bookRoom at Belfast Photo Festival 2011
The Belfast Photo Festival is a biennial, which is Northern Ireland’s first major photographic event celebrating some of the finest national and international contemporary photography and visual culture.
Belfast Exposed (Photo-Book Lounge) Friday 05 August, 2:45pm
In this talk, Emmanuelle Waeckerle who is co-founder/director of Book Room, (University of Creative Arts London) will talk about their efforts to engage with cultural, artistic and creative production through debate and dissemination of on the page works. She will also be sharing her wealth of knowledge and insight into the various ways in which the book, the magazine and other on page works provide a vehicle for the spread of photographic, graphic and text based work.
Photography and The Book panel discussion chaired by Richard west, editor of Source magazine
Belfast Exposed (Photo-book Lounge) Saturday 06 August, 11:30am
This panel explores the impact of digital technology and online distribution on the practice and process of making photography books, whether they be commercial, independent or self-published. Also being discussed will be what the foreseeable future is for the photo-book.
Speakers include: Emmanuel Waeckerle (Book Room), Anna Pfab (Schilt Publishing) and Teresa Preira (Blurb).
4th – 14th August 2011.
www.belfastphotofestival.com
http://www.belfastphotofestival.com/events/talks/149-bookroom