Events
PHOTO 2021 features an extensive calendar of events to be experienced either in person and online. Scan QR code for the full events program.
Launch Weekend
PHOTO LIVE
18–21 February
19, 22 & 25 February
Help us celebrate the launch of PHOTO 2021 with a long weekend of exhibition openings, artist talks, walks and other activities with Australia’s leading photographers, curators and photography professionals. With a focus on different areas of Melbourne each day, explore the breadth of the Festival as you traverse the city and explore our curated calendar of events.
Taking place in the unique surroundings of MPavilion Parkade, PHOTO LIVE is a series of conversations about the social and cultural role photography plays in our lives. Featuring artists who are premiering new work in conversation with curators and academics, these exchanges will address a range of issues from identity, community and belonging to human rights and social justice.
Photobook Weekend
In partnership with MPavilion
PHOTO IDEAS
27–28 February
24 February, 2 & 4 March
Taking place across two venues, the Photobook Weekend is a time to celebrate the role of photobooks in contemporary photographic practice. The program will cater for everyone passionate about photobooks with both virtual and IRL events. Visitors can attend book launches, artist talks and panel discussions with some of the industry’s leading practitioners alongside exclusive displays of books.
Broadcast on photo.org.au, PHOTO IDEAS is an expanded symposium on photography, truth and power in the post-internet age. Over six sessions, leading international and local artists, curators and academics will address a range of critical themes—Context, Sovereignty, Witness, Doubt, Simulation and Control—exploring how new methods of making, sharing and viewing photographs are shifting our perception of reality.
Hosted by Centre for Contemporary Photography and Le Space Supported by Momento Pro and Goethe Institut
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In partnership with RMIT School of Art and Monash Gallery of Art
