The Reading Room project will present a wide range of books related to this year’s theme of cultura natura, from eco-activist books to theoretical studies on environmental issues, the Anthropocene, politics and gender in art linked to the preservation of nature, to exhibition catalogues and photo-publications representing both classical and contemporary photographers. Photography magazines such as Camera Austria and European Photography, and texts by the authors who will speak at the festival such as T. J. Demos, Philippe Descola, Maja&Reuben Fowkes, etc. will also be included.
| 22 Oct – 4 pm | Země / Půda |
| 23 Oct – 4 pm | Meeting with 3 gallerists who exhibit in unusual and out-of-the-way galleries Sam 83, Galerie Nashledanou, Galerie KABINET Střítež and UM UM Festival |
| 1 Nov– 4 pm | 3 x 3 student portfolios – 3 students from 3 departments of photography present their portfolios Department of Photography, Faculty of Art and Design, University of Jan Evangelista Purkyně in Ústí nad Labem Department of Photography, Film and Television School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague Department of Intermedia Studies, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Ostrava |
| 5 Nov– 4 pm | Barbara Benish, presentation of the book Art, Form, and the Environment: Engaging in Sustainability |
Ackonwledgement:
Academia, Argo, Archiv výtvarného umění, Black Dog Publishing, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., Fontána, Gaia Project, Heather Davis, PhD, Knihy Stehlík, Lumen Photography Foundation, MACK, Onomatopee, Oxford University Press, Picador, Pluto Press, Polity, The MIT Press, Transcript Verlag, University of Michigan Press, Univocal Publishing, VfmK Verlag für moderne Kunst, W. W. Norton & Company, Whitechapel gallery
