Photobook Festival

As part of the special exhibition PHOTOBOOKS. Art Page by Page the Leipzig Photobook Festival  took place from 18 to 20 March at the GRASSI Museum for Applied Arts. In the lower and upper foyers, national and international exhibitors presentes current publications and projects. From individual artists and photographers to small and medium-sized independent publishers: The fair enabled a direct encounter with the makers. The fair was accompanied by readings, talks, portfolio-reviews and a get-together.

Opening hours:

Fri., 18 March 12 -10 p.m.

Sat., 19 March 10 a.m.-8 p.m.

Sun., 20 March 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Free entry to the festival!

(A ticket is required for the permanent and special exhibitions)

The exhibitors:

2focus on - kunst.kultur.verein, Vienna (Austria)
BLOW UP Press, Warsaw (Poland)
CODEX Wallbooks GmbH, Freiburg (Germany)
Carina Hesper, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Christian Reister + Christoph Schieder, Berlin (Germany)
dienacht Publishing, Leipzig (Germany)
Malenki.net, Bielefeld (Germany)
Million Books, Munich (Germany)
Need for Color, Sofia (Bulgaria)
NOKS Books & Volkan Kiziltunc, Istanbul (Turkey)
publish&print publishing house, Dresden (Germany)
Primitive, Brussels (Belgium)
Spector Books, Leipzig (Germany)
SpeicherART / Manuela Busch, Schwedt/Oder (Germany)
Stefan Canham, Hamburg (Germany)
The Angry Bat, Maribor (Slovenia)
The Eriksay Connection, Breda (Netherlands)
Unofficial.pictures, Leipzig (Germany)
shushushushu books, Berlin

Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle, Klasse Buchkunst (Germany)
Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig (Germany)
Stiftung Buchkunst, Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
F/Stop Festival Leipzig (Germany)

GRASSI Shop, Leipzig (Germany)

Program Overview:

18.03.–20.03.: Photobook Market

18.03.–20.03.: Guest Exhibition: The Most Beautiful German Books

Friday, 18.03.

5.30 pm: Curator‘s tour of the special exhibitions PHOTOBOOKS and ANALOG TOTAL with Silvia Gaetti and Calin Kruse in German

7 pm: Digital Talk with 10x10 Photobooks in English

7.30 pm: DJ Dfkt

Saturday, 19.03.

11 am: Panel Discussion „German Angst. About the German Photobook” in German

1.30 pm: Project Presentations

4.30 pm: Panel Discussion „Inside the Bubble: Making, Distributing and Collecting Photobooks“ in English

Sunday, 20.03.

10 am: Portfolio Reviews