{"id":2741,"date":"2022-11-22T15:56:19","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T14:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dtdf-2023.de\/?page_id=2741"},"modified":"2022-12-29T17:03:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T16:03:32","slug":"konzept","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dtdf-2023.de\/en\/history\/konzept\/","title":{"rendered":"Concept"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2741\" class=\"elementor elementor-2741 elementor-1302\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6166566c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6166566c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-43dcd90e\" data-id=\"43dcd90e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61922ccd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"61922ccd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.11.5 - 14-03-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">The three pillars of the festival:\nMain exhibition,\nCompetition and Merck-Prize\nSymposium<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-327f145c elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"327f145c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-23f7e9af\" data-id=\"23f7e9af\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71f6b108 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71f6b108\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.11.5 - 14-03-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h2>Main exhibition<\/h2><p>The annual topic is presented in an exhibition at Designhaus Hessen. The ten to fifteen participating international artists are invited by the team of curators. Controversial positions, latest works, and various genres are compiled to constitute the central statement on the festival\u2019s topic in this group show.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de68df8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de68df8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Competition<\/h2><p>Since 2006, an open call for photographers and artists to take part in the festival is issued. There are neither stylistic nor technical restrictions. Nationality and age are not limited either. The decisive factor lies in the relevance of the work regarding the annual topic, as well as in the quality of the execution of the work.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Following the public call, up to 400 participants submit their work, which is comprehensively assessed in a jury session, where 30 to 35 works are selected to be put on display during the festival in one of the participating cultural institutions, galleries, museums, and off-spaces in Darmstadt. The exhibitions provide a unique and surprising collection of artistic positions regarding the interpretation of the festival theme.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The competition offers the possibility, to emerging artists in particular, to show unpublished work for the first time. Oftentimes, the first step towards a subsequent professional career of a photographer takes place in Darmstadt. As of now, more than 430 artists were able to present their work at the festival.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a85f64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a85f64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Merck-Preis<\/h2><p>Since 2008, the Darmstadt-based multinational chemical, pharmaceutical and life sciences company Merck Group annually donates a prize for excellent positions in the photography competition. During the jury session, three artists are selected. On the opening day of the festival, after a review of the presentation at the exhibition space, one of the three nominees is awarded the prize during a ceremony in the evening.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/dtdf-2023.de\/merck-preis\/\">More informationen to Merck-Preis \u2192<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17c9bae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"17c9bae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Symposium<\/h2><p>The presentations and discussions by excellent invited speakers shed light on the philosophical, aesthetic, and social aspects of the annual topic. Particularly, it is the question surrounding the objective versus the subjective qualities of seeing, which is discussed.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Not only artists, but also philosophers, writers, and theoreticians present their point of view and thus contribute to a thought-provoking discourse.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-45eb523d\" data-id=\"45eb523d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1398c96b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1398c96b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.11.5 - 14-03-2023 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height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/dtdf-2023.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/18_dtdf_merckpreisverleihung_\u00a9louisa-1-39-2000px-538x340.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium-hor size-medium-hor wp-image-2450\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Merck-Preis 2022 \u00a9 Andr\u00e9 Hirtz<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c753faa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c753faa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"538\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/dtdf-2023.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20_10_23_dtdf_ahirtz_0901-2000px-538x340.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium-hor size-medium-hor wp-image-2464\" alt=\"\" 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.elementor-divider__text{direction:rtl}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-divider,.e-con>.elementor-widget-divider{width:var(--container-widget-width,100%);--flex-grow:var(--container-widget-flex-grow)}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\tDarmstadt Days of photography\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69dd6a82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"69dd6a82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">Exhibitions \u2013 Symposium \u2013 Network.<br>\nA festival in town<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-166dae25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"166dae25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The exhibitions are presented at Darmstadt\u2019s central cultural institutions; Museum K\u00fcnstlerkolonie, Designhaus, Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Schlossmuseum, and, more recently, Kunstforum of TU Darmstadt, are all vital partners. Further public institutions, such as Centralstation and Literaturhaus, host exhibitions during the festival. All locations are within reach of Mathildenh\u00f6he and the city center. Non-locals are offered a fast and convenient shuttle service by SKODA AUTO.<\/p><p>The department of design at h_da Hochschule Darmstadt with its focus on training in photography has been the heart of the festival from the beginning. The symposium takes place here, as well as workshops and portfolio shows of students, local as well as international. The foyer provides space for meet and greet with the artists. Thus, the University of Applied Sciences\u2019 support is crucial for the festival.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-260dcc2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"260dcc2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0b7dd29\" data-id=\"0b7dd29\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba1fe1f elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ba1fe1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\tPhilosophy\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4a1040 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f4a1040\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">Focus on one topic content-wise, focus on one weekend time-wise<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3676a1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3676a1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The format \u201cconcentration and encounter\u201d is truly singular in the region, as well as nationwide. Internationally, there is no comparable concept either. Concentration on the one hand means a clear emphasis on the annual topic guiding the selection of the exhibition and symposium. The annual topic is the framework and central element of the entire festival. The visitor is thus enabled to easily access the exhibitions and lectures, visually and content-wise. The concentration of the event during one weekend allows for all artists to be present simultaneously. The possibility of encounters and face-to-face discussions of visitors and artists make up the unique charm of the festival.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a1a533 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a1a533\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f40fa4\" data-id=\"4f40fa4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d462531 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d462531\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">The initiators and curators<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac9fae5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ac9fae5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe four initiators, R\u00fcdiger Dunker, Albrecht Haag, Alexandra Lechner, and Gregor Schuster, collaborate closely in a team with curator Ute Noll (<a href=\"https:\/\/unoartspace.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on-photography.com \u2192<\/a>) and photo artist and professor at h_da Prof. Dr. Kris Scholz to select the participating artists. Since 2006, this team has been in charge for the selection of participating artists and speakers for the symposium, as well as for awarding the Merck-Prize.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The three pillars of the festival: Main exhibition, Competition and Merck-Prize Symposium Main exhibition The annual topic is presented in an exhibition at Designhaus Hessen. The ten to fifteen participating international artists are invited by the team of curators. 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