Opening Week Program
21.–25. 8. 2024
Wednesday, 21. 8
16:30 Exhibition Opening with a guided tour with Imane Djamil, Blaž Gutman, Marieke van der Velden & Philip Brink, photographers selected from the Kranj Foto Fest Open Call 2024, Kino Šiška, Ljubljana
19:00 Exhibition Opening with a guided tour with Kiana Hayeri, Promises Written on the Ice, Left in the Sun, Galerija Fotografija, LjubljanaTrubarjeva cesta 72 (Center Rog), Ljubljana
Thursday, 22. 8
10.00–16.00 Workshop Photochemistry, Darkroom Basics and the Contemporary Photograph as an Object with Peter Fettich and Sara Rman from Kela, Layer House, Tomšičeva ulica 32, Kranj. Closed event for pre-registered participants.
17.00–21.00 Pop-up photobook store by Galerija Fotografija, Layer house, Tomšičeva ulica 32, Kranj
17.00–21.00 Leica and Fotoformat: Presentation of photographic equipment and this year’s innovations. Come and try! Layer house, Tomšičeva ulica 32, Kranj
19.00 Kranj Foto Fest 2024 Official Opening Celebration, with guided tours with the photographers exhibiting at the festival: Ana Zibelnik & Jakob Ganslmeier, Kela and participants of the Mentorship Program, followed by DJs Mima & Zazi, Layerjeva hiša, Tomšičeva ulica 32, Kranj. In case of rain, the event will happen at Gallery Janez Puhar, tower Škrlovec, Škrlovec 1, Kranj.
Friday, 23. 8
10.00–16.00 Workshop Photochemistry, Darkroom Basics and the Contemporary Photograph as an Object with Peter Fettich and Sara Rman from Kela, Layer House, Tomšičeva ulica 32, Kranj. Closed event for pre-registered participants.
Guided tours with the photographers exhibiting at the festival:
- 10:00 Ismail Ferdous, Marcel Top, Town Hall, Museum of Gorenjska, Glavni trg 4
- 11:00 Valentina Piccinni & Jean-Marc Caimi, Kranjska hiša Gallery, Glavni trg 2, Kranj
- 11:30 Luciana Demichelis, Cene Avguštin Gallery ZVKDS, Tomšičeva ulica 7, Kranj
- 12:00 Jordi Ruiz Cirera, Mergentaler Street Gallery of Layer House and TAM-TAM Institute, Tomšičeva Street, opposite Layer House, Kranj
11:00–18:00 Pop-up photobook store by Galerija Fotografija, Layer house, Tomšičeva ulica 32, Kranj
13:30 A Conversation on Photobooks with Kiana Hayeri and Simon Chang, Cherry Garden of the Layer House, Tomšičeva ulica 32, Kranj. In case of rain, the conversation will be moved indoors.
Guided tours with the photographers exhibiting at the festival:
- 15:30 Marta Bogdańska, Amin Yousefi, Tunnels under the old town of Kranj, entrance from Tavčarjeva Street
- 16:30 Jaka Teršek, Main Square in front of Prešeren Theatre, Kranj
Lectures and Panel Discussions:
- 17:30 Limits and Possibilities of Lens Based Art in Contemporary Times: Archival Appropriation, Surveillance, AI and Collective Imagination with Marta Bogdańska, Luciana Demichelis, Marcel Top and Amin Yousefi, mediated by Luka Savić from Membrana, Kovačnica, Poštna ulica 4, Kranj
- 19:00 Promises Written on the Ice, Left in the Sun with Kiana Hayeri, mediated by Bertan Selim from VID Foundation, Kovačnica, Poštna ulica 4, Kranj
The lectures will be transmitted live by T-2 on the channel @KranjFotoFest https://www.youtube.com/live/kg09uaPbrYI
Evening Projections:
21:00 Projections from the festival’s partners, Kovačnica, Poštna ulica 4, Kranj:
- Leica Oskar Barnack Award (LOBA): Shortlist & Winners 2023;
- VID Foundation for Photography: VID Grant Winners’ showcase;
- PhMuseum 2024 Photography Grant Shortlisted Authors;
- Square Mile: An initiative by VII Community, in partnership with PhotoWings.
22:00 Projections Kranj Foto Fest Open Call 2024, Kovačnica, Poštna ulica 4, Kranj:
- Featured photographers: Farzana Akhtar (BD), Marta Bogdańska (PL), Jordi Ruiz Cirera (ES), Luciana Demichelis (AR), Imane Djamil (MA), Ismail Ferdous (BD), Blaž Gutman (SI), Issam Larkat (DZ), Diambra Mariani (IT), Karim Mottaghi (IR), Chidinma Nnorom (NG), Matthieu Paley (FR), Andrés Pérez (VE), Valentina Piccinni (IT) & Jean-Marc Caimi (FR), Jaka Teršek (SI), Marcel Top (BE), Marieke van der Velden & Philip Brink (NL), Kinga Wrona (PL), Amin Yousefi (IR).
- Featured photographers: Shirin Abedi (IR), Matias Bercovich (ES), Yassmin Forte (MZ), Mary Gelman (RU), Joel Jimenez (CR), Aliona Kardash (RU), Andrej Lamut (SI), Enrique Pezo Gómez (PE), Peter Pflügler (AT), Kwazokuhle Phakathi (ZA), Veronika Mol (UA), Mayowa Oyewale (NG), Kristina Sergeeva (RU), Giorgi Shengelia (GE), Irmina Walczak (PL) & Sávio Freire (BR), Patrick Wack (FR), Hugo Weber (FR).
Saturday, 24. 8.
10:00–12:45 Portfolio Reviews, Avla Mestne občine Kranj. Closed event for pre-registered participants.
10:00 Guided tour of the exhibition The Power and Beauty of Collaboration with the members of Photography Association Janez Puhar Kranj, Gregorčičeva ulica 1, Kranj
11:00 Guided tour of the exhibition Janez Puhar with Petra Puhar, Gallery ZKDK, Glavni trg 23, Kranj
11:00–18:00 Pop-up photobook store by Galerija Fotografija, Layer house, Tomšičeva ulica 32, Kranj
Lectures and Panel Discussions:
- 15:00 How to Tell Stories that Matter in a Photobook, with Grzegorz Kosmala and Aneta Kowalczyk from BLOW UP PRESS, mediated by Pia Prezelj, Kovačnica, Poštna ulica 4, Kranj
- 16:30 The Power of Visual Storytelling with Ismail Ferdous, mediated by Rachael Strecher from NatGeo Society, Kovačnica, Poštna ulica 4, Kranj
Guided tours with the photographers exhibiting at the festival:
18:00 an afternoon walk to the forest with Kinga Wrona and Diambra Mariani, the Kokra River canyon. Departure is in front of Kovačnica at 17:50. In case of strong rain, the walk will be postponed or cancelled.
Lectures and Panel Discussions:
19:00 Youth Culture, Polarisation and Countering Far-Right Ideologies with Ana Zibelnik & Jakob Ganslmeier, mediated by Christina Töpfer from Camera Austria, Kovačnica, Poštna ulica 4, Kranj
20:30 Collective Response with Jaka Teršek (Študio), Peter Fettich (Kela), Matjaž Tančič (Inland Stories), Ela Elizabeta Romih (Fotokult) and the duos Marieke van der Velden & Philip Brink and Valentina Piccinni & Jean-Marc Caimi, mediated by Ilija Tomanić-Trivundža, PhD, from the University of Ljubljana, Kovačnica, Poštna ulica 4, Kranj
22:00 Party with DJ Glezzi, Carniola, Gregorčičeva ulica 2, Kranj
Sunday, 25. 8.
16:30 Visit of the Exhibition Klavdij Sluban: Elsewhere Here, Jakopič Gallery, Slovenska cesta 9, Ljubljana. Entrance fee: 5 €
18:00 Koncert Concert Echoes of Puhar’s Time, music Tantadruj, organised by Petra Puhar, Layer house, Tomšičeva ulica 32, Kranj
The organiser reserves the right to cancel the festival in part or in full at any time.
