EXHIBITION DATES HAS EXTENDED
Reading Room 2 can be seen on the 11th, 12th and 13th of december
READING ROOM 2 / KASSEL DUMMY AWARD 2022 Shortlist Books
NOKS Independent Art Space is pleased to host " Reading Room 2 / KASSEL DUMMY AWARD 2022 Shortlist Books Exhibition for the second time. The Exhibition is being realised in collaboration with Kassel Photobook Festival, Istanbul Photobook Festival, FUAM and Mas Printing House, Istanbul. KASSEL DUMMY AWARD 2022 International Photo Book Competition with Worldwide Shortlist-Exhibition Tour The KASSEL DUMMY AWARD presented by the FOTOBOOKFESTIVAL KASSEL for the best unpublished photo book mock-up of the year has awarded a complete photo book-production to emerging talents since 2010 and celebrated its 10th edition last year. The book that wins First Prize will be produced and published festival partner MAS Istanbul. The members of this year’s Main Jury will were:
Natasha Christia | Curator, Writer and Educator, Barcelona
Thekla Ehling | Photographer, Founding Member of The PhotoBookMuseum, Cologne
Sinem Disli | Photographer, New York, Istanbul
João Linneu | Co-Founder of VOID Publishing House, Reykjavík
Frederic Lezmi | Photographer and Editor, The PhotoBookMuseum, Cologne
Ufuk Sahin | Printer and Publisher, MASMAT, Istanbul
A total of 226 books from 32 countries were submitted for the KASSEL DUMMY AWARD 2022.
The shortlist selection resulted in 52 photobooks.
Kathleen Alisch (DE) – Atlas of voids
Julia Autz (DE) – While I was waiting
Bebe (NL) – A Mal Tiempo, Buena Cara
Angelo Bonetti (IT) – He grew up in the fog
Nico Buurman (DE) – I will survive
Vitor Casemiro (BR) – Shadow over Shadow
Alessandro Cirillo (IT) – They come from the sea
Marcello Coslovi (IT) – The wrong side of the tracks
Barbara Debeuckelaere (BE) – Slobozia, Texas
Steffi Drerup (DE) – ichfolgedessen
Florian Dürkopp (DE) – The Bliss Point – A Story of Globalization
Tobias Eineder (DE) – Auf der Kippe – Rauchen
Frederike Finster (DE) – Du bist ja noch jung
Anna Fritsche (DE) – Weil es nie einen richtigen Ort dafür gibt
Jakob Ganslmeier (DE) – Thread
Uta Genilke (DE) – Sommerspiele
Doğa Deniz Gönüllü (NL) – Yabancilar
Leonie Lisette Göttling (DE) – Backfischjahre
Nicolas Guiraud (FR) – Tropic of cancer
Caroline Heinecke (DE) – Herr der Dinge
Thu Hien Hoang (DE) – Asia Bistro
Isabell Hoffmann (DE) – Tech No Land
Mads Holm (DK) – HRTLND
Nikolaos Kachrimanis (GR) – Divine Furies Trilogy
Ilkay Karakurt (DE) – Meerersgrün, Bordeaux
Yura Kolomiets (UA) – What is the corner looking at?
Jan Ladwig (DE) – 643316. Die neue Ebene des Reisens
Jana Mai (DE) – Gagauzia
Helena Manhartsberger (DE) – Sex Work
Dillon Marsh (ZA) – Diamond Coast
Corinna Mehl (DE) – Human Fragments
Victor Morales García (MX) – Nivi Ve‘e
Alberto Moretti (IT) – Many Happy Re-Turns
Eliot Nasrallah (FR) – Août 2020, Cher Journal,
Steven Natusch (DE) – Asking for the Sun
Kanta Nomura (JP) – The Yoshida Dormitory Students‘ History
Melina Papageorgiou (DE) – Sorry, I fucked this up
Peter Pflügler (AT) – Now is not the right time
Rahier Pierre (BE) – Namur
Franziska Rieder (DE) – 1-212-529-1432 : Voicve Messages from late 90s New York City
Polina Rukavichkina (RU) – I will rip your heart out
Chris Shaw (FR) – Berliner Disco
Nick Somers (BE) – Humans Seem To Be An Exception
Anna Strand (SE) – The Assignment
Johann Süßebecker (DE) – Alles ist anders
Bente Tas (NL) – Flowers make people happy
Jef Van den Bossche (BE) – On A Soif
Lou-Lou van Staaveren (NL) – Pleasant Place
Tim Wagner (DE) – Mare Nostrum
Stefan Weger (DE) – Luise, Archäologie eines Unrechts
Martina Zaninelli (DE) – Young
Linda Zhengová (NL) – Catharsis
This shortlist have started to showcase in a big international travelling exhibition at festivals and photography events, before coming to NOKS Art Space in Istanbul.
PHOTO 2020 – Melbourne (Australia)
• Organvida – Zagreb (Croatia)
• Photoireland – Dublin (Ireland)
• NOKS Art Space – (Turkey)
• Singapore International Photography Festival – (Singapore)
• Fotopia Collective Festival – Cluj (Romania)
• Photobook Week – Aarhus (Denmark)
• IED Madrid – (Spain)
• Angkor Photo Festival – (Cambodia)
• Officine Fotografiche – Rome (Italy)
• Officine Fotografiche – Milan (Italy)
• Encontros da Imagem – Braga (Portugal).
Exhibition dates and Hours : Open between 14:00-19:00 Hours between 04 December-06 December
Opening: Between 18:00-20:00, 4th of December 2021
Poster Design: Elvan Ekren