WORLD PHOTOBOOK WEEKEND

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 01 Oct 2019   Posted by IDEA Australia


WORLD PHOTOBOOK WEEKEND

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The Ballarat International Foto Biennale is proud to host the World Photobook Day during our festival. Join us from Saturday 12 October until Monday 14 October to celebrate this auspicious birthday!

Celebrate World Photobook Day with other photography enthusiasts. Participants will meet at Mitchell Harris Wines the World Photobook Weekend Hub to share their books before heading together to the talks and the Fotobook Fair.

 

SATURDAY 12 OCTOBER

9.16am
Photobook Train from Southern Cross Station
Celebrate World Photobook Day by hopping on the train to meet other photography enthusiasts. Meet at Southern Cross Station to catch the train to Ballarat with your photobooks and discuss with others. (Passengers must have a valid myki. Regional fares are listed at ptv.vic.gov).



2pm
Talk by Doug Spowart
Many Tribes: The Australian And New Zealand Photobook
World Photobook Weekend Hub
Mitchell Harris Wines, 38 Doveton Street North
The photobook disrupted the 1990’s prediction that ‘the book is dead’ and grew into a worldwide phenomenon. Doug Spowart will address key aspects of the historical and contemporary makeup of the photobook in Australia & New Zealand where the various ‘tribes’ contribute to a vibrant and progressive discipline.

SUNDAY 13 OCTOBER

9.16am
Photobook Train from Southern Cross Station
Celebrate World Photobook Day by hopping on the train to meet other photography enthusiasts. Meet at Southern Cross Station to catch the train to Ballarat with your photobooks and discuss with others. (Passengers must have a valid myki. Regional fares are listed at ptv.vic.gov).



10am – 5pm
Photobook Fair
Art Gallery Ballarat, 40 Lydiard Street North

Celebrate World Photobook Day with other photography enthusiasts at our second Foto Book Fair – an all-day event at the Art Gallery of Ballarat. Participants: Australian and New Zealand Photo Book Awards; Ballarat International Foto Biennale; Bookhouse; Studio Yeah; Colin Abbott; Fems; Melbourne Photobook Collective; Particle Books; Photography Studies College; Sainsburys; State Library Victoria; The Fridge Door Project; Vault.


11am
Forum with Patrick Pound, Sarah Walker, Heidi Romano and David Wadelton. Moderated by Doug Spowart
Photobooks: Getting Published & Getting Collected
World Fotobook Weekend Hub
Mitchell Harris Wines, 38 Doveton Street North
What sparks and drives the passion for the photo book? How do photographers get published? And how can photographers establish and grow meaningful collections? Join Doug Spowart and a diverse panel of photobook practitioners and publishers as they answer these and other associated questions through their personal observations, stories and predictions.









 

MONDAY 14 OCTOBER

11am – 1pm
Happy Birthday!
World Photobook Weekend Hub
Mitchell Harris Wines, 38 Doveton Street North
Join us as we blow out the candles for the official World Photobook Day celebrations.

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Acknowledgments
We respectfully acknowledge the Wadawurrung and Dja Dja Wurrung people – traditional custodians of the land on which we live and work.

Biennale Ambassadors:

The Hon Steve Bracks AC
Julian Burnside AO QC
Tammy Gilson
Her Hon Judge Sara Hinchey
Peter Jopling AM QC
Julie Kantor
Natalie King
The Hon Rob Knowles AO
Mayor Samantha McIntosh
Kate Torney
James Valentine

Image Credit
1. Mark Avellino, BIFB Train, 2019
2. Doug Spowart
3. Patrick Pound

4. Sarah Walker
5. Heidi Romano
6. David Wadelton
7. Liu Bolin, Balloon No.1, 2012, exhibiting at the Art Gallery of Ballarat