fair_play history
FAIR_Play 2003
AWARD COMMITTEE_ Ahu Antmen (TR) art critic and curator, Angelika Richter (DE) independent curator and art historian based in Berlin and Halle (Saale), Charlotte Mailler (CH) indipendent curator , Edgar Schmitz (UK) visiting tutor at Goldsmith University and London based artist and writer, Heike Munder (CH) director of the Migros Museum in Zurich, Michael Darling (USA) modern and contemporary curator at Seattle Art Museum, Frédéric Moser & Philippe Schwinger (CH) artists, Patrick Huber (CH) director International Experimental Film & Video Festival Videoex Zürich.
CURATORIAL commIttee_ Ellen Pau (HK), Francesco Manacorda (GB), Kathrin Becker (Germany), Leng Lin (China), Michael Darling (USA), Michelle Maccarone (USA), Milovan Farronato (Italy), Ombretta Agro (USA).
ARTISTS_ Jonah Freeman (USA), Matt Saunders (USA), Margaret Salmon (GB), Vesna Bukovec (SLO), Cecilia Lundqvist (SVE), Jón Saemundur Auňrson (IS), Shahram Entekhabi (IRAN), Debora Hirsch (BRA), Nuno Cera (PT), Johannes Maier (D), Nicolŕs Serrano (ESP), Zhao Liang (CHINA), Wu Ershan (CHINA), Stella So (HK), GUP-py (JP), Sayaka Kasahara & Kenji Kamoshida (JP), Cacciagrilli (ITA), Gina Tornatore (AUS), Chiara Pirito (ITA).
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FAIR_Play 2005
AWARD COMMITTEE_ Anne Barlow (UK) curator at the New Museum, NYC, Jonathan Lahey Dronsfield (UK) director Centre for Contemporary Art Research, University of Southampton, Bernd Milla (D) director Deutscher Kuenstlerbund e.V., Berlin, Thomas Munz (D) editor & program curator transmediale - festival for art and digital culture, Theo Ligthart (D) artist, film director and author.
CURATED BY_ Virginia Hackermann (UK) artist and critic.
ARTISTS_ Bankleer (D), Ellen Bornkessel (D), Vesna Bukovec (SLO), Nicole Cohen (USA), Joe Frazer (UK), Javier Gálan (ESP), HK119 (FIN), Matthew Horne (USA), Dawn Kasper (USA), Lauren Lavitt (USA), Dominik Lejman (PL), Pia Lindman (FIN), Victor Lucas (USA), Jens Lüstraeten (D), Trine Lise Nedreaas (UK), Monika Oechsler (D), Tracey Rose (ZA), Prem Sahib (UK), Daniel Segerberg (S), Ninia Sverdrup (S), Akram Zaatari (RL).
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FAIR_Play 2006
AWARD COMMITTEE_ Nathalie Angles (FR/US) director of Location One's International Residency Program, NY, Harm Lux (NL/ DE) independent curator based in Berlin, Chus Martinez (ES/DE) director of the Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, Birgit Kohler (DE) film expert and programme-curator at Kino Arsenal in Berlin, Sven Wörner (DE) founder of the Cinémathčque Leipzig, Ivica Pinjuh (BA) theatre and film critic, editor of the magazine ‘SINEAST’ and assistant professor at the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Sarajevo, Marc Glöde (DE) curator and assistant professor & research fellow in the Department of Film Studies at the Freie Universität, Berlin, Peter Zorn (DE) film maker and media art curator, curator at Werkleitz Biennale.
CURATORIAL commIttee_ Ahu Antmen (TR), Luca Beatrice (IT), Yann Beauvais (FR), Madeleine Bernstorff (DE), Ricardo Mbarkho (LB), Mihnea Mircan (RO), Thomas Munz (DE), Nestor Olhagaray (CL), Barbara Perea (MX), Mark Webber (UK).
ARTISTS_ Ziad Abillama (LB), Jean-Noël Aoun (LB), Emilie Aussel (FR), Edson Barrus (BR), Rossella Biscotti (IT/NL), Sebastian Bodirsky (DE), Robert Cauble (US), Filipa César (PT/DE), Raffaella Crispino (IT/DE), Edgar Endress (CL), Mariam Ghani (US), Kinda Hassan (LB), Nina Hoffmann (DE), Nesrine Khodr (LB), Antonella Kurzen (CH/DE), Jannicke Lĺker (NO), Sukran Moral (TR/IT), Ciprian Muresan (RO), Matthew Noel-Tod (GB), Tiziana Panizza (CL), Emily Richardson (GB), Manuel Saiz (ES/UK), Özlem Sulak (TR), Andreas Templin (DE), Luis Emilio Valdés Rodriguez (MX), Vatamanu / Tudor (RO/CH), Ingken Wagner (DE), Yamashita / Kobayashi (JP/CH).
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FAIR_Play 2007
AWARD COMMITTEE_ Knut Asdam (NO) artist, Joan Leandre (ES) member of the OVNI Archives, Herbert Schwarze (DE) member of the selection committee for the International Film Festival Oberhausen, Berta Sichel (ES) director of the Department of Audiovisuals at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid, Maria Rosa Sossai (IT) art critic and curator, Gabriel Soucheyre (FR) director of Videoformes, Clermont-Ferrand, Noah Stolz (CH) curator of La Rada – space for contemporary art based in Locarno and editor for the art magazine Kunst-Bulletin.
CURATORIAL commIttee_ Miguel Amado (PT), Nathalie Angles (FR/US), Javier Duero (ES), Ovul Durmusoglu (TR/AT), Gridthiya Gaweewong (TH), Marc Glöde (DE), Katerina Gregos (GR/BE), Andrea Lissoni (IT), Genevičve Loup (CH), Tom Morton (GB), Talal Moualla (SY/AE), Natasa Petresin (SI), Lorenza Pignatti (IT), Pelin Uran (TR), Fatos Üstek (TR/DE), Sven Wörner (DE), Adnan Yildiz (TR), Tirdad Zolghadr (US/DE).
ARTISTS_ Yuri Ancarani (IT), Katia Bassanini (CH), Rossella Biscotti (IT/NL), Flavio Bonetti (IT), Jaco Bouwer (ZA), François Bucher (CO/DE), Sébastien Caillat (FR), Nuno Cera (PT/DE), Alexandra Crouwers (NL), Manon De Boer (NL/BE), Andrea Dojmi (IT), Isil Egrikavuk (TR/US), Esra Ersen (TR/GB), Cécile Evans & Ari Allansson (FR), Douglas Fishbone (US/UK), Elise Florenty (FR/DE), Stefania Galegati (IT), Amirali Ghasemi (IR), Tamar B. Guimarăes (BR/SE), GUP-py/Yoko Hata (JP/DE), Invernomuto & Moira Ricci (IT), Michael Koch (CH/DE), Rebecca Lennon (UK/DE), Max Luz (DE), Lynne Marsh (CA/DE), Edward McHenry (UK), Vincent Meessen (US/BE), Kevin Murphy (US/SE), Triny Prada (FR), Marco Raparelli (IT), Aldo Runfola (IT), Marinella Senatore (IT), Nico Vascellari (IT), Mariana Vassileva (BG/DE), Warman & Laukemper (NL/DE), Carlo Zanni (IT), Zapruder (IT).
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From an interview with
Franco Marinotti and Wolf Guenter Thiel.
.... when we developed the idea of producing a public screening of 19 works, by young or emerging international filmakers and artists, we asked 8 curators and experts of relevance in their field to present us their choice...we screened over 170 videos!
... enjoying the diversity and individuality of all projects... some documented performative elements while, in others, artists talked about themselves and their work... all had different editing styles and narrative structures... the most striking sensation was feeling an incessant tension between us, as viewers, and the artists, each with a subjective, different visual language...
...we evaluated the production of new, original images rather than the use of found footage, with the exception of those works where the use of ready-made footage or image-bank material was appropriate and conceptually consistent... our research is of course a very individual and personal one... undertaking projects like this one will help us develop our own 'learning by seeing process’...
...now we can't wait to see the reaction of the public and to receive feedback on the selected material...
...we wanted to create a stimulating situation, with a jury that would teach us, through their arguments, criteria and experience, a more objective way of defining what 'excellence' in ar t really is... we believe in the activity of 'learning in progress'...
experts can help us, in more analytical terms, to understand why we liked something...
...we aimed at a new generation of experts because we believe in them and we are sure they will have an impact on future developements.