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Kranj Foto Fest, ki se od leta 2021 vsakoletno odvija v Kranju, je festival sodobne fotografije, ki se poleg galerijskih in drugih razstavnih prostorov razteza tudi na javne površine in ulične galerije ter s tem aktivno vključuje mesto v svojo umetniško zasnovo. Dogajanje spremljajo predstavitve projektov in publikacij, delavnice, okrogle mize ter vodstva, izbor sodelujočih umetnikov pa poteka prek odprtega mednarodnega poziva, ki je letos prejel rekordnih 1181 prijav iz 80 držav. Čeprav festival zadnji dve leti nima vnaprej določene teme, se njegova peta edicija, ki poteka med 27. avgustom in 27. septembrom 2025, po besedah soustanoviteljice in direktorice Fernande Prado Verčič odziva na vse bolj negotov čas, v katerem živimo. Mednarodna žirija, ki so jo sestavljali Carol Körting, Emese Mucsi, Krzysztof Candrowicz, Sandra Križić Roban in Fernanda Prado Verčič, je izbrala 15 projektov, prvič v zgodovini festivala pa razglasila tudi dva zmagovalca: madžarskega fotografa Balázsa Turósa s projektom The Nature of Things ter beloruskega fotografa Pasho Kritchka s projektom Map of Memories. Na Glavnem trgu so med drugim na ogled fotografije v Kranju rojenega Matica Zormana, ki na razstavi z naslovom Pisma iz Gaze prikaže vztrajnost, izgubo in človečnost palestinskega naroda sredi nenehnega nasilja in dehumanizacije, medtem ko mednarodna povabljena umetnica Sara Meneses Cuapio v Layerjevi hiši predstavlja razstavo Raizhambre, ki ponuja intimni vpogled v njeno osebno povezavo z mehiškimi gozdovi ter sledi posledicam neokapitalistične in ekstraktivistične politike, ki ogroža prednike njene družine.
Kranj Foto Fest, held annually in Kranj since 2021, is a contemporary photography festival that extends beyond galleries and exhibition venues into public spaces and street galleries, thereby actively integrating the city into its artistic concept. The program is accompanied by project and book presentations, workshops, panel discussions, and guided tours, while the selection of participating artists is made through an open international call, which this year received a record 1,181 submissions from 80 countries. Although the festival has not had a predetermined theme for the past two editions, its fifth edition, taking place from 27 August to 27 September 2025, responds, according to its co-founder and director Fernanda Prado Verčič, to the increasingly uncertain times we are living in. The international jury, composed of Carol Körting, Emese Mucsi, Krzysztof Candrowicz, Sandra Križić Roban, and Fernanda Prado Verčič, selected 15 projects and, for the first time in the festival’s history, awarded two winners: Hungarian photographer Balázs Turós with the project The Nature of Things and Belarusian photographer Pasha Kritchko with the project Map of Memories. On Kranj’s Main Square, the works of locally born photographer Matic Zorman are on view; his exhibition Letters from Gaza conveys the resilience, loss, and humanity of the Palestinian people amid ongoing violence and dehumanization. Meanwhile, international guest artist Sara Meneses Cuapio presents her exhibition Raizhambre at Layer House, offering an intimate insight into her personal connection with Mexican forests and tracing the consequences of neo-capitalist and extractivist policies that threaten her family’s ancestors.
Umetnice_ki / artists:
Pasha Kritchko (BY)Ludovica Limido (IT)Sara Meneses Cuapio (MX)Balázs Turós (HU)Matic Zorman (SI)
Likovna kritika: Pia Miklič
Kranj Foto Fest, held annually in Kranj since 2021, is a contemporary photography festival that extends beyond galleries and exhibition venues into public spaces and street galleries, thereby actively integrating the city into its artistic concept. The program is accompanied by project and book presentations, workshops, panel discussions, and guided tours, while the selection of participating artists is made through an open international call, which this year received a record 1,181 submissions from 80 countries. Although the festival has not had a predetermined theme for the past two editions, its fifth edition, taking place from 27 August to 27 September 2025, responds, according to its co-founder and director Fernanda Prado Verčič, to the increasingly uncertain times we are living in. The international jury, composed of Carol Körting, Emese Mucsi, Krzysztof Candrowicz, Sandra Križić Roban, and Fernanda Prado Verčič, selected 15 projects and, for the first time in the festival’s history, awarded two winners: Hungarian photographer Balázs Turós with the project The Nature of Things and Belarusian photographer Pasha Kritchko with the project Map of Memories. On Kranj’s Main Square, the works of locally born photographer Matic Zorman are on view; his exhibition Letters from Gaza conveys the resilience, loss, and humanity of the Palestinian people amid ongoing violence and dehumanization. Meanwhile, international guest artist Sara Meneses Cuapio presents her exhibition Raizhambre at Layer House, offering an intimate insight into her personal connection with Mexican forests and tracing the consequences of neo-capitalist and extractivist policies that threaten her family’s ancestors.
Umetnice_ki / artists:
Pasha Kritchko (BY)Ludovica Limido (IT)Sara Meneses Cuapio (MX)Balázs Turós (HU)Matic Zorman (SI)
Likovna kritika: Pia Miklič
PODCAST
PODCAST
EMFAZNA ZALEDJA: KRANJ FOTO FEST (Balázs Turós, Pasha Kritchko, Sara Meneses Cuapio, Matic Zorman, Ludovica Limido)
Kranj Foto Fest 2025
Kranj Foto Fest 2025
O festvalu piše umetnostna zgodovinarka, likovna kritičarka in producentka Pia Miklič
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