SAGA days at Fondation A Stichting Brussels – a weekend dedicated to photography
Visitors to Arles 2024 may remember the fine exhibition ‘When images learn to speak – Conceptualised Documentary Photography’ at La Mécanique Générale of LUMA Arles : It may have escaped your notice, but this was an exhibition built around the Astrid Ullens de Schooten Whettnall collection. The bulky book Saga was then also on sale there for the first time.
And then, of course, there are all those who did not want to brave temperatures of 35° C, and passed Arles by. Well for them there is very good news! Between the 19th and 22nd of September (just pick the 19th then you can go to UNSEEN the following days 😉 ), it’s party time at the ‘foundation A stichting’.
First of all, they want to present the photo book SAGA to the general public. The impetus is somewhere in Arles in 2021, with the idea of publishing a book around the favorites of Astrid Ullens de Schooten Whettnall. Soon they couldn’t choose, it became a huge publication, and in the end they had to redirect a bit. We will return to it in a detailed review, but it became a brilliant publication (images 4-6) Perhaps let the data speak for itself:
SAGA, A photographic journey from Lewis Baltz to Tarrah Krajnak, A co-publication of Ludion Publishers and A Foundation, 100 photographers, 1800 photos, 576 pages & published in French and in English
But that’s not all. Throughout the period, there will be a fascinating exhibition (no entry fee) featuring some 60 works never before seen at the Fondation A Stichting. (images 7-16) On top of this there will be a fascinating lecture on the production of ‘Artist Books’ in French, and also throughout the weekend a stock sale of the foundation’s previous editions. Titles by, among others, Walker Evans, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Max Regenberg, Guido Guidi, Francesco Neri… (images 17-24
The Complete PROGRAMME
19.09 > 22.09.2024 | 1 pm > 6 pm
Exhibition SAGA, the collection book by Astrid Ullens de Schooten Whettnall, with a presentation of 60 photographs published in the book, most of which have never before been seen at A Foundation. Free admission.
19.09.2024 | 7pm > 10pm
Opening; beer, chips and music. Free admission.
20.09.2024 | 5u30pm
Artist books & (self-)publishing with photographers Olivier Kervern, Thomas Boivin and photography historian Catherine Mayeur (FR). Registration required at [email protected].
21 & 22.09.2024 | 10am > 12pm
Workshop for children (from 8 to 12 years old): Make your own book! Registration required via [email protected].
21 & 22.09.2024 | 1 pm > 6 pm
SAGA Days
19 > 22.09.2024 Free admission
Foundation A Stichting
Van Volxemlaan 304
1190 Vorst
www.fondationastichting.com
