Non-work: occupied by leisure time

1/10—1/11/2018

Festival

The theme of the next festival edition is the boundary between work and free time. In 2018, the Fotograf Festival, titled as “Non-Work: Occupied by Leisure Time”, will present exhibitions, discussions and accompanying programmes using the medium of photography to deal with social issues related to work and free time. Like every year, the festival will focus on the specifics of photography and reproducible images as such, presenting the work of both foreign and local authors.

Numerous changes in the workforce, workload and workflow necessarily cause the changes in the concept of “work”. The relationship between the time regimes we still traditionally refer to as “work” and “free time” is changing over time as well. Automation seems to be the reality of the near future, raising the question of unconditional income that will certainly not only meet the social utopian ideas, but also bring new problems, often conditioned by personal responsibility – or the renunciation and loss of responsibility. The assumption of more leisure time is often confused with the mere image representation of leisure activities. Instead of enjoying our free time, we are overwhelmed by photographs capturing the free time of others on social media. Thus, free time is disrupted by the need to represent and integrate leisure into our imaginary portfolios.

The hyphen between “non” and “work” is the key symbol of the eighth edition of the Fotograf Festival. The festival will explore the extreme positions between what we usually call work and what we no longer see as work. Moreover, the hyphen refers to the still poorly reflected space between “free time” and paid employment, including many other issues, for example undervalued work by women and minorities, replacement of labour by artificial intelligence, freelancing, or issues related to the world of art such as appropriation, machine-created images, and zero wages of artists.

Fotograf Festival #8

Events

Fotograf Festival #8

Discussion
– 6/10 –

Perennial Holiday: Non-Work Symposium

 

Good arguments for changing the way in which work and social invalidity resulting from non-work are viewed have already been heard. Maybe, in those cases where persuasion is no longer enough, there is nothing more that can be done except to start seducing. So let us think about the viability of the strategy of perpetual  holidays – how can we come closer to this better future we believe in and make it come true?

 

DRAMAURGE AND MODERATOR:
Palo Fabuš

SPEAKERS:
Maurizio Lazzarato,
Lukáš Likavčan,
Nina Power,
Christian Tod

VENUE:
Opero – Štencův dům
Salvátorská 931/8, Old Town, Prague 1

 

LINE UP:
11:00 am
FILM SCREENING:
FREE LUNCH SOCIETY –
COME COME BASIC INCOME
(Christian Tod, Austria / Germany, 2017, 95 minutes)
12:45 pm 
PALO FABUŠ: KEYNOTE
1:00 pm
CHRISTIAN TOD
2:00 pm
LUKÁŠ LIKAVČAN
3:30 pm
NINA POWER
4:30 pm
MAURIZZIO LAZZARATO
5:30 pm
DISKUZE S HOSTY MODEROVANÁ
PALO FABUŠEM
7:30 pm
WEEPING OVER A TOO LONG LIFE
– PERFORMANCE:
BARBORA KLEINHAMPLOVÁ
AND TEREZA STEJSKALOVÁ
(address: Tomas Veselka Hair Studio
Františka Křížka 12, Prague 7).

 

Event in English and French with simultaneous Czech and English translation.

Refreshment and babysitting provided on site.

The event takes place with the support of the French Institute, the Austrian Cultural Forum in Prague and cooperation with a common space for work, networking and social events – Opero.

Entrance fee: 100 CZK

Booking in advance recommended: GoOut

 

Fotograf Festival #8

Exhibitions