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The curator of this year’s Krakow Photomonth, which bears the title Re:Search, is the artist, writer, editor and curator,Aaron Schuman. The festival’s Main Programme, focusing on the relationship between photography and the search for knowledge, features exhibitions of both renowned Polish and international photographers and artists, many of whom are showcased in this part of Europe for the very first time. The Photomonth month-long programme is also crammed full of numerous workshops, meetings and film projections. The festival is organised by the Foundation for Visual Arts.

Krakow Photomonth sets off on Thursday, 15 May with the first exhibition openings and the Official Festival Opening – traditionally at Starmach Gallery – on Friday, 16 May, and much more over the whole Weekend! See you there!

Thursday, 15 May

the first openings of the Krakow Photomonth Festival

6 p.m.

Walker Evans: The Magazine Work

Curator: David Campany

and

Taryn SimonThe Picture Collection

(MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow)

Friday, 16 May

6 p.m.

The Official Opening of the Krakow Photomonth

Trevor Paglen The Last Pictures

(Starmach Gallery)

9.30 p.m.

Jason Fulford Hotel Oracle

(meeting point: Tao by Zen)

Saturday, 17 May

noon

Echoes

Experimental Section

Curator: Jakub Woynarowski

(Bunkier Sztuki Gallery of Contemporary Art)

6 p.m.

Clare Strand Further Reading

(National Museum in Krakow, The Feliks JasieńskiSzołayski House)

8 p.m.

Forensic Aesthetics

Curators: Thomas Keenan & Eyal Weizman

(Pauza Gallery)

Sunday, 18 May

3 p.m.

Aaron Schuman FOLK: A Personal Ethnography

(The Seweryn Udziela Ethnographic Museum in Krakow)

5 p.m.

Radiation

Curator: Wojciech Nowicki

(Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology)

The complete Krakow Photomonth 2014 schedule in paper coming soon, now you may download it here.

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2014 Krakow Photomonth Festival
Re:
Search
15 May–15 June
Curator of the Main Programme: Aaron Schuman
Official opening of the Festival: 16 May, 6 p.m., Starmach Gallery