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| 15 Aug 2023 | Laura Noble, artist, writer & curator | EP54 Subtext & Discourse | 01:01:05 | |
Laura Noble is the Director of L A Noble Gallery (LANG) in London. The gallery focuses on contemporary positions and features a majority female representation. Laura is also a writer, author of The Art of Collecting Photography, founder of FIX Photo Festival, a multidisciplinary artist, as well as being a judge on many photographic competitions and residency programmes, running workshops, participating on portfolio reviews and more. Interview with Laura Noble recorded by Michael Dooney on 21. July 2022 at The Nags Head, Walthamstow London. NOTES
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| 17 Jan 2025 | Anthony Luvera, socially engaged artist, writer, and educator | EP66 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast | 00:53:30 | |
Anthony Luvera is an Australian socially engaged artist, writer, and educator based in London. The long-term collaborative work he creates with individuals and communities has been exhibited widely in galleries, public spaces, and festivals, including the UK House of Commons, Tate Liverpool, The Gallery at Foyles, the British Museum, London Underground’s Art on the Underground, National Portrait Gallery London, Four Corners, Belfast Exposed Photography, Australian Centre for Photography, PhotoIreland, Malmö Fotobiennal, Goa International Photography Festival, Les Rencontres D’Arles Photographie, Oslo Negative, and Landskrona Foto Festival. His writing has appeared in a range of publications including Trigger, Photography and Culture, Visual Studies, Photoworks, Source, and Photographies. Anthony is Associate Professor of Photography in the Centre for Arts, Memory and Communities at Coventry University, and editor of Photography For Whom?, a periodical about socially engaged photography. Anthony is Chair of the Education Committee at the Royal Photographic Society, and a Trustee of Photofusion. He has designed education and mentorship programmes, facilitated workshops, and given lectures for the public education departments of National Portrait Gallery, Tate, Magnum, Royal Academy of Arts, The Photographers’ Gallery, Barbican Art Gallery, and community photography projects across the UK.
Anthony's official website. https://www.luvera.com/ Follow Anthony on Instagram to keep up to date with his projects. https://www.instagram.com/anthony_luvera/
Michael Dooney https://beacons.ai/michaeldooney
This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast was recorded on 30. October 2024 between Perth and London. Portrait photo supplied by guest. | |||
| 04 Apr 2023 | Narda van ’t Veer, collector, gallerist & agent | EP50 Subtext & Discourse | 00:22:25 | |
Narda van ‘t Veer, gallerist, photography collector and agent. In 1977 Narda van 't Veer stumbled upon the work of Guy Bourdin. Her love for photography was born and a few years later she graduated from her studies in marketing & economics at HTS, after which she founded an advertising agency specialised in fashion campaigns. Through her work as an art director she meets a variety of photographers and in 1988 she decides to start her own agency, Unit C.M.A. Today she represents national and international creatives working in the field of photography, illustration and film. In her thirty years as an agent van 't Veer also comes across a lot of art photography and many photobooks. This sparks the start of her own collection which features work by Helmut Newton and Collier Schorr among others. Next to that her extensive knowledge of and many connections in the field of photography lead to various projects like realising various photobooks. In 2012 van 't Veer starts her own gallery in collaboration with Jasper Bode. Via The Ravestijn Gallery she represents photographers like Inez & Vinoodh, Patrick Waterhouse and Michael Bailey-Gate Interview with Narda van ‘t Veer recorded by Michael Dooney on 6. July 2022 at L'Arlatan (Hôtel à Arles) in Arles, France. NOTES
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| 16 Apr 2025 | AIPAD Millennials: The next generation of photography galleries | 00:53:30 | |
This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show. AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the 2025 edition of its flagship event, The Photography Show. The fair will showcase photography from the earliest processes to cutting-edge contemporary work that pushes the boundaries of the medium, from April 23 – 27 at The Park Avenue Armory in New York City. Go to www.aipad.com/show for more information and to plan your visit.
The Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD) encourages public support of fine art photography through education and communication by enhancing the confidence of the public in responsible photography collecting. First organized in 1979, AIPAD and its current members span the globe with members in North and South America, Australia, Europe and Asia. AIPAD has become a unifying force in the field of photography and is dedicated to creating and maintaining high standards in the business of exhibiting, buying and selling photographs as art. - AIPAD official website https://www.aipad.com/ - Follow AIPAD on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/aipadphoto/ - Talks programme by AIPAD on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@aipadphoto
Douglas Marshall (Marshall Gallery) Founded in 2018, the Marshall Gallery works to promote the work of contemporary photo-based artists with an emphasis on experimental processes, printmaking craftsmanship and conceptual innovation. After working in many roles across emerging, established, and blue chip galleries, owner Douglas Marshall opened the Gallery's first Venice Beach space in January 2021 amid the pandemic before moving to Santa Monica's Bergamot Station in December 2021 where the gallery now resides. - Marshall Gallery official website https://marshallgallery.art/ - Membership page on AIPAD https://www.aipad.com/member/marshall-gallery - Follow Marshall Gallery on instagram https://www.instagram.com/marshall.gallery/
Michael Hulett (The Hulett Collection) The Hulett Collection is a fine art gallery specializing in classic 20th century and contemporary photographic works. Native to Tulsa, Oklahoma, Michael Hulett started in the fine arts world more than 15 years ago in Los Angeles and spent the majority of his career as the Director of the world-renowned Peter Fetterman Gallery in Santa Monica. He has curated more than 100 exhibitions across Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York, Paris and San Francisco. Michael brings his more than 20 years of knowledge of the medium's history and its foremost photographers to The Hulett Collection. - The Hulett Collection official website https://thehulettcollection.com/ - Membership page on AIPAD https://www.aipad.com/member/the-hulett-collection1 - Follow The Hulett Collection on instagram https://www.instagram.com/thehulettcollection/ and owner Michael Hulett here https://www.instagram.com/mikehulett/
Michael Dooney https://beacons.ai/michaeldooney This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast was recorded on 11. April 2025 between Perth (AU), Tulsa OK, and Santa Monica CA, with Riverside. | |||
| 11 Jan 2021 | Anne Schwanz, co-founder of OFFICE IMPART | EP38 Subtext & Discourse | 00:41:49 | |
Anne Schwanz co-founded OFFICE IMPART together with Johanna Neuschäffer in 2018. She studied art and art history at Caspar David Friedrich Institute, Greifswald University and after graduating in 2004 worked at Galerie EIGEN + ART until 2018. OFFICE IMPART is a gallery, but one that hardly corresponds to the standard definition of a gallery. One of the many impacts of the digital age that is key to the presentation of art is a new understanding of space as a multidimensional structure that can be linked in all directions. (read more) Interview with Anne Schwanz recorded by Michael Dooney on 23. November 2020 at OFFICE IMPART Berlin. NOTES
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| 04 Apr 2025 | AIPAD History: 30 years of AIPAD presidents take us behind the scenes of the world oldest photography dealer association | 01:05:36 | |
This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show. AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the 2025 edition of its flagship event, The Photography Show. The fair will showcase photography from the earliest processes to cutting-edge contemporary work that pushes the boundaries of the medium, from April 23 – 27 at The Park Avenue Armory in New York City. Go to www.aipad.com/show for more information and to plan your visit.
The Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD) encourages public support of fine art photography through education and communication by enhancing the confidence of the public in responsible photography collecting. First organized in 1979, AIPAD and its current members span the globe with members in North and South America, Australia, Europe and Asia. AIPAD has become a unifying force in the field of photography and is dedicated to creating and maintaining high standards in the business of exhibiting, buying and selling photographs as art. - AIPAD official website https://www.aipad.com/ - Follow AIPAD on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/aipadphoto/ - Talks programme by AIPAD on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@aipadphoto
Lee Marks (Lee Marks Fine Art) was a founding member of AIPAD and was President from 1991 until 1995. Established in 1981, LMFA represents a small stable of international photographers and presents bi-monthly, online exhibitions by theme or represented artists. She also advises collectors on other photography acquisitions as well as insurance appraisals. - Lee Marks Fine Art official website https://www.leemarksfineart.com/ - Membership page on AIPAD https://www.aipad.com/member/lee-marks-fine-art - Follow Lee Marks on instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lee.marks.9809/
Robert Klein (Robert Klein Gallery) was an early member of AIPAD and was President from 1995 until 2008. Robert Klein Gallery was established in 1980 and maintains an extensive and ever-changing inventory of 19th-century, 20th-century, and contemporary fine art photography. During his tenure, Robert engineered the 2006 expansion of The AIPAD Photography Show New York to the Park Avenue Armory, firmly establishing it as one of the leading photographic fairs in the world. - Robert Klein Gallery official website https://www.robertkleingallery.com/ - Membership page on AIPAD https://www.aipad.com/member/robert-klein-gallery - Follow Robert Klein Gallery on instagram https://www.instagram.com/robertkleingallery/
Stephen Bulger (Stephen Bulger Gallery) served on the Board beginning in 2001 and became First Vice President in 2003. He was President from 2009 until 2012. Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, opened in 1995, and offers an active exhibition schedule of 19th century, 20th century and contemporary international photographers. He has published numerous catalogues and books, and has curated over 120 exhibitions. Stephen is also co-founder and a member of the Board of CONTACT, Toronto's photography festival. He is a graduate of the School of Image Arts at Ryerson University, Toronto, where he was the founding Manager of the Ryerson Gallery. - Stephen Bulger Gallery official website https://www.bulgergallery.com/ - Membership page on AIPAD https://www.aipad.com/member/stephen-bulger-gallery - Follow Stephen Bulger on instagram https://www.instagram.com/stephen.bulger/ and his gallery https://www.instagram.com/stephenbulgergallery/
Richard Moore (Richard Moore Photographs) served on the AIPAD Board of Directors for 12 years and was President from 2017 until 2021. RICHARD MOORE PHOTOGRAPHS, founded in 2000, is a private dealer of photographs, primarily vintage works by 19th and 20th century American photographers. Specialties include California photography, The Photo-Secession, Group f/64, Dorothea Lange, Farm Security Administration (FSA) photographers, Social Documentary photography and Photo-journalism. - Richard Moore Photographs official website https://www.richardmoorephoto.com/ - Membership page on AIPAD https://www.aipad.com/member/richard-moore-photographs - Follow Richard Moore Photographs on instagram https://www.instagram.com/richardmoorephoto/
Michael Dooney https://beacons.ai/michaeldooney This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast was recorded on 21. March 2025 between Perth (AU), Toronto (CA), Shelbyville, IL, Oakland, CA, and Boston, MA (US). | |||
| 31 Oct 2023 | Anne Schwanz, gallerist at OFFICE IMPART | EP57 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast | 00:36:40 | |
Anne Schwanz co-founded OFFICE IMPART together with Johanna Neuschäffer in 2018. OFFICE IMPART is a multi-dimensional space and platform for contemporary art. Their activities take place on site in Berlin – or anywhere. The founders Anne and Johanna, are experts for (and on) changing the art world. They develop exhibitions on- and offline, with classically produced and digital works. They build bridges to art – and sell it. OFFICE IMPART recently received the 2023 VBKI Prize for Berlin Galleries with their exhibition Sandbox Mode, featuring the work of Mitchell F. Chan, Stine Deja, Andreas Gysin, Sara Ludy, Cezar Mocan, and The Roedalming Group. Interview with Anne Schwanz recorded by Michael Dooney on 29. June 2023 at OFFICE IMPART, Berlin. The artwork in the background of the portrait is by Jonathan Chomko 'Draw by Computer', 2022 Geometric primitives drawn by hand on a computer.
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| 15 Jan 2020 | Interview with Maria Gracia de Pedro | EP17 Subtext & Discourse | 00:38:18 | |
Welcome back everyone and hope that you had a great start to the New Year! It took a little longer that I had hoped to get the first episode online for 2020, however you'll soon find out that it was worth the wait. In today's episode I am speaking with Maria Garcia de Pedro. We first met a few years ago during Talking Galleries Barcelona and have been in contact since then. The plan was to record a podcast during LOOP Barcelona, but it just wasn't possible during the busy schedule. However following a hectic finish to 2019 and equally merry festive season we managed to record our conversation over Skype in the first week of the New Year. ---------- Maria Gracia de Pedro (b.1990) lives and works in Madrid, Spain. She holds a BA in Fine Arts (University of Zaragoza) and an MA in the Art Market (UDIMA-CEF University), with an Executive Certificate in Leadership in Visual Arts management (Deusto Business School, Guggenheim and NYU University) and an Entrepreneurial Certificate of Citizen Bootcamp (Deusto Business School and City Bank). Currently she is developing an PhD research, specialised in emerging artists. She is the director of JosédelaFuente (Spain), co-founder of Hiato Projects, fundraiser officer for Vessel (Italy), editor at Daily Lazy, and guest lecturer at URJC (Spain). Past work experience includes: Ruber Contemporanea (IT), Aldama Fabre (ES), Waterside Contemporary (UK) and Francesco Pantaleone Arte Contemporanea (IT). Maria is member of TIAMSA and IAC. ---------- Interview with Maria Gracia de Pedro recorded by Michael Dooney on 3. January 2020 in Berlin, Germany. Photo by Pedro Zarzoso. MARIA GRACIA DE PEDRO
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| 29 Mar 2022 | Saul Robbins, photographer & educator | EP43 Subtext & Discourse | 01:00:25 | |
Saul Robbins is interested in the ways people interact within their surroundings and the psychological dynamics of intimacy. His photographs are motivated by observations of human behaviour and personal experience, especially those related to loss, unity, failure, and the latent potential residing in traditional photographic materials and personal history. Robbins is best known for “Initial Intake”, which examines the empty chairs of Manhattan-based psychotherapy professionals from their clients’ perspective; “How Can I Help? – An Artful Dialogue”, a pop-up office into which he invites strangers to speak with him about anything they wish for free and in complete confidence. Robbins is also the father of a young boy and since 2012 has created several series of abstract “photographic drawings” and sculptures made from physically altered chromogenic paper and chemistry in response to his desire and struggles to start a family, including: “Where’s My Happy Ending?;” “Chemical Peels;” “Fertile Gestures;” and a new series of traditional photographs. Exhibitions include The Bolinas Museum, Blue Sky Gallery, Busters, Deutsche Haus at NYU, chashama (Windows Installation), Griffin Museum, Humble Arts, ICP, KOLGA TBILISI PHOTO, Lilac Arts, MASQUELIBROS Artist Book Fair, Lilac Arts, Massachusetts General Hospital, MICA, Museum of Fine Arts – Houston, New Orleans Photo Alliance, Ost Gallery, Moscow, Pelican Bomb, Portland Art Museum, The Educational Alliance, Philoctetes Center, Skirball Center, Mark Woolley Gallery, White Gallery (PSU), and others. His photographs have been published in Aufbau, Berlin Tagesspiegel, CPW Quarterly, D - La Repubblica, Dummy, More, The New York Times, Real Simple, TAM, and Wired, among others. Grants and awards include The Covenant Foundation Ignition Grant, Sony World Photography Awards (Finalist), U.S. Embassy, Tblisi, GE, AJPA Rockower, Gunk Foundation, and New York Foundation for the Arts. Curatorial projects include Intervening Histories, OFF_Festival, Bratislava (2015), Projecting Freedom: Cinematic Interpretations of the Haggadah (2010), Regarding Intimacy (2007), and No Live Girls, Peep Show 28 (2002). Robbins was awarded a NICA Stipendium from Berlin's Hoch Schule der Kunste in 1998, and received his MFA from Hunter College (CUNY) in 1999, where he studied with Roy DeCarava, Mark Feldstein, Juan Sanchez, and Thomas Weaver. He teaches photography in New York City and has been leading Master Workshops internationally, helping photographers and artists to incorporate communication and professional development strategies into their creative practice. Interview with Saul Robbins recorded by Michael Dooney on 14. May 2021 between Berlin and New York via Squadcast. Portrait photo by Matthew J. Bernuca
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| 07 Mar 2023 | Christophe Guye, gallerist and art dealer | EP48 Subtext & Discourse | 00:26:48 | |
Christophe Guye was the owner and managing director of a communications agency in Zurich for 15 years, which was taken over by an international agency network in 2004. Since 2006 he has worked as a gallery owner and art dealer for contemporary photography. In the same year, he opened his gallery – formerly SCALO|GUYE Gallery – in Los Angeles, which has been based in Zurich since 2010 under the name Christophe Guye Galerie and represents numerous nationally and internationally renowned artists who have expanded the medium of photography in a broader sense context of contemporary art. During this time he has organized over a hundred exhibitions in cultural institutions, museums and partner galleries in Switzerland and abroad. The gallery is also represented at international art fairs such as Paris Photo, Photo London, Unseen Amsterdam and Photo Shanghai. In addition, he advises numerous private art collectors and institutional collections on the development and expansion of their collections. Since 2021, Christophe Guye has also been a guest lecturer at the teaching and research center for the theory and history of photography at the University of Zurich. Interview with Christophe Guye recorded by Michael Dooney on 1. July 2022 at Christophe Guye Galerie, Zurich, CH. NOTES
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| 17 Oct 2023 | Alessa Widmer, curator | EP56 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast | 00:27:30 | |
Alessa Widmer is a young curator, PhD candidate and photography enthusiast based in Zurich, Switzerland. She is currently the artistic director of Photo Basel, Switzerland’s first and only international art fair dedicated to photography based art. Interview with Alessa Widmer recorded by Michael Dooney on 23. June 2023 in Zurich, Switzerland.
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| 18 Mar 2025 | Felix Hoffmann, artistic director FOTO ARSENAL WIEN | EP73 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast | 00:43:52 | |
Felix Hoffmann is an image and cultural scholar and the inaugural Artistic Director of the Center for Photography and Lens-Based Media FOTO ARSENAL WIEN and the Director of FOTO WIEN. From 2005 to 2022, he served as the Chief Curator of the exhibition space C/O Berlin, where he was responsible for exhibitions, programs, and strategy. He curated numerous international exhibitions, including Nan Goldin (2009), Robert Mapplethorpe, Peter Lindbergh (2011), Gordon Parks (2014), Ren Hang and Elfie Semotan (2018), and William Eggleston (2023), as well as thematic exhibitions like Eerily Familiar: Images of Terror (2011), The Last Image: Photography and Death (2018), and Send me an Image: From Postcards to Social Media (2020). - Follow Felix on Instagram here --> https://www.instagram.com/felix_hoffmann__/
FOTO ARSENAL WIEN is Austria’s new center for photography and lens-based media. Since 2023 it has been responsible for the FOTO WIEN festival, and starting in 2025 it will be responsible for the Festival Vienna Digital Cultures with the Kunsthalle Wien. Initiated as a media literacy center by the city of Vienna in fall 2022, FOTO ARSENAL WIEN explores all facets of photography. As a hub for photography and lens-based media in Austria, the institution brings together historical and international topics at the interface between analog and digital worlds as well as between static and moving pictures. FOTO ARSENAL WIEN presents the full spectrum of the medium of photography in up to twelve exhibitions held annually in a one-thousand-square-meter exhibition space—a combination of young talents, still-to-be-discovered photographers, and internationally known artists. - https://www.fotoarsenalwien.at/en/ - https://www.instagram.com/foto_arsenal_wien/
FOTO WIEN is a member of the European Month of Photography (EMOP), a European collaborative project that currently includes photography festivals in Berlin, Brussels, Lisbon, and Luxemburg. Once an insider event for Vienna’s lively photography scene, FOTO WIEN has become Austria’s largest festival of photographic images in over twenty years of collective commitment. It offers programs for a broad audience that is interested in art and contemporary events as well as a professional audience. FOTO ARSENAL WIEN has been the organizer since 2023. - https://www.fotowien.at/en/ - https://www.instagram.com/foto_wien/
Michael Dooney https://beacons.ai/michaeldooney This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast was recorded on 7. March 2025 between Perth (AU) and Vienna (AT). | |||
| 01 Apr 2025 | AIPAD Today: Evolution of the world’s oldest photography art fair | 00:46:56 | |
This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show. AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the 2025 edition of its flagship event, The Photography Show. The fair will showcase photography from the earliest processes to cutting-edge contemporary work that pushes the boundaries of the medium, from April 23 – 27 at The Park Avenue Armory in New York City. Go to www.aipad.com/show for more information and to plan your visit.
The Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD) encourages public support of fine art photography through education and communication by enhancing the confidence of the public in responsible photography collecting. First organized in 1979, AIPAD and its current members span the globe with members in North and South America, Australia, Europe and Asia. AIPAD has become a unifying force in the field of photography and is dedicated to creating and maintaining high standards in the business of exhibiting, buying and selling photographs as art. - AIPAD official website https://www.aipad.com/ - Follow AIPAD on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/aipadphoto/ - Talks programme by AIPAD on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@aipadphoto
Lydia Melamed Johnson is the Executive Director of The Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD) and has been in this role since autumn 2023. She first joined AIPAD in late 2021 in the role of Show Director for The Photography Show presented by AIPAD. Prior to this Lydia was in charge of Corporate Partnerships and the VIP Officer of Paris Photo New York. Earlier still she founded October Art Week while serving as Director of Robert Simon Fine Art in New York. Lydia is also a member of the Board of the Art History Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. - Follow Lydia on Instgram https://www.instagram.com/lydiamelamedjohnson/
Martijn van Pieterson is the President of The Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD) and has been in this role since spring 2023. He is the co-founder of IBASHO Gallery which he opened in 2015 together with his wife Annemarie Zethof. IBASHO means "a place where you can be yourself" in Japanese, and the gallery specialises in Japanese photography. The gallery has been an AIPAD member since 2018; Martijn joined the board in 2019 and the executive board in 2021. Born in Holland and based in Belgium, Martijn is the first European President of AIPAD. - IBASHO Gallery official website https://ibashogallery.com/ - Follow IBASHO Gallery on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ibasho___gallery/
Michael Dooney https://beacons.ai/michaeldooney This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast was recorded on 14. March 2025 between Perth (AU), Antwerp (BE), and New York City (US). | |||
| 05 Feb 2025 | Jessa Fairbrother, visual artist | EP67 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast | 01:06:13 | |
Jessa Fairbrother (b. London) is a British visual artist whose work spans stitch, photography, performance and drawing. The body is her main material. She holds an MA in Photographic Studies from the University of Westminster (2010) and trained at drama school in London in the 1990s. This laid the groundwork for her ongoing investigation of how art and audience collide. The artist book of her work Conversations with my mother, is held in collections at Tate Britain, the V&A, London and The Museum of Fine Art, Houston. Yale Centre for British Art and Bristol Museum and Art Gallery also hold pieces from this series. Her companion piece, Role Play (Woman with Cushion) is included in Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood – a Hayward Touring exhibition travelling the UK throughout 2024-2025 and included in the 2024 Thames and Hudson book of the same name by curator of the show, Hettie Judah. She is a Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust scholar, training at the Royal School of Needlework in historical hand embroidery, which she incorporates into her photographic work. This is now embedded in her long-term multi-faceted project A Fencing Manual for Women, which has also been supported in it’s development by a DYCP grant from the Arts Council of England, The Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Trust, Hosking Houses Trust, Gane Trust and GRAIN as well as private sponsors. Jessa became an RWA Academician in 2023. She works from her studio in Bristol, UK.
Jessa's official website. https://jessafairbrother.com/ Follow Jessa on Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/jessfairbrother/ Tate Papers: Severance: Jessa Fairbrother’s Conversations with My Mother 2016 - Jennifer Mundy https://www.tate.org.uk/research/tate-papers/33/severance-jessa-fairbrother-conversations-my-mother
Michael Dooney https://beacons.ai/michaeldooney
This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast was recorded on 27. October 2024 between Perth (AU) and Bristol (UK). Portrait of Jessa Fairbrother by Trish Morrissey in the Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood exhibition at MAC in Birmingham. | |||
| 30 Mar 2020 | Interview with Lena Fließbach | EP20 Subtext & Discourse | 00:47:58 | |
Still hard to comprehend how much the world has changed since this interview was recorded only four weeks ago, when I met up with Berlin based curator and author Lena Fliessbach to learn about her journey as an independent curator. As the pandemic was still yet to hit, there is of course no mention of it during our conversation. However her latest exhibition ZERO WASTE, which was due to open at the Museum of Visual Arts in Leipzig on the 26th of March 2020, is unfortunately postponed until further notice. I hope that we will still get to see this show as it presents many big picture issues - such as sustainability, globalisation and industrialised animal agriculture - which we are now all forced to contend with. Lena Fliessbach (b. 1982, Hamburg) has been working as a curator and author since 2007. She completed her studies in art history, modern history and Latin American studies at the Free University of Berlin and the Universidad de Granada, Spain in 2010 with the master's thesis "Aspects of Staging in Contemporary Street Photography". 2010-2011 she worked at Wenders Images and organised various exhibitions and book projects for Donata and Wim Wenders. After which she was the first participant in the two year curatorial program at Galerie im Turm, the municipal gallery Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg. Since then Lena has worked as an independent curator on a number of significant exhibition projects, often in collaboration with Hannah Beck-Mannagetta, which typically include an educational component under the title Walk the Talk. Her latest exhibition ZERO WASTE "takes a critical look at the current condition of our planet but also aims to imagine possible solutions, encourage alternative scopes of action, and propose visions for the future." More information about ZERO WASTE is available on the website of the Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, as well as the official exhibition instagram account. Interview with Lena Fließbach recorded by Michael Dooney on 28. February 2020 in Wedding-Berlin, Germany. LENA FLIESSBACH
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| 07 Jan 2025 | Wiktoria Michalkiewicz, REZO Agency | EP65 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast | 00:45:55 | |
Dr. Wiktoria Michałkiewicz is an interdisciplinary expert with extensive international experience in storytelling, talent management, journalism, and photography. Alongside her academic achievements—holding five degrees, including a PhD in Sociology, an MA in Social Anthropology, and an MA in Cultural Studies from esteemed institutions such as Stockholm University, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Lumière University Lyon 2, and Jagiellonian University—she has established a remarkable career as a contributing editor for prestigious international magazines like National Geographic, Harper’s Bazaar, and Vogue. Additionally, she has excelled as a film and photography producer, talent agent, and exhibition curator. Dr. Michałkiewicz has played a pivotal role in producing and curating exhibitions for renowned artists, collaborating with international festivals and institutions. Her diverse expertise extends to consulting and editing award-winning books, as well as serving as a PR and communications specialist. In one of her notable recent roles, she was part of Fotografiska Stockholm and Fotografiska International, contributing to its global expansion to Tallinn and New York. In 2021, she founded REZO, a consulting agency specializing in global career strategies for visual artists, talent management, international art PR, and art advisory services. Operating globally from Warsaw, Stockholm, and Lisbon, she continues to make a significant impact in the art world. Over the past 15 years, Dr. Michałkiewicz has collaborated with both legendary and emerging artists, contributing to their projects in various capacities—from curating exhibitions and producing films to editing books and developing communication and marketing strategies. She has been involved in institutions and festivals such as the Nordic Light Festival in Norway, Landskrona Foto Festival, Leica Gallery, and Fotografiska, working on exhibitions featuring artists like Albert Watson, Platon, Greg Gorman, Ralph Gibson, Ragnar Axelsson, Paul Nicklen & Cristina Mittermeier, Chris Rainier, Paul Hansen, James Nachtwey, Sebastião Salgado, and Ellen von Unwerth. Her international strategy and art PR work include collaborations with artists such as Kacper Kowalski, Cooper & Gorfer, Bastiaan Woudt, Maciej Markowicz, Lisen Stibeck, and Erle Kyllingmark. As an editor and consultant, she has contributed to award-winning book projects, including “Arche” by Kacper Kowalski, which was nominated for the prestigious Les Prix du Livre at Rencontres d’Arles 2022. Dr. Michałkiewicz’s projects have garnered numerous accolades, including Cannes Lions, Prix du Livre Les Rencontres d’Arles (nomination), and Sony World Photo Awards (1st Prize Landscape). She has also served as a jury member and portfolio reviewer at national and international competitions, further solidifying her influence and reputation in the art photography industry.
REZO Art and Photography Management Agnecy http://rezo.pl/en/ Follow Wiktoria on Instagram to keep up date with her international activities https://www.instagram.com/wiktoriami/
Michael Dooney https://beacons.ai/michaeldooney
This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast was recorded on 3. November 2024 between Perth and Lisbon. Portrait photo by Knut Koivisto | |||
| 17 Sep 2022 | Michael Barnett, ArtyGent | EP45 Subtext & Discourse | 00:47:00 | |
Michael Barnett is the art features writer for STATE-F22 magazine and special projects lead at Arts Bermondsey Project Space Gallery SE1. Cultural live interviewer for private views and events. Salon organiser for ARTPARTY & KARMA BASEMENT. Radio & TV work and Curator Exhibitions at Sea Spirit of Discovery Saga. Interview with Michael Barnett recorded by Michael Dooney on 2. November 2021 in London, UK.
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| 11 Feb 2025 | Pablo Giori, International Photography Festival Association | EP68 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast | 00:54:53 | |
Pablo Giori is the co-founder and director of the Experimental Photo Festival, the Ágora, School of Experimentation, and the International Photography Festivals Association (IPFA) in Barcelona. His interest in experimental analogue photography was born out of his work as a documentarian, historian, and archivist with the estate of Pere Català (Valls, Alt Camp, 1889 – Barcelona, 1971). The Catalan photographer, publicist, and writer is most known for republican posters and propaganda during the Spanish Civil War. He also had contact with various avant-garde associations in Barcelona, and his work can be related to photographers such as Man Ray, Moholy-Nagy, Renger-Patzsch and Sougez, among others. Pablo Giori holds a Bachelor's degree in Philology (National University of Tucumán), a master's degree in Cultural Studies (University of Girona), a master's degree in Strategic Communication (Universitat Rovira i Virgili) and a PhD in Contemporary History (Universitat de Girona). He has taken courses on Photographic archives management in the digital environment and on Preservation, conservation and digitization of photographic originals at the Institut d'Estudis Fotogràfics de Catalunya.
Pablo Giori's official website with information about his photography projects and academic work. - https://en.pablogiori.com/ - https://www.instagram.com/pablo.giori/ International Photography Festivals Association (IPFA) - https://www.photographyfestivalsassociation.com/ - https://www.instagram.com/experimentalphotofestival/ Experimental Photo Festival Barcelona - https://en.experimentalphotofestival.com/ - https://www.instagram.com/photographyfestivals/
Michael Dooney https://beacons.ai/michaeldooney
This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast was recorded on 3. February 2025 between Perth (AU) and Barcelona (ES). Portrait supplied by Pablo Giori. | |||
| 26 May 2022 | Kerem Asfuroglu, lighting designer & graphic artist | EP44 Subtext & Discourse | 00:47:38 | |
Kerem Asfuroglu is a lighting designer, graphic artist and the founder of Dark Source - a lighting design studio driven by social and environmental values. Following his graduation from Wismar University - Architectural Lighting Design MA in 2010, Asfuroglu has worked at Speirs+Major as a senior member of the creative team for almost 8 years. He worked on a diverse range of projects which include Battersea Power Station and Covent Garden Masterplans, Shakespeare's New Place, Medius House and City Point. He won several awards including Red Dot, Vox Juventa, PLDC, LAMP and Future of Urban Lighting. He was awarded with the title of Dark Sky Defender by the IDA in 2017 for his works advocating the importance of darkness. He currently works on the Presteigne Dark Sky Masterplan in Wales. His graphic art has been commissioned by Penguin Random House, British Astronomical Association and published in Arc Magazine since 2013. Interview with Kerem Asfuroglu recorded by Michael Dooney on 2. November 2021 in Hyde Park, London.
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| 06 Oct 2023 | Hannah Watson, gallerist & publisher | EP55 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast | 00:46:25 | |
Hannah Watson is the co-founder and director of contemporary art gallery TJ Boulting, as well as the director of independent art publisher Trolley Books. TJ Boulting was founded in 2011 by current director Hannah Watson and the late Gigi Giannuzzi, taking its name from the landmark Grade II* listed Arts & Crafts building it inhabits in Fitzrovia, central London. The gallery represents a dynamic group of emerging and mid-career contemporary artists across all mediums, and introduces more established and historic artists through thematic group shows. These are often collaborations with invited curators, such as In The Company Of in 2018 with Katy Hessel, Birth in 2019 with Charlotte Jansen and The Gaze in 2021 with Louis Wise. TJ Boulting is also the home of independent publisher Trolley Books. Established in 2001, Trolley publish a diverse range of titles presenting unique stories in photography, photojournalism and contemporary art. In 2005 Trolley received a special commendation from the Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards for its outstanding contribution to photography book publishing. Recent awards for the books include at the Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards for Siân Davey's Looking For Alice (2016) and Maisie Cousins's Rubbish, Dipping Sauce, Grass Peonie Bum (2019). Interview with Hannah Watson recorded by Michael Dooney on 23. July 2022 at TJ Boulting, Fitzrovia London. NOTES
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| 27 Aug 2020 | Dorothee Bienert, director of Galerie im Körnerpark & Galerie im Saalbau, Berlin Neukölln | EP31 Subtext & Discourse | 00:41:33 | |
Dorothee Bienert is the director of Galerie im Körnerpark and Galerie im Saalbau, Berlin Neukölln. Together with Kati Kivinen, director of Museum for Contemporary Art Kiasma Helsinki, Dorothee curated the exhibition Fragile Times. Supported by the Finnland-Institut Deutschland and hosted by the Galerie im Körnerpark, this timely exhibition opened at the beginning of July and will continue until the 18th of October 2020. Climate change, environmental pollution and mass extinction are just some of the issues causing us anxiety. But even with the realisation that human activity is destroying the very basis of life on our planet, very few people are making lasting changes to their behaviour. Galerie im Körnerpark is one of over 30 municipal galleries throughout Berlin and is part of the Kommunale Galerien Berlin network. This years KGB Kunstwoche (art week) will take place from Friday 28. August until Sunday 6. September 2020. The Fragile Times exhibition is supported by the Finnish Institute in Germany. Interview with Dorothee Bienert recorded by Michael Dooney on 18. August 2020 at the Café im Körnerpark, Berlin Neukölln. NOTES
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| 07 Sep 2020 | Harriet Roth, art historian | EP32 Subtext & Discourse | 00:47:07 | |
Dr. Harriet Roth studied Medieval History, Modern History, and Art History. She obtained her doctorate in art history in 1996 with a thesis on the Origins of Museums in the 16th Century under the supervision of Horst Bredekamp, at the Humboldt University in Berlin. Her various publications deal with museum history and the architecture of Richard Neutra. Since 2019 Harriet has been the curator of the Wochenende der Moderne project for the Bezirksamt Steglitz-Zehlendorf of Berlin, Office for Further Education and Culture. Interview with Dr. Harriet Roth recorded by Michael Dooney on 10. June 2020 at Onkel-Tom-Straße 87, 14169 Berlin, Germany. NOTES
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| 16 Feb 2020 | Interview with Marina Stanimirovic | EP18 Subtext & Discourse | 00:39:41 | |
In today's episode of Subtext & Discourse I'm speaking with Berlin based artist Marina Stanimirovic who creates contemporary jewellery, sound and installation art. Starting her journey in her home city of Paris at École Boulle, continuing to SEPR in Lyon and completing her MA at the RCA London; Marina shares these life changing experiences with us, the push and pull between contemporary art and contemporary design, as well as her first solo exhibition at Gallery Tator following a residency at Moly Sabata in France. Interview with Marina Stanimirovic recorded by Michael Dooney on 24. January 2020 at Marina's studio in Berlin, Germany. MARINA STANIMIROVIC
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| 13 Apr 2025 | AIPAD Female Leaders: Trailblazing women promoting photography in the art world | 01:10:45 | |
This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show. AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the 2025 edition of its flagship event, The Photography Show. The fair will showcase photography from the earliest processes to cutting-edge contemporary work that pushes the boundaries of the medium, from April 23 – 27 at The Park Avenue Armory in New York City. Go to www.aipad.com/show for more information and to plan your visit.
The Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD) encourages public support of fine art photography through education and communication by enhancing the confidence of the public in responsible photography collecting. First organized in 1979, AIPAD and its current members span the globe with members in North and South America, Australia, Europe and Asia. AIPAD has become a unifying force in the field of photography and is dedicated to creating and maintaining high standards in the business of exhibiting, buying and selling photographs as art. - AIPAD official website https://www.aipad.com/ - Follow AIPAD on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/aipadphoto/ - Talks programme by AIPAD on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@aipadphoto
Adelie de Ipanema (POLKA Galerie) Established in 2007 by Adélie de Ipanema and her brother, Edouard Genestar, Polka Galerie is located in the heart of the Marais district in Paris. The gallery represents over thirty photographers. Each year, within its 300 sq. meters divided into two spaces, the gallery organises ten exhibitions, which question the different forms of the Document within modern and contemporary practices. - POLKA Galerie official website https://www.polkagalerie.com/en/home.htm - Membership page on AIPAD https://www.aipad.com/member/polka-galerie - Follow POLKA Galerie on instagram https://www.instagram.com/polkagalerie/
Arnika Dawkins (Arnika Dawkins Gallery) Arnika Dawkins Gallery is devoted to presenting fine art from both emerging and established photographers, specialising in images by African Americans and of African Americans. The gallerist is passionate about connecting collectors to artwork that is significant, inspiring and provocative. As a fine art photographer and avid collector herself, she is a valuable resource to collectors and artists alike. The gallery's objective is to provide an educational platform that supports this burgeoning community of talented artists. - Arnika Dawkins Gallery official website https://adawkinsgallery.com/ - Membership page on AIPAD https://www.aipad.com/member/arnika-dawkins-gallery - Follow Arnika Dawkins Gallery on instagram https://www.instagram.com/arnikadawkinsgallery
Anna Walker Skillman (Jackson Fine Art) Jackson Fine Art is a world-renowned contemporary gallery, specializing in photography with a 33-year history of supporting artists and collectors. The gallery cultivates and guides both emerging and established collectors to the best fine art photography of the 20th and 21st century, across both traditional and innovative photo-based mediums. Working closely with collectors, curators, consultants, and designers, JFA provides expertise in a warm, welcoming space in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta, GA. - Jackson Fine Art official website https://www.jacksonfineart.com/ - Membership page on AIPAD https://www.aipad.com/member/jackson-fine-art - Follow Jackson Fine Art on instagram https://www.instagram.com/jacksonfineart/
Yancey Richardson (Yancey Richardson Gallery) Founded in 1995, Yancey Richardson represents artists working in photography, film, and lens-based media. The gallery is committed to working with museums, private institutions, leading art collectors, and other galleries to advance the careers of the artists we represent. Our current program includes emerging photographers as well as critically recognized, mid-career artists such as John Divola, Mitch Epstein, Ori Gersht, Anthony Hernandez, Laura Letinsky, Andrew Moore, Zanele Muholi, Mickalene Thomas and Hellen van Meene. Additionally, the gallery has presented exhibitions of historically significant figures such as Lewis Baltz, William Eggleston, Ed Ruscha, August Sander, and Larry Sultan. - Yancey Richardson Gallery official website https://www.yanceyrichardson.com/ - Membership page on AIPAD https://www.aipad.com/member/yancey-richardson-gallery - Follow Yancey Richardson Gallery on instagram https://www.instagram.com/yanceyrichardsongallery/
Michael Dooney https://beacons.ai/michaeldooney This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast was recorded on 25. March 2025 between Perth (AU), Paris (FR), Atlanta GA, and New York (US) with Riverside. | |||
| 22 Sep 2020 | Ángel Luis González, founding director of PhotoIreland | EP33 Subtext & Discourse | 01:08:00 | |
Ángel Luis González is the director of PhotoIreland, an independent organisation dedicated to stimulating a critical dialogue around Photography in Ireland and to internationally promoting the work of Irish-based artists. He won the David Manley Entrepreneur Award in 2011 for the PhotoIreland Festival project. In 2011, he launched ‘The Library Project’, a public resource library of photobooks, holding in excess of 3000 items from more than 300 publishers worldwide. The Library Project also gives name to Ireland’s Art Bookshop, a unique space in Dublin’s city centre, offering the photobook collection, an eclectic bookshop, and a productive gallery programme. He has been a portfolio reviewer at events such as Les Rencontres d’Arles, Format Derby, PhotoEspaña, and The Triennial of Photography Hamburg. He is responsible for books such as Martin Parr’s Best Books of the Decade, New Irish Works, and the ongoing TLP Editions. He contributed to Landskrona Foto 2016, focused on Photography in Ireland, and he is an invited lecturer at university programmes, such as the Fine Art Photography Master at IED Madrid. In 2019, he launched the public-facing project entitled ‘The Museum of Contemporary Photography of Ireland’ with its first instalment running 1-31 July as a 2000 m2 exhibition space, enquiring about Museums and Photography. The project will run every year during July as part of PhotoIreland Festival, until it becomes a fully fledged museum space. More recently, he developed OVER Journal, a new critical journal of Photography and Visual Culture for the 21st century, which was launched during PhotoIreland Festival 2020. Interview with Ángel Luis González recorded by Michael Dooney on 31. July 2020 with Squadcast.fm between Berlin, Germany and Dublin, Ireland. Portrait photo by Matthew Thompson NOTES
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| 17 Aug 2020 | Fiona Sweet, festival & artistic director of the Ballarat International Foto Biennale | EP30 Subtext & Discourse | 00:35:33 | |
Renowned for inspiring and intelligent delivery of uniquely crafted festivals and arts events, Fiona Sweet is an influential and highly sought after speaker, industry judge in Australia and internationally including at Les Rencontres De La Photographie, France; Fotofestiwal, Poland; and Triennial of Photography Hamburg, Germany. Prior to her appointment at Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Sweet was the founding Director of Sweet Creative, a leading design agency in Melbourne receiving prestigious awards from the Australian Graphic Design Association and the Victorian Government. Sweet co-founded Melbourne’s Acland Street Projection Festival and has served on the boards of the Melbourne Fringe, Chamber Made Opera, Shir Madness and Australian Graphic Design Association. She currently sits on the Industry Advisory Group for LCI Melbourne, and the Advisory Committee for the Discipline of Photography at RMIT. In 2018 Sweet was awarded an Ian Potter Development Grant assisting her research concerning international art festival best practice. Interview with Fiona Sweet recorded by Michael Dooney on 2. June 2020 via Squadcast between Berlin and Melbourne. Portrait by Chippy Rivera. NOTES
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| 26 Apr 2020 | Interview with Laura Hirvi | EP22 Subtext & Discourse | 00:48:59 | |
Laura Hirvi is the director of the Finnland-Institut in Deutschland (Germany), a forum for Finnish culture & arts, academia, and business in the German-speaking region. In this episode we learn about about her German-Finnish background and growing up with two cultural identities, her time spent in the USA and Asia, and how these experiences led her to become director of the Finnland-Institut in Deutschland. Since entering this role in 2015 Laura has increased the exchange between Berlin and Helsinki, as well as establishing and nurturing networks throughout Germany, Austria & Switzerland for promoting Finnish culture. The 2020 thematic focus at the Institute The Interplay Between Humans and Nature is especially timely in light of COVID-19 and heightened awareness of climate change. Interview with Laura Hirvi recorded by Michael Dooney on 20. March 2020 in Berlin, Germany. NOTES
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| 14 Nov 2023 | Stephanie O’Connor, photographer | EP58 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast | 00:40:47 | |
Stephanie O'Connor (she/her) is a Pākehā/tangata tiriti artist from Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa (New Zealand). She is currently based in Berlin, Germany. Her work uses photography as a vehicle to rework memory through obsessive editing, rearranging and compositing. Interview with Stephanie O’Connor recorded by Michael Dooney on 29. June 2023 in Neukölln, Berlin.
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| 12 Apr 2020 | Interview with Alexander Gehring | EP21 Subtext & Discourse | 00:36:12 | |
In today's episode I catch up with Berlin based artist and photographer Alexander Gehring. We met at his shared colour darkroom in Prenzlauer Berg where he prints his personal photographic projects. Working as a professional photographer Alexander has shot for a number of major publications throughout Germany, including but not limited to: Die Zeit, Zeit Magazin, Zeit Campus, Zeit Wissen, SZ Magazin, Capital, TAZ, Weltkunst, brandeins, Neon, Nido, Rolling Stone, Intro, Die Welt, Libération, Missy Magazin, 39 Null Magazin, bureau B, The Forumist, Bedroom Community, ideologic, studio stg, buero David Voss. He also shot my portrait featured in the Subtext & Discourse podcast title image! Interview with Alexander Gehring recorded by Michael Dooney on 13. March 2020 in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany. ALEXANDER GEHRING
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| 17 Jun 2021 | Pierre-André Podbielski, gallerist Podbielski Contemporary | EP39 Subtext & Discourse | 00:36:53 | |
Gallerist Pierre-André Podbielski, the founder of Podbielski Contemporary, describes himself a citizen of the world. Of Polish and German descent (father was Prussian raised in Berlin, mother Polish raised in Vienna), born in Geneva and bearing an Australian passport, he is fluent in English, French, German and Italian. A qualified architect (Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris), a passionate collector, he has become an art dealer and an active partner of Galleria Rubin from 2001 to 2009 - his main area of expertise was abstract painting, photography and site specific commissions. His participation in numerous fairs (Art Cologne, Artefiera Bologna, Miart, Preview Berlin, Scope Miami) has allowed him to establish a qualified network of contacts among artists, galleries, curators and collectors. In order to best consolidate such acquired experience and face new challenges, he has launched Podbielski Contemporary in Summer 2011 in Berlin. Interview with Pierre-André Podbielski recorded by Michael Dooney on 9. May 2021 between Berlin and Milan via Squadcast. NOTES
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| 08 Apr 2025 | AIPAD New York: The photographers, collectors, and dealers who grew the art market for photography | 00:37:06 | |
This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show. AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the 2025 edition of its flagship event, The Photography Show. The fair will showcase photography from the earliest processes to cutting-edge contemporary work that pushes the boundaries of the medium, from April 23 – 27 at The Park Avenue Armory in New York City. Go to www.aipad.com/show for more information and to plan your visit.
The Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD) encourages public support of fine art photography through education and communication by enhancing the confidence of the public in responsible photography collecting. First organized in 1979, AIPAD and its current members span the globe with members in North and South America, Australia, Europe and Asia. AIPAD has become a unifying force in the field of photography and is dedicated to creating and maintaining high standards in the business of exhibiting, buying and selling photographs as art. - AIPAD official website https://www.aipad.com/ - Follow AIPAD on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/aipadphoto/ - Talks programme by AIPAD on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@aipadphoto
Formerly a photographer and founder of The Center for Photography in Woodstock in 1977, Howard Greenberg has been one of a small group of gallerists, curators and historians responsible for the creation and development of the modern market for photography. Howard Greenberg Gallery—founded in 1981 and originally known as Photofind—was the first to consistently exhibit photojournalism and 'street' photography, now accepted as important components of photographic art. - Howard Greenberg Gallery official website https://www.howardgreenberg.com/ - Howard Greenberg Gallery on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/howardgreenberggallery/ - The Center for Photography Woodstock https://cpw.org/ Michael Dooney https://beacons.ai/michaeldooney This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast was recorded on 27. March 2025 between Perth (AU) and Berlin (DE) with Riverside. Portrait of Howard Greenberg by Bastiaan Woudt | |||
| 03 Aug 2020 | Catherine Evans, multi-disciplinary artist utilising photography, sculpture & installation | EP29 Subtext & Discourse | 00:39:08 | |
Catherine Evans is a Berlin-based Australian artist who works across photography, sculpture and installation. Her work focuses on geologic time and where this intersects with our own human timescales: as found in our bodies, their materiality and our lived-histories through colonialism and archaeology. Initially trained in science, and then photography, her work is characterised by a material intimacy that subverts the utility of everyday materials such as rocks, carpet and sticky tape to give unexpected shifts in our perception of light, weight and balance. After completing her studies at the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, she was recipient of a VCA Graduate Mentorship (2013) and Georges Mora Fellowship (2017). She has exhibited widely, most recently her work "Standing Stone" won first prize in the 2020 Neuköllner Kunstpreis, Berlin. Interview with Catherine Evans recorded by Michael Dooney on 15. May 2020 in Neukölln, Berlin. NOTES
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| 17 Dec 2020 | Felix Hoffmann, chief curator C/O Berlin | EP37 Subtext & Discourse | 00:41:46 | |
Felix Hoffmann, has been the chief curator of the C/O Berlin Foundation since 2005. He studied art history and cultural studies in Vienna and Berlin and worked at the Photo Museum in Munich, the Kupferstich-Kabinett Dresden and the Museum Folkwang in Essen. C/O Berlin is a charitable foundation that presents a cultural program with an international standing. The exhibition venue for photography and visual media shows works by renowned artists, promotes emerging talents and accompanies children, teenagers and adults on their journeys of discovery through our visual culture. Interview with Felix Hoffmann recorded by Michael Dooney on 10. November 2020 at C/O Berlin. NOTES
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| 25 May 2020 | Interview with Peggy Sue Amison | EP24 Subtext & Discourse | 00:52:41 | |
Peggy Sue Amison is the Artistic Director for East Wing - a platform for photography founded in Doha, Qatar. As a curator, writer, strategist, mentor and photographic consultant, Peggy Sue has collaborated with numerous emerging and established photographers, festivals and publications internationally. Prior to working with East Wing, Peggy Sue was Artistic Director of Sirius Arts Centre in Ireland (2001 – 2014) where she headed a multidisciplinary visual arts and residency programme. Her passion lies in creating synergies between artists and professional organisations. Peggy Sue has been an invited speaker, juror and critic at numerous meeting places for photography and contests including board member of Belfast Photo Festival from 2012 - 2016. For the last six years she has also contributed to the development of the artist residency programme, PICTURE BERLIN in Germany. Peggy Sue has curated exhibitions in Dubai, Ireland, Berlin, Poland, Denmark and China, written for various international photographic publications and artist catalogues and has independently produced photographic events. Interview with Peggy Sue Amison recorded by Michael Dooney on 25. April 2020 between Berlin & San Diego with Squadcast. Photo by Michael MacSweeney / Provision, In Transit at Crawford Art Gallery, Cork Ireland. NOTES
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| 28 Nov 2023 | Boris Eldagsen, visual artist | EP59 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast | 00:38:14 | |
Boris Eldagsen was born in Pirmasens, West Germany, in 1970. He studied media and drama, philosophy, and German studies at the University of Cologne (1991–92). From 1992 to 1998 he concurrently studied philosophy at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, and visual art at Mainz Academy of Fine Arts. During that time, he also studied visual art at the Sarojini Naidu School of Arts and Communication in the University of Hyderabad, India (1994); and conceptual art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, Czech Republic (1995). He has presented nine solo exhibitions in Australia, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom including those at the Rencontres d’Arles, Edinburgh Art Festival, and the Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney. His work has featured in twenty-one group exhibitions and festivals in Asia, Europe, and South America including Chobi Mela in Bangladesh; Encontros da Imagem in Braga, Portugal; FestFoto in Porto Alegre, Brazil; FORMAT Festival in Derby, United Kingdom; and PhotoVisa in Krasnodar, Russia. He has won a number of awards including the Voies-Off Award, Arles (2014); best show at FORMAT festival, Derby (2015); and the Open Competition Creative prize at the Sony World Photography Awards (2023), which he declined to accept. Boris Eldagsen is a member of Deutsche Fotografische Akademie, responsible for their online activities, and, since 2019, a digital consultant to Roger Ballen. He lives and works in Berlin.
Interview with Boris Eldagsen recorded by Michael Dooney on 6. July 2023 at the LUMA Foundation in Arles, France.
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| 18 Apr 2025 | AIPAD London Calling: The UK photo market, Japanese Photography, and obsessive collecting | 00:45:33 | |
This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show. AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the 2025 edition of its flagship event, The Photography Show. The fair will showcase photography from the earliest processes to cutting-edge contemporary work that pushes the boundaries of the medium, from April 23 – 27 at The Park Avenue Armory in New York City. Go to www.aipad.com/show for more information and to plan your visit.
The Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD) encourages public support of fine art photography through education and communication by enhancing the confidence of the public in responsible photography collecting. First organized in 1979, AIPAD and its current members span the globe with members in North and South America, Australia, Europe and Asia. AIPAD has become a unifying force in the field of photography and is dedicated to creating and maintaining high standards in the business of exhibiting, buying and selling photographs as art. - AIPAD official website https://www.aipad.com/ - Follow AIPAD on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/aipadphoto/ - Talks programme by AIPAD on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@aipadphoto
The Michael Hoppen Gallery opened in 1992 and is founded on a passion for photography. As a gallery we are renowned for nurturing the careers of new and interesting artists and exhibiting them alongside acknowledged nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first century photographic masters. We are passionate about the photograph and all that concerns this extraordinary art form. - Michael Hoppen Gallery official website https://www.michaelhoppengallery.com/ - Michael Hoppen Gallery on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/michaelhoppengallery/
Michael Dooney https://beacons.ai/michaeldooney This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast was recorded on 15. April 2025 between Perth (AU) and London (UK) with Riverside. | |||
| 24 Jun 2021 | Elena Feijoo, founder of Exgirlfriend and HER | EP40 Subtext & Discourse | 00:56:31 | |
Elena Feijoo is the founder and managing director of the Berlin based art gallery Exgirlfriend EGF UG & the non-profit art studio building/art service provider Human Esthetic Resources HER gUG. Exgirlfriend is a contemporary art gallery showcasing experimental works from emerging artists, and HER is a studio complex and non-profit art service provider. Elena Feijoo is the majority shareholder of both businesses and currently manages all aspects of their daily operations. Interview with Elena Feijoo recorded by Michael Dooney on 18. May 2021 in Friedrichshain, Berlin.
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| 11 Sep 2021 | Valerie von Meiss, founder of The Curve | EP41 Subtext & Discourse | 00:37:48 | |
Valerie von Meiss is the founder of The Curve a private project space and nomadic gallery in Berlin which has a focus on contemporary collage. the Curve is a private art space and nomadic gallery exclusively dedicated to the exhibition and promotion of contemporary collage art. Young emerging as well as established artists are given a platform here. Founded 2017 in the hallway of a private apartment in Berlin Mitte, the Curve regularly takes over pop-up spaces and believes in collaborations beyond the traditional gallery landscape. Interview with Valerie von Meiss recorded by Michael Dooney on 11. June 2021 at The Curve, Berlin.
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| 22 Apr 2025 | AIPAD On Collecting: How to start collecting fine art photography | 00:55:34 | |
This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World podcast is brought to you by AIPAD and The Photography Show. AIPAD represents fine art photography galleries around the world and is proud to present the 2025 edition of its flagship event, The Photography Show. The fair will showcase photography from the earliest processes to cutting-edge contemporary work that pushes the boundaries of the medium, from April 23 – 27 at The Park Avenue Armory in New York City. Go to www.aipad.com/show for more information and to plan your visit.
The Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD) encourages public support of fine art photography through education and communication by enhancing the confidence of the public in responsible photography collecting. First organized in 1979, AIPAD and its current members span the globe with members in North and South America, Australia, Europe and Asia. AIPAD has become a unifying force in the field of photography and is dedicated to creating and maintaining high standards in the business of exhibiting, buying and selling photographs as art. - AIPAD official website https://www.aipad.com/ - Follow AIPAD on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/aipadphoto/ - Talks programme by AIPAD on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@aipadphoto - AIPAD On Collecting Photography guide https://www.aipad.com/collecting
Sophie Wright is the Executive Director at Fotografiska New York, a position held since April 2022. Prior experience includes serving as Global Cultural Director at Magnum Photos from October 2003 to October 2020, where responsibilities encompassed developing and delivering global cultural programs, business development, and managing large-scale sales initiatives. Sophie Wright also worked as a Creative Consultant at Sophie Wright Consulting from 2002 to July 2011, focusing on strategy and communication for creative projects. Earlier roles include Deputy Editor and Gallery Manager at PLUK Magazine and Witness Gallery, and Non-Executive Director/Project Manager at MMAN Ltd. Sophie Wright holds a BA in Modern History from the University of Oxford and an MA in Art History from The Courtauld Institute of Art. - Fotografiska Global official website https://www.fotografiska.com/ - Follow Sophie Wright on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/wrightsophie/ and Fotografiska Global https://www.instagram.com/fotografiska/ - Fotografiska talks and presentations on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@fotografiska.global
Andra Russek is a certified member of the Appraisers Association of America specializing in the field of fine art photography. She has been working in her field since 2000 when she became the assistant in the conservation department at the George Eastman House, Museum of Photography. She continued her work at Swann Galleries, New York as a Specialist from 2002 – 2005. In 2005 she joined the Photographs Department at Sotheby’s New York as a Specialist/Senior Cataloguer. In her role at both auction houses she catalogued and valued photographs for four to six sales per year. At Sotheby’s she worked on important sales including Important Photographs from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Including Works from the Gilman Paper Company Collection and Photographs from the Private Collection of Margaret W. Weston. Andra is currently the Director of Scheinbaum & Russek Ltd., a gallery specializing in 20th century and contemporary photography. - Scheinbaum & Russek Ltd. official website https://www.photographydealers.com/ - Membership page on AIPAD https://www.aipad.com/member/scheinbaum-russek-ltd - Follow Scheinbaum & Russek Ltd. on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/scheinbaumrussek/ - Straight Talk on Collecting Photography https://www.youtube.com/@scheinbaumrussekltd8037
Michael Dooney https://beacons.ai/michaeldooney This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast was recorded on 18. March 2025 between Perth (AU) and New York (US) with Riverside. | |||
| 20 Jul 2020 | April Gertler, social practice artist & founder of PICTURE BERLIN residency | EP28 Subtext & Discourse | 00:48:04 | |
April Gertler is an American artist who has been living and working in Berlin since 2005. She studied at University California, Berkeley (BA, Social Science Interdisciplinary Studies - Hons), California College of the Arts (BFA - Photography) and Bard College (MFA - Photography). April did an exchange semester at the Städelschule in Frankfurt/Main, which is what initially brought her to Germany. After finishing her MFA, she returned to Frankfurt and subsequently moved to Berlin. April's work is preoccupied with the idea of the communal experience of a moment as an access point. That access point has taken a variety of forms including lecture performance with the sharing of baked goods, one night bars and exhibitions in additional to collaborative durational walks. She has exhibited and taught internationally. In 2009, April started a peer-to-peer knowledge exchange art program PICTURE BERLIN for international artists. The program has developed into multiple programs each year. Last year (2019) marked 10 years of the program and April and her team were awarded a significant Hauptstadtkulturfond from the Ministry of Culture for the project INTERIORS TO BEING, a month long festival of performance, exhibitions, walks and discussions which celebrated the alumni and participating artists from PICTURE BERLIN over the years. Since the start of PICTURE BERLIN, April has been simultaneously working on her own practice which has included other performative and curatorial projects such as Sonntag and TAKE THE CAKE - a hybrid baking show and lecture performance. In the Fall of 2020 April will be opening a new project space in Neukölln called WIRWIR, with Adrian Schiesser. April's most recent projects include the Sonntag Book, an overview of Sonntag - a collaborative project she has been doing with Adrian Schiesser which invites an artist to show their work in a private apartment for a Sunday afternoon presentation. The artist's favourite cake is also served during the matinee exhibition. April and Adrian have been doing the project since 2012. In addition, she recently finished a new episode of TAKE THE CAKE titled, APPELTAART which she performed in Amsterdam. April has been teaching Analog Photography as an Adjunct Professor at Bard College Berlin in Berlin, Germany since Spring 2016. Interview with April Gertler recorded by Michael Dooney on 29. May 2020 in Mitte, Berlin. NOTES
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| 22 Jun 2020 | Interview with Georgie Pope | EP26 Subtext & Discourse | 00:46:03 | |
Georgina Pope is a Berlin based curator who started her career working at commercial galleries and project spaces in Sydney, Australia. She is currently a curator for Independent Collectors, a digital platform for art collectors and the largest non-commercial archive of private collections worldwide. Georgie also works as art mediator at The Bunker Berlin, a heritage listed World War II air-raid shelter and home to Karen and Christian Boros private collection of contemporary art. Completing the Curatorial Practice and Contemporary Arts course at the School for Curatorial Studies Venice in 2018 consolidated her previous art world experiences. This enabled her individual curatorial interests to become more focused on activation of art works; whether through education, presentation or other forms of audience engagement. Leading to an increased involvement with preformative art and the opportunities this experiential medium provides - not least of which includes the increased interest from art collectors who wish to support and be more involved in this recently institutionalised part of the art world and relative newcomer to the art market. Interview with Georgina Pope recorded by Michael Dooney on 12. May 2020 in Kreuzberg, Berlin. NOTES
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| 29 Oct 2024 | Wesley Verhoeve, photographer | EP61 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast | 00:52:20 | |
Wesley Verhoeve is an Amsterdam-based photographer and curator whose work has been featured in publications including the New York Times, National Geographic Traveler, Washington Post, Wired, New York Magazine, Volkskrant, and others. As the founding curator of the Projected series at the International Center of Photography, Wesley oversaw 96 exhibitions showcasing the work of over 300 photographers from 53 countries. He currently curates Process Projected, a bi-monthly exhibition series at the WIHH Gallery in Amsterdam. Wesley's first monograph, NOTICE, was published by New Style Publishing in 2021 and is now in its second printing. Every Sunday, Wesley publishes Process, a weekly photography newsletter focused on helping over 13,000 readers find their creative voice.
Wesley's website where you can pre-order NOTICE Journal Volume 1 https://www.wesley.co/ PROCESS Newsletter on Substack https://wesley.substack.com/
Michael Dooney https://beacons.ai/michaeldooney
This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast was recorded on 11. October 2024 between Perth (Australia) and Amsterdam (The Netherlands). Portrait photo of Wesley Verhoeve by Chris Michel. | |||
| 15 Mar 2020 | Interview with Boris Eldagsen | EP19 Subtext & Discourse | 00:37:00 | |
Hope that everyone is taking care in light of current events and the uncertain outcome of the corona virus. In today's episode of Subtext & Discourse I caught up with Berlin based photo media artist Boris Eldagsen. I've known Boris for many years now and in fact interviewed him back in 2014 when we presented his series Safety by Numbers in a group show about typologies. Picking up where the previous conversation left off, we find out how his artistic process has evolved over the past six years, the new direction his work has taken, how photography festivals were a game changer, the influence of Roger Ballen on his work and upcoming solo exhibition this summer during the 2020 edition of Les Rencontres d'Arles in the south of France. Interview with Boris Eldagsen recorded by Michael Dooney on 14. February 2020 at Boris's studio in Berlin, Germany. BORIS ELDAGSEN
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| 13 Nov 2020 | Maya Anner, chief curator PHOTO IS:RAEL | EP35 Subtext & Discourse | 00:37:07 | |
Maya Anner is a curator working in Tel-Aviv, and currently serves as the Chief Curator of PHOTO IS:RAEL, the International Photography Festival in Tel-Aviv. She was the Arts Manager at the British Council Tel-Aviv, the curator and art director at ArtLink and has worked at the Photography department at the MoMA and at Tel-Aviv Museum of Art. Maya holds an MA in Art History and a Diploma in Curatorial and Museum Studies from the Tel-Aviv University. Maya serves as a juror in various awards and festivals, recent ones include Photo Espana, Odesa Photo Days, Photo Lucida and Fresh Paint Contemporary Art Fair. Interview with Maya Anner recorded by Michael Dooney on 7. November 2020 with Squadcast.fm between Berlin, Germany and Tel-Aviv, Israel. Portrait photo by Daniel Tchetchik NOTES
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| 08 Jun 2020 | Interview with David Charles Collins | EP25 Subtext & Discourse | 00:46:17 | |
David Charles Collins (b. 1988, Perth, Australia) is an artist examining perceptions of identity and masculinity through the mediums of photography, performance and video. Based in Sydney since 2016, David graduated with an MFA from Sydney College of the Arts in 2017 under the supervision of Australian contemporary artist Julie Rrap. David’s work has been displayed in several exhibitions including solo shows at Perth Centre for Photography and STILLS Gallery as well as group exhibitions such as Pingyao photography festival in China. Most recently his work has been included in BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! a project by The Little Black Gallery, curated by co-founder Ghislain Pascal, to promote queer and gay photography. Publications which have reviewed David's work include: Australian Art Collector Magazine, Art Guide Australia, Scoop magazine and The Age. His work is held in collections including the Art Gallery Of Western Australia and the University of Western Australia’s Lawrence Wilson Gallery. Interview with David Charles Collins recorded by Michael Dooney on 12. May 2020 between Berlin & Sydney with Squadcast. Photo by Adrian Pinto. NOTES
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| 06 Jul 2020 | Piotr Pietrus, artist & social activist photographer | EP27 Subtext & Discourse | 00:45:46 | |
Piotr Pietrus is a Polish born artist and social activist photographer. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, Germany in 2008, and went on to do a masterclass with Arno Fischer at the Ostkreuzschule in Berlin, where he now lives and works. Possessing a strong contemporary documentary practice, his work investigates the sites where the poetic and political intersect in the wake of a growing resistance towards social injustice and the ecological crises. His work has been published widely including Greenpeace Magazin, Monopol, Süddeutche Zeitung Magazin, Der Greif, VICE, If You Leave, Phases and Aint Bad Magazine among others. Recently he exhibited with EEP Berlin, a new curatorial initiative dedicated to showcasing the strongest Eastern European photography to Berlin audiences. Interview with Piotr Pietrus recorded by Michael Dooney on 15. May 2020 in Neukölln, Berlin. NOTES
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| 07 Feb 2023 | Susan Bright, curator | EP46 Subtext & Discourse | 00:46:15 | |
Dr. Susan Bright is an Australian/British curator currently based in London. She has a specialisation in lens-based arts and contemporary visual culture with an emphasis on cross-disciplinary and international programming. She was a curator at the National Portrait Gallery in London before deciding to work independently in the early 2000s. Her professional life has brought her to live in London, New York and Paris where she has worked with many institutions on a wide range of projects. These include: Tate, Barbican, The Royal Academy, The Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, Saint Louis Museum of Art, Phoenix Art Museum, and The New York Public Library. In 2007 she co-curated the landmark exhibition How We Are at Tate Britain. This was the first major exhibition of British photography ever held at Tate. In the same year she curated Face of Fashion at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Other significant exhibitions include: Home Truths at The Photographers’ Gallery and The Foundling Museum, London (2014) and Playground at Serlachius Museum, Finland (2018). Her survey exhibition Feast for the Eyes toured to six major museums and galleries in Europe, Canada and the USA (2018-2021). In 2019 she was Guest Curator at PHotoESPAÑA. Exhibitions were held at Fernán Gómez Centro Cultural de la Villa, Museo Lázaro Galdiano and the Museo del Romanticismo in Madrid. In 2021 she was co-curator of f/stop 9: Festival für Fotografie in Leipzig. Bright is regularly invited to be a visiting speaker, critic and scholar at universities worldwide. She taught curatorial practice and visual culture to both art and art history students for fifteen years at institutions including Parsons and the School of Visual Arts in New York and Sotheby’s Institute and University of the Arts, London. She has authored and co-authored seven books. These include: Photography Decoded (Tate/Ilex, 2019); Feast for the Eyes: The Story of Food in Photography (Aperture, 2017); Home Truths: Photography and Motherhood (Art/Books, 2013); Auto Focus: The Self-Portrait in Contemporary Photography (Thames & Hudson, 2010); How We Are: Photographing Britain (Tate, 2007); Face of Fashion (National Portrait Gallery, 2007) and Art Photography Now (Thames & Hudson, 2005). Bright holds a PhD in Curating from Goldsmiths, University of London. Interview with Susan Bright recorded by Michael Dooney on 3. November 2021 in London, UK. Portrait photo supplied by interviewee
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| 11 Mar 2025 | Female Photoclub and European Month of Photography Berlin | EP72 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast | 00:56:21 | |
In this episode I am speaking with four members of the Berlin chapter of the Female Photoclub. A Germany wide professional association which aims to increase visibility of female photographers, advocates for equality in the industry, and raises awareness of issues such as pay inequality and lack of representation. In addition to the Female Photoclub, we’ll also be speaking about the group exhibition Invisible Lines: Reflexionen der Gegenwart, opening this Saturday 15th of March at the Alte Münze Berlin from 6:00pm, which showcases projects from 28 members of the Female Photoclub, and is included in the official program of the European Month of Photography Berlin. Michael Dooney https://beacons.ai/michaeldooney This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast was recorded on 9. March 2025 between Perth (AU) and Berlin (DE). Invisible Lines - Reflexionen der Gegenwart Under the title Invisible Lines – Reflexionen der Gegenwart 28 photographers from the Berlin Regional Group of the Female Photoclub explore the invisible boundaries of our society. In a time of growing conflicts and divisions, the photographs illuminate the subtle lines between closeness and distance, familiarity and otherness, community and isolation. “Invisible Lines” establishes a dialogue between individual perspectives and larger social structures, calling for reflection on the fractures of our time and encouraging ways to overcome them. - https://emop-berlin.eu/en/exhibition/invisible-lines/5624f791-8dd3-4d9d-8096-c29d75dc1bea/ - https://femalephotoclub.com/post/female-photoclub-berlin-invisible-lines-reflexionen-der-gegenwart-2025/ The Female PhotoclubThe Female Photoclub was initiated in 2017 and has been a registered association since 2020 for professional photographers. Currently, the club has around 500 members who are organised in nine cities and regions across Germany. The association’s goals are to increase the visibility of photographers, advocate for greater equality in the industry, and raise awareness of issues such as pay inequality and lack of representation. - https://femalephotoclub.com/ - https://www.instagram.com/femalephotoclub/ EMOP Berlin - The European Month of PhotographyEMOP Berlin is the largest biennial festival of photographic images in Germany. Museums, exhibition institutions, memorial sites, archives, libraries, collections, cultural institutes, universities, art academies and other educational institutions, municipal and private galleries and project spaces from Berlin and Potsdam - together with the exhibiting artists - are the key players in this open festival format. - https://emop-berlin.eu/ - https://www.instagram.com/emopberlin/ Photographers who joined the conversationNatalia Carstens is a freelance photographer based in Berlin, specializing in architecture and art documentation. Her work primarily focuses on art and cultural institutions, where she combines her two passions. In her personal projects, she explores how architecture appears in the absence of people, particularly in cultural spaces like cinemas, clubs, and swimming pools. Her photographs capture these spaces in their unique aesthetics and atmosphere. She completed her photography training at Lette Verein and holds a degree in Art History and Cultural Studies from Humboldt University in Berlin. Since 2024, she has been a board member of the Female Photoclub and leads its Berlin regional group. - https://www.nataliacarstens.com/ - https://www.instagram.com/natalia_carstens/ Catherine Lieser works with digital photography, with a focus on portraits. She was born in Essen in 1986, studied at the University of Television and Film in Munich and lives and works in Berlin. She is a part of the Female Photoclub and the Professional Association of Freelance Photographers and Film Designers. In her art projects she is dealing with the question of whether and how one can unlearn normative thinking and behavior, such as gender-specific categorisations. We as society are surrounded by an imagery that shape such thinking and behavior and her work is an attempt to create visual counter-narratives, that stand in contrast to the normative imagery. - https://www.catherinelieser.com/ - https://www.instagram.com/catherine_lieser/ Chiara Dazi is an Italian documentary photographer with a passion for sports and the East; she is interested in how collective memories and borders influence identities and how individuals and communities deal with the notion of belonging and traditions. Born in the Italian Po' valley, she studied languages and graduated in communication sciences at the Università di Bologna with a thesis on the ‘nostalgia for the former GDR’. She worked as a photo editor in Paris, then graduated from the Berlin Ostkreuz school of photography. After artist residencies in Georgia, Kaliningrad and the Republic of Moldova, Chiara currently lives and works in Berlin. - https://www.chiaradazi.com/ - https://www.instagram.com/frau_loesung Victoria Kämpfe is a photographer and art director whose work explores themes of feminism, identity, and belonging. Born in Chemnitz, she started her professional creative career in Detroit, USA - an experience that shaped her artistic perspective and deepened her engagement with themes of attachment and rupture. Now based in Berlin, she works across photography, fashion, and music, drawing inspiration from (sub)-culture and politics. With a background in anthropology, she explores the unspoken and challenges conventional narratives of beauty and power, inviting a closer look at what we see and why we see it. - https://victoriakaempfe.com/ - https://www.instagram.com/victoriakaempfe/ | |||
| 27 Feb 2025 | Enrico Stefanelli, Photolux Festival | EP70 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast | 00:43:08 | |
Enrico Stefanelli (b.1962, Lucca, Italy) is the founder and artistic director of Photolux Festival, the biennial of photography in Lucca, Italy. From 2010 to 2017, he worked as curator for the European Photo Exhibition Award (epea), a project sponsoring young photo talent, which developed as a collaboration between four European foundations, including the Körber Foundation in Germany. He has been appointed as an expert for portfolio reviews at Les Rencontres d'Arles, CENTER, Santa Fe - Colorado, and Kaunas Festival in Lithuania. He has sat on the selection committee of the World Press Photo Foundation's Joop Swart Masterclass, the Leica Oskar Barnack Award and the Prix Piclet. As well as the international jury for Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for Documentary Photography & Film. He has also published various texts on photography in the international specialised press, and has curated exhibitions of renowned photographers such as Gianni Berengo Gardin and Stanley Greene. In addition to Tim Hetherington, Jan Saudek, Horst P. Horst, VII Agency, Nobuyoshy Araki, Boris Mikhailov and David Douglas Duncan.
Visit the official website of the Photolux Festival: https://www.photoluxfestival.it/en/ You can follow both the Photolux Festival - https://www.instagram.com/photoluxfest/ - and Enrico Stefanelli - https://www.instagram.com/enricostefanelli/ - on Instagram.
Michael Dooney: https://beacons.ai/michaeldooney
This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast was recorded on 23. January 2025 between Perth (AU) and Lucca (IT). Portrait of Enrico Stefanelli taken by Michael Dooney on 10. July 2024 in Lucca, Italy. | |||
| 11 May 2020 | Interview with Joséphine Demerliac | EP23 Subtext & Discourse | 00:41:43 | |
Joséphine Demerliac (b.1992 Paris) is a Berlin based film director. Her first experience as a writer and producer was at 17 years old, staging a one time musical in Burgundy, France. After an Erasmus at the Freie Universität Berlin, she completed her Master in Economics at Sorbonne University, Paris. Since graduating, Joséphine has been living and working in Berlin where she regularly collaborates with other international artists. Parallel to working for award-winning production companies and technology startups, Joséphine has been shooting music videos for both her own compositions and other artists. In 2017 her piece La Bombe was nominated for the Berlin Music Video Awards, where it was screened alongside Coldplay, Massive Attack and Jamie XX. Her debut feature length film Le Soleil Brûle starring actors Dimitri Stapfer, Cecil von Renner and Zou is soon to be released. Interview with Joséphine Demerliac recorded by Michael Dooney on 16. April 2020 in Berlin, Germany. NOTES
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| 07 Mar 2025 | Joanna Szproch, visual artist & art mediator | EP71 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast | 01:13:20 | |
Joanna Szproch is a Polish, Berlin-based visual artist and activist. Her practice blends photography as a performative and instrumental medium with archival materials, writing, and participatory projects. She explores female resilience through embodiment and conviviality. Committed to analogue processes, she creates art books, installations, and collaborative works that challenge societal norms and empower women. Her debut monograph Alltagsfantasie (2023) reflects her bold artistic vision.
See more of Joanna's work on her official website (https://joannaszproch.com/), follow her new instagram page (https://www.instagram.com/joanna.szproch/), and subscribe to her substack newsletter (https://joannaszproch.substack.com/). Photo book video showing Alltagsfantasie on vimeo: https://vimeo.com/847340512
Michael Dooney: https://beacons.ai/michaeldooney
This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast was recorded on 19. February 2025 between Perth (AU) and Berlin (DE). Portrait supplied by artist with Droste effect. | |||
| 21 Mar 2023 | Marc Barbey, collector and founder of Collection Regard | EP49 Subtext & Discourse | 00:26:14 | |
Marc Barbey, Collector and Founder of Collection Regard, Berlin. Collection Regard is the photographic collection of Marc Barbey focusing on German photography, especially photography related to Berlin. Marc Barbey is administering the estate of Hein Gorny (1904-1967). Acting as an archive as well as an exhibition space, publishing house and gallery, Collection Regard deliberately takes a position between museum and gallery. The aim is to show largely unknown photographic works which deserve attention in a curated context. Publications and art events in form of Salons Photographiques accompany the exhibitions that are also sent on tour. Marc Barbey (*1971) grew up in Paris and studied international business at the Grande École (ESSCA) in Angers, France, and the Heriott Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland. The international businessman has been active in sales and business developments positions in the metal industry as well as the software business. In 2003 he moved to Berlin and founded a family. Berlin is the birthplace of his private collection and since 2016 he dedicates himself completely to the development of the different activities of Collection Regard. Interview with Marc Barbey recorded by Michael Dooney on 5. July 2022 at the Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation in Arles, France.
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| 18 Apr 2023 | Alain Servais, art collector | EP51 Subtext & Discourse | 00:43:40 | |
The Belgian collector, Alain Servais, started collecting art in the late 1990s. With a strong focus on emerging artists, Alain has built up a significant contemporary art collection which is highly versatile and forward-looking. Alain is also among the first to collect digital art and support young artists by offering residency program in his loft in Brussels where he keeps his collection. One of the most committed and passionate collectors today, Alain spends most of his leisure time visiting museums, biennials, galleries and art fairs, and sharing his insights in the art with his twitter fans. Interview with Alain Servais recorded by Michael Dooney on 7. July 2022 during the opening week of Les Rencontres de la photographie, Arles, France.
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| 21 Nov 2024 | Philippe Garner, photography specialist | EP62 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast | 01:04:25 | |
Philippe Garner was born in Aix-en-Provence in 1949. He was brought up in Brighton. After graduating in French and Latin from Bedford College, London, in 1970, he joined Sotheby’s Training Scheme and in 1971 started working as a specialist in late-19th-century and 20th-century decorative arts and in the fledgling field of photographs. He has played an influential role in raising awareness of the significance of our photographic heritage, both through his pioneering auctions and through his activities as a writer and curator. https://www.philippegarner.com/
Michael Dooney https://beacons.ai/michaeldooney
This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast was recorded on 18. October 2024 between Perth (Australia) and London (The United Kingdom). Portrait photo of Philippe taken by his wife Lucilla in 1985, from his passport issued January 1986. | |||
| 15 Oct 2024 | Tim Clark, 1000 Words | EP60 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast | 00:50:31 | |
Tim Clark is Editor in Chief of 1000 Words and Artistic Director for Fotografia Europea in Reggio Emilia, Italy, together with Walter Guadagnini, Director of CAMERA, Torino and Luce Lebart, curator, historian and researcher at The Archive of Modern Conflict, named as Photo Festival of the Year at the Lucie Awards 2022. He has also taught and devised numerous academic programmes, most recently at The Institute of Photography, Falmouth University and NABA, Milano.
1000 Words is a leading online contemporary photography magazine. It commissions exhibition and photobook reviews, essays and interviews in response to the visual culture of our present moment. Founded in 2008, the editorial commitment has always been to explore the possibilities for the medium whilst stimulating debate around current modes of practice, curation, discourses and theory internationally.
Sign up to the 1000 Words mailing list at the link below. https://www.1000wordsmag.com/ Details of the print publications Curator Conversations and Writer Conversations. https://www.1000wordsmag.com/curator-conversations/ https://www.1000wordsmag.com/writer-conversations/ Photography Festival Fotografia Europea in Reggio Emilia Italy. https://www.fotografiaeuropea.it/en/
Michael Dooney https://beacons.ai/michaeldooney
This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast was recorded on 14. September 2023 between Perth (Australia) and London (UK). Portrait photo provided by Tim Clark. | |||
| 06 Oct 2020 | ZERO WASTE exhibition at Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig | EP34 Subtext & Discourse | 00:51:29 | |
The group exhibition Zero Waste showcases international positions in contemporary art that point out the urgency to save resources, consume less, and live more sustainably. In diverse installations, videos, sculptural works, and photographs the artists investigate the global consequences of plastic packaging, tire abrasion, toxic chemicals, and the overproduction of consumer goods. Zero Waste will be realised by the German Environment Agency in cooperation with the MdbK and curated by Hannah Beck-Mannagetta and Lena Fließbach. The exhibition catalogue, published by the Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig (MdbK) and the German Environment Agency, contains essays by Hannah Beck-Mannagetta and Lena Fließbach, Sven Bergmann and Yusif Idies, Martin Ittershagen and Fotini Mavromati such as Minimal Mimi. The catalogue (130 pages, colour pictures) is available now from the museums pay desk at the price of 12 € and online from Do You Read Me. 100% of the proceeds from the catalogue will go to the tree-planting project by artist Andreas Greiner, with the aim of offsetting the CO2 footprint in the exhibition. The first field maple is planted in January, 2020 in Gohlis. A sponsorship of the "Aktion Baumstarke Stadt" of the city of Leipzig costs 250 € per tree. Interviews for ZERO WASTE with Lena Fließbach & Hannah Beck-Mannagetta, Erik Sturm, Wolf von Kries, Jeanette Stoschek, and Bianca Kennedy & The Swan Collective recorded by Michael Dooney on 24. June 2020 at the Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig Germany. NOTES
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| 28 Nov 2024 | Freo Majer, Forecast Platform | EP63 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast | 00:39:34 | |
Freo Majer is the founder and artistic director of Forecast, an international mentorship program that transcends disciplines and geographical locations to connect cultural practitioners with renowned mentors. Trained as an opera director, Majer looks back at a career as a director and producer in European theaters, opera houses, and at festivals, including at Mainz State Theater, Lucerne Theater, Bremen Theater, and the international festival Theater der Welt. Driven by his own experience, and recognizing a gap in the type of support available to cultural works, he changed paths and founded Forecast in 2015. Together with curators and festival directors from various European cities, he initiated the interdisciplinary research project Housing the Human (2017–2019). In 2020, Majer began a three-year collaboration with the ZKM and HfG in Karlsruhe and the National Academy of Science and Engineering acatech, developing prototypes on the eco-social research program Driving the Human. Forecast Platform - https://forecast-platform.com/
Michael Dooney https://beacons.ai/michaeldooney
This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast was recorded on 10. October 2024 between Perth (Australia) and Berlin (Germany). Portrait photo supplied by Format Platform.
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| 23 Nov 2020 | Nina Ross, artist, activist & parent | EP36 Subtext & Discourse | 00:49:36 | |
Nina Ross is a Melbourne based artist working predominantly with video, performance and photography. Her research led practice draws on individual experiences to interrogate the use of visual and textual language within political and personal spheres. Using the body, her work speaks to current global issues, while giving a voice to personal narratives and concerns. Beyond her personal work, Nina engages in various collaborative practices including co-founding Artists’ Committee (2017) and Artists’ Subcommittee (2018). In 2013 Nina received a Master of Fine Art (Research) with first class honours from Monash University in Melbourne, supervised by Peta Clancy. Nina’s thesis received the Vice-Chancellor’s Commendation for Master’s Thesis Excellence Award. Previous to this Nina obtained a BA (Fine Art Photography) Honours in 2006 and a BA (Media Arts) in 2004 from RMIT University. Nina has lectured sessionally in photography, art theory, conceptual development and professional practice at various universities including Photography Studies College and RMIT University (School of Media and Communication) in Melbourne. Since 2014 Nina has worked with a group of Melbourne based artists called Art/Parents. Together they explore the experiences of artists who are also parents. Interview with Nina Ross recorded by Michael Dooney on 30. August 2020 with Squadcast.fm between Berlin, Germany and Melbourne, Australia. Portrait photo by Hannah Reich NOTES
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| 18 Feb 2025 | Pilar Mata Dupont, visual artist & filmmaker | EP69 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast | 00:55:20 | |
Pilar Mata Dupont is a multi-award-winning Argentinean-Australian artist based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Her practice spans video, installation, performance, and photography. Using highly theatrical and cinematic methods, she uses allegory and narrative to reimagine/rework histories and classical texts and aims to create alternative readings that question the conditions of the construction of dominant narratives that shape history. In 2015 she won the Plymouth Contemporary Open in the United Kingdom, and a residency prize at the 19th Contemporary Art Festival Sesc Videobrasil in São Paulo, Brazil. She has shown work internationally in museums and galleries, including the Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul; Secession, Vienna; Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland; Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart; and, as part of Rencontres Internationales film festival, the Gaîté Lyrique, Paris. In 2012, she was a recipient of a Mid-Career Fellowship from the Government of Western Australia. In collaboration with Tarryn Gill, she participated in the Biennale of Sydney and won the Basil Sellers Art Prize in 2010. As part of multi-artform collective Hold Your Horses, she made work commissioned by the Akademie der Künste in Berlin in 2012.
Pilar's website with past projects and news about her practice: https://pilarmatadupont.com/ Updates and insights on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pilar_matadupont/ She is represented by MOORE CONTEMPORARY gallery in Perth, Australia: http://moorecontemporary.com/artists/pilar-mata-dupont/
Michael Dooney: https://beacons.ai/michaeldooney
This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast was recorded on 9. January 2025 in Perth, Australia. Portrait by Joris van den Einden. | |||
| 10 Dec 2024 | W.M. Hunt, photography collector | EP64 Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast | 00:49:42 | |
W.M. Hunt is a champion of photography: collector, curator and consultant who lives and works in New York City. He is also a teacher and writer and speaker on photography. He says that photography changed his life. It gave him one.
Official website where you can read Bill's series of essays: “Great Photographs … or, at least some really good ones” https://www.wmhunt.com/ Bill's instagram for Collection Blind Pirate (American Groups) https://www.instagram.com/wmhuntdbear/
Michael Dooney https://beacons.ai/michaeldooney
This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast was recorded on 10. October 2024 between Perth and New York. Portrait photo supplied by W.M. Hunt
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| 02 Nov 2021 | Jessica Backhaus, artist & photographer | EP42 Subtext & Discourse | 01:28:43 | |
Jessica Backhaus was born in Cuxhaven, Germany in 1970 and grew up in an artistic family. At the age of sixteen, she moved to Paris, where she later studied photography and visual communications. Here she met Gisele Freund in 1992, who became her mentor. In 1995 her passion for photography drew her to New York, where she assisted photographers, pursued her own projects and lived until 2009. Jessica Backhaus is regarded as one of the most distinguished voices in contemporary photography in Germany today. Her work has been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including the National Portrait Gallery, London, and the Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, MARTa Herford and the Kunsthalle Erfurt. To date, she has ten publications to her name; Jesus and the Cherries, 2005, What Still Remains, 2008, One Day in November, 2008, I Wanted to See the World, 2010, One day – 10 photographers, 2010, Once, still and forever, 2012, Six degrees of freedom, 2015, A TRILOGY, 2017, Far away but close, 2019 and Cut Outs, 2021. All books are published by Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg except Far away but close that was published by Another Place Press, Scotland.Her work is also featured in the book: Women Photographers by Boris Friedewald (Prestel Verlag 2014 and 2018). Her photographs are in many prominent art collections including Taunus Sparkasse, Germany, Art Collection Deutsche Börse, Germany, ING Art Collection, Belgium, Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA and the Margulies Collection, Miami, USA. Jessica Backhaus is represented by Robert Morat Galerie in Berlin, Galerie Anja Knoess in Cologne, Petra Becker/ International Art Bridge in Meggen, Robert Klein Gallery in Boston, Bridgette Mayer Gallery in Philadelphia, MiCamera Gallery in Milan, Carlos Carvalho ARTE CONTEMPORÂNEA in Lisbon and Wouter van Leeuwen Gallery in Amsterdam. Interview with Jessica Backhaus recorded by Michael Dooney on 21. May 2021 in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin.
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| 31 May 2023 | Barbara Wolff, photographer | EP53 Subtext & Discourse | 00:42:05 | |
Barbara Wolff, born in 1951 in Kyritz in the Prignitz region of the State of Brandenburg, is the daughter of photographer Werner Hinz. After completing high school she trained as a photographer in her father’s photography business and then went on to study photography at the Academy of Fine Arts, Leipzig. After gradating she worked as a freelance illustrator, photographer, and designer. During this period her style is defined by photographic collages and montages. Between 1982 and 1985 she lived in the village of Sechzehneichen in Brandenburg, where she pursued a personal, long term project about the village and its inhabitants. After applying to leave East Germany, Wolff moved to West Germany in 1985 and settled in Munich. Numerous trips to and stays in other countries followed, enabling her to discover places where she previously would not have been able to travel—such as Guatemala, Paris, and Vietnam. Since 1989 Wolff has worked as a freelance photographer and designer for the Linhof camera manufacturer in Munich. She taught Visual Communication and Photography as the Designschule München for twelve years. In the context of further freelance work, she has overseen the set-up and establishment of photographic studios in countries such as Brazil and Yemen, and she has held lectures on photography in China, Finland, and Vietnam. Today, Barbara Wolff lives and works in Berlin. Interview with Barbara Wolff recorded by Michael Dooney on 19. July 2022 in Berlin. NOTES
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| 25 Mar 2025 | Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the analogue photobooth - Rafael Hortala Vallve, AUTOFOTO | 00:45:21 | |
In 1925, 100 years ago, Anatol Josepho invented the first fully automated, coin-operated photobooth which he named the Photomaton. Stationed on Broadway near Times Square in New York City, over 250,000 Americans used the photobooth in its first year, paying 25 cents and waiting patiently for eight minutes while their photo strips developed. A game-changer for the world of photography, the photobooth would become ubiquitous in cities around the world. In the 1950s and 1960s, photobooths became a common feature at fairs, shopping centres and train stations and were loved by everyone from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to John and Jaqueline Kennedy and even employed by artist Andy Warhol for his now famous series of self-portraits. Fast forward to 2025 and AUTOFOTO is marking the booth’s 100 year anniversary with a series of globally connected events, profiles and celebrations including major exhibitions and interventions across London, New York and Arles, projects with community groups, artists and designers, plus special events centered around their London and Barcelona based booths and in partnership with colleagues across the Globe. - Official website: https://autofoto.org/ - AUTOFOTO London: https://www.instagram.com/autofoto.london/ - AUTOFOTO Barcelona: https://www.instagram.com/autofoto.barcelona/ - The Real Selfie Project: https://www.instagram.com/therealselfieproject/ - Photo London Fair: https://photolondon.org/exhibitors/2024-2/autofoto/ - International Photobooth Convention: https://www.autophoto.org/convention - The Photographers' Gallery London: https://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/2025-photographers-gallery
Rafael Hortala Vallve is the founder of AUTOFOTO, an analogue photobooth company based in London and Barcelona. AUTOFOTO have been rescuing and restoring original auto-photography machines for over a decade. Their restored machines can be found in locations across their two city bases. Their passion for analogue image making has led to a whole host of collaborations, workshops and events which bring a deeper enjoyment and understanding of analogue creative process.
Michael Dooney https://beacons.ai/michaeldooney This episode of Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast was recorded on 21. February 2025 between Perth (AU) and London (UK). | |||
| 21 Feb 2023 | Georgina Adam, art market journalist | EP47 Subtext & Discourse | 00:48:15 | |
Georgina Adam is a journalist and author who has been writing about the interactions of art and finance since the 1980’s. From 2000 until 2008 she was the Art Market Editor of The Art Newspaper where she is currently the Editor-at-Large. She is a contributor to the Financial Times Life & Arts Section, and lectures at Sotheby’s and Christie’s institutes in London. Georgina initially studied Islamic Art at the Ecole du Louvre and also lived for five years in Japan. She is the author of three books about the art market – Big Bucks: The Explosion of the Art Market in the 21st Century (Lund Humphries, 2014), Dark Side of the Boom: The Excesses of the Art Market in the 21st Century (Lund Humphries, 2018); and most recently The Rise and Rise of The Private Museum (2021). She is membership chair of Cromwell Place in London, and a member of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA) and The International Art Market Studies Association (TIAMSA). Interview with Georgina Adam recorded by Michael Dooney on 4. November 2021 in London, UK. NOTES
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| 02 May 2023 | Robert Morat, gallerist | EP52 Subtext & Discourse | 00:52:43 | |
Established in 2004, Robert Morat Galerie is a contemporary art gallery, primarily focussing on emerging positions in contemporary photography and photo-based art. Founded in Hamburg, the gallery has since moved to Berlin and is now located on Linienstrasse in the Mitte art district. The gallery is a regular exhibitor at international art fairs such as PARIS PHOTO, Photo London, UNSEEN Amsterdam or The Photography Show in New York. Interview with Robert Morat recorded by Michael Dooney on 13. July 2022 in Berlin. NOTES
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| 29 Jul 2019 | Interview with artist Cat Lamora | EP7.1 Subtext & Discourse Podcast | 00:24:50 | |
This two part interview with Cat Lamora was recorded by Michael Dooney on 9. April 2019 in Berlin, Germany. More details: https://www.patreon.com/posts/subtext...Continuing the series of interviews with artists who participated in the Jarvis Dooney 2019 Postcard Salon, today I'm speaking with Korean Canadian artist Cat Lamora who briefly visited Berlin during April this year. Cat was in Europe, specifically France, for the Paris Ass Book Fair an international fair that brings together publishers of artist’s books and fanzines, booksellers, and artists related by their exploration of taboos, sex and gender. Cat was there with Paris based Korean French collective Studio HAP and the Sad Art Store from Toronto. I’ve split this conversation in two parts as we spoke at length not only about Cat’s work, but how their unique personal narrative has shaped their view of the world. Growing up as a Korean immigrant in Canada, being part of the LGBTQ community, addressing internalised racism and coming to terms with the myriad realities of cultural identity. CAT LAMORA JARVIS DOONEY MICHAEL DOONEY | |||
| 01 Aug 2019 | Interview with artist Cat Lamora | EP7.2 Subtext & Discourse Podcast | 00:31:30 | |
This two part interview with Cat Lamora was recorded by Michael Dooney on 9. April 2019 in Berlin, Germany. More details: https://www.patreon.com/posts/subtext...Today’s episode is part two of my interview with Korean Canadian artist Cat Lamora. Although it is possible to enjoy this instalment stand alone, I would recommend first listening to part one to have a more complete impression of Cat and their work. If you happen to be in Toronto this October Cat will be exhibiting a new work We Bathe Here at Margin of Eras Gallery (the MOEG) from the 10th until 26th of October 2019. CAT LAMORA JARVIS DOONEY MICHAEL DOONEY | |||
| 11 May 2018 | Chris Fortescue, multidisciplinary artist working across sound, installation, animation, & photomedia | EP1 Subtext & Discourse Podcast | 00:59:24 | |
On 1. May 2018 gallerist Michael Dooney sat down with artist Chris Fortescue to speak about his artistic practice and back story, to coincide with his solo exhibition at Jarvis Dooney Galerie in Berlin from Friday 27. April until Saturday 23. June 2018. Chris Fortescue (b.1953) is a multidisciplinary artist working across sound, installation, animation, and photomedia, often incorporating found images and objects. A recurring enquiry in his work considers how technological developments affect the way we perceive images. JARVIS DOONEY GALERIE CHRIS FORTESCUE MICHAEL DOONEY | |||
| 15 Dec 2019 | Interview with artist couple Louise Crawford & Stéphan Guéneau | EP15 Subtext & Discourse | 00:26:32 | |
As 2019 draws to an end we have a couple more interviews with participants of our second Postcard Salon which took place at the beginning of this year. Back in July I met up with Louise Crawford and Stéphan Guéneau, artist couple from Scottland and France respectively. We speak about their series 36 Related Objects, their love of large format analogue photography and the inevitable transition to a digital workflow. ---------- Louise Crawford (Scotland) and Stéphan Guéneau (France) work on large format analogue photography (4X5), 16mm films and installations. They live in Paris and Berlin. Louise Crawford studied at Falmouth School of Art in England followed by a postgraduate year at the Düsseldorf Kunstakademie. Stéphan Guéneau studied in l’École des Beaux-Arts de Rouen in France and in the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin. They are both Le Fresnoy — Studio national des arts contemporains alumni. They have been collaborating since 2000. Recurrent themes throughout their work are; an interest in contemporary history and its impact on urban space and landscape, film —and the film noir aesthetic—, the archive as document/as artwork, the half-tone image and its relationship to history, archiving and cataloging. In April 2019, they had a screenprinting residency with Atelier #808080 in association with La Maison Julien Graq; in 2016, a post-production residency with Light Cone in Paris to re-master and digitize 2 film works and in 2014 were chosen for an Écritures de Lumières’ academic photography residency at Pierre & Marie Curie college in Bolbec, Normandy. In 2010 they were commissioned by the Goethe Institut and the French Alliance in Glasgow to produce a series of photographs celebrating the 20th anniversary of German Reunification shown at Street Level Photography Gallery during Glasgow International and in 2008 they were commissioned by L’Onde Art Centre outside of Paris to produce a series of photographs exhibited in advertising panels throughout the city of Velizy-Villacoublay. ---------- Interview with Louise Crawford and Stéphan Guéneau recorded by Michael Dooney on 30. July 2019 in Berlin, Germany. LOUISE CRAWFORD AND STÉPHAN GUÉNEAU
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| 07 Apr 2019 | Interview with artist Derek Kreckler | EP4 Subtext & Discourse Podcast | 00:57:49 | |
This episode of Subtext & Discourse was first uploaded on 7. April 2019 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/subtext...
Interview with Derek Kreckler was recorded by Michael Dooney on Wednesday 3. October 2018 in Berlin. ---------- It has already been over six months since Berlin Art Week and the 8th EMOP Berlin - European Month of Photography festival. As mentioned in the earlier interview with Kate Robertson, we hosted three major solo exhibitions during that time; as well as recording a number of interviews with the visiting artists. I was hoping to have uploaded the conversation with Derek before now, but didn't manage due to a number of items which I'll discuss more at a later date. In the mean time I hope you enjoy the interview. ---------- Kreckler’s works span performance, film, photography, installation, and video. He has regularly created tough, insistent imagery that has been at the critical edge of Australian art history and which has provided comment on our country’s past, present, and future. The art of Derek Kreckler is often described as “unsettling.” Some have even referred to it as “dangerous.” Whether relishing the risk of experimentation and chance, or purposefully challenging our perceptions of country, identity, and self, Kreckler’s works flirt with an uncertainty that prickle the neck. At the same time, they open our eyes to the magic of how images are made, the murkiness of nationhood and its perpetuation, and the wonder of how powerful the landscape can be. His works have much to share about art history, social relations, popular culture, and the environment. Kreckler offers conceptual and expressive forms that are commanding, yet spacious. Hannah Mathews, Curator of Accident & Process. ---------- More information at the following link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/subtext...
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| 20 Oct 2019 | Interview with artist Elizabeth Gower | EP13.1 Subtext & Discourse | 00:34:08 | |
Part 1 of 2 - This week on Subtext & Discourse we have a two part interview with Australian artist Elizabeth Gower, who was briefly in Berlin together with her partner John R Neeson, for a residency with Institut für Alles Mögliche. Interview with Elizabeth Gower recorded with Michael Dooney on 19. June 2019 in Berlin, Germany; coinciding with the 2019 Jarvis Dooney Postcard Salon. ELIZABETH GOWER
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| 24 Oct 2019 | Interview with artist Elizabeth Gower | EP13.2 Subtext & Discourse | 00:30:03 | |
Part 2 of 2 - This week on Subtext & Discourse we have a two part interview with Australian artist Elizabeth Gower, who was briefly in Berlin together with her partner John R Neeson, for a residency with Institut für Alles Mögliche. Interview with Elizabeth Gower recorded with Michael Dooney on 19. June 2019 in Berlin, Germany; coinciding with the 2019 Jarvis Dooney Postcard Salon. ELIZABETH GOWER
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| 13 Oct 2019 | Interview with artist John R Neeson | EP12 Subtext & Discourse Podcast | 00:31:09 | |
After a busy couple of months we're back on track with post production of the podcast. John R Neeson, who participated in the Postcard Salon, was in Berlin last summer together with Elizabeth Gower for a residency with Institut für Alles Mögliche. Prior to that they completed a residency in Italy, were briefly in Greece for the Athens Platform Project and will be in Connecticut for the 2019 Site-Responsive Art Residency & Biennale. Interview with John R Neeson recorded with Michael Dooney on 19. June 2019 in Berlin, Germany; coinciding with the 2019 Jarvis Dooney Postcard Salon. JOHN R NEESON
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| 28 Oct 2018 | Interview with artist Kate Robertson | EP3 Subtext & Discourse Podcast | 01:05:32 | |
The interview with Kate Robertson & Jeffrey Noro was recorded with Michael Dooney on Saturday 29. September 2018 at Jarvis Dooney Galerie, Berlin. First uploaded here: http://www.patreon.com/posts/subtext-ep3-kate-22330488Hard to believe that is has already been a month since Berlin Art Week and the opening of the 8th EMOP Berlin, European Month of Photography festival. During that time we presented three significant solo exhibitions throughout the city: Australian Embassy Germany: Derek Kreckler Jarvis Dooney Galerie: Kate Robertson Künstlerhaus Bethanien: Anne Zahalka We were lucky enough to have both Kate Robertson and Derek Kreckler visiting Berlin during this very busy time, and took the opportunity to recording individual interviews with each of them. Sophie Dumaresq, who we exhibited a few year ago was also in Berlin for EMOP, an interview with her will also be online soon. Kate Robertson is an artist we’ve been exhibiting since 2014 when we presented her series Celestial Body Model during our Transcendental abstract photography group exhibition, since then we’ve curated work from her Dust Landscapes series and Cosmic Walks into other shows, however this will be her first solo exhibition with us and also her first international solo exhibition. RECORDING THE MEDICINAL PLANTS OF SIWAI, BOUGAINVILLEThis photographic series documents medicinal plants from the Siwai region on Bougainville Island (Papua New Guinea) at a time of significant change in its cultural and political landscape. It considers new photographic modes for sensitively engaging with deep and living histories, by aligning analogue and digital characteristics found within the image and local knowledge systems. Lumen prints are created on location in a cameraless method, through a reaction between environmental elements such as sunlight and plant extractions and light-sensitive paper, resulting in a residual imprint of the plant's chemical properties. The lumen prints, in their latent state, journeyed to Australia for a digital “fixing” process and are translated into data through the scanography process. The series acknowledges the communities (urgent) desire for equilibrium between traditional and new knowledge systems, to allow both to thrive in an increasingly global society. Impressions of opening night, 28. September 2018 www.facebook.com/pg/jarvisdooney/…1948345878560160 Artists talk and book launch, 1. October 2018 www.facebook.com/pg/jarvisdooney/…1948358725225542 Installation shots at Jarvis Dooney Galerie www.facebook.com/pg/jarvisdooney/…1962771417117606 EMOP BERLIN, EUROPEAN MONTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY
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| 16 Jul 2019 | Interview with artist Kees Schouten | EP6 Subtext & Discourse Podcast | 00:12:28 | |
This interview with Kees Schouten was recorded by Michael Dooney on 17. April 2019 in Berlin, Germany. First uploaded on 16. July 2019, more information: https://www.patreon.com/posts/subtext...Kees is a Dutch visual artist who graduated from the Art Academy of Amsterdam in 1984. His early works were primarily abstract oil paintings. From around 1995 he shifted almost exclusively to photographic work, though his process is still very much associated with the techniques of abstract painting. KEES SCHOUTEN
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| 22 Dec 2019 | Interview with artist Krista Svalbonas | EP16 Subtext & Discourse | 00:23:30 | |
In what will likely be the last interview for 2019, today I'm speaking with Krista Svalbonas. Krista not only took part in the Jarvis Dooney Postcard Salon but also surprised me in Arles when she booked me to review her portfolio during the opening week of the festival. Krista shares a lot of insight into her project about displaced person camps in Germany which she has been documenting for the past few years, her unique photographic process, as well as how this personal story and shared history is very relevant in these uncertain times. ---------- Krista Svalbonas (b.1977, USA) holds a BFA Photography (Syracuse University) and an MFA Interdisciplinary (SUNY New Paltz). Her work has been exhibited in a number of exhibitions including at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Howard Yezerski Gallery in Boston, Klompching Gallery and ISE Cultural Foundation in New York. Her work has been collected in a number of private collections, as well as the Cesis Art Museum in Latvia. Recent awards include the Rhonda Wilson Award (2017), Puffin Foundation Grant (2016) and a Bemis Fellowship (2015) among others. In 2015 Svalbonas exhibited a solo installation at the Spartanburg Art Museum in South Carolina. She is an assistant professor of photography at St. Joseph’s University. She lives and works in Philadelphia. ---------- Interview with Krista Svalbonas recorded by Michael Dooney on 27. September 2019 in Berlin, Germany. KRISTA SVALBONAS
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| 08 Sep 2019 | Interview with artist Lama Ahmed | EP11 Subtext & Discourse Podcast | 00:18:31 | |
Continuing our series of interviews with Postcard Salon participants, today's episode features young artist Lama Ahmed. Based in Cairo, Egypt, Lama is an artist, graphic designer and poet, currently working towards her MFA in design with a focus on materials. Her image included in the show was from the first issue of her self published magazine Habashtakanat which explores the visual culture of Cairo and the many makeshift solutions that can be observed throughout the city This week is also Berlin Art Week, official starting on Wednesday the 11th of September 2019 and continuing until Sunday the 15th September: https://www.berlinartweek.de The 15th will also mark six years since we opened Jarvis Dooney back in 2013. Interview with Lama Ahmed recorded with Michael Dooney on 20. April 2019 in Berlin, Germany; coinciding with the 2019 Jarvis Dooney Postcard Salon. LAMA AHMED
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| 20 Aug 2019 | Interview with artist Lynne Margaret Brown | EP10.1 Subtext & Discourse Podcast | 00:23:10 | |
This interview (part 1 of 2) with native New Yorker, and Berlin based artist Lynne Margaret Brown was recorded with Michael Dooney on 17. April 2019 in Berlin, Germany; coinciding with the 2019 Jarvis Dooney Postcard Salon. LYNNE MARGARET BROWN
North to South Berliner Voices: My Corner: Interview Questions
Berlin - (site specific) Questions
Questions formulated / based lightly upon research of various current and historical questionnaires used in letter writing, interviews and story-telling projects i.e. the Proust questionnaire and StoryCorps. | |||
| 23 Aug 2019 | Interview with artist Lynne Margaret Brown | EP10.2 Subtext & Discourse Podcast | 00:28:03 | |
This interview (part 2 of 2) with native New Yorker, and Berlin based artist Lynne Margaret Brown was recorded with Michael Dooney on 17. April 2019 in Berlin, Germany; coinciding with the 2019 Jarvis Dooney Postcard Salon. LYNNE MARGARET BROWN
North to South Berliner Voices: My Corner: Interview Questions
Berlin - (site specific) Questions
Questions formulated / based lightly upon research of various current and historical questionnaires used in letter writing, interviews and story-telling projects i.e. the Proust questionnaire and StoryCorps. | |||
| 15 Jun 2019 | Interview with artist Sophie Dumaresq | EP5 Subtext & Discourse Podcast | 00:44:55 | |
Interview with Sophie Dumaresq was recorded by Michael Dooney on Thursday 4. October 2018 in Berlin. First uploaded on 15. June 2019: https://www.patreon.com/posts/subtext...---------- Finally managed to finish editing my interview with Sophie Dumaresq from September 2018. Sophie was in Berlin for the European Month of Photography, together with Kate Robertson and Derek Kreckler. We first exhibited Sophie's work at Jarvis Dooney in 2016, coincidentally with Kate Robertson & another emerging artist Jacqueline Ball: http://photography-now.com/exhibition... This is the third of three interviews recorded during Berlin Art Week & EMOP Berlin 2018. Sophie Dumaresq (b. 1991 Canberra, Australia) is an artist working in photo media in addition to large and small scale sculptural installation. Her work explores symbiotic cycles of consumption, destruction and creation demonstrating how as a species we relate, show empathy and evolve with and within our surrounding environment. In 2009 she attended a student internship program at Questacon The Australian National Centre for Science and Technology. She completed her Diploma in Photography (honours) at Spéos International photography school - Paris & London and has participated in group exhibitions in Australia, France, Greece and Germany. She is based in Canberra, Australia. ---------- SOPHIE DUMARESQ
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| 07 Sep 2018 | Interview with artist Torsten Schumann | EP2 Subtext & Discourse Podcast | 00:44:36 | |
On 2. September 2018 gallerist Michael Dooney sat down with German photographer Torsten Schumann (b.1975 Dresden, Germany) to find out more about his artistic practice and back story. The interview coincided with the dual exhibition Autofokus with Torsten Schumann & David Schikora at Jarvis Dooney Galerie in Berlin. “Torsten Schumann‘s photographs highlight the absurdity of life, that brief second in the day when chance creates a surreal juxtaposition, a moment of silliness, profundity, irony, a tell that exposes the world for what it is, a pointless journey towards inevitable death that’s intermittently interrupted by a comical situation that distracts us from our existential angst. The nightmare of ordinariness that we, as people, manage to turn into a drama of Greek proportions, full of tragedy and farce." Moray Mair, Arts Blog Mutantspace, March 14th, 2014: MORE CARS CLOTHES & CABBAGES AUTOFOKUS, VIRTUAL REALITY EXHIBITION JARVIS DOONEY GALERIE TORSTEN SCHUMANN MICHAEL DOONEY | |||
| 07 Aug 2019 | Interview with artist Yasmin Nebenfuhr | EP8 Subtext & Discourse Podcast | 00:17:16 | |
Interview with Australian photographer and artist Yasmin Nebenfuhr recorded with Michael Dooney on 17. April 2019 in Berlin, Germany; coinciding with the 2019 Jarvis Dooney Postcard Salon. YASMIN NEBENFUHR
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| 02 Nov 2019 | Interview with photographer Martin U Waltz | EP14 Subtext & Discourse | 00:33:37 | |
In today’s episode of the Subtext & Discourse podcast we'll hear from Berlin based photographer Martin Waltz. Martin is a photographer, photography educator and writer, who serves as editor of the German Street Photography Site and curator of the German Street Photography Festival. He has written and contributed to several books on street photography including the award-winning “Streetfotografie – Made in Germany” published by Rheinwerk Verlag. Martin has won numerous international photography competitions, as well as having his work exhibited in New York, London, Dublin, Rome, Bucharest and Berlin. Martin is a passionate photography teacher, offering street photography workshops in Berlin. Interview with Martin U Waltz recorded by Michael Dooney on 7. August 2019 in Berlin, Germany. MARTIN U WALTZ
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| 18 Aug 2019 | Postcard Salon Summary | EP9 Subtext & Discourse Podcast | 00:22:51 | |
In this episode of Subtext & Discourse I talk about the Jarvis Dooney Gallery collaborative experiment in exhibition making, the Postcard Salon. 2018 Postcard Salon
number of artists in 2018 – 35 number of returning artists – 20 (57%) number of artists in 2019 – 59 male artists in 2018 - 15 (43%) in 2019 – 21 (35%) female artist in 2018 - 20 (57%) in 2019 – 38 (65%) We are based in Berlin, represent a number of artists from Australia and New Zealand. DE artists in 2018 - 15 (43%) in 2019 – 15 (25%) AU / NZ 2018 - 13 (42%) in 2019 – 19 (32%) Other in 2018 - 7 (15%) in 2019 – 25 (43%) 2018 other demographic: USA & Canada, Austria & Switzerland, Netherlands, France, Bulgaria. 2019 other demographic: All of the above plus, Togo Africa, Greece, Indonesia, Egypt, Denmark, Japan, Belgium, Poland, Slovakia. 2018 – 14 of 35 based in Berlin, 40% 2019 – 18 of 58 based in Berlin, 30% In 2018 – 10 of the 35 people were living outside their home country, 28% In 2019 – 27 of the 59 people were living outside their home country, 45% (most were in Berlin) JARVIS DOONEY MICHAEL DOONEY | |||