Event
25 years of EIKON - International Magazine for Photography and Media Art
28 Jun 2016
Event times
7 pm
Cost of entry
free
Address
- Museumsplatz 1
- Vienna
Vienna - 1070
- Austria
EIKON celebrates its 25th anniversary! On this occasion the special publication “5 x 5. Photo Tracks” will be released, a comprehensive and elaborately produced reference book for contemporary photo art and theory.
About
Anniversary and Launch of “5 x 5. Photo Tracks”, with contributions by David Bate, Linde B. Lehtinen, Steffen Siegel, Abigail Solomon-Godeau and Urs Stahel.
Venue: Ovalhalle / Q21 at MQ Wien
Schedule:
7 pm
- Welcome speeches:
Carl Aigner (Founder of EIKON)
Gudrun Schreiber (Federal Chancellery of Austria, Head of visual arts, architecture, design, fashion, photography, video and media arts)
- Official speech: Gerald Bast (Rector of the University of Applied Arts Vienna)
- Presentation of the special publication “5 x 5. Photo Tracks”: Nela Eggenberger (Chief editor of EIKON)
8 pm
- Presentation of the URSULA BLICKLE Foundation by Maximilian Geymüller (member of the executive board)
- BLICKLE ARCHIVE SCREENING, curated by Claudia Slanar (Curator Ursula Blickle Video Archiv / 21er Haus) on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of EIKON and URSULA BLICKLE Foundation