Video exhibition of photo exchange between Suriname and Greece.

On the second Thursday-Night-Feature (TNF) of the year 2017 Readytex Art Gallery once again offers her visitors an interesting and different presentation, this time in a special collaboration with the ‘Surinaamse Fotografen Vereniging’ (SuFoV). On Thursday February 2^nd Readytex Art Gallery will host a video exhibition of the photo exchange between SuFoV in Paramaribo and the Hellenic Photography Society in Athens, Greece. SuFoV was founded in 1993 and currently has approximately 50 members whom practice the art of photography professionally or as an amateur. The Hellenic Photography Society has it’s origins in 1952.

Both organizations are members of the ‘Fédération Internationale de l’Art Photographique’ (FIAP), an international organization with more than 85 member-countries. The FIAP aims to promote collaboration between photographers from different countries and to promote photography in general throughout the world. During regular contact between Greek and Surinamese FIAP liaison officers in June 2016, the idea for a photography exchange project was born. Suriname is mostly unknown amongst Greeks and the SuFoV members were immediately enthusiastic about the opportunity to portray their country in a positive way abroad. On Thursday February 2^nd the video exhibition opens simultaneously in the photo gallery of the Hellenic Photography Society in the center of Athens, Greece and in Readytex Art Gallery in the center of Paramaribo, in Suriname.

The exchange offers photographers from both countries the opportunity to present their countries to viewers from another part of the world in a positive and creative way, through their work. At the same time they also get the opportunity to showcase their photographic skills on a broader international platform.

At the video exhibition in Suriname the digital photos of the Greek and Surinamese participants are shown on three specially installed television screens in Readytex Art Gallery. Everyone is welcome to join this interesting presentation. The doors of the gallery open at 7:00 pm and the presentation starts at 7:30 pm.

After the opening presentation on the TNF of February 2^nd, the video exhibition of the photo exchange between SuFoV and the Hellenic Photography Society will remain on display in the gallery, although on one screen, up until Saturday February 11^th. The opening hours of the gallery are from Monday – Friday from 8:00 am – 4:30 pm and on Saturday from 8:30 am – 1:30 pm. In addition to enjoying the video exhibition, guests at the TNF on Thursday February 2^nd, can of course also take a moment to enjoy all of the visual artworks on display throughout the gallery. All floors are newly decorated with works of art selected from our storage by curator and visual artist Rinaldo Klas and the RAGteam.