On Migration Moxie Studios 13-22 Jul Opening 6pm 13 Jul
Books on Migration Curated by Irene Attinger 13-22 Jul Opening 6pm 13 Jul
Magazines on the Wall: 10 projects on Migration Moxie Studios 13-22 Jul Opening 6pm 13 Jul
David Monahan & Maurice Gunning, Living-Leaving NPA 6-22 Jul Opening 6pm 5 Jul
The Other Side of the Soul Instituto Cervantes 6 Jul-1 Sep Opening: 6pm 5 Jul
Isabelle Pateer, Unsettled The Copper House Gallery 28 June-12 Jul Opening: 6pm 4 Jul
Jean Revillard, Sarah on the Bridge The Copper House Gallery 16 Jul-4 Aug Opening: 8pm 14 Jul

Migration is not only moving from one place to another, it is also a process of losing, rebuilding, defending and examining one's own cultural identity. The photographic medium has always been at the forefront of investigating these phenomena, producing iconic images, recording moments of change, questioning cultural identity.

With this year's theme we want to discuss and present issues related to Diasporas and Migration, their past and present impact on identity, culture and the imagination, place and space, emotion, politics and the complexity of transnational lives today.

The main exhibition, On Migration, will feature projects such as Dinu Li's Mother of All Journeys, Max Becher's & Andrea Robbins' 770, Isabelle Pateer's series Unsettled and Jean Revillard's Sara on the Bridge, among others. We will also present a selection of book dummies such as Francisca Lopez' Bandi Binder project & Gergely Laszlo's Collective Man, providing the unique opportunity to see these projects at a work-in-progress phase. Other artists on our shortlist are Anthony Luvera and Roger Eberhard.

Within the theme, we will present David Monahan's, Leaving Dublin and Maurice Gunning's project on the Argentine Irish Diaspora at the National Photographic Archive.

Celebrating its second year, the Book & Magazine Fair (13-15 July) will offer two main exhibitions on the theme: Irene Attinger, head of the Maison de la Photographie Européenne's Library, one of the world's largest collections of its kind, will bring to Dublin a curated selection of photobooks. In addition, five international photography magazines, including as Camera Austria (Graz) and European Photography (Berlin), will co-curate a selection of contemporary photography.

The festival Symposium investigates 'Migrations: Diaspora and Cultural Identity', developed in collaboration with GradCAM and with the kind support of the Dublin City Council. It will take place on July 12 at the WoodQuay venue, and will be accompanied by film screenings, such as The Mexican Suitcase.

Portfolio 12, PhotoIreland's international Portfolio Review (13-15 July) is an open submission, where we particularly welcomed portfolios and photobooks associated with or around the festival theme.

The official exhibitions on the festival theme are complemented, as in past years, by the OPEN Programme. This wide spectrum of exhibitions, installations, performances, and projections, related to Photography & Contemporary Image Culture are shown in over 40 vibrant venues around Dublin.

Moritz Neumüller
Festival Curator