E·CO 2010 in Spanien

E·CO 2010 in Madrid and Soria
Meeting of Euroamerican Photography Collectives
20 Fotografen-Kollektiven aus aller Welt versammeln sich im Mai 2010 in Spanien. Im Anschluß an eine Tagung in Madrid mit Diskussionen über neue Strategien von Produktion und Wahrnehmung von Fotografie findet in der Province Soria ein Arbeitscamp statt.

Es kommen zusammmen: Germany (Ostkreuz), Argentina (Sub.Coop), Brazil (Cia de Foto and Garapa) Costa Rica (Collective Wanderer), France (Odessa, Tendance Floue and Transit ), Italy (TerraProject), Mexico (Mondaphoto), Peru (Supay Photos and Versus-Photo), Portugal (KameraPhoto), UK (Documentography), Venezuela (ONG) und Spain (Blank Paper, NoPhoto, Pandora and Noise Photo) und Fotografen-Gruppen aus Ost-Europa.
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Meeting of Euroamerican Photography Collectives
A platform for thought and work around the new strategies of visibility and production in photography.

The Spanish Ministry of Culture organizes, under the Spanish Presidency of the European Union and coinciding with the bicentenary of the independence of many Latin American countries, E.CO 2010, a meeting of photo collectives for which are scheduled round tables that will discuss the problems of the photographic world, a workshop and two exhibitions, and other activities that will take place simultaneously in Madrid and Soria.

13.05.-15.05.2010 Madrid
E. CO – Meeting of photographic collectives
Discussion on alternative circuits of visibility and new strategies for the production of photographic projects. Establishing collaborative networks among members of the photographic community. This Meeting will take place in the Ministry of Culture.
In parallel, in Tabacalera’s Old Tobacco Factory, will be held a photographic exhibition related to the environment, curated by Claudi Carreras, that will show the latest works by the 20 collectives, aiming to publicize its current work, specially in the social and documentary areas.

16.05.-19.05.2010 Soria
E. CO – Workshop
in which photographers from all the collectives will photograph the province of Soria. With the resulting work will be created and mounted an exhibition that will be presented from 18 May in the former Bank of Spain headquarters.

As part of E. CO in Soria, there will be different activities that will occupy the streets, among them street projections, exhibitions of murals or visual events.

For the organization of the event, the Ministry of Culture has the support of the AECID, Spanish Agency of International Cooperation for Development, the company Epson, manufacturer of photographic and digital imaging, with the Town Hall of Soria for activities in that city.

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