2022 FotoFocus Biennial Symposium Schedule

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The 2022 FotoFocus Biennial Program Week, which runs September 29–October 8, constitutes the core of the Biennial, establishing the theme and dialogues that unite the broader programming. Featuring keynotes lectures, conversations, screenings, and receptions with exceptional artists and curators, the Biennial Program is designed to inspire conversations about the world through photography and lens-based art.

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As part of the 2022 FotoFocus Biennial Program Week, running September 29–October 8, FotoFocus is pleased to share the full schedule for the Daytime Symposium. Taking place over two days, the Daytime Symposium will feature artist talks, conversations, keynote lectures, and more.

Access to the entire FotoFocus Biennial Program Week, including the Daytime Symposium, is a benefit of being a 2022 FotoFocus Biennial Passport holder. GET THE PASSPORT for free entry and exclusive events!

Saturday, October 1, 9:00am – 4:30pm at Memorial Hall

Featuring the following exhibitions: On the Line: Documents of Risk and Faith, Images on which to build, 1970s–1990s, Baseera Khan: Weight on History, Ian Strange: Disturbed Home, Ian Strange: Annex, and Natural World.

9am	Breakfast
9:45am	Opening Remarks by Mary Ellen Goeke, FotoFocus Executive Director
10am	Introduction by Kevin Moore: Photographs are the Monuments of Our Online Visual Culture Kevin Moore, FotoFocus Artistic Director and Curator, New York, NY
10:30am	Discussion of Images on which to build, 1970s–1990s Moderated by: Ariel Goldberg, FotoFocus Guest Curator and Independent Writer and Curator, New York, NY, with panelists: JEB (Joan E. Biren), Photographer, Filmmaker, and Activist, Washington, D.C.; Lola Flash, Photographer, New York, NY; Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz, Co-coordinator, Lesbian Herstory Archives and Associate Dean, NYU Libraries, New York, NY; and Diana Solís, Photographer and Educator, Chicago, IL
11:30am	Artist Talk by Ian Strange Ian Strange, Transdisciplinary Artist, Perth, Australia
Noon	Lunch Break
1pm	Artist Talk by Jason Allen-Paisant Jason Allen-Paisant, Associate Professor of Critical Theory and Creative Writing at the University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
1:30pm	Discussion of On The Line: Documents of Risk and Faith Co-moderated by Makeda Best, FotoFocus Guest Curator and Richard L. Menschel Curator of Photography at the Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, and Kevin Moore, FotoFocus Artistic Director and Curator, New York, NY, with artists: Mitch Epstein, Photographer, New York, NY, and Xaviera Simmons, Artists, New York, NY
2:30pm	Conversation with Baseera Khan and Ylinka Barotto Ylinka Barotto, FotoFocus Guest Curator and Independent Curator, Houston, TX with Baseera Khan, Artist, New York, NY
3:30pm	Keynote Lecture by Makeda Best, Devour the Land Makeda Best, FotoFocus Guest Curator and Richard L. Menschel Curator of Photography at the Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA
4:30pm	Mayoral Proclamation

Sunday, October 2, 1:00pm – 5:00pm at National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

Featuring the following exhibitions: ‘Free as they want to be’: Artists Committed to Memory, Tony Oursler: Crossing Neptune, and These Things Are Connected.

12:45pm	Opening Remarks by Mary Ellen Goeke, FotoFocus Executive Director, and Woodrow “Woody” Keown, Jr., President & Chief Operating Officer at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
1pm	Reading by Deborah Willis on J.P. Ball Deborah Willis, FotoFocus Guest Curator and Professor and Chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, New York, NY
1:30pm	Artist Talk by Myra Greene Myra Greene, Artist and Photographer, Atlanta, GA
2pm	Conversation with Tony Oursler and Kevin Moore Kevin Moore, FotoFocus Artistic Director and Curator, New York, NY, with Tony Oursler, Artist, New York, NY
3pm	Discussion of ‘Free as they want to be’: Artists Committed to Memory Co-moderated by Cheryl Finley, FotoFocus Guest Curator and Director of the Atlanta University Center Art History + Curatorial Studies Collective and Distinguished Visiting Professor of Art History at Spelman College, Atlanta, GA, and Deborah Willis, FotoFocus Guest Curator and Professor and Chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, New York, NY, with artists: Adama Delphine Fawundu, Artist and Assistant Professor at Columbia University, Brooklyn, NY, Wendel White, Distinguished Professor of Art & American Studies at Stockton University, Galloway, NJ
4pm	Keynote Lecture by Jeff Orlowski-Yang Jeff Orlowski-Yang, Director, Producer, and Cinematographer, Boulder, CO
	Reception to follow

Be sure to check out the Event Calendar for additional talks, performances, receptions, openings, and more throughout Biennial Program Week and the month of October.