Museum Night 2017 – Review

text  by Véronique Fixmer

Our collective took part in this year’s edition of the “Nuit des Musées”. As we are currently represented with about 20 pictures in the temporary exhibition “Leit an der Stad” we were recruited by the “Lëtzebuerg City Museum” to do several guided tours on the night of museums for this street photography themed exhibition.

Over the course of the night, we guided groups of people through the exhibition, gave them general information about street photography, the evolution of cameras and their impact on this particular type of photography, and more specific insights on the pictures of our collective. Where possible, we tried to answer any if not all questions asked and often we ended up in interesting conversations about the art of street photography and its evolution over time.

The tours were well visited, even though it was at times hard to keep people regrouped in the very crowded rooms of the museum. It was a very interesting evening as it gave us insights into the audience interested in street photography. It was nice to see that many people thought positively about street photography; just as much about the historical depiction of the streets of Luxembourg as of the contemporary form, vastly represented by our collective and other Luxembourgish photographers. More guided tours led by the members of our collective are planned throughout the period of the exhibition and will be announced via our website/facebook page and instagram.

LSPF 2017 – Slide Shows

In case you missed the LSPF and our slide night! Here are our slideshows!

Slide Night 2017 from Paul Bintner on Vimeo.

Dirk Mevis SPLux slidenight 2017 from El Dirko Meviso on Vimeo.

these moments… – Slidenight 2017 April – Giulia Thinnes from Giulia Thinnes on Vimeo.

The Old City, Jerusalem from remera on Vimeo.

DavidPhillipsSlidenight2017 from david phillips on Vimeo.

Mäi Lëtzebuerg | Streetphotography from Vääro Nick on Vimeo.

Asphalt Blues from paulo lobo on Vimeo.

Slidenight 2017 LSPF Catalin Burlacu www.ishootcolors.com from ishootcolors.com on Vimeo.

SPLux Slide Night 2017 – Luxembourg Street Photography Festival – EMOP from Christophe Van Biesen on Vimeo.

Slidenight 2017 from Tom Weis on Vimeo.

Leit an der Stad – Luxembourg Street Photography 1950 – 2017

The exhibition features inhabitants of the city of Luxembourg in daily life situations. The works of great Luxembourgish photographers – in particular Batty Fischer, Marcel Schroeder, Tony Krier and Pol Aschman – show snapshots of Luxembourgers everyday life and give the visitor the opportunity to take a walk through the history of the city, just like the stroller in the image. By looking at the photographs dating back to the 1950s to the present day, visitors witness the dynamism of the city of Luxembourg and its urban development. Moreover, a selection of examples makes it possible to understand the tricks and techniques used for such photographs and to travel through more than 60 years of Luxembourg photography history.

 

 

We are very proud to announce that the collective will be featured in this exhibition with a couple of pictures! Beside the exhibition we are pleased to announce that we will offer street photography workshops as well as guided tours in the “cultural program” of Lëtzebuerg City Museum.

The exhibition will be open to the public from 06/10/2017 until 31/03/2019.

All dates for workshops and guided tours will be announced on our website. To be sure not to miss any announcements subscribe to our newsletter and be the first to be informed!

Slide Night 2017

https://www.facebook.com/events/370610276628297/

Fancy an evening loaded with Street Photography? It is happening again! On the 21st of April, up to 12 photographers of Street Photography Luxembourg (SPLux) show their latest artworks in a 5 minute slideshow featuring individual background music. This makes each slideshow a unique experience.

After 5 years our Slide Night is for the first time part of the European Month of Photography (EMoP). To highlight this special occasion, Street Photography Luxembourg invited 4 outstanding artists to join us at the Slide Night 2017.

Joining us:

1) Véronique Kolber

After she graduated with distinction from the prestigious school of photography Le 75 in Brussels, Véronique continued her studies in Fine Arts at the University of Strasbourg, where she accomplished a Masters degree. Thereafter Véronique was unstoppable, she exhibited her works in Europe, the United States, India and China. Take a look at the impressive list of exhibitions and publications on her own homepage.

We are delighted to win this talented luxembourgish artist for this Slide Night.

 

2) Sven Becker

He currently lives and works in Luxembourg. After his studies in visual communication in Brussels and Cologne, he initiated several projects around sustainable living in everyday life, launching exhibitions and a magazine amongst others. Feeling at ease in the uprising artistic and cultural scene, Sven has been photographing local and international acts on many stages throughout Luxembourg. He has been the visual storyteller behind the photographs of several communication campaigns of cultural institutions, festivals and artistic projects. In 2014, he had the opportunity to collaborate with Luxembourgish artist Filip Markiewicz on an audio-visual work for the exhibition Paradiso Lussemburgo presented at the Luxembourgish pavilion at Venice Biennale. Since 2013, he has been working as an independent fulltime photographer, working mainly for local press and magazines such as Lëtzebuerger Land, Paperjam, Delano, City Mag and being commissioned by Nido (Stern) or Les jours. 2013 marks as well the starting point of a series of independent travels to countries and cities such as Istanbul, Turkey where he covered the Gezi Park occupation and protests, Myanmar and Japan in 2015, or Teheran, Iran in 2016. Becker has a strong sense for capturing the in-between moments that remain often unseen. Intrigued by the unfamiliar, and the functioning of other cultures, his work distinguishes itself by its human approach, and the telling of his subjects’ stories. His strong interest for socio-political themes and actions, social cohesion, as well as contemporary events, such as the recent arrival of refugees in Europe, has led him naturally to join the project I am not a refugee. He currently works as a photojournalist for Lëtzebuerger Land. We are pleased to welcome Sven back to the Slide Night after 3 years and we are looking forward to see how he is going to surprise us this time.

 

 

3) Nils Jorgensen

http://in-public.com/photographers/nils-jorgensen/
London-based photographer Nils Jorgensen has an instinct for finding low-key, easily overlooked beauty. He spots unlikely patterns and picks out exquisite collisions of line and form in the most ordinary places. He likes taking photographs with humour and enjoys the reaction from people when they see them. He gained his living as a news and celebrity photographer. In 2002, he joined the online street photographers’ collective In-Public and had his first exhibition. After that, many exhibitions followed, amongst others at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, the Photofusion photography center in London, the Museum of London, the London Festival of Photography and the London Street Photography Festival. Nils led street photography workshops at the Tate Modern in London and was published in the book ‘Street Photography Now’, Thames and Hudson. Since 2011, he works as a freelance photographer. We are honoured to have won Nils with a slideshow of his photographs at the Slide Night.

4) Kristin Van Den Eede

instagram.com/kristinvandeneede
As a street photographer living in Belgium, getting lost in the urban jungle is a true passion of Kristin, and she is either constantly taking pictures or thinking about taking them. Almost all her spare time is devoted to photography. Together with her partner in crime, fellow photographer Kristof Vande Velde, she’s roaming the streets looking for images that excite or move her in some way. She is usually drawn to emotionally evocative scenes, extraordinary lighting or striking contrasts. Kristin was, amongst others, finalist in the Belgium Street Photography Contest 2014/2015 and the Miami Street Photography Festival 2016. She was also featured in two issues of the International Street Photographer Magazine. To follow her work and have a further look at her contributions to street photography, have a look at her homepage or her Flickr account. We are delighted to have this new talent on board for our Slide Night.

 

SPLUX @Troc’NBrol

It’s december again and Rotondes is hosting the 2016 edition of the Troc n’Brol!
The idea behind Troc’N’Brol remains the same as for the past 6 years: same substance, same rules, wonderful artwork auctioned by established artists and bidders forever grateful for the miraculous bargain and potential Christmas present.
However, Troc’N’Brol changes in its form: the event will run for two days as opposed to one. Here are the details :
Friday 16 December: swap meet starts at 6pm at Rotonde1. Music, food and drinks provided.
Saturday 17 December: bidding wars from 11am until 8pm
Around 8pm, the creatives announce the winning bids. Wanna know if you won something? Then, be there.
Works remain on the wall until 10pm.
Auction:
Everybody can partake and engage in any type of bartering arrangements with the artists. Just be creative with it. There is always the possibility to overbid. To make an offer, stick a post-it next to the artwork of your choice, with the following information (handwritten and readable):
– the offer in detail
– your real name

5 of our members are show their work on both days.

Véronique Fixmer
Dirk Mevis
Christophe Van Biesen
Giulia Thinnes
Tom Weis