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BLIPFEST 2010: VISION • PASSION • EXPRESSION

BLIPfest (Bali Photography Festival) is a major international photography event hosting an array exhibitions, workshops and seminars in Bali, Indonesia.

BLIPfest will first take place during the last week of September into the first week of October 2010. The events of BLIPFEST 2010 will be spread over venues around Denpasar, Kuta, Nusa Dua and Ubud, Bali.

BLIPfest sets it’s sights on bringing together domestic and foreign photographers, editors, art critics, cultural observers, industry stakeholders and the general public to help put Indonesia in its rightful place as a domain of diverse and outstanding creativities. BLIPfest aims to be a stimulus for cultural interaction and collaboration among Indonesian and foreign photographers of the world.

BLIPfest was conceived of by Indonesian photographer Rio Helmi as a platform for Indonesian photography, as a creative impetus for artistic and aesthetic energies, and as a venue for intercultural interaction fostering the advancement of Indonesian photography within a global milieu. Rio’s enthusiasm met with swift response from some resourceful minds in related fields – including Rudolf Dethu, Arief ‘Ayip’ Budiman, Soma Helmi, Robin Malau and Marlowe Bandem, all adding their personal touch to the establishment of BLIPfest.

BLIPfest curators will include Indonesian photographers Darwis Triadi, Firman Ichsan, Oscar Motuloh, Rio Helmi and Tara Sosrowardoyo. At this early date we have already had enthusiastic response and sincere interest in participation from several foreign photographers including San Francisco of Fine Arts lecturer Linda Connors, VII agency photographers John Stanmeyer and James Nachtwey, as well as Magnum’s Raghu Rai.

BLIPfest has a special mission to provide access and inspiration for young and upcoming Indonesian photographers

BLIPfest’s 2010 festival theme: VISION • PASSION • EXPRESSION

VISION • PASSION • EXPRESSION not only embodies a sincere desire to celebrate the creativity of photography, it is a warm-hearted, open-minded attitude allowing oneself to be embraced by the art form and to be captured by the moment.

”There is no perfect camera, there is no perfect lens, no perfect technique. There is only the perfect moment, and the perfect heart for it”
Rio Helmi
Photographer