework of the festival several exhibitions were presented also in Maribor, Celje, Novo mesto, Škofja Loka, Trbovlje and Ptuj.
-''Photonic Moments'' features carefully selected programme with a thorough overview of the international contemporary art and photography production and collaborates with a dispersed network of partner organizations. The festival's programme committee has involved several figures of Slovenian contemporary art and photography, e.g. [[Dejan Sluga]], [[Miha Colner]], [[Antonio Živkovič]], [[Rajko Bizjak]], [[Jan Babnik]], [[Vasja Nagy]] and [[Peter Koštrun]].
+Photon Gallery collaborates with a dispersed network of partner organizations, in 2010 with the Cultural City Network Graz, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Rijeka, Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje, Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina, Novi Sad and House of Photography from Bratislava.
-The Photonic Moments – Month of Photography 2010 presented a number of relevant internationally-based exhibitions and a strong accompanying programme. The main venue [[Cankarjev dom, Cultural and Congress Centre|Cankarjev dom]] hosted the central group exhibition ''Tension Field'' exploring different tendencies in the development of art photography in the region accompanied by a two-day forum ''Talks on Contemporary Photography'', while [[Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana]] hosted and co-organized three exhibitions at their venues: Lee Miller at the [[Jakopič Gallery]], Trine Sondergaard & Gina Zaccharias at the [[City Art Gallery Ljubljana]] and [[Marko Jamnik]] at the [[Vžigalica Gallery]].
 ==Sections==
-The 2010 edition of the festival was divided into five sections: ''Enlarger'' with the main exhibition and research project ''Tension Field''; ''Exposition'' presenting three current regional overviews of productions with a notable curator’s touch (''Second Half Time, New Serbian Photography'', ''Present Continuous''); ''Diffuse'' contains interesting presentations of two different solo projects (Jeffrey Silverthorne, Trine Sondergaard & Gina Zaccharias); ''Retrospective'' which turns to the historic photographic production (Lee Miller; [[Gojmir Anton Kos]]); ''Flash'' forming the frame of the festival with a line of solo exhibitions ([[Milan Pajk]], [[Goran Bertok]], [[Marko Lipuš]], [[Tomaž Tomažin]], [[Antonio Živkovič]], [[Nataša Košmerl]], [[Branko Lenart]]).
+The 2010 edition of the festival was divided into five sections: ''Enlarger'' with the main exhibition and research project ''Tension Field''; ''Exposition'' presenting three current regional overviews of productions with a notable curator’s touch (''Second Half Time, New Serbian Photography'', ''Present Continuous''); ''Diffuse'' contains interesting presentations of two different solo projects (Jeffrey Silverthorne, Trine Sondergaard & Gina Zaccharias); ''Retrospective'' which turns to the historic photographic production (Lee Miller; [[Gojmir Anton Kos]]); ''Flash'' forming the frame of the festival with a line of exhibitions presenting ([[Milan Pajk]], [[Goran Bertok]], [[Marko Lipuš]], [[Tomaž Tomažin]], [[Antonio Živkovič]], [[Nataša Košmerl]], [[Branko Lenart]]).
 ==See also==
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 ==External links==
 *[http://www.photonicmoments.net/ ''Photonic Moments'' website]
-*[http://www.photon.si/en Photon Gallery website]
+*[http://emop-org.blogspot.com European Month of Photography blog]
+* [http://www.mdf-berlin.de/en/start.html About EMoP]
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