Wiebke Leister
PLAT(T)FORM 08 Emerging artists and photographers present their portfolios Plat(t)form 08, held during the last weekend of January 2008, is the second curated international portfolio viewing featuring young emerging European photographers. As in the previous year, we have invited 42 photographers to present their work for two hours to the public and a selected team of experts. The 42 participants have been chosen from among some 100 nominated photographers. At each viewing, there will be 6 photographers showing their work simultaneously. Plat(t)form 08 is aimed at professionals such as curators, gallery owners, publishers, editors and photographers. At the same time, the event offers interested visitors an opportunity of discovering the work of young photographers and artists, and of meeting them in person. Specialist presentations Friday, 25 January 2008, 7.30 p.m. - 9 p.m. Valérie Fougeirol, Director ParisPhoto, Paris Rosa Olivares, Publisher Exit Magazin, Madrid Olivier Richon, Artist and dean Royal College of Art, London Alain Servais, Collector, Brussels The invited experts will each give 20-minute presentations on their work in the field of photography and their passion for the medium. Portfolio viewing Sat 26 Jan 2008, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. Sun 27 Jan 2008, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Dinner party Saturday evening, 7 p.m. - 12 midnight: Public dinner party at the museum bistro George, with food, drink, music and endless opportunities for discussion. < Participating photographers Pedro Alvarez (E) | Lilo Bauer (D) | Dorothée Baumann (CH) | Johan Bergström (S) | Agnieszka Brzezanska (PL) | Frederik Busch (D) | Ricardo Cases (E) | Victor de Castro (BR) | Anne de Vries (NL) | Katerina Drzková (CZ) | Ralf Grossek (D) | Ulrike Hannemann (D) | Patrick Hari (CH) | Don Healy (IRL) | Tess Hurrell (ZW) | Verena Jaekel (D) | Matthieu Lavanchy (CH) | Ines Lechleitner (A) | Wiebke Leister (D) | Catherine Leutenegger (CH) | Anja Manfredi (A) | Edgar Martins (P) | Juan Millás (E) | Aada Niilola (FIN) | Dana Popa (RO) | André Príncipe (P) | Lovisa Ringborg (S) | Guadalupe Ruiz (CO) | Gregor Sailer (A) | Martina Sauter (D) | Christoph Sebastian (D) | Dusan Skala (CZ) | Marta Soul (E) | Remo Stoller (CH) | Sebastian Stumpf (D) | Awoiska van der Molen (NL) | WassinkLundgren, Thijs groot Wassink & Ruben Lundgren (NL) | Lukas Wassmann (CH) | Anita Witek (A) | Qiu Yang (RC) | Vincent Zedelius (D) | Tobias Zielony (D) Experts Plat(t)form 08 Valérie Fougeirol, director ParisPhoto, Paris | Rosa Olivares, publisher Exit Magazin, Madrid | Olivier Richon, artist and dean Royal College of Art, London | Alain Servais, collector, Brussels | Thomas Seelig, curator Fotomuseum Winterthur | Urs Stahel, director Fotomuseum Winterthur Plat(t)form 08 is sponsored primarily by the Luma Foundation. Further sponsorship is provided by Migros Kulturprozent.