5. FOTO – FESTIVAL

MANNHEIM LUDWIGSHAFEN HEIDELBERG

DOCUMENTATION 2013 DOCUMENTATION 2013 MAJOR SUCCESS FOR THE 5th FOTOFESTIVAL MANNHEIM 9 LUDWIGSHAFEN exhibition venues HEIDELBERG

80 international artists From 14 September until 10 November 2013, the cities of Mannheim, Ludwigshafen and Heidelberg, under the title GRENZGÄNGE. MAGNUM: TRANS-TERRITORIES, presented one of ’s most important festivals of contemporary photography for the fifth time. The more than 1300 works by 80 international photographers and artists met with a greater resonance than ever before at all eight exhibition locations. A four-fold leap in visitor numbers has been achieved during the period from 2007 to 2013. With nearly 43,000 visitors currently, 1.300 Fotofestival Mannheim-Ludwigshafen-Heidelberg, ten years after it relocated from the Ruhr area, is one of the flagship cultural projects of the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region. works With the focus on positions by photographers from the agency , and a compre- hensive supporting programme comprising more than 190 events, the Festival was widely acclaimed by the press both within and abroad. In addition to the Frankfurter Allegemeine Zeitung and the Frankfurter Rundschau, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung, the Tages- zeitung, and ZEIT, along with numerous specialist magazines (Art, Photo International, Sleek, Monopol, Photonews, LFI, Fisheye Magazine, and many more), the international press also 196 reported on the Festival: publications included Der Standard and the Neue Zürcher Zeitung. events

THE CURATOR

The internationally engaged exhibition maker and current exhibition manager at Magnum Photos , Andréa Holzherr, (D/F) curated the 5th Fotofestival. 42.832 THE PATRON visitors Thomas Hoepker (D/USA) – former Magnum President and, since 1989, member of Magnum Photos – took on the patronage of the Festival. NETWORK EXPANSION

Existing international and regional co-operations were consolidated in 2013. In this its fifth edition, too, the Fotofestival worked highly successfully with the French photography company La Chambre from Strasbourg, as well as with the Internationales Festival für Performance, Live-Art und Kunst Wunder der Prärie, which took place at the same time in Mannheim. The Fotofestival forged links with other artistic spaces in the region as well in 2013: with Einraumhaus C/O and the Stadtgalerie in Mannheim, and the Breidenbach Studios in Heidelberg.

For this year’s biennial, new partnerships with a total of three science faculties in Heidelberg recognized the city’s standing as a place of science and education. Two projects were realized in collaboration with Ruprechts-Karls-Universität Heidelberg. At a seminar on documentary photo- graphy, Art History students gained insights into journalistic work and compiled articles for the Festival newspaper. Under the leadership of Prof. Cord Arendes, the Historical Seminar for Public History offered a practical seminar on the history of photography in conjunction with a qualitative visitor survey. In the Art faculty, the Pedagogical University Heidelberg held a practical photography seminar that referred to the Festival project Insight/Out. The students’ works were exhibited in parallel to the Fotofestival at the Breidenbach Studios in Heidelberg.

PHOTOGRAPHY IN DIALOGUE

The new concept of involving 11 artistic positions in a dialogue (for example, by Veronika Veit at the Wilhelm-Hack-Museum or Francis Alÿs and Sandra Schäfer at Kunstverein Heidelberg) went into individual topics in greater detail, on the basis of exhibits from different artistic practices. This extension of the curatorial programme was received highly positively and with great interest by press and visitors alike. FESTIVAL TOPIC 2013

GRENZGÄNGE. MAGNUM: TRANS-TERRITORIES

Inspired by the photo festival’s location in three cities, in two German federal states and at various exhibition venues, this year’s Fotofestival presented photographic positions that dealt with different territories and regions. The curator Andréa Holzherr discussed the Festival‘s topic GRENZGÄNGE. MAGNUM: TRANS-TERRITORIES from different perspectives.

The exhibited works dealt, for example, with the concept of home, but also with its opposite: with uprooting, exile and migration. They enabled a glimpse behind the walls of the excluded and the locked-up in prisons, asylums and psychiatric institutions. The photographers showed war and violent conflicts surrounding territories, but common ground, community and the connectedness of communities of interest were equally present in their works.

The unification of the different photographic approaches made not only the enormous topical diversity of the Magnum photographers apparent, but also their very different personal and formal manners of approach. These were underlined by heterogeneous forms of presentation at the respective shows: pinboard, object, image/sound installation, wallpaper, wall newspaper, or vintage print. 9 Exhibition locations 7 topic categories 1 in-situ project EXHIBITIONS IN MANNHEIM

KUNSTHALLE MANNHEIM UPROOTED EXIL

Under the title “Uprooted / Exil” the topical exhibition at Kunsthalle Mannheim dealt with lack of a homeland, uprooting, exile and migration. A refugees’ tent, loaned by the UNHCR, brought the topic of the century – “persecution and flight” – palpably to life. The variously sized photos mounted on wooden blocks and set up on a long shelf could also be picked up, rearranged and thus grasped in the truest sense of the word.

ZEPHYR DEUTSCHLANDREISE

At the initiative of the photo agencies Magnum Photos (Paris) and Focus (Hamburg), the four Magnum photographers Olivia Arthur, Peter van Agtmael, and Moises Saman travelled the length and breadth of Germany in election year 2013, in order to render their personal image of the country. ZEITmagazin dedicated a special edition to the project.

STADTGALERIE MANNHEIM INSIGHT OUT KONVERSION

Stadtgalerie Mannheim was a venue for the Fotofestival for the first time in 2013. With their photographic works, Alessandra Sanguinetti and Donovan Wylie reacted to the withdrawal of the American soldiers stationed in Mannheim. EXHIBITIONS IN LUDWIGSHAFEN

WILHELM-HACK-MUSEUM NO PLACE LIKE HOME ZUHAUSE

The exhibition “No Place like Home / Zuhause” dealt with our roots and with the concepts home, family, and identity. The photographs told unspectacular stories: of word-famous photographers’ own families, of private living space in the ’s biggest slums, or of a love affair in icy Greenland.

KUNSTVEREIN LUDWIGSHAFEN COMMUNITY

Under the title “Community”, the topic of the exhibition at Kunstverein Ludwigshafen was youth culture: Gangs, clans and communities of interest. A slide show comprising photographs by 45 Magnum photographs from six decades was shown on four large screens – music and original soundtracks from the respective time of creation could be heard in synchrony to this. EXHIBITIONS IN HEIDELBERG

HEIDELBERGER KUNSTVEREIN BATTLEGROUND

In the exhibition “Battleground / Afghanistan” the subject was disputed territories, war and armed conflicts, drawing on the example of Afghanistan. Against the foil of the photo fresco papered onto four walls, which enabled visitors to gain an overview of the country’s war history, artistic contributions and anonymous war tapestries were presented, having been produced in collaboration with prominent figures and artists from Afghanistan.

SAMMLUNG PRINZHORN LOCKED UP DIE ZELLE

Under the title “Locked up / Die Zelle” a number of photographic series were presented that dealt with the topic of enclosure / exclusion. The photographic insights into the cells of psychi- atric institutions and prisons were contrasted with the predominantly drawn and painted insights and outlooks by institutional patients from the Sammlung Prinzhorn inventory. The focus of the exhibition was formed by the walk-in reproduction of the artistically designed cell of psychiatric patient Julius Klingenbiel.

HALLE 02 SOLO PRESENTATION LIU JI MIGRANT NATIONS

The exhibition showed works by the young Chinese photographer and Magnum Foundation fellowship holder Liu Jie. His photographs thematized the change in family structures among the Chinese population, which is characterized by labour migration from the countryside into the expanding cities. 80 ARTISTS SHOWED WORKS FROM 35 COUNTRIES

ABBAS, FRANCIS ALYS, CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON, EVE ARNOLD, OLIVIA ARTHUR, MICHA BAR-AM, BRUNO BARBEY, JONAS BENDIKSEN, MARCO BISCHOF, WERNER BISCHOF, ALIGHIERO BOETTI, ELFE BRANDENBURGER, RENÉ BURRI, CHIEN-CHI CHANG, CORNELL CAPA, , HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON, BRUCE DAVID- SON, RAYMOND DEPARDON, THOMAS DWORZAK, , ELLI- OTT ERWITT, MARTINE FRANCK, STUART FRANKLIN, LEONARD FREED, PAUL FU- SCO, CRISTINA GARCÍA RODERO, , , BURT GLINN, JIM GOLDBERG, PHILIP JONES GRIFFITHS, , ERICH HARTMANN, , TIM HETHERINGTON, THOMAS HOEPKER, DAVID HURN, RICHARD KALVAR, OLIVIER KOECHLIN, , GUY LE QUERREC, HERBERT LIST, ALEX MAJOLI, PETER MARLOW, STEVE MCCURRY, SUSAN MEISELAS, WAYNE MIL- LER, INGE MORATH, DOMINIC NAHR, LU NAN, TRENT PARKE, , PAOLO PELLEGRIN, GUEORGUI PINKHASSOV, MARK POWER, ELI REED, AQUEELA REZAI, MARC RIBOUD, GEORGE RODGER, SABA SAHAR, MOISES SAMAN, ALESSANDRA SANGUINETTI, SANDRA SCHÄFER, JÉRÔME SESSINI, DAVID SEYMOUR, JACOB AUE SOBOL, ALEC SOTH, CHRIS STEELE-PERKINS, DENNIS STOCK, MIKHAEL SUBOTZKY, LARRY TOWELL, PETER VAN AGTMAEL, VERONIKA VEIT, JOHN VINK, AGNES LISA WEGNER, JENS WIENAND, DONOVAN WYLIE, PATRICK ZACHMANN UND LIU JIE. AFGHANISTAN München County Clare RUSSLAND Dschalalabad Nordseeküste County Cork Dagestan THE PHOTOGRAPHERS Kabul Ostseeküste County Kerry Moskau Kandahar Rostock Dublin HAD BEEN TRAVELLING Khanabad Ruhpolding Limerick SCHOTTLAND Khost Rügen Isle of Skye THE WORLD Kunar Schleswig-Holstein ISRAEL Kunduz Stuttgart Be’er Scheva TAIWAN Mazār-i Scharif Weimar Haifa Kaohsiung Nuristan Welzow Jerusalem Pol-e Chomri Wesel Ramla TÜRKEI Tachar Würzburg Tel Aviv Istanbul Taloqan ENGLAND ITALIEN UNGARN AUSTRALIEN Birmingham Cassino Freemantle Bristol Mailand New South Wales Cambridge Neapel USA Croydon Palermo Alaska ÄTHIOPIEN Failsworth Rom Arizona Addis Abeba Isle of Wight Turin Arkansas Mablethorpe Venedig Bethel BRASILIEN Malvern Brooklyn Rio de Janeiro Manchester Mousehole Tokio Colorado West Bay Detroit Ankang West Bromwich JORDANIEN Fort Lauderdale Baishui Town Weston-super-mare Amman Fresno Weymouth Valley Huntsville Chengdu Idaho Dingbian FRANKREICH KANADA Kalifornien Guizhou Île-de- Ontario Las Vegas Jiangsu Paris Los Angeles Jingbian Pont-l’Abbé KENIA Michigan Meishan Nairobi Milwaukee Shenzhen Tianjin GEORGIEN LIBYEN Ohio Xunyang Tiflis Bengasi Oregon Tripolis San Antonio DEUTSCHLAND GRIECHENLAND San Francisco Janina NEUSEELAND West Helena Bremen Christchurch Bremerhaven GRÖNLAND Bonn Tiniteqilaaq ÖSTERREICH Caracas Dachau Wien Duisburg INDIEN Essen Mumbai Hanoi Frankfurt Peshawar Gelsenkirchen INDONESIEN WEISSRUSSLAND Halle (Saale) Jakarta POLEN Minsk Hamburg Warschau Köln IRLAND Leipzig Belfast PORTUGAL Mannheim Burren Lissabon FESTIVAL CATALOGUE

The 256-page, abundantly illustrated, bilingual (de/en) Festival catalogue reflects the exhibitions’ concept and ex- pands the framework of reference through texts that go into greater detail. As a compendium of different photographic approaches, the publication additionally documents the diversity of creativity within the photographic co-opera- tive and could thus become a standard work in dealing with Magnum Photos. The print run of 1500 copies was all but sold out during the Festival.

FESTIVAL CATALOGUE

The catalogue is published by Kehrer Verlag and was designed by Frank Hoffmann and Susann El Salamoni, Raum Mannheim. FESTIVALZEITUNG

Thanks to the voluntary dedication of young authors, photographers, editors, copy editors, designers and the great commitment of a number of co-operation partners (including Ruprechts-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, the Ostkreuz School of Photography, Pedagogical University Heidelberg and Cewe Print GmbH) a 16-page Festival newspaper in a print run of 6000 copies was published for the first time. As an up-to-date medium published in step with the Festival, it was a boost to active PR. SUPPORTING PROGRAMME 190 EVENTS

The most extensive supporting programme in the Festival’s history so far, with 190 events, accom- panied the Festival over its whole duration and often drew international visitors as well. Artist’s talks, podium debates, lectures, excursions, performances, film programmes, workshops and the Portfolio Review extended the exhibition programme specifically according to target group and topic. 9 OPENINGS IN 3 CITIES 132 HIGHLIGHTS TOURS AT THE PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONSN

To mark the brilliant exhibition launch of the 5th Fotofestival Mannheim_Ludwigshafen_Heidelberg 40 at the Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, 16 Magnum photographers and Festival artists arrived to mingle with SPECIAL EVENTS a total of nearly 1,300 guests at the festive opening and follow-up party. 4,500 visitors were (ARTIST’S TALKS, LECTURES, counted on the opening weekend alone. PODIUM DEBATES, PARTNERSHIP EVENTS) 23 WORKSHOPS 11 FILM SHOWINGS 1 AWARD CEREMONY FOR THE DR. ERICH SALOMON AWARD BY THE GERMAN PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY 1 2-DAY PORTFOLIO REVIEW WITH 18 EXPERTS FROM THEINTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY SCENE AND 85 PARTICIPANTS PODIUM DEBATES LECTURES ARTIST’S TALKS

MAGNUMTIME AFGHAN BOX CAMERA PROJECT

On the opening evening, Marco Bischof (MagnumTime), son of the late Magnum photographer Lecture and presentation by the travelling artist Lukas Birk on his artistic research project Werner Bischof, initiated and moderated an artist’s talk on the topic, “Magnum Photos – A about the wooden box cameras traditionally used in Afghanistan for instant portraits. legend in transformation” with the Magnum photographers: Thomas Dworzak (D/FR),Thomas Hoepker (D/USA), Susan Meiselas (USA) and Peter van Agtmael (USA). ALIGHIERO BOETTI AND AFGHANISTAN

Lecture by PF Dr. Caterina Maderna (Vice-Professor at the Institute of Classical Archaeology ÜBER GRENZEN (ACROSS BORDERS) at the University of Heidelberg). A podium debate, lecture and slide show with Sibylle Fendt, Annette Hauschild and Heinrich Völkel (all from the Ostkreuz Photographers’ Agency) moderated by Annika CONFLICTS Wind (culture editor at the Mannheimer Morgen newspaper). Lecture and slide show by (Magnum Photos) on photography in regions of conflict and war. ZUFALL UND GELEGENHEIT (CHANCE AND OPPORTUNITY)

Dr. Reinhard Spieler (Wilhelm-Hack-Museum) spoke with the artist Veronika Veit. THE KLINGEBIEL CELL IN THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN ART AND PSYCHIATRY BEWEGUNG UNTER SCHWIERIGEN BEDINGUNGEN Lecture by Prof. Dr. med. Andreas Spengler (head of the Julius Klingebiel research project). (MOVEMENT UNDER DIFFICULT CONDITIONS)

Film about Afghanistan, moderated by Susanne Weiß (Heidelberger Kunstverein) in conversation PROTECTING REFUGEES with the video artist and author Sandra Schäfer. Lecture by Rouven Brunnert (UNHCR Germany)

COLLECTING PHOTOGRAPHY

Podium debate with Simone Klein (Sotheby’s), Anne-Marie Beckmann (Art Collection Deutsche Börse) and Dr. Norbert Moos (Forum für Fotografie). FILM PROGRAMME EXCURSIONS

The film programme, comprising seven different films, went into aspects of the exhibition topic “Trans-Territories” in greater detail. Shown were the films The Marriage Candidate (AF 1969), Welcome (FR 2009), Restrepo (USA 2010), Le Havre (FIN/FR 2011), War Photographer (CH 2011), La Pirogue (FR/SEN/D 2012) and Motharama (AF 2012).

PERFORMANCE

IN MY EYES/IN MY BODY

Performance by Wolfgang Sautermeister on the topic of perception. Together with a blind woman and her dog, the Mannheim-based artist explored the exhibitions on the premises of Sammlung Prinhzhorn and the Wilhelm-Hack-Museum.

LOOKING INSIDE

Bus tour of the former US military compound with Larry Scavone (Director of Public Works of the US Army, and others) and Dr. Konrad Hummel (commissioner of the Conversion office of the City of Mannheim). The ensuing podium debate on aspects of German/American cohabitation with Larone McCullom, Dr. Michael Schiffmann, Pablo Rodriguez, Joseph Moore and Mathias Kohler was led by Cara Schwab. The Greg Copeland Band played a concert to close the conversion-themed day.

TOUR D’ART TRANSFRONTALIER

In partnership with La Chambre in Strasbourg, the Fotofestival organized a cross-border excursion through the Mannheim and Ludwigshafen Festival exhibitions, which was roun- ded off with a visit to the opening of Retinal-Shift by the Magnum photographer Mikhael Subotzky at the La Chambre gallery in Strasbourg. WORKSHOPS EXHIBITION OF FAVOURITES

The workshops with the Magnum photographers Chien-Chi Chang and Chris Steele-Perkins in Once the portfolio reviews were over, the reviewers picked their favourites. The top three particular, which were on offer for the first time this year, drew many German and international favourites were presented as part of the 5th Fotofestival in a dedicated exhibition at Ein- applicants – one participant travelled from specially for the workshop. The well- raumhaus c/o in Mannheim.. attended public presentation of the workshop results on the Sunday evening formed the close of the eventful opening weekend. Birte Kaufmann (D): The Travellers Stephanie Steinkopf (D): Manhattan – Straße der Jugend Kike Aspano (ES): Paris PORTFOLIO REVIEW

The Portfolio Review on the opening weekend of the 5th Fotofestival offered 85 participants the opportunity to conduct a concentrated and effective dialogue with selected photography ex- DR. ERICH SALOMON AWARD perts. During individual consultations, art school graduates and freelance artists and photogra- phers entered into an exciting dialogue with curators, publishers, gallery owners and art critics, from whom they received feedback and new inspiration regarding their works. Within the context of the Fotofestival the German Photographic Society (DGPh) handed the Dr. Erich Salomon Award to the Magnum photographer Paolo Pellegrin, a globally prominent and dedicated picture journalist who has dedicated himself to the conditio 2013 REVIEWERS humana for around 25 years of photographic documentation.

Abbas, Photographer, member of Magnum Photos, Paris Alexa Becker, Acquisitions Editor at Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg Prof. Peter Bialobrzeski, Photographer and Professor of Photography, Bremen Milena Carstens Picture Editor, head of the picture editing team at ZEITmagazin, Berlin Marguy Conzémius, Curator of the Photography department at the CNA, Luxemburg Sibylle Fendt, Photographer and lecturer at the Ostkreuz School of Photography, Berlin Karen Fromm, Professor of and Documentary Photography, Hannover Emmanuelle Hascoet, Exhibitions and Cultural Develop. Manager Magnum Photos, Paris Thomas Hoepker, Photographer, member of Magnum Photos, New York Liu Jie, Photographer, former fellowship holder of the Magnum Foundation, Beijing Klaus Kehrer, Publisher and founder of Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg Bernhard Knaus, Gallery owner and collector, Frankfurt am Main Dr. Christina Leber, Head of the DZ Bank Art Collection, Frankfurt am Main Nadja Masri, Picture editor and lecturer at the Ostkreuz School of Photography, Berlin Dr. Martina Mettner, Advisor to photographers, Aarbergen Ute Noll, Photo Director at Du magazine, photo critic, curator, lecturer, Stuttgart Thomas Schirmböck, Curator and managing director, ZEPHYR, Mannheim Dr. Claude W. Sui, Head and curator of the Forum Internationale Photographie, lecturer in photo history, Mannheim RECORD VISITOR NUMBERS MEDIA ACCLAIM 2013 AND ALL-ROUND MEDIA ACCLAIM

The media across Germany reported on Festival’s exhibitions and events, which also widely featured in the media abroad (including Austria, ). More than 1000 press articles were published on the 5th Fotofestival Mannheim_Ludwigshafen_Heidelberg. 60 million The Fotofestival has grown continuously since its inception. readers were reached via print media alone. The equivalence value (equivalent commercial value) of the reporting as a whole was 3 million Euro. In 2007 it was attended by 10,800 people; in 2009, this figure stood at 27,000 and in 2011, at 37,000. This year, more than 42,800 visitors saw the Festival‘s exhibitions. They were a public made up predominantly of photography and art enthusiasts, but also of experts: for example, art collectors and professional photographers travelled to the relevant city because of the Festival. Most photography enthusiasts who already knew MAGNUM well were also pleasantly surprised by the diversity of the photos and photographers.

Visitor numbers, Fotofestival 2007-2009-2011-2013

20.000 17588 18.000 EVALUATION 16.000

14.000

12.000

10.000 3038 3652 2406 3519 1537 6333 2261 2498 8.000 VISITOR RESPONSE ANALYSIS 6.000

4.000 Within the context of the 5th Fotofestival an internal visitor response analysis was performed 2.000 for the first time, with the support of the Culture office of Mannheim. 185 individual interviews

0 at seven exhibition locations permitted a survey of utilization of Festival offerings and how Kunsthalle Zepyhr Stadtgalerie Wilhem-Hack- Kunstverein Heidelberger Sammlung Halle02 Sonstiges Mannheim Mannheim Mannheim Museum Ludwigshafen Kunstverein Prinzhorn visitors rated communication, service and the Festival programme. Individual questions were aimed at visitors’ access to the topic of photography and at the Festival’s coverage. The findings provide evidence of extensive interest and acceptance of the concept and topics among the public. The findings will serve as a basis for organizing subsequent Festivals and are available 2. Fotofestival 2007 3. Fotofestival 2009 in printed summary form to those who are interested. 4. Fotofestival 2011 5. Fotofestival 2013 SELECTION SELECTED OF REPORTING VISITOR VERDICTS MEDIA

“It’s a huge task organizing an event like DAILY AND WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS

Die Zeit, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Die Tageszeitung, Frankfurter Rundschau, Stutt- this. The whole thing is impressive.“ garter Zeitung, Kölnische Rundschau, Der Standard, Mannheimer Morgen, Rhein-Neckar (MALE, 71, SCIENCE GRADUATE, PENSIONER, FROM BÖBLINGEN) Zeitung, Die Rheinpfalz, Südhessen, Odenwälder Zeitung, Fränkische Nachrichten, Bonner Rundschau, Kieler Nachrichten, Staatsanzeiger, Schwetzinger Zeitung

MAGAZINES (ART, PHOTOGRAPHY, NEWS) Art, Photo International, Monopol, Photonews, Zeitkunst, Photopresse, Leica Fotografie Inter- “The Festival makes a very modern national, Foto Hits, Profifoto, Photo International, Digital Photo, foto Magazin, art kompakt, Kunstzeitung, Kunstraum Metropol, Sleek, Fisheye Magazine, GEO, Bauwelt, ColorFoto, Page, impression: the website, the media Artinvestor publication (ZEIT), the event venues. RADIO / TV

SWR 2 Journal am Mittag, SWR Landesschau Baden-Württemberg, Artmetropol TV, FotoTV, The topics are interesting, successfully RNF, Deutsche Welle, Deutschlandradio, Rockland Radio, Radio Regenbogen defined.” ONLINE (FEMALE, 40, ART SCHOOL GRADUATE, INDEPENDENT, zeit.de, faz.net, sueddeutsche.de, focus.de, swr.de, bild.de, badische-zeitung.de, morgenweb. FROM HAMBURG) de, rheinpfalz.de, rnz.de, rhein-zeitung.de, saarbruecker-zeitung.de, suedkurier.de, schwäbische. de, swp.de, art-magazin.de, fotoii.com, photography-now.com, monopol-magazin.de, sleek-mag. com, profifoto.de, art-in.de, kultur-online.net

WORLD WIDE WEB

During the 5th Fotofestival up to 650 hits per day followed the website www.fotofestival.info, fully re-conceptualized and re-designed since March 2013. The website recorded 107,000 page impressions per Festival month. The 5th Fotofestival successfully increased its presence in the social media and on WEB 2.0 platforms compared with the preceding festivals: for example, Facebook coverage was doubled with currently 1900 Likes, a Festival blog was set up, the Twitter platform was utilized, and newsletter activity and online marketing was intensified and greatly expanded SELECTION OF PRESS QUOTES

“For the fifth edition, the biennial-format “Fotofestival Mannheim, Ludwigshafen, Heidel- “Andréa Holzherr brings works to light that have rarely been seen. In this manner she berg” has invited the famous photo agency Magnum from New York – and found a strong creates topical focuses, within which well-known names such as Robert Capa and Elliott focus[...] The bewildering abundance of today’s visual is countered by the makers Erwitt stand alongside those of younger Magnum photographers.” of ‘Grenzgänge. Magnum: Trans-Territories’ (curator: Andréa Holzherr), in three cities, with a targeted, calculated abundance.“ FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG ON 16.09.13; P. 27

FRANKFURTER RUNDSCHAU ON 21.10.2013 “There has never been a bigger Magnum show... The sheer size of the Festival with its eight exhibition locations in three cities in two federal states is not the only thing, though, “So, is the whole of south-west Germany afflicted by photo festival extinction? Not at all! that awakens curiosity. Rather, it presents many photos that so far have never, or have For there is still Mannheim, Ludwigshafen and Heidelberg. The fifth eponymous Fotofestival rarely ever, been seen.” is currently running at several venues there, and it’s going splendidly.” SUEDDEUTSCHE.DE ON 6.11.13 STUTTGARTER ZEITUNG ON 17.09.2013; S. 27

“Located on the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region, the FotoFestival is one of Europe’s “The Fotofestival of border crossings, as is made clear by the many exhibition locations, is leading contemporary photography festivals, celebrating both the art form and the people a curatorial and organizational feat alike, and, on a relatively small budget – main sponsor behind the camera, and is increasingly catching the photography-lover’s eye.” BASF SE, without which this event would probably not exist, can be mentioned as an example among the supporters – a singular event in Germany.” SLEEK MAGAZINE ONLINE ON16.09.13

PHOTO INTERNATIONAL IN NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 6/2013; P. 8FF. “.... And if you don‘t go there, you‘ve only got yourself to blame...” “... the Fotofestival is as fresh as can be, a great success, a surprising, well-done, pulsating, horizon-expanding multimedia event, in short: an unparalleled success story.” STUTTGARTER ZEITUNG ON 17.09.2013

PHOTONEWS 10/2013; P. 3 THE FESTIVAL IN BULLET POINTS

Over five editions, Fotofestival Mannheim_Ludwigshafen_Heidelberg has firmly established itself as one of the most important European festivals of contemporary photography and Europe’s biggest curated photography event.

The Festival, which takes place every two years, is devised by internationally successful and experienced guest curators, who are each appointed by experts from the global photography scene and selected by a high-calibre jury.

Not only the major exhibition venues, but also smaller venues and art associations in the three cities are involved. The individual presentations are tailored to the participating institutions and take account of their specific profile and target public.

Through innovative co-operations and the intensive collaboration of cultural event organizers and promoters throughout the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region, Fotofestival Mannheim_ Ludwigshafen_Heidelberg sets a model standard Germany-wide.

BASF SE has been the Festival’s premium sponsor ever since 2005 and, with its financial con- tribution, laid the foundation for ensuring that the Festival found a new home after it relocated from the Ruhr area to the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region. Sponsors and supporters such as MVV Energie and Cewe Color AG & Co. OHG have since followed the example of BASF and likewise contribute to the Festival’s success.. IMPRINT

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CURATOR Andréa Holzherr

DIRECTORS FESTIVAL MANAGEMENT Stefanie Kleinsorge for the 5th Fotofestival, Carolin Ellwanger (on parental leave)

OFFICE PORTFOLIO REVIEW MANAGEMENT Sabine von Wussow

EXHIBITION MANAGEMENT Heide Häusler

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PORTFOLIO REVIEW ARTIST SUPPORT Pauline Friesecke

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