FIRST EDITION

19th February/20th March 2011 ●●●● Parc de Bagatelle Paris

© Lucie et Simon

Sponnsor & president of the jury of edition #1 : La ura SERANI

PRESS KIT

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1. PRESENTATION Fetart is pleased to present the first edition of Circulation(s), festival of

young European photography , which will take place from February 19th to March 20th

2011, in la galerie Côté Seine of Bagatelle park in Paris (16ème).

This event presents a panorama of the new generatio n of European photographers. It

aims to highlight the cultural space shared by Euro peans and based on a common

cultural heritage, to promote exchanges by showing to the French public,

photographers and European actors from the world of image and to lay out, through

the photographic medium, the outlines of a European identity.

In the core of the programme, an exhibition of 30 p hotographers invite to discover

how creative and talented young European photograph y is. How do young

photographers consider Europe today? What are their sources of inspiration? Their

worries? How do they consider the future?

This first festival intends to unite and create a n etwork of European actors from

the world of image sharing the same ambition than F etart: help young photographers

to integrate into the professional world.

The website ( www.festival-circulations.com ) provides access to the works and to

the biographical references of the artists exhibite d as well as the whole

programme of the festival.

A bilingual catalog French / English will be publis hed.

Press contact:

Nathalie Dran / nathalie.dran@wanadoo.fr

+ 33 (0)9 61 30 19 46 / +33 0()6 99 41 52 49

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Circulation(s), a European festival dedicated to yo ung photography

Based on the fact that there was no photographic ev ent entirely dedicated to young

European photography in France, Fetart, due to a fi rst successful experience in

2008 with an exhibition gathering 21 European photo graphers during le Mois de la

Photo in Paris, has wished to perpetuate this initi ative by organizing an annual

photographic festival in Paris.

As an extension of the action of the

association created in 2005 to

promote young photographers, the

festival Circulation(s) wishes to

offer a fresh perspective on Europe

through photography and to set to

light tomorrow’s talents.

Circulation(s) aims to federate and

to highlight the initiatives

launched by curators, gallery

owners, festivals, collectives,

photography schools or European

publishers.

The festival differs from existing festivals of pho tography through its pan-

European positioning and its open-mindedness to div erse inputs and currents. It

aims to take over European cultural initiatives in order to :

- encourage exchanges of experiences by the mobilit y of European professionals

from the world of photography and image,

- promote the movement of cultural works by giving access to projects from other

European countries to the widest possible public,

- promote intercultural dialogue

Circulation(s) is an annual event which will take place in Paris every year in

March.

© Julien Taylor

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PLACE

Located in Paris (16th arrondissement), in the west ern part of Bois de Boulogne,

Bagatelle park, owned by the city of Paris, will we lcome the festival

Circulation(s) for a month.

The Townhall of Paris associates with Circulation(s) by putting the gallery of

Bagatelle park – a space of over 400m 2 – at Fetart’s disposal to welcome the

exhibition and the different events of the festival each March.

CALL FOR APPLICTIONS

A European call for applications has been launched by Fetart to photographers

through many relays (cultural centers, art and phot ography schools, labs, European

media,….). At the end of the call, 30 photographers will be selected to present

theirs works in Circulation(s) from February 19th to March 20th 201 1.

JURY 2011

Laura Serani is the sponsor of that first edition.

Laura Serani (Italy) is a curator of exhibitions, o f editorial projects and

audiovisual for major cultural institutions and festivals. Pres ently, she is the

artistic co-director of les Rencontres Photographiq ues of Bamako, African biennial

which takes place in Mali and she also curates several projects for la S aison de

la Turquie in France and la Maison Europeenne de la Photographie in Pari s, as

well as the for the city of Reggio Emilia in Italy.

Under her aegis , a jury composed of professionals from the photography and fine

art circles will meet to select the artists of the festival on the quality of

their artistic practice and the relevance of their work in relation to the theme

and the personal vision they express.

It will meet on Monday 6 th December .

Sophie Bernard , editor of Images Magazine

Armelle Canitrot , curator of the exhibition Izis, head of photo ser vice of LA

CROIX

Christophe Chaumont, responsible for partnerships, Department of the Green Spaces

and of the Environment (Direction des Espaces Verts et de l’Environnement)

Sylvie Depondt, director in charge of the animation and communicat ion, Department

of the Green Spaces and of the Environment (Directi on des Espaces Verts et de

l’Environnement)

William Ewing , former director of le Musée de l'Elysée of Lausan ne and in charge

of the publishing projects at Thames & Hudson (sub ject to modification)

Julien Frydman , director of the Magnum Agency

Christine Ollier, artistic director of la Galerie Les Filles du Calva ire

Laura Serani , curator of les Rencontres Photographiques de Bama ko

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2. PROGRAMME

The programme of Circulation(s) revolves around a major exhibition presenting the

work of 30 European photographers in their early career of artist. This unique

panorama will gather more than 150 photographs that the public will discover in

free access for a month.

During the festival, Fetart will

also present the artists that

the assocaiton has revealed

since its creation:

- Thomas Jorion

- Lucie et Simon

- Julien Taylor

- Guillaume Amat

PREVIEW :

The press preview will take place on Friday Februar y the 18th from 9 am to 11 am

and the official preview on Saturday February the 1 9th from 3 pm to 7 pm . On this

occasion, a RATP bus from the 50’s will operate a s huttle between Porte Maillot

and Bagatelle park.

During the day, the public will discover « The Media’s Favourites » , : a

projection which will gather the photographic favou rites from the photo

departments of the national and European

newspapers. A photo studio will be set up and will enable the visitor to be

photographed against an original background and lea ve with a negative.

© Thomas Jorion

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AROUND THE EXHIBITION:

Fetart has wished to extend the cultural and photog raphic dialogue of the

exhibition by suggesting several events: the « Meet ings» and the « Weekends ».

The « Meetings» 2011

Each year the « Meetings » will offer visibility to different European projects of

the year

-The « favourites » of a new gallery: Galerie Momentum (Austria)-

www.momentum.co.at

- A new collective : Fotoparisberlin (France/Germany) www.fotoparisberlin.com

- A festival : FOTOGRAFIA EUROPEA (Italy) – projections Italy – Turkey

Festival IN FOCUS 2010 (Lithuania) - www.kulturosmeniu.lt

- An educational project : La Maison du Geste et de l’Image (France)

- A photography school: - Ecole des Gobelins (France)/ EFTI Matrid (Spain)

- A photographic book publisher (to be confirmed)

The « Week-ends »

Saturday March 12 th from 11am to 8pm /Sunday March 13th from 11am to 7 pm Satuday March 19 th from 11am to 8pm/ Sunday March 20 th from 11am to 7pm Porfolios reviews weekend

Free portfolios reviews will be organized on the 12 th and the 13 th to allow young

photographers to present their portfolios to profes sionals: gallery owners,

publishers, curators, iconographers, festival direc tors, members of collectives.

It is a privileged and valuable moment of expertise and advice. A real opportunity

given to young photographers to meet professionals, and to professionals to

discover young talents from the whole Europe.

Professional meetings

It is a question of providing to professionals from the world of photography

(manufacturers, laboratories, ...) the possibility of doing workshops in order to

present their novelties: paper, printer, camera, la b.

Librairie photographique

Marc Pussemier from Librairie Photographique (17 ru e de la Villette 75019 Paris)

sets up his bookshop in Bagatelle on the evening pr eview, at the weekend,

12th/13th March and at the end of the exhibition (1 9th /20 th March). He can sell a

selection of works from European publishers.

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Conferences

At the weekends free conferences will be proposed to the public. Freelens

association will animate a conference on the “New u ses of photography” dedicated

to POM (small mutimedia work), or web report.

Projections

Screens with individual headphones will be provide d to the public so that they

can see a selection of POM

Photographic Stroll

A photographic stroll in Bagatelle park will allow to appreciate the works of the

photographers selected for this festival. This stro ll will be a privileged

encounter between the public and photographers from all over Europe.

The exhibition la Direction des Espaces Verts et de l’Environnement (Parks and

Gardens Department)

In Circulation(s), an exhibition present a selection of photographs o n the annual

theme of Parks and Gardens Departments which is in 2011 : « peri-urban European

forests» and «the tree as a fundamental element of urban landscape»

The complete programme of the festival will be anno unced on December 15 th 2010.

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3. FESTIVAL ORGANIZERS

Association under the Act of 1901, recognized as be ing of

public benefit, Fetart aims to promote emerging pho tographers by giving them a

first opportunity to exhibit their work, by organiz ing cultural events.

Springboard for launching the careers of photograph ers, the association has

revealed many talents and has provided them a first foothold in the art market.

Since its creation in 2005, Fetart’s team, which in cludes a dozen of enthusiasts

of art photography, has organized more than 30 exhi bitions with over a hundred of

French and European artists. As an example, every t wo months, the association

offers on its website a fresh perspective on the wo rk of two European

photographers. The network of contacts established by Fetart with some schools,

magazines or galleries of photographs will be stren gthened in order to create a

real impulse around European photography.

Web : www.fetart.org et www.festival-circulations.com

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Artists introduced by FETART

Lucie & Simon (Prix HSBC 2010) Thomas Jorion (Co up de Cœur Réponses Photo)

Stéphanie Lacombe (Prix Niepce 2010) Guillaume Ama t (Prix PHPA 2010)

Julien Taylor (Prix Feuillat e 2010)

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MAIN FETART’S EXHIBITIONS

-The Collection, Mois Off de la Photo, Cloître Ouve rt - Paris VIII - Nov.2010

- Photo d’Hôtel, Photo d’Auteur 2010 Théâtre de l'O déon - Paris October 2010

- -Entrevues #1 -Thomas Jorion - Luca Zanier, Le Ma gasin de Jouets, Arles - July /

August 2010

- Raed Bawayah, Les couleurs du Soleil,, Théâtre de l'Odéon - Paris April 2010

- Hors les murs,, Théâtre of the Avant-Seine Colomb es, April 2010

- Photo d’Hôtel, Photo d’Auteur 2009 Théâtre de l’O déon - Paris October 2009

-Exposition # 14, 3 photographers in Arles - July / August 2009

-Exposition # 13, 3 photographers in Arles - July / August 2009

-Latences, Galerie Frédéric Moisan - February 2009

-Circulation (s), La Cartonnerie et Confluence - Mo is off de la photo: Nov.2008

- Prix Picto de la Jeune Photographie de Mode, Hôte l de Sauroy- Paris October 2008

- Photo d’Hôtel, Photo d’Auteur 2008 Théâtre de l'O déon - Paris October 2008

- Rencontre Internationale de la Photographie : 13 photographers in Arles, Le

Coffeesocks - Arles July / August 2008

- L’Art aux frontières, Salle d’exposition, Guyanco urt March 2008

- Etat des lieux, Salon d’honneur, Mairie du 20ème , Paris - January 2008

King Size: l’Afrique en grand format, Malik Nejmi, Usine Spring Court Paris 11ème

October 2007

- Photo d’Hôtel, Photo d’Auteur, Studio Daguerre, P aris - October 2007

- # 10, 9 photographers at la Générale, Lagénérale Des Arts - Paris XIXème - June 2007

- # 7, 9 photographers at la Générale, Lagénérale D es Arts - Paris XIXème - March 2007

- # 5 Mois de la Photo OFF, Show Room Ecart - Paris IVème - November 2006

- # 6 Mois de la Photo OFF, Imprimerie A - Paris XI Xème - November 2006

- Arbres, Mois de la Photo OFF, Cospirit, Paris Xèm e - November 2006

- Natures mortes, Mois de la Photo OFF, Mairie IXèm e - November 2006

- Contextes, Collectif Contexte, Imprimerie A XIXèm e In Paris - October 2006

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4. INFORMATION

Circulation(s) – First festival of young European p hotography

From February 19th to March 20th 2011 at the Côté S eine gallery.

Parc de Bagatelle, route de Sèvres, 75016 Paris.

Everyday from 11am to 5pm

Bus 244 : Bagatelle - Pré Catelan (43 place de Baga telle)

Metro : Porte Maillot

Important dates:

> Previews

Press preview: Friday 18th February 2011 from 9am to 11am

Official preview: Saturday 19th February 2011 from 3pm to 7pm

> Portfolios reviews:

Saturday 12th March from 11am to 8pm / Sunday 13th March from 11am

to 7pm

> End of the exhibition:

Saturday 19th March from 11am to 8pm / Sunday 20th March from 11am

to 7pm

The complete programme will be available from 15th December 2010.

Press contact:

Nathalie Dran : nathalie.dran@wanadoo.fr / +33 0()6 99 41 52 49

Fetart contact:

Marion Hislen : marion.hislen@fetart.org / +33 (0)6 03 36 26 62

Audrey Turpin : audrey@fetart.org / +33 (0)6 07 59 86 38

Infos : www.fetart.org et www.festival-circulations.com

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5. PARTNERS