{"id":3616,"date":"2020-06-15T13:49:39","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T10:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/backlight.fi\/?page_id=3616"},"modified":"2026-09-09T17:24:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T14:24:31","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/backlight.fi\/fi\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Backlight<\/strong> on kansainv\u00e4linen valokuvafestivaali jonka Valokuvakeskus Nykyaika on j\u00e4rjest\u00e4nyt Tampereella kolmen vuoden v\u00e4lein vuodesta 1987. Backlight on yksi Pohjois-Euroopan vanhimmista ja isoimmista kansainv\u00e4lisist\u00e4 valokuvafestivaaleista. Backlight tuo esille sosiaalisesti ja globaalisesti t\u00e4rke\u00e4\u00e4 nykyaikaista valokuvataidetta.<br><strong>The festival will take place in September 2026 under the theme&nbsp;<em>The Art of Lying<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VENUES AND OPENING HOURS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Vooninkisali<\/strong> (V\u00e4in\u00f6 Linnan aukio 13)<br>1-20 September<br>Opening hours Mon-Fri 12-18 Sat-Sun 12-16<br>International group exhibition.<br>Wheelchair accessible.<br>Free entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Valokuvakeskus Nykyaika<\/strong> (Kauppakatu 14)<br>1 September \u2013 11 October<br>Opening hours Tue-Fri 12-18 Sat-Sun 12-16<br>Solo exhibitions by Joel Jimenez Jara and Katerina Angelopoulou<br>Not wheelchair accessible.<br>Free entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Gallery Koppelo<\/strong> (Kauppakatu 14)<br>1\u201327 September<br>Opening hours Tue-Fri 12-18 Sat-Sun 12-15<br>Student exhibition in collaboration with Rotterdam Photo.<br>Not wheelchair accessible.<br>Free entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nekalab<\/strong> (Lounaantie 2)<br>11 September \u2013 11 October<br>Opening hours Mon-Sat 9-20<br>Satellite exhibition<br>Sari Soininen, Anssi Ruuska, Patrik Rastenberger<br>Free entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All the venue locations are easily reached by foot and public transport.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Backlight is an international photo festival organized every three years since 1987 by Photographic Centre Nykyaika in the city of Tampere, Finland. Backlight is one &hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3616","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/backlight.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/backlight.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/backlight.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backlight.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backlight.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3616"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/backlight.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4597,"href":"https:\/\/backlight.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3616\/revisions\/4597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/backlight.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}