Memorial Hall Programs

1225 Elm Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
513-381-0348
Memorial Hall

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John Waters, This Filthy World performance at Memorial Hall: Sat. Oct. 11, John Waters © Greg Gorman, 2014

Opening Week of Biennial 2014

Oct. 8 – 12, 2014
Memorial Hall FotoFocus Hours: Wed: 6:30–10 pm; Thurs: 11am–6 pm; Fri: 11am-7:30 pm; Sat: 11 am-11 pm; Sun: 11am-5 pm

Memorial Hall—overlooking Washington Park and offering a 600-seat theatre and concert hall—is the primary location for programs associated with the Opening Week of the FotoFocusBiennial 2014. The theme of programs for this edition of the Biennial is Photography in Dialogue, and the interplay of photography and other is the focus for the week of screenings, lectures and performances by artists, curators, critics and art world professionals.  The treatment of photography in relation to other media, its own history and as a collaborative act is the provocative springboard for discussion and viewing this Biennial.

A FotoFocus Passport Ticket —FLASH, ZOOM, FOCUS — permits access to the Memorial Hall programming, receptions, book signings and unique opportunities to meet artists and curators from the film, museum and academic arenas. The FotoFocus Biennial Bookstore, Café, Lounge and an exhibition of award-winning photography books will be located on the first floor and open to the public.

 

Admission Information: FotoFocus Passport Levels: FLASH—$15 (student) / $25; ZOOM—$75; FOCUS—$150 (SOLD OUT)

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Oct. 8, 2014
Memorial Hall, Over-the-Rhine

WED OCT 8

Photography in Dialogue: 6:30–10 pm

Opening Reception & Performance
8 pm: Triumph of the Wild, a show of films, live musical accompanimentand solo performances, featuring the animated films of Martha Colburn with pianist and composer Thollem McDonas and Tatiana Berman and the Constella Ensemble.
 
 
 

Reservation Information:

RSVP required at rsvp@fotofocusbiennial.org.

Doors open at 6:30 pm.  Early arrival is recommended. The Theatre opens at 7:30 pm. Program and hours subject to change. Memorial Hall FotoFocus Hours: Wed: 6:30 – 10 pm.

Interior photo of Memorial Hall, Geri Ciulla, 2013

 

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Oct. 9, 2014
Memorial Hall, 1225 Elm Street | Over-the-Rhine

THURS OCT 9:  11am  6:00 pm

11am: Memorial Hall opens for browsing at the FotoFocus Biennial Bookstore and the Aperture Foundation Fotobook Awards exhibit.

Photography in Dialogue

1pm: Film—Gerhard Richter Painting, 2011 (97 mins) by Corrina Belz — Response by Artist Anne Lindberg, Kansas City/New York

3:30pm: Discussion — Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs: The One-Eyed Thief — Conversation between Chief Curator Raphaela Platow, Contemporary Arts Center and FotoFocus Artistic Director and Curator Kevin Moore

5pm: Discussion—Vivian Maier: A Quiet Pursuit— Forum with Gallerist Deborah Bell, New York; Gallerist Howard Greenberg, New York; and Art Critic Richard B. Woodward, New York. Moderated by FotoFocus Artistic Director and Curator Kevin Moore.

Reservation Information:

Program and hours subject to change. Memorial Hall FotoFocus Hours: Thurs: 11 am  6 pm.

 

Image from Vivian Maier: A Quiet Pursuit (Sept. 26 to Nov. 1) at 1400 Elm Street. S e l f- p o r t r a i t , C h i c a g o, 1970. Gelatin silver print.© Vivian Maier / Maloof Collection, courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York

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Photograph © by Jill Krementz; all rights reserved.

Oct. 10, 2014
Memorial Hall, 1225 Elm Street | Over-the-Rhine

FRI. OCT. 10: 11am–7:30 pm

Photography in Dialogue: Landscapes

1 pm: Film: Somewhere to Disappear, With Alec Soth, 2011 (57 mins), by Laure Flammarion and Arnaud Uyttenhove — Response by Artist Matthew Porter, New York.

3 pm: Conversation between Artist Elena Dorfman, Los Angeles,and Museum Director Alice Gray Stites, 21c Museum Hotel. Moderated by Curator and Art Dealer Damon Brandt, New York.

4:30 pm: Conversation between Artist David Benjamin Sherry and  Associate Curator Elizabeth Siegel, Art Institute of Chicago. Moderated by FotoFocus Artistic Director and Curator Kevin Moore.

6 pm: Keynote Address by Jeff L. Rosenheim—Shadow and Substance: Photography and the American Civil War

Jeff L. Rosenheim is Curator in Charge of the Department of Photographs at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

 

 

Reservation Information:

RSVP required at rsvp@fotofocusbiennial.org.

General Admission Seating. Early Arrival is recommended. Program and times subject to change. Program and hours subject to change. Memorial Hall FotoFocus Hours: Fri: 11am – 7:30 pm
 
Photo of Jeff L. Rosenheim from NewYorkSocialDiary (2013)

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Even with fame, John Waters still capable of being witty and silly spokesman for the outliers.Those lucky enough (open to Passport Ticket Holders only) to see his brilliant one-man performance of This Filthy World on Saturday, October 11.

Oct. 11, 2014
Memorial Hall, 1225 Elm Street | Over-the-Rhine

SAT. OCT 11: 11am–11pm 

11am: Memorial Hall opens for browsing at the FotoFocus Biennial Bookstore and the Aperture Foundation Fotobook Awards exhibit.

PHOTOGRAPHY IN DIALOGUE: Urbanscapes

1 pm: Film: Bill Cunningham New York, 2010 (1:24mins), by Richard Press and Phillip Gefter. Response by Photography Director Ivan Shaw, at Vogue Magazine, New York.

3:30 pm: Forum on street photography: Guests include Curator Steven Matijcio, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati; Associate Curator of Photography Brian Sholis, Cincinnati Art Museum; and FotoFocus Artistic Director and Curator Kevin Moore

5 pm: FotoGram@ArtHub — Forum moderated by Photography Director Ivan Shaw of Vogue. Guests include: Architect José Garcia, Designer of the Art Hub in Washington Park and Publisher Nion McEvoy, of Chronicle Books and Co-Curator of the Stills exhibition.

8 pm: Artist, Author and Director John Waters: This Filthy World Performance

 

 

 

Reservation Information:

RSVP required at rsvp@fotofocusbiennial.org.

Doors open at 6:30. Theatre opens at 7:30. Early arrival is recommended. Program and hours subject to change. 

Focus-Level Passport Ticket Holders may access to the Parkview Room, the private lounge at Memorial Hall, where hors d’oeuvres and refreshments are available from 6:30 pm. As an additional benefit, you will also receive Reserved Seating for John Water's performance. RSVP required at rsvp@fotofocusbiennial.org.

Photo of John Waters:© Greg Gorman

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Oct. 12, 2014
Memorial Hall, 1225 Elm Street | Over-the-Rhine

SUN. OCT 12: 11am–5pm

11am: Memorial Hall opens for browsing at the FotoFocus Biennial Bookstore and the Aperture Foundation Fotobook Awards exhibit.

Photography in Dialogue: Forum

1pm: Input/Output — Forum about the DAAP exhibition with Artist Jordan Tate, Artist Aaron Cowan and Artist Rachel de Joode

2:30 pm: Conversation between Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell — on Bidwell Projects and Transformer Station, Cleveland

3:30 pm: Forum on film  with Martha Colburn and Kristen Erwin. Moderated by FotoFocus Artistic Director and Curator Kevin Moore.

 

 

 

Reservation Information:

Program and hours subject to change. Memorial Hall FotoFocus Hours: Sun: 11am – 5pm.

 

Martha Colburn image: I’m Gonna, 1996, 3 min. Courtesy of the artist