ASIA-EUROPE EMERGING PHOTOGRAPHERS’ FORUM 2009
Photography Exhibitions and Forums
12 to 16 May, Check schedule below for times and venues
Presented by Asia-Europe Foundation and partners
Admission free

How can creative photography impact the perception of shifting economies in the globalised world? And in what ways can social cooperation and creativity meet in the space of indeterminate economic capacity?

Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) and partners present the Asia-Europe Emerging Photographers’ Forum 2009, which gathers 23 photographers and 8 facilitators from both continents to foster an exchange of works, thoughts and ideas that deal with the theme of “Creative Economies”.

The participating photographers will exchange their photographic narratives from Asia and Europe conceptualising documentary and digital photographic formats. Their works will portray indirect and alternative economic outlooks on gift economies, social cooperation to sustainable economies in Asia and Europe.

Through these narratives, the photographers will open different spaces of imagination, metaphors, fictions, reality and advantages within the context of the current economic crisis. To promote future visions and to overcome global financial instability at the local level, this process will show the diverse range of possibilities of the medium of photography.

Participating photographers include:
Peter Bialobrzeski (Germany), photographer and professor of photography, University of the Arts, Bremen (Germany);
Shahidul Alam (Bangladesh), director of “Chobi Mela” – International Festival of Photography;
Alex Moh (Malaysia), founder of the Kuala Lumpur International Photography Biennale;
Yee I-Lann (Malaysia) multimedia artist;
Hiromi Nakamura (Japan), curator of the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography;
Nathalie Belanchye (France), curator;
Masaaki Nishimiya (Japan), dean of the Photography Department of Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences;
and Martin Fuchs (Austria), Magnum Photo Editor.

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PUBLIC EVENTS SCHEDULE

TUE 12 MAY @ BALAI SENI LUKIS NEGARA

9.30am to 11am
The World According to Peter Bialobrzeski
Speaker: Peter Bialobrzeski (Germany)
Peter Bialobrzeski will take the forum on a journey looking back at the last 15 years of his career. He will highlight the important changes in his visual and conceptual approaches while explaining how venues and markets for the presentation of documentary works have changed during that time.

11.30am to 1pm
Sweet & Bitter – The Intimate Mirror of Contemporary Japanese ‘Girl’ Photography
Speaker: Hiromi Nakamura (Japan)

2pm to 3pm
“Creative Economies” And Photography
Speakers: Thomas Hundt, Director of Germany Trade and Invest GmbH; Alexander Stedtfeld, Director of Malaysian-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Stephen Ng, General Manager of Nikon Malaysia;  and Muid Latif, Board Member of Creative Commons Malaysia

3.30pm
Opening of Asia-Europe Emerging Photographers’ Forum 2009, Kuala Lumpur & Exhibition “Secured Area”

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WED 13 MAY @ THE ANNEXE GALLERY

7.45pm to 9.15pm
The Future of Photography
Speaker: Peter Bialobrzeski (Germany)
Peter Bialobrzeski will show in this talk important positions in contemporary western documentary photography and will give a prediction of how markets and showplaces for documentary photography will develop in the coming years.

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THU 14 MAY @ BALAI SENI LUKIS NEGARA

9.30am to 11am
Tools For Photographers – Magnum Photo Blog Presentation
Speaker: Martin Fuchs (Austria)
How Blogs can help and make a difference to a photographer’s portfolio website.

11:30am - 1pm
In And Out of Tokyo – Tokyo As Seen by Magnum Photographers From 1950s To Present
Speaker: Hiromi Nakamura (Japan)

2pm to 3.30pm
Chobi Mela – The International Festival of Photography Asia
Speaker: Dr. Shahidul Alam (Bangladesh)
While Chobi Mela is recognised as one of the most significant photo festivals around, it is in the nature of its engagement with the public, the diversity of its content and the depth of intellectual debate that it excels.

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FRI 15 MAY @ BALAI SENI LUKIS NEGARA

9.30am to 11am
Katakana Genngo: Best Imaging Language Is Photography
Speaker: Masaaki Nishimiya (Japan)

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SAT 16 MAY @ THE ANNEXE GALLERY

8pm onwards
“Creative Economies” Photography Exhibition Opening

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ABOUT ASEF

The Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) advances mutual understanding and collaboration between the people of Asia and Europe through intellectual, cultural, and people-to-people exchanges. These exchanges include conferences, lecture tours, workshops, seminars and the use of web-based platforms. The major achievement of ASEF is the establishment of permanent bi-regional networks focused on areas and issues that help to strengthen Asia-Europe relations.

Established in February 1997 by the partners of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), ASEF reports to a board of governors representing the ASEM partners. ASEF is the only permanent physical institution of the ASEM process. Since 1997, the Foundation has initiated projects engaging 14,000 individuals from Asia and Europe. ASEF works in partnership with other public institutions and civil society actors to ensure its work is broad-based and balanced among the partner countries.

http://www.asef.org

The Asia-Europe Emerging Photographers’ Forum 2009 is presented by ASEF, in partnership with the Ministry of Information, Communication and Culture, Balai Seni Lukis Negara, Goethe-Institut Kuala Lumpur and Japan Foundation Kuala Lumpur, with the support of The Annexe Gallery, Nikon Malaysia, Epson Malaysia, Japan Advertising Photographers’ Association, the Malaysian-German Chamber of Commerce and the German Trade and Invest in Malaysia.