SEXUALITY AND GENDER 10.......................... Juno Calypso: The Honeymoon Suite 12 ......................... Dazed 14 .......................... Hello Mr 16 .......................... Gender Ideologies 18 ......................... Chen Shu-Chen: After 20 ......................... Momo Okabe: Bible 22 ......................... Fashion: Blurred Lines, A Matter of Attitude 24 .......................... Geoff Brokate & Kate Martindale: Beyond The Binary 26 ......................... Pierre Liebaert: Free Now 28 ......................... Liu Susiraja: Of Objects & Me 30 ......................... Olivier Fermariello: Je T’Aime Moi Aussi OFF THEME 34 ......................... Open Submission Exhibitions: Making Do, Poor Land, I was Here 36 ......................... Unseen Dummy Award 37.......................... Photo-book Library 38 ......................... Clare Strand: Snake 39 ......................... Dara McGrath: Project Cleansweep 40 ......................... RPS 159th International Print Exhibition 42.......................... New Talent Annual Exhibition 43 ......................... Just Innocent Modernisation TALKS & DISCUSSION 46 ........................ On my Mind 48 ......................... Panel Discussion Photo Comedy 49 ......................... Photo Comedy 50 ......................... Artist / Curator Talks WORKSHOPS 56 ......................... Belfast Exposed Workshops 60 ......................... Belfast’s Most Fashionable 61 ......................... Masterclass with Erik Vroons 62 ......................... Saturday Girl 63 ......................... Zine Workshop with Unseen 64 ......................... Youth Edition Workshop 65 ......................... Portfolio Reviews 66 ......................... Source Meetings with Photographers 68 ......................... Screenings - Circulations 01 - 30 JUNE 2017 69 ......................... Magnum Photography Awards 70.......................... Architectural Photo Walks WWW.BELFASTPHOTOFESTIVAL.COM 71 .......................... Arts & Biscuits on Tour 3 4 Fashion: Blurred Lines, A Matter of Attitude Page: 22 5 23 FOREWORD Donegal Street 04 01 02 Dunbar Link SSE Arena Sydenham Road 06 03 05 07 11 Welcome to the 2017 Belfast Photo Festival, Additionally, representatives from the 10 09 Northern Ireland’s premier visual arts festival V&A, MOMA and Vogue will contribute Millfield 08 Divis Street 14 Bridge End A2 and the photographic biennial for the island to a series of broad, exciting events and 13 Ann St. 24 25 Castle Street of Ireland, returning from 1 – 30 June 2017. discussion programmes. Victoria StreetVictoria 15 OxfordStreet Chichester Street Few media can capture the nuances and As the Director and Founder, I would like interplay of outward experience and internal to personally thank my parents, Ellen and May Street Howard Street Grovenor Road narratives like photography. This year, the Lee Weir, as without their help and support 22 Festival has taken as its inspiration the visual I could never have brought the festival to this Great Victoria politics of sexuality and the ways in which the point. This also includes the Festival board Street 17 camera is used to construct and deconstruct whose guidance and advice has been A1 gender binaries. invaluable over the past eight years. Through a range of exhibitions, talks, We have been fortunate to welcome new Dublin Road 18 Donegal Pass workshops, screenings, masterclasses, reviews fnancial supporters and maintain the loyalty of London Road Donegal Road and tours, the Festival will explore how our original partners, whose support has helped photography has a particular role in shaping us make the Festival even bigger and better Ravenhill Road Ravenhill Ravenhill Avenue ideas about identity and selfhood; how one than ever before. Lisburn Road Ormeau Road Belfast City Hospital 19 sees oneself – authentically and transparently 20 University Street - and how one is viewed by others. Whether it is taking part in a workshop, Queens Enbankment Ormeau University attending a talk or visiting an exhibition, Belfast Exhibitions and events take place across we hope you enjoy this exploration of identity Ardenlee Avenue both public and private spheres, in which and fnd inspiration as well as an increased Botanic 21 Ulster Gardens Ormeau Park audiences can engage with discussion around understanding of your human. Museum contemporary gender discourse. Representation, self-portraiture, ideology, the body, fashion and Michael Weir community are enduring themes in photographic Festival Director 01. Golden Thread Gallery 10. Place Architecture Center 19. Queens Film Theatre works that are truthful, celebratory, poignant, 02. The Mac 11. Belfast Exposed 20. The Naughton Gallery political, domestic and erotic. 03. St Annes Square 12. Black Box 21. Ulster Museum 04. University of Ulster 13. Whites Tavern 22. Culturlann Highlights of this year’s festival include 05. Writers Square 14. Bullitt Hotel 23. Titanic Belfast collaborations with publications which 06. Disibility Arts Forum 15. Victoria Square 24. Eastside Visitor Centre foreground image and society: exhibitions 07. The Hudson Bar 16. Cotton Court 25. Framewerk staged with DaZed and Hello Mr magaZines 08. Castle Court 17. QSS and a museum exhibition curated by the creator 09. PS Squared 18. Cresent Arts Centre of the Conde Nast photographic archive. 6 7 This year we have taken the opportunity to explore the visual politics of Sexuality and Gender, and the ways in which the camera is used to construct (and deconstruct) gender binaries. SEXUALITY AND GENDER Pages 10 — 31 8 9 The Honeymoon Suite JUNO CALYPSO In 2011, after two decades of taking pictures of herself in private, Juno began a series of self portraits in which she staged herself as a fctional character named Joyce. The Honeymoon Suite is possibly Juno Calypso’s most startling photographic mission. Dressed in lurid pastels and a wig, Calypso’s one-woman tour of honeymoon hotels defes the typical perceptions of gender and identity through an edgy prism of wit, humour and courageous vulnerability. “Taking over the world one heart-shaped 1 June, 19:00 bath at a time? Now that’s a revolution Free Golden Thread Gallery Thread Golden Tues – Sat, 11:00 – 17:00 01 June – 22 July 2017 to get behind.” Nell FriZZell, The Guardian Date: Opening: Venue: Times: Tickets: 10 11 DAZED & CON— FUSED This exhibition explores the role of fashion and photography in shaping gender identities. The images have been taken from the archives of the world’s leading independent fashion and culture magaZine, DaZed & Confused. Based in London and founded in 1991, the images track over 25 years of fearless fashion, art and ideas. 2 June, 19:00 Free WritersSquare Mon – Sun, 09:00 – 20:00 2 – 26 June 2017 Date: Opening: Venue: Times: Tickets: 12 13 Curated by Ben Crothers HELLO & Ryan Fitzgibbon Opening set by Girl DJ’s The Naughton Gallery proudly presents a comprehensive survey of the history of Hello Mr. magaZine, founded by MR. Brooklyn-based Ryan FitZgibbon in 2013. More than a magaZine, Hello Mr. is a community of “men who date men”, starting new conversations about their interests, loves, hopes and fears. Published twice yearly, Hello Mr. consistently features an intelligent collection of articles, stories, interviews, photographic essays and reviews. The magaZine aims to start meaningful conversations about the values and aspirations of a current, culturally inquisitive generation, celebrating and showcasing the diversity of gay culture. Please visit the gallery website for details of the Hello Mr. events programme, developed in collaboration with Outburst Queer Arts Festival. Art in the A.M. with Ryan Fitzgibbon Friday 02 June, 9:00am-10:00am, The Pocket 1 June, –17.30 20:00 Free The Naughton Gallery at Queens Tue – Sun, 11:00 – 16:00 01 June – 30 July 2017 Hello Mr. LIVE (in collaboration with Outburst) Date: Opening: Venue: Times: Tickets: WWW.NAUGHTONGALLERY.ORG Friday 02 June, 21:00, QFT 14 15 ID— GENDER EOLOGIES Artists from Korea Refecting on trends in their country’s cultural preference, these artists explore sexuality, gender, socialisation and identity, whilst also highlighting associated relationships with consumerism. These images also depict a spectrum of responses to the body; from the lengths to which 09:30 – 17:30 – 09:30 people will go to achieve society’s perceived Free Crescent Arts Centre Gallery (floor 01) (floor Gallery ArtsCentre Crescent Mon – Fri, 09:30 – 21:00 perfection of gender appearance, to isolated and 04 June – 24 2017 depersonalised aspects of the body presented as Date: Venue: Times: Sun, & Sat Tickets: objects of desire. 16 17 AFTER Chen Shu-Chen After focuses on the interior spaces of theme motels in Taiwan, their state after being used and the heterogeneity within. These images refect impartially on these spaces and the ways in which they are used; without ridicule or criticism. This series takes as its initial focus motels located in Northern Taiwan but will evolve into an island wide project. This project explores these heterogeneous spaces in a socio-cultural context, their complex relations to users and modern life in Taiwan. free Cotton Court, Cathedral Quarter 24/7 02 – 26 june 2017 Date: Venue: Times: Tickets: 18 19 B IBLE Momo Okabe In these award-winning, explicit portraits, Okabe sensitively presents her subjects: two of her transgender lovers who are going through the intense period of their transitions. Okabe is the first Japanese photographer to receive FOAM’s Paul Huf award (a photography