【线上讲座】重塑视觉：FOTODOK在当代荷兰摄影中的作用

Lisanne van Happen (The Netherlands) is a Dutch freelance curator, fundraiser, and producer, specialized in the field of documentary photography with a particular interest in social issues. Lisanne has a BA in documentary photography from AKV|St.Joost in Breda. She studied social-cultural work at Koning Willem I college in Den Bosch. And attended several courses Sociology at Utrecht University to further deepen her knowledge on social topics.

Over the past seven years, she has worked for art academy AKV|St.Joost in Breda, artist in residence Docking Station in Amsterdam and Critical Mass in Utrecht, an organization that develops interactive multimedia experiences about urgent topics in society. She was also involved in several other collaborations with photographers and creative professionals. Lisanne has (co-)curated and produced several exhibitions and programs at FOTODOK such as Beyond Us and Them (2017), Belief, on the Move (2016) and There is Something about my Family (2016).

Lisanne is the talent development lead at FOTODOK, space for documentary photography in Utrecht, the Netherlands. She leads six different talent programs: Lighthouse, which gives 10 graduates the opportunity to create new work with financial, conceptual, and productional support from FOTODOK. Lighthouse Specials. FUTURES, a community of institutions in Europe supporting upcoming talent in photography. Take Off, a digital meet-up between artists and professionals in the field of photography. Embassy, which gives 10 artists the opportunity to show their work in the context of international photography festivals. And she is involved in the international talent program Blurring the Lines (founded by PCA and Urbanautica Institute) as a member of the jury and co-producer of the program.

Married to Erik and mother of Daan (2004), Anna (2006) and Taco (2010) Femke is the director of FOTODOK, a photography institution in Utrecht, The Netherlands. FOTODOK organizes group exhibitions on urgent themes in society to broaden perspectives or provide new insights. Next to the exhibition FOTODOK facilitates in-depth talent and educational programs. Founded in 2008 with documentary photography at its core, FOTODOK nowadays plays an important role in the photography ecosystem in The Netherlands. Femke is a connector with a large (inter)national network of cultural institutions, artists, social organizations, funds, (impact) investors and entrepreneurs. She studied economic-social history at the University of Amsterdam. She worked for 8 years as head of the exhibitions department of World Press Photo and was responsible for organizing and financing the 100 exhibitions that take place every year worldwide. She then spent 8 years as Head of Allocations at the Charity Lotteries, where she was responsible for distributing the proceeds of the lotteries to charitable organizations and social enterprises. Last autumn the exhibition Part of Me was on display, an exhibition about mental well-being. In the spring Whispers and Shouts. Voices of Ukrainian Women Photographers showed personal stories about Ukrainian daily life and the effects of the war. Between 3 July and 24 September Ici Près (Here Near) will be at display at Rencontres d’Arles. Femke is involved as a mentor in various startup programs and is active on the board of organizations such as Klabu, Coolfinity and the Max Foundation. Documentary photography, personal projects reflecting on urgent subjects in society are close to me. It is the core of FOTODOK. With a working past at World Press Photo too, news, portraits are of my interest too.