FOTOGRAF ZONE FESTIVAL 2026
1. OCTOBER 2026 – 11. OCTOBER 2026
The festival approaches art not as an isolated sphere, but as part of a broader ecosystem of sharing and sensitivity. We are interested in forms of coexistence and attention that resist the logic of constant acceleration and turn toward more intuitive ways of engaging with natural resources.
Small moments in which one can once again experience closeness, focus, and a connection to that which cannot be fully owned or extracted. Here, art does not appear as a product, but rather as a training ground for developing understanding and discovering new possibilities, whether we speak of interspecies coexistence, different perspectives, or sustaining the local cultural ecosystem.
Fotograf Zone Gallery • TYRŠ the human lab • Public Space of the Holešovice Market • Můstek Metro Vestibule
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SAVE THE DATE – FOTOGRAF ZONE FESTIVAL 2026
Fotograf Zone Festival invites audiences to its 16th edition, taking place from 1 to 11 October 2026 across several venues in Prague. Under the title Wild Kin, this year’s festival will explore questions of relationships, attention, and forms of coexistence in the contemporary world.
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About The Festival
FOTOGRAF ZONE FESTIVAL 2026 – Wild Kin
Fotograf Zone Festival invites audiences to its 16th edition, taking place from 1 to 11 October 2026 across several venues in Prague. Under the title Wild Kin, this year’s festival will explore questions of relationships, attention, and forms of coexistence in the contemporary world.
Michal Kalhous – Goosefoot and Raspberries, The Road to Victory
The exhibition *Goosefoot and Raspberries, The Road to Victory* presents a series of photographs created over the recent period. It is an experimental tool of synthesis and a search for a path to fulfillment. At the same time, it is a purposeful, captivating exploration of suddenness and their relationships. *Goosefoot and Raspberries, The Road to Victory* is once again an attempt at a dialogue between inner experience and a higher, transcendent order.
Gabriela Benish-Kalná
Gabriela Benish-Kalná’s artistic practice has long focused on ecology and climate adaptation. Combining analogue photography and installation with direct social engagement, her work seeks to challenge the conventional divide between nature and culture while envisioning a more just and sustainable future.
The Real Image
Since the very beginnings of the medium, artists have used the apparent documentary quality of photomechanically reproduced images as a tool for manipulation and play. Whether altered mechanically in the darkroom or digitally, the “real” image is often subsequently manipulated for a variety of purposes, acquiring a new meaning that was not part of the original intention at the moment the shutter was released. In other cases, photographic documentation appropriated from the media is used artistically in montages, serving as a medium of wordless political critique.
Exhibition Curators | Ivana Hrončeková, Markéta Kinterová, Anna Voswinckel
Program Dramaturgy | Markéta Kinterová, Barbora Vanická Čápová
Artistic Director of Fotograf Zone | Markéta Kinterová
Executive Director of Fotograf Zone | Marie Rozmánková
Festival Operations Director | Pavel Matěj
Research | Světlana Malina, Sára Märc, Tereza Špinková
International Grants Manager | Sandra Faragula
Office Manager & Fundraising Assistant | Aurika Bugaeva
PR & Social Media | Tereza Vacková
Social Media Manager | Klára Kudláček
Graphic Design | publikum.design / Anežka Hrubá Ciglerová, Richard Wilde
Web Editor & Distribution | Barbora Poláchová
Production | Kristýna Khinová
Technical Production | Martin Cink
The Fotograf Zone Festival is organized by Fotograf 07 z.s.
Jungmannova 19/7
Prague 1, 110 00
festival@fotograf.zone
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