Nepal Now / Events / Archive 2015
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**Date & time:**November 3, 2015 / 00:00 – November 9, 2015 / 00:00
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The newest addition to the international photography festival circuit is launching this November in Kathmandu, Nepal!
photo.circle and its partners are organizing PHOTO KATHMANDU, Nepal’s first international photography festival this year, despite challenges presented by recent earthquakes.
The festival will host exhibitions, slide shows, artist talks, workshops and other events, working primarily in public spaces in and around the old city of Patan.
From 3 – 9 November, photography will meet the city to engage in conversation about its past, present and future, using the visual medium as its primary language.
The first edition of the festival aims to serve as a platform for interaction between photography, history, anthropology and a wide array of the arts. Photo Kathmandu will be running concurrently to, and in collaboration with, Jazzmandu — a unique jazz festival that has been a pillar in contemporary Nepali cultural celebrations for the past decade. This collaboration is but a small aspect of the multidisciplinary spirit of the festival.
Stunning Images from Nepal’s Past to Raise Money for its Future
The city of Patan, where Photo Kathmandu 2015 will be anchored, has lost many important heritage sites in the April 2015 earthquakes. The first edition of the festival wishes to pay homage to its beautiful host city and celebrate its history and resilience.
Photo Kathmandu is promoting a Special Print Sale to raise funds to contribute towards the rebuilding of heritage sites in Patan. All funds raised will go to Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust (KVPT), who will be our implementing partner.
The Print Sale features photographs from two archives – Nepal Picture Library and the Peace Corps Nepal History Project.
More info: http://www.support.photoktm.com/ #BuildBackStronger
Theme: TIME
A photograph, created in a fraction of a second, can embrace years and decades, and sometimes, immeasurable expanses of time. Time that is gained or lost; time that records and repeats, challenges and celebrates. Time that is sometimes still and sometimes racing.
The first edition of Photo Kathmandu will work closely with a range of family, community and institutional archives that present the Nepali past through images, memories and stories, juxtaposing the past, the present, and the future.
Call for Submissions
Photo Kathmandu invites photographers, curators, photo-based artists, historians, anthropologists and other practitioners working with photography to submit their works and ideas for digital projections, talks, discussions, performances and workshops.
Works should relate to the theme of TIME. Works can be archival, contemporary, or mixed. Mix-media works are also welcome.
More submission info: http://www.photoktm.com
Why a Photo Festival?
Nepal is going through massive social, political and economic transitions, particularly in the past few months that have been difficult with the April and May earthquakes. We are presented with unimaginable new challenges. These challenges can only be addressed with new imagination, creativity and open minds. Photo Kathmandu strives to be a platform to have conversations for young, creative new leaders.
“Nepali photographers need the networks to be able to get their work out internationally – direct access to editors, curators, mentors, art directors and other professionals who can help them get their work out there. We are hoping this festival will be an opportunity to create these professional networks, and serve as a bridge between the local and the global to put Nepali photography on the world map” said NayanTara Gurung Kakshapati, co-founder of photo.circle.
“Photo Kathmandu will no doubt invoke the same sense of communal spirit that I have come to associate with all of photo.circles’ endeavours, whether they be of an educational, historical or humanitarian nature. Yes the timing means that there is much hard work to be done, but it amounts to lighting a candle in the darkness. Every way you look at it, the importance of Photo Kathmandu at this time cannot be overlooked. It is a time for consolidation, for sharing, for rebuilding, for sewing the seeds of inspiration and of course, for celebration” said Thailand based photographer Philip Blenkinsop who will be participating in the festival this year.
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