Artist talk with Bert Danckaert

Artist talk with Bert Danckaert

1. Time: 18:30 - 20:00, 18.05.2023

2. Location: Matca Space for Photography, 48 Ngoc Ha, Ba Dinh, Hanoi

3. Language: English language with Vietnamese translation

4. Free entrance!

In the talk, Bert Danckaert will share the process behind his notable bodies of work including the series "Teatros" (2018-2022) currently on show at Matca Space for Photography. He also revealed more about his research and teaching work in photography at the Royal Academy of Art, Antwerp, Belgium where he is currently working as an associate professor.

5. About the artist

Bert Danckaert (1965) studied photography at the Academy of Fine Arts and the National Higher Institute of Fine Arts (NHISK) in Antwerp, Belgium. Since the mid nineties, he has been working as a photographer and has shown his work in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Belgium and abroad. Besides his artistic activities, Danckaert also writes about photography for several newspapers and magazines (mainly H ART) and has worked as freelance curator and organizer of several projects. He is associate professor of photography at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts , Antwerp (B). Bert Danckaert is a POC (Piece of Cake) member, an international network of photographers.

In 1999, Danckaert started the series "Make Sense!" which was published as a book in 2006. In 2007 he started working on a series entitled "Simple Present" of which the book "Simple Present - Beijing" appeared in 2008, "Cape Town Notes" in 2009 and finally the complete series "Simple Present" in 2013. In 2016 his 5th book "Horizon" appeared together with the English translation of his novel "De Extra’s" as "The Extras".

https://www.bert-danckaert.be

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