Photomonth in Kraków isn’t just about exhibitions and meetings about the photographic arts. Come and visit our Festival Office where you can pick up lots of tempting publications, alongside the staple range helping you get your bearings on this year’s extensive programme. 

Photo by Basia Budniak

The third day of the Festival kicks off with a meeting with Roger Ballen and his Boarding House project, followed by the next instalment of open(wine)ing. More Alias exhibitions will open today, too: Leina N., Lee Cluderay, Joe Cornell, Ignatius Sancho, Pearl Fieldlitch, Ivan P., Lester B. Morrison, Neville Lister, and the film Not in order of appearance.

Beach football match; Photo by Luka Łukasiak

Yesterday’s lecture on self-publishing by Bruno Ceschel attracted more participants than could fit into Galeria Camelot & FIM. Ceschel introduced festival guests to the basic concepts behind self-publishing, and together with Sarah Entwistle prepared a library installation especially for the Festival, which can be viewed at the Festival Office.

Photo by Basia Budniak

Our traditional annual game has changed its formula slightly this time: this year we’re not kicking the ball... and we’ll meet on the beach, where we’ll play a beach volleyball match (the beach on the Vistula next to the Hotel Forum).

First prize at this year’s sittcomm.award has been won by Maroš Krivý from Slovakia for his project New Coat of Paint. The other finalists are Marcin Bociński, Rafał Milach and Petr Willert. The winning project may be seen on display in the Wyspiański Pavilion.

photo by Maroš Krivý New Coat of Paint

There is a quiet revolution going on, which until now has been little recognised or commented on, never mind catalogued and celebrated as a powerful new artistic force. All around the world in student bedrooms and artist studios, a generation is emerging with an urgent desire to be heard. Without apparent struggle or resistance, or the guidance of any predetermined path or collective identity, they are pulling down the barricades of art publishing and baring themselves.

The Photomonth in Kraków Festival, this year concealing unfamiliar artists and artworks under its leading title “Alias”, is now open! The first Aliases, first exhibitions from the ShowOFF Section and first events start today!

Take a look at the schedule of Festival events and plan your May and June with us. In the calendar tab you’ll find a detailed schedule of receptions, exhibitions openings, meetings, presentations, lectures and other accompanying events.

He was not born in Buenos Aires. He has not raised moose in Alaska. He did not run away from home. His mother did not commit suicide. He did not dwell in a squat in Amsterdam. He does not ride a bike. He is not interested in the arts. He is not a vegetarian. He does not play the guitar and does not want to play the ukulele. He has no difficulty defining his own sexual identity. He does not want to be just another photographer. He does not want you to come to his exhibition. 

Photo by Another Photographer

In Warsaw’s Mokotów district at Bęc Zmiana, you’ll have the opportunity to see photographs depicting fictitious characters, institutions, and approaches... and at Chłodna 25 you’ll be able to watch the film Not in order of appearance, the crucial summary of the underlying concept of the Photomonth in Krakow Festival – ALIAS!

Brian O’Doherty The Burial of Patrick Ireland, Wake, 2008. Irish Museum of Modern Art. Photograph Fionn McCann. Courtesy the artist