Luis Posada, assitant director of PHotoEspana since 2010, he talks about PHotoEspana OFF Festival.
The Festival OFF has been around since the first edition of PhotoEspaña, right?
Yes, since 1998 the Festival OFF has brought together a selection of exhibitions from different galleries around Madrid, which enriches the official program with its wealth of artists and trends in photography.
Whose initiative was it? The private galleries of Madrid or PhotoEspaña?
Since the very beginning, PhotoEspaña has sought the involvement of anyone or anything that contribute to local culture, especially that of photography. This is how a selection of private galleries began participating in the Festival OFF. They were already organizing a program of photo exhibitions alongside the festival, and they showed an interest to play a bigger part. Many of those galleries have since started showing a wider range of photography. Some have even decided to exhibit only photography.
How many galleries participate in OFF?
This year we have 33 Madrid galleries, which is average when compared to previous years.
What impact has OFF PhotoEspaña had on Madrid galleries?
We here at the festival hope that it gives them greater visibility, which is why we include all the information about OFF in the festival documentation, to help steer journalists their way. We have also organized the Prix Festival OFF, awarded by an independent jury. We are convinced that visibility on an international scale is highly beneficial, and we hope that that it will strengthen their presence in the everyday cultural life of our city.
Interview by Lola Fabry
EXHIBITIONS :
• 6mas1
El cuerpo (in)subordinado [(In)Subordinate Body] – Mar Cuervo and Fernando Bayona
Dates: 5 June – 28 July
• Astarté
Vari Caramés – Momentos [Moments]
Dates: 6 June – 26 July
• AranaPoveda
Rita Magalhães – Mise en scène
Dates: 6 June – 25 July
• Atalante
Nancy Coste – Alone in the Machine
Dates: 5 June – 28 July
• Artepaso
Edward Weston – La magia de la fotografía
[The Magic of Photography]
Dates: 6 June – 31 July
• Blanca Berlín Galería
Badri Lomsianidze
Dates: 16 May – 31 July
• Cámara Oscura
Julia Fullerton-Batten – Unliving
Dates: 30 May – 27 July
• Elvira González
Robert Mapplethorpe
Dates: 30 May – 19 July
• Casa sin fin
Manolo Laguillo – Calle de dirección única
[One Way Street]
Dates: 20 June – 7 September (August closed)
• Espacio Foto
Luis Baylón – Pequineses [Beijingers]
Dates: 4 June – 26 July
• Elba Benítez
Cristina Iglesias – Photography as Creative Process
Dates: 6 June – 31 July
• Espacio Mínimo
Paz Errázuriz
Dates: 25 May – 20 July
• Espacio Valverde
Alfredo Rodríguez – Solve / Coagula
Dates: 30 May – 30 June
• Freijo Fine Art
Armando Salas Portugal – Photographs of Thought
Dates: 25 May – 27 July
• Fernández Braso
Isabel Muñoz – Eros and Rites
Dates: 4 June – 31 July
• Fúcares
Vincenzo Castella – The Renaissance
Dates: 25 May – 24 July
• Fernando Pradilla
Suwon Lee – The Darkness of the Light
Dates: 6 June – 13 July
• Guillermo de Osma
Pierre Molinier – Tempus fugit
Dates: 4June – 26 July
• Helga de Alvear
Thomas Ruff – ma.r.s.
Dates: 9 May – 29 June
• La Fábrica
Nobuyoshi Araki – Flower Paradise
Dates: 5 June – 28 July
• Ivory Press Art + Books
Dionisio González – Le Corbusier: The Last Project
Dates: 30 May – 13 July
• La New Gallery
Jorge Fuembuena – The End of Cathedrals
Dates: 4 June – 20 July
• Joan Gaspar
Marlous van der Sloot – Le corps vécu
Dates: 4 June – 31 July
• Magda Bellotti
Juan del Junco – The Language
Dates: 1 June – 28 July
• Marlborough
Cristóbal Hara – Bufo
Dates: 27 June – 28 September
• Patricia Acal
David Leventi – Opera House
Dates: 4 June – 4 July
• Max Estrella
Angelica Bass – Humanæ, work in progress
Dates: 4 June – 17 July
• Paula Alonso
Suspended Time – Álvaro Deprit / Jesús Madriñán / Tomás Miñambres / Jordi Ruiz Cirera / Marta Soul
Dates: 4 June – 31 July
• Mondo Galería
Lawrence Schiller – Marilyn and Me and More: América y los 60’
Dates: 7 May – 15 July
• Pilar Serra
Linarejos Moreno – Weaving the Remains from the Shipwreck
Dates: 4 June – 15 July
• Rafael Pérez Hernando. Arte Contemporáneo
Pilar Pequeño – Nearby Landscapes
Dates: 6 June – 26 July
• Raquel Ponce
Ignacio Navas – Yolanda
Dates: 6 June – 15 July
• Sabrina Amrani
Amina Benbouchta – Down in the Rabbit Hole
Dates: 5 June – 27 July
