Fotobok Gbg

2022

Through artist talks, lectures, exhibitions and workshops the festival is trying to raise different voices, support and highlight the regional scene as well as bring international books to town. The exhibitions will be on Georgian Female Photographers, Photobooks from Chile and the Swedish Photobook Prize. For a couple of days in November Göteborgs Litteraturhus will be filled with photobooks, releases, bookmarket, music and mingle.

Exhibitions

Georgian Female Photographers, in collaboration with Tbilisi Photo Festival
History of the Latvian Photobook, curated by Evita Goze
Photobooks from Chile
The Swedish Photobook Award
VGR Outdoor Exhibition

Wednesday 16 November

The festival opened with a Riso printing workshop for photographers with Stefano Conti at KKV. The workshop introduced participants to risograph printing and its possibilities for photographic work.

Thursday 17 November

At Göteborgs Bildverkstad, Stefano Conti led From Pictures to Fanzine, a workshop taking participants through image selection, InDesign, layout and the production of a finished fanzine.

At Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, Fotobok Gbg presented Artists’ Books på Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, a guided selection from the library’s Artists’ Books Collection. The visit explored the history and possibilities of the artists’ book through works from the collection.

Opening speech with Tina Umer and Mercè Torres Ràfols

Exhibition lecture with Nestan Nijaradze on Georgian female photographers, in collaboration with Tbilisi Photo Festival

Concert with Puppy Eyes

Friday 18 November

The Artists’ Books Collection at Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek was presented again through a guided collection visit.

Artist talk with Ines Sebalj
Exhibition lecture with Evita Goze on the recent history of the Latvian photobook
Artist talk with Helga Härenstam, presenting Ylandet & Människan
Artist talk with Lotta Törnroth
Artist talk with Minh Ngoc Nguyen, presenting Sour Sun

Saturday 19 November

At Göteborgs Bildverkstad, Emanuel Cederqvist and Lotta Törnroth led a photobook feedback session for artists working on book projects, focusing on publishing, funding, dummy awards and taking a project towards publication.

Artist talk with Hilde Honerud

Presentation by Johan Persson and Anna Roxvall of Till varje pris

Artist talk with Anna Strand

Zine release with Hasselblad Vänner

Zine release with CFF Periferi

Exhibition lecture with Nicolás Wormull on Chilean photobooks

Concert with Liis and Julius

Sunday 20 November

The festival concluded with a book market at Litteraturhuset, bringing together independent publishers and photobook platforms from Sweden, Denmark, Norway and beyond:

Heavy Books

Disko Bay

Sailor Press

B-B-B Books

Lodret Vandret

IL Editions

Neva Books

Fabrik Books

Journal

Blackbook Publications

Diep Publishing

Skreid Publishing

Dogwalk Books

Space Poetry

Monument

Null & Void

Boris Press

Art & Theory

Max Ström

Arena

Famn Publishing

Tira Books

Nobody Books

Pequod Press

Breadfield Press

Moon Space Books

The Lytlewode Press

Passage

Per Hanstorp

The festival is arranged by Fotobok Gbg and Centrum för fotografi together with our partners Svenska Fotografers Förbund Fotoförfattarna, Göteborgs Bildverkstad, Göteborgs Litteraturhus, Hasselbladstiftelsen, Hasselblad Centers vänner, Göteborgs Litteraturhus, HDK-Valand vid Göteborgs universitet with support from Västra Götalandsregionen and Göteborgs Stad.

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