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

18–21 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.

Photobook Weekend

27–28 February

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.

Hosted by Centre for Contemporary Photography and Le Space

Supported by Momento Pro and Goethe Institut

PHOTO LIVE

19, 22 & 25 February

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.

In partnership with MPavilion

PHOTO IDEAS

24 February, 2 & 4 March

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.

In partnership with RMIT School of Art and Monash Gallery of Art