Critical authenticity


New forms, possibilities and ethical challenges for documentary photographic art in the intercultural setting

Saturday 28th September 2002, Vapriikki Auditorium


Program

9:30 – 10:00 Welcoming coffee, portfolio review
10:00 – Presentations by organizers and co-organizers of Backlight:
10:00 – 10:15 Ulrich Haas-Pursiainen (Photographic Centre Nykyaika)
10:15 – 10:30 Harri Laakso (Arts Council of Pirkanmaa)
10:30 – 10:50 Paul di Felice (Photographic Centre Café Crème, Luxembourg)
10:50 – 11:10 Alessandra Capodacqua (Studio Marangoni, Italy)
Break
11:15 – 12:00 Merja Salo (University of Art and Design, Helsinki)
The impression of autheticity in photojournalism
Lunch
13:00 – 14:00 Jan-Erik Lundström (Bildmuseet Umeå): Absences, Losses and Refusals: In Search of a Documentary Ethic 
14:00 – 15:00 Peter Pfrunder (Swiss Foundation for Photography)
Coffee portfolio review
15:30 –16:30 Artist Presentations:

Marcos López (Argentina), David Farrell (Ireland), Thomas Kutschker (Germany)