PHOTOSTREET FESTIVAL 2016

A celebration of photography with exhibitions, workshops, guided tours, activities for kids, PHOTOshop, concerts – for three days in the Photo Street of Budapest in the framework of the Budapest Spring Festival

Between April 22 and 24, visitors are welcome at the Capa Center (8 Nagymező Street) and the Mai Manó House (20 Nagymező Street) during the Budapest Spring Festival. All day long, with extended opening hours, the two institutions offer a wide range of programs for all ages without admission. Photography-enthusiasts will have the chance to party to images of today’s Budapest while dancing to tunes of DJ Bootsie, or (as the only ticket program of the festival) attend premiere screenings of a documentary about the controversial American photographer, Robert Mapplethorpe as Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures is shown four times during the festival in English (with Hungarian subtitles). A unique feature of this year’s festival is that it is literally moving out into the street of photography and showcases its miniexhibitions and interactive installations in and around shipping containers, giving it an urban-spectacular feeling.

The Photostreet Festival is sponsored by: Budapest Spring Festival, Ministry of Human Capacities

All day events from Friday, April 22 through Sunday, April 24

Exhibitions in the Capa Center
34th Hungarian Press Photo
PROJECT ROOM: Eperjesi Ágnes – Homegoing

Exhibitions in the shipping containers
Photography departments of MOME – Moholy-Nagy University of Arts and Design, Kaposvár Univeristy, and Budapest Metropolitan University
@everydaybudapest, in collaboration with WeLoveBudapest – If you close your eyes and say Budapest, what image comes to your mind?

Capa-shop
Find your next favorite photography album, one or two Capa-toys for the kids in your family, or a cool bag for your books at the Capa shop set up during the festival.

Photo-projections on an outdoor LED-screen
Throughout the festival, enjoy projection of selected photo series on a huge LED-screen in the container area of the Photostreet Festival.

These are Our Pictures!
Amateurs and professionals exhibit their works in a DIY-fashion in a shipping containers provided by the Capa Center. Exhibitors, who were selected by a random draft, are expected to bring their ready-made prints, install the exhibition, and even present it to the public by giving an opening speech.

Photography Workshops in the Studio – get immersed in the art of taking pictures – from selfies through Polaroid to portraits with renowned photographers (registration only – see website for details)

Imagining Vision – RITES: interactive installation
Be part of a virtual world and play an exploration game based on amateur YouTube videos by using Oculus Rift and other gadgets.

Melt in – interactive installation
Melt into the world of the Capa Center and get your photo taken at our outdoor photo-booth based on an optical illusion.

All events and programs are free of charge at both the Capa Center and the Mai Manó House – with the exception of the documentary Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures (ticket is available at the Capa Center’s cashier).

Friday, April 22

12:00 noon Guided tour in the exhibition 34th Hungarian Press Photo – in Hungarian

5:00 pm After the Berlinale in Budapest: Mapplethorpe – Look at the Pictures

Filmmakers: Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato, 2016 (USA)
Runtime: 108 mins
In English with Hungarian subtitles

7:00 pm Wahorn Airport – improvisation-based concert, an adventure in music with András Wahorn on sax, Péter Román on doublebass, János Weszeli on drums, and Mónika Kucser on pozan.

9:00 pm Photo-associations in the language of dance – performance featuring talented dancers of DanceArt, reflecting on the images of the 34th Hungarian Press Photo exhibition

Saturday, April 22

11:00 am – 7:00 pm Arts and crafts activities for children – Capa folding paper maché toys, worksheets, and other games

11:30 am After the Berlinale in Budapest: Mapplethorpe – Look at the Pictures

11:00 am Guided tour in the exhibition 34th Hungarian Press Photo in English

4:00 pm After the Berlinale in Budapest: Mapplethorpe – Look at the Pictures

7:00 pm Vírus Est – A gondolat fertőz! – provocative lectures in Hungarian focusing on photography

9:00 pm Photo-associations in the language of dance – performance featuring talented dancers of DanceArt, reflecting on the images of the 34th Hungarian Press Photo exhibition

9:00 pm PHOTOparty: DJ Bootsie & VJ Manna Audiovisual Set – Dance to the images of today’s Budapest at a DJ-VJ party with images of Budapest by contemporary Hungarian photographers participating in the @everydaybudapest project launched by the Capa Center in 2014 and 2016: Orsi Ajpek, Krisztián Bódis, Sándor Csudai, András Hajdú, D. Hernádi Levente, Hirling Bálint, Kummer János, Kurucz Árpád, Máté Péter, Mudra László, Nándorfi Máté, Pályi Zsófia, Stiller Ákos, Szabó Balázs

Sunday, April 24

11:00 am – 5:00 pm FOTÓshop – discover the visual artists of the future at a photography fair

11:00 am – 7:00 pm Arts and crafts activities for children – Capa folding paper maché toys, worksheets, and other games

11:00 am Guided tour of the 34th Hungarian Press Photo Exhibition – in Hungarian with Barna Illés and his children

1:00 pm Photo-associations in the language of dance – performance featuring talented dancers of DanceArt, reflecting on the images of the 34th Hungarian Press Photo exhibition

2:00 pm Guided tour of the 34th Hungarian Press Photo Exhibition – in English

4:00 pm Farkasházi Réka és a Tintanyúl – interactive tell-a-tale concert with games and dances the little ones and the somewhat older ones as well

6:00 pm Photo-associations in the language of dance – performance featuring talented dancers of DanceArt, reflecting on the images of the 34th Hungarian Press Photo exhibition

All day from Friday, April 22 through Sunday, April 24
FOTÓMATA – have your photo taken with a photomat

Mai Manó Movie – every day 1st floor of Mai Manó House

During the Photostreet Festival, Mai Manó House publication’s are available for purchase at 50% discount.

Friday, April 22

11:00 am – 6:00 pm Camera Obscura

11:00 am – 6:00 pm La Belle Epoque, a turn-of-a-century photo-booth

11:00 am – 6:00 pm IMAGEwriting – IMAGE reading workshops

1:00 pm Mai Manó House Tour – guided tour of the studio house

1:00 pm – 6:00 pm Portfolio Friday Xtra – Picture Editors’ Club: get feedback from professional photographers and picture editors for free (registration is required)

2:00 pm – 6:00 pm IMAGE-games: arts and crafts activities for all ages

6:00 pm Mai Manó House Tour – guided tour of the studio house

8:00 pm Opening of Lajos Hauer’s exhibition
9:00 pm Lightpainting – exclusive light projection and guided tour on the Mai Manó House highlighting its hidden treasure

9:00 pm Zsuzsi Ujj and Kristóf Darvas concert

Saturday, April 23

11:00 am – 6:00 pm Camera Obscura

11:00 am – 6:00 pm La Belle Epoque, a turn-of-a-century photo-booth

11:00 am – 6:00 pm IMAGEwriting – IMAGE reading workshops

12:00 noon Mai Manó House Tour – guided tour of the studio house

1:00 pm Guided tour of the Lajos Hauer’s exhibition – by curator Gabriella Csizek

2:00 pm – 6:00 pm IMAGE-games: arts and crafts activities for all ages

6:00 pm Mai Manó House Tour – guided tour of the studio house

7:00 pm Guided tour of the Lajos Hauer’s exhibition – by curator Iván András Bojár

8:00 pm Barabás Lőrinc concert

9:00 pm Lightpainting – exclusive light projection and guided tour on the Mai Manó House highlighting its hidden treasure

Sunday, April 24

11:00 am – 4:00 pm IMAGEwriting – IMAGE reading workshops

11:00 am – 6:00 pm Camera Obscura

11:00 am – 6:00 pm GYÍK Workshop, miracle chamber of creativity

2:00 pm – 6:00 pm IMAGE-games: arts and crafts activities for all ages

3:00 pm Mai Manó House Tour – guided tour of the studio house

4:00 pm – 5pm International Pinhole Camera Day – presentation by Miklós Bölcsey in Hungarian

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Smártonék concert