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2012 PROGRAM Thank you to our 2012 Sponsors and Partners ADDIS FOTO FEST 2012 Content Page 5 Curators Statement 6 The Daily Program Participants / Curators A Creative Production Company Desta For Africa Creative Consulting 9 John Fleetwood (DFA) Plc 9 Marina Reina Guindo 10 Mitchket Krifa Email: [email protected] 10 Elvira Dyangani Ose Email: [email protected] 10 Akinbode Akinbiyi Web: http://www.addisfotofest.com 11 Mulugeta Ayene Credit: 12 Mario Di Bari 13 Abdoulaye Barry Editor Aida Muluneh 14 Addis Belete Content Editor Robin Riskin 15 Arturo Bibang Wanja Kimani 16 Marie Ange Bordas Design Samuel Taye 17 Mohamed Camara Henok Bekele 18 Nestor Da Design Intern Eyasu Mulugeta 19 Abate Damte Contributors Simon Njami 20 Fatoumata Diabaté Chester Higgins 21 Delphine Diaw Diallo 22 Karim Dridi Omo Photography Mario Di Bari 23 Hassan And Husain Essop Cover Photography 24 Allessandro Gandolfi 2010 Jamel Shabazz A very special thank you to: 25 Yemane Gebremedihin 2012 Goitom Habtemariam Olafur Eliasson and Julie Mehretu. 26 Mamadou Gomis 3 27 Samuel Habtab 28 Goitom Habtemariam 29 Uche Okpa-Iroha 30 Ala Kheir 31 Mohamed Konaté 32 Florestan Korp 33 Kyle LaMere 34 Baudouin Mouanda There were many memorable moments that we still Aïda Muluneh 35 Zanele Muholi talk about til this day, and reflecting back on that week Director/Founder 36 Jehad Ng in December, I feel a great sense of friendship to those 37 Nii Oboda who believed enough to support a dream of bridging Addis Foto Fest 38 Emeka Okerek opportunities through images. Born in Ethiopia in 1974, Aïda left the country at a young 39 Invisible Boarders age and spent an itinerant childhood between Yemen With all of this said, the time has come again for the 40 Nyaba Leon Ouedraogo and England. After several years in a boarding school in second edition of the Addis Foto Fest, which is to take Cyprus, she finally settled in Canada in 1985. In 2000, 41 Nyani Quarmyne place December 3-8, 2012. Looking back, the first she graduated with a degree from the Communication 42 Samuel Taye edition brought together 30 participants and over Department with a major in film from Howard Univer- 43 Belete Tekele 5,000 viewers to the citywide activity. In the same vein, sity in Washington, D.C. After graduation she worked 44 Petterik Wiggers the AFF 2012 will feature photography and video art as a photojournalist at the Washington Post and other 45 Patrick Wokmeni © Robin Riskin exhibitions, conferences, workshops and portfolio publications. As an exhibiting artist, a collection of her AIDA MULUNEH reviews. In addition, this year’s opening exhibition, images can be found in the permanent collection at the Exhibitions, Screenings and Performances Curator Statement “Addis Transformation,” will be dedicated to the 125th Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art and the anniversary of the city of Addis Ababa. The exhibition Museum of Biblical Art in the United State. She is the 46 PUMA Peace On December 7th, 2010, we opened the first edition will bring together various photographers who have 2007 recipient of the European Union Prize in the Ren- 47 Life in My City of the Addis Foto Fest with a dedication to the leg- documented one of the fastest growing metropolises contres Africaines de la Photographie in Bamako, Mali, 48 Synchronicity endary photographer Shemelis Desta at the Alliance in Africa. Through the cooperation and support of our as well as the 2010 winner of the CRAF International 48 Restless City Ethio-Française. It was a thrilling week for all of us to partners, the Addis Foto Fest is moving forward towards Award of Photography in Spilimbergo,Italy. Aïda is the becoming a key event in the landscape of African 49 Institut für Raumexperimente finally see our hard work culminate to the much antici- founder and director of the first international photo- contemporary art and culture. Our goal continues in graphy festival in Ethiopia, the Addis Foto Fest. She 50 AFF Talks I pated opening of the featured exhibition “Ethiopia: In- terior Visions” which featured different points of view each edition to provide opportunities to expose our continues to curate and develop cultural projects with 50 AFF Talks II on Ethiopia. The opening also hosted a unique video participants and viewers to the various ways in which local and international institutions through her compa- 51 Addis Foto Fest Portfolio Review performance by Yo-Yo Gonthier along with the Nubian the image of Africa is portrayed. ny DESTA (Developing and Educating Society Through Arc band. With over 500 viewers, the opening became Art) For Africa in Addis Ababa. the key event that set the pace for the next few days of On Reverse 2010 Retrospective the festival. 4 ADDIS FOTO FEST 2012 5 ADDIS FOTO FEST 2012 PROGRAM December 5, 2012 December 3, 2012 9:00am-12:45pm Portfolio Review 5:30pm-7:00pm Addis Transformation: Urbanization, Society and the Environment in Addis Ababa. The collection looks at the 4:00pm-6:00pm AFF Talks I: The photography market in and out of Africa. — Alliance Ethio-francaise city of Addis Ababa through a six-month project on the impacts of urbanization — Taitu Hotel (Piassa). Presenters: Elvira Dyangani Ose, Michket Krifa and Marina Reina Featuring: Belete Tekele, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Yemanie Gebermedhin, Goitom Habtemariam, Mulugeta Moderator: Marie-Ange Bordas Ayene, Samuel Habtab, Addis Belete, Yo-Yo Gonthier, Mario di Bari, Alessandro Gandolfi, Abate 6:30pm-8:30pm African Emerging Photography exhibition, curated by Mitchket Krifa and Laura Serani. A collective Damte, Florestan Korp, Samuel Taye, Karim Dridi, and Kyle Lamere. showcasing new talents from the continent — Alliance Ethio-Française. Featuring: Abdoulaye Barry, Mohamed Camara, Nestor Da, Fatoumata Diabate, Uche Okpa-Iroha, Jehad Nga, Nyani Quarmyne, Arturo Bibang, Baudouin Mouanda, Zanele Muholi, Nyaba Ouedraogo, Hussein and Hassan Essop. December 4, 2012 9:00am-12:45pm Portfolio Review 1:00pm-3:00pm Invisible Borders exhibition showcases the journey of twelve photographers and a writer — Africa Union New Conference Centre. Featuring Ray Daniels Okeugo, Jumoke Sanwo, Amaize Ojeikere, Lucy Azubuike, Chidinma Nnorom, Kemi Akin-Nibosun, Mario Macilau, Christain Nyampeta, Jide Odukoya, Emmanuel Iduma (writer), Emeka Okereke, Uche Okpa-Iroha and Ala Kheir. December 6, 2012 9:00am-12:45pm Portfolio Review 6:30pm-8:30pm Exhibition #1: Through video installation and fine art photography, artists Marie Ange Bordas & Delphine Diaw Diallo reflect different visions into the usage of image for self-expression. — Modern Art Museum/Gebre Kirstos Desta Center (Sidist Kilo). 6:30pm-8:30pm Africa.es: 8 African photographers views on Spain — National Theater Gallery. Featuring Mamadou Gomis, Patrick Wokmeni, Nii Obodai, Arturo Bibang, Emeka Okereke, Zanele Muholi, Mohamed Konate and Mulugeta Ayene. Exhibition #2: 2012 Market Photo Workshop Exhibition, featuring works by current students of the Market Photo School based in Johannesburg, South Africa, curated by John Fleetwood — Goethe Institut (Sidist Kilo). 6 ADDIS FOTO FEST 2012 7 December 7, 2012 3:00pm-5:00pm AFF Talks 2: The art of telling a story: Photojournalism and media. — Italian Cultural Insti tute-Theater. Presenters: John Fleetwood, Nick Danziger and Frédéric Lafargue Moderator 5:00pm-7:00pm Screening: Restless City by Andrews Dosunmu award winner of the Colors of the Nile Film Festival 2012 — Italian Cultural Institute © Mack Magagane 7:30pm-9:00pm Khartoum, featuring works by Sudanese photographer Ala Kheir — Italian Cultural Institute-Gallery JOHN FLeetwood MARINA REINA GUINDO Educator /Curator Curator John Fleetwood is the Head of the Market Photo Work- In 2009, Marina graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in shop, a school and gallery for photography in Johan- pharmaceuticals from the University of Granada and by nesburg, South Africa. In his 10-year tenure he initiated impulse, became a photographer. She photographs in the Photo Workshop Gallery, one of few photography- order to tell stories, using the method as a tool for re- dedicated galleries in South Africa; the Photojournal- flection for both the subject and herself. In 2010, she December 8, 2012 ism Documentary Photography Programme, the sole studied for the International Masters of Photography 2:00pm-4:00pm Screening: Blow-Up is a 1966 film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni about a photo- photojournalism training programme of this nature on at EFTI photography school, and was active in work- grapher played by David Hemmings, who believes he may have witnessed a murder and unwittingly the African continent; and the Edward Ruiz Mentor- shops led by nationally and internationally recognized taken photographs of the killing it was Antionioni’s first English-language film ship, the longest established photography mentorship photographers, including Antoine d’Agata, Eduardo — Italian Cultural Institute on the continent, as well as various other mentorship Momeñe and Jane Evelyn Atwood. 5:30pm-8:00pm Collective work by artists from Institut für Raumexperimente (Institute for Spatial Experiments) which fea programmes. John teaches and curates in various ca- Marina has participated in several group exhibitions, tures site-specific works engaging public space and the perception of images in the city. - Ale School of pacities. including PhotoEspaña ’11, TarazonaFoto ’11, and Ma- Fine Art and Design/Addis Ababa University (Sidist Kilo). dridFoto ’12. She has worked as a freelance photog- 8:30pm-11:00pm Closing at Five Art Studio will feature a collection of