| 5pm | Opening Reception for Paris to New York: Photographs by Eugène Atget and Berenice Abbott |
| 7pm | Keynote Lecture with Clément Chéroux, Senior Curator of Photography, SFMOMA Introduction by Kevin Moore, FotoFocus Artistic Director and Curator |
| 7pm | Conversation: Akram Zaatari: The Fold – Space, time and the image Conversation with Akram Zaatari, Artist and Co-Founder of the Arab Image Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon; and Eva Respini, Barbara Lee Chief Curator of The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA Introduction by Steven Matijcio, FotoFocus Guest Curator and Contemporary Arts Center Curator, Cincinnati, OH |
| 8pm | Opening Celebrations for The Fold: Space, time and the image; Mamma Andersson: Memory Banks; and No Two Alike: Karl Blossfeldt, Francis Bruguière, Thomas Ruff |
9am–4:45pm Daytime Symposium
| 9am | Breakfast |
| 10:30am | Opening Remarks Mary Ellen Goeke, FotoFocus Executive Director, and Kevin Moore, FotoFocus Artistic Director and Curator |
| 11am | Panel: No Two Alike Moderated by Ulrike Meyer Stump, FotoFocus Guest Curator and Photography Historian and Lecturer in the Knowledge Visualization Program at the Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland, with panelists: Anne McCauley, David Hunter McAlpin Professor of the History of Photography and Modern Art in the Department of Art and Archaeology at Princeton University, NJ; and Ed Juler, Writer and Lecturer in Art History, Newcastle University, England |
| Noon | Conversation: Memory Banks Kevin Moore, FotoFocus Artistic Director and Curator, with Karin Mamma Andersson, Artist, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1pm | Lunch Break and Performance at FotoFocus ArtHub in Washington Park Mid-Day Ghost by INTERMEDIO |
| 2pm | Panel: Wide Angle Moderated by Carissa Barnard, FotoFocus Deputy Director of Exhibitions and Programming, with panelists: Jimmy Baker, Artist and Associate Professor and Head of the Painting & Drawing Department at the Art Academy of Cincinnati, OH; Chris Engman, Artist, Los Angeles, CA; Mike Jacobs, Artist, Phoenix, AZ; Sheida Soleimani, Artist and Assistant Professor of Studio Art at Brandeis University, Boston, MA; and Sigrid Viir, Artist, Tallinn, Estonia |
| 3pm | Comment by Paul Roth: Open Archive Paul Roth, Director of Ryerson Image Centre at Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada |
| 3:30pm | Panel: From Paris to New York Moderated by Kevin Moore, FotoFocus Artistic Director and Curator, with panelists: Peter Barberie, Brodsky Curator of Photographs, Alfred Stieglitz Center at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA; and Julia Van Haaften, Writer, Independent Curator, and Founding Curator of the New York Public Library Photo Collection, New York, NY |
| 4:30pm | Symposium Closing Remarks Carissa Barnard, FotoFocus Deputy Director of Exhibitions and Programming |
5–6:30pm Evening Performance
| 5pm | Performance: Teju Cole and Vijay Iyer: Blind Spot Introduction by Drew Klein, FotoFocus Guest Curator and Contemporary Arts Center Performing Arts Director, Cincinnati, OH |
Noon–5:30pm Daytime Screenings
A selection of work from the month-long screening series FotoFocus at The Mini: Cinema and Archive
FotoFocus Guest Curator: C. Jacqueline Wood, The Mini Microcinema Director, Cincinnati, OH
| Noon | pure&magicalpussypower: a documentary on Joanie 4 Jackie (2010) Directed by Vanessa Haroutunian (40 min) |
1pm | Selections from The Take Over Chainletter Curated by Kelly Gallagher |
2pm | Selections from Still Processing: Photography and the Moving Image Curated by C. Jacqueline Wood |
3pm | Through the Lens of Time (2018) Directed by Ann Segal (20 min) |
3:30pm | momento mori (2012) Directed by Dan Browne (30 min) |
4pm | Everybody Street (2013) Directed by Cheryl Dunn (90 min) |
| 11am | Brunch Reception |
| Noon | Conversation with Teju Cole: Blind Spot Drew Klein, FotoFocus Guest Curator and Contemporary Arts Center Performing Arts Director, with Teju Cole, Writer, Art Historian, and Photographer, Brooklyn, NY |
| 3:30pm | Performance of Mid-Day Ghost by INTERMEDIO |
| 5pm | Cocktail Reception |
| 6pm | Conversation with Miranda July: Cinema and the Archive Kelly Gallagher, Filmmaker, Curator, and Assistant Professor of Film at Syracuse University, NY, with Miranda July, Acclaimed Filmmaker, Artist, and Writer, Los Angeles, CA Introduction by C. Jacqueline Wood, FotoFocus Guest Curator and The Mini Microcinema Director, Cincinnati, OH |
Noon–5:30pm Daytime Screenings
A selection of work from the month-long screening series FotoFocus at The Mini: Cinema and Archive
FotoFocus Guest Curator: C. Jacqueline Wood, The Mini Microcinema Director, Cincinnati, OH
Same screening schedule as Saturday
Videos from the FotoFocus Biennial 2018 Program Week can be found here: FotoFocus Biennial 2018 on Vimeo.
| 6pm | Opening Reception for Containment as a part of Chris Engman: Prospect and Refuge |
| 5pm | Opening Reception for No Two Alike: Karl Blossfeldt, Francis Bruguière, Thomas Ruff |
| 5:30pm | Tour with Curator of No Two Alike Ulrike Meyer Stump, FotoFocus Guest Curator and Photography Historian and Lecturer in the Knowledge Visualization Program at the Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland |
| 6pm | Opening Receptions for Wide Angle: Photography Out of Bounds and Chris Engman: Prospect and Refuge |
| 11am | Opening Celebration for INTERMEDIO: In Place of Forgetting |
More program details to be announced and subject to change.
The FotoFocus Biennial 2018 Program Week is free with a FotoFocus Passport.
