All the books of the Backlight2020 Photo Festival trilogy have now been published. Exhibition publications are available at the Gallery Himmelblau, Tampere Art Museum and Culture House Laikku. Publishers: Photographic Centre Nykyaika, Tampere Art Museum, CICAT2025 & Tampere University of … Read More
Dutch artist Sjoerd Knibbeler wins the First Prize by the Majaoja Foundation. The Second Prize is awarded jointly to artist/researcher Chirag Jindal (New Zealand) and artist AlbaZari (Italy-Thailand). The third prize is awarded to video artist Saana Wang (Finland). The Majaoja Prize … Read More
The Majaoja Prize is awarded by the Majaoja Foundation , who invited the open call jury of Backlight2020 to nominate the three winners. The jury, Ariane Koek (UK), Maija Tammi (Finland) Hannu Vanhanen (Finland) and Lars Willumeit (Switzerland), have nominated the artists for … Read More
The Visual Catalysts – is the special exhibition of the Backlight Photo Festival 2020. The exhibition will take place September 26 – October 18th, 2020 at the Tampere, Culture House Laikku -art space. Through their works in the Visual Catalysts -exhibition, the … Read More
The Space Works is one of the main exhibitions of the Backlight2020 Photo Festival. The exhibition will take place September 12–November 8, 2020 at the Tampere Art Museum in Finland. The Space Works explores and tests our relationship with outer space. It … Read More
The Backlight Photo Festival is one of the oldest and largest international photography festivals in Northern Europe. The 16th edition of the Backlight triennial is the most extensive ever and will be held at Tampere, Finland from September 4 to November 8, 2020. The Backlight2020 artists … Read More