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Nordic Light 2018 NORDIC LIGHT 2018 Photo: Joyce Tenneson WWW.NLE.NO EXHIBITIONS LECTURES WORKSHOPS PORTFOLIO REVIEWS FREE BREAKFAST MOVIES TALK SHOWS FESTIVAL PUB Practical information 5 OPENING HOURS PASSES AND TICKETS THE FESTIVAL WEEK Festival pass: 3 050 NOK 4 8 THE FESTIVAL OFFICE Weekend pass: 1 725 NOK Monday and Tuesday: 12.00–18.00 Day pass: 1 025 NOK Wednesday–Saturday: 08.00–20.00 Exhibition pass: 200 NOK Sunday: 08.00–18.00 Single lecture ticket: 260/275 NOK KROGVOLD CAFÉ Ticket to “Ansikt til Ansikt”: 260/275 NOK Wednesday: 17.00–00.00 (Passholders get a discount on this ticket, they Thursday–Saturday: 10.00–00.00 need to be bought in Nordic Light Festival Office.) 2 Sunday: 10.00–18.00 3 show ticket, “Ansikt til Ansikt”: 650 NOK 6 THE GALLERIES 3 Vågeveien The Nordic Light House 1 We offer a discount for students and members Wednesday: 17.00–00.00 of NSFF. You will need to show your student ID Thursday–Saturday: 12.00–00.00 or evidence of membership when picking up 7 Sunday: 12.00–18.00 your pass. 9 Kunstforeningen 3 CAROLINE CINEMA Wednesday: 17.00–20.00 The festival area Festival Pass gives you access to all daytime The venue for all lectures, the evening talkshows Thursday–Saturday: 12.00–20.00 lectures and all exhibitions. Discount on tickets “Ansikt til Ansikt” and the free Breakfast Movies. In 1 NORDIC LIGHT HOUSE Sunday: 12.00–18.00 to the Norwegian talkshow “Ansikt til Ansikt”. the foyer there are different things to see (see page The Festival Office and Shop 50), including the NFF exhibition (see page 40). Caroline Kinosenter Weekend Pass gives you access to all daytime This is where you get your Festival Pass upon During the opening hours of the cinema, lectures and all exhibitions from Friday 27 April arrival, where you can buy additonal tickets and GALLERIES/EXHIBITIONS from early until late. 12.00. Discount on tickets to the Norwegian ask all the questions you have. This is also where talkshow “Ansikt til Ansikt”. you buy art work, books, posters and more. Exhibitions and galleries at other locations than Langveien 19 - “Bedehuset” Galleries the Nordic Light House. See the overview of all Day Pass gives you access to all daytime Wednesday: Only during the Festival Parade See several of our great exhibitions in our the exhibtions on page 37. lectures and exhibitions the selected day. Thursday–Saturday: 12.00–20.00 galleries The Bakery, The Photo Studio and The Print Room. 4 Kunstforeningen 5 Nerparken Sunday: 12.00–18.00 Exhibition Pass gives you access to all exhibitions during the festival week and the Krogvold Café 6 Langveien 19 (Bedehuset) 7 Storgata 19 Storgata 19 following week. This also gives you access to Our festival café and pub, named after our Artistic Director Morten Krogvold. A cozy place to hang Wednesday: Only during the Festival Parade the Gallery Talks. 8 out between all the festival activities and to get THE PIER Thursday–Saturday: 12.00–20.00 Single lecture ticket gives you access to the something to eat and drink (see page 49). Departure point for the Grip excursion Wednesday. Sunday: 12.00–18.00 selected lecture. The galleries are also open the following The 3 show ticket to “Ansikt til Ansikt” gives you 2 QUALITY HOTEL GRAND 9 HANDELENS HUS week. See our web page for opening hours. access to all three evening talkshows during the The official festival hotel. The venue for Nordic Light Night Thursday evening. www.nle.no/openinghours18 festival week to a discounted price. TICKET INFORMATION: We recommend you to pre-buy tickets for lectures and talkshows. Buy online on KULTURRABATT FOR UNGDOM Tikkio.com or use the Tikkio app (available for iPhone and Android). We also sell tickets in our Festival I samarbeid med Møre og Romsdal fylkeskommune tilbyr vi ungdommer i alderen 15 Office in Konsul Knudtzonsgate 4b, but please be aware of possible queues and a higher price. til 20 år en rabatt på 25% på utvalgte pass samt enkeltbilletter til foredrag og talk- showet «Ansikt til Ansikt». Se vår nettside www.nle.no/kulturrabatt. CONTENTS INTRODUCTIONS BY THE CITY MAYOR AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Introductions SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS 5 City Mayor, Kjell Neergaard Dear photographers, Nordic Light Events – 5 Chairman of the Board, Lars Liabø General sponsor 6 Artistic Director, Morten Krogvold dear lovers of photography a small company with 7 Festival Director, Ingunn Strand – dear everyone! ambitious plans 8 Festival activities Photographers, speakers and exhibitors Welcome to big little Kristiansund – where we live with Dear visitors! We are proud to present the 13th our hearts on our sleeves and our eyes towards the edition of our international photo festival. Small in 10 Akseli Valmunen Main sponsors 11 Andrea Gjestvang stars. To us it is completely natural that the world’s size, but high in quality. And we are aiming for more: greatest international festival of photography should be 12 Andres Serrano born and grow up here – in the Nordic Light. Kristiansund to become the world’s first CITY 13 Anne Lise Flavik OF PHOTOGRAPHY! In Norwegian, we call it 14 Asger Carlsen Kristiansund has always put arts and culture in front, “Fotobyen Kristiansund”. 15 Audun Lie Dahl and Nordic Light is one of our finest examples of what 16 Bjørn Sterri can come out of that. From the start in 2006 the festival This is an ambitious plan, demanding cooperation 17 Grethe Bøe Sponsors has developed through the years and is now a mature between local authorities – creating the necessary 18 Joey L. institution with its own house to show for it. infrastructure, and our company, Nordic Light Events 19 Joyce Tenneson The festival’s philosophy is to bring photography out AS, – offering the commercial products, such as 20 Kathrine Lindman to the people, to define what is good photography, art galleries, workshops, guided photo tours, photo but also to give photography strength as a means points, art and book shops etc. 21 Linda Connor of communication. And it is in particular this last 22 Lisen Stibeck perspective that becomes more and more important We think that we can create something really 23 Massimo Leardini in the diverse and multilingual society we live in. special, something that will attract visitors from all 24 Morten Krogvold Photography helps us to express ourselves without over the world. Supporters 25 Olivia Parker words, beyond language barriers and across cultures. It 26 Paolo Roversi helps us to put things into perspective, and sometimes Wait and see! 27 Pål Laukli even into someone else’s perspective. 28 Roger Ballen 29 Roy Mangersnes I wish the Nordic Light Festival team, 30 Steve Pyke and all its volunteers, 31 Tone S. Beckman every success with THE FESTIVAL CATALOGUE 2018 32 Festival program this year’s festival. Exhibitions Price: 20 NOK May the diversities 34 Festival exhibitions Copyright: All images and materials be celebrated, the are subject to copyright and can not be differences be debated 36 Exhibition map and overview reproduced under any circumstances. and may our hearts 38 Other exhibitions Cover photo: Joyce Tenneson and minds be opened 42 Evening talkshow “Ansikt til Ansikt” Text contributors: Erika Indergaard, Simone Magaard, Katrine Øvstegård to the wonders of 44 Homage to Nordic Light by Mikkel Aaland Graphic design: Katrine Øvstegård photography. 46 Welcome to Kristiansund Edition: 1000 Production: EKH Grafisk 47 Our superheroes Paper: Multiart Gloss 200g / Edixion 120g KJELL NEERGAARD LARS LIABØ 48 Bits and pieces Font: DIN Mayor of Kristiansund Chairman of the Board, Nordic Light Events AS 4 Contents NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 Introductions 5 INTRODUCTIONS INTRODUCTIONS BY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR MORTEN KROGVOLD BY FESTIVAL DIRECTOR INGUNN STRAND are particularly interested in photography or not. Now let’s I have been so lucky to sit on the first row at previous festivals, listening to and watching all the lectures. Most We are very fasten our seat of them have been once-in-a-lifetime experiences. proud of the As an “eternal student”, I bring these moments with program, presenting belts and throw me, both as a human and a professional. They have elevated my knowledge, development and shattered an impressive ourselves into my established convictions. And in particular – have Photo: Inger Mackenzie Photo: given me a lot of inspiration and replenishment. We range of guest Photo: Studio 400, Karolina Gorzelancyk Studio 400, Karolina Photo: glorious days!” have smiled, we have felt tears, we have embraced photographers...” each other in pure gratitude after the best experi- ences. It is wonderful to meet over food and wine in Morten Krogvold Krogvold Morten Ingunn Strand the evening, with colleagues, acquaintances – and eventually friends – to talk and discuss images and Welcome, not only to the most beautiful adventure lectures. And then, after some short hours of sleep, A warm welcome to the 13th edition of the Nordic on breaking the stigma and people’s perception of of the year – but also to the top event of the year. it’s straight to the breakfast movie! Light International Festival of Photography! A what it means to live with MS. To me it is the year’s professional highlight and delicacy for all kinds of photography lovers – something I really look forward to. The program is dense and intense, impressions from professional photographers, to hardcore Every day we start with the traditional breakfast queueing up, being processed in good conversations enthusiasts and happy amateurs. And indeed, for movie. This is for free and open to all. You can come I have grown fond of the beautiful Kristiansund, during breaks, lunches and dinners.
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