Warzone is one of the main exhibitions during this year's festival. On Saturday 25 September we will be launching the publication of Warzone. The book launch is accompanied by a debate. Our speakers are Hans Achterhuis (philosopher), Jaus Müller (journalist), Désirée Verweij (professor of philosophy and ethics) and Jeroen Kramer (photographer). 

You are warmly welcome at the book launch. For more information about the programme please check our website. 

Cover book Warzone, photo Rafal Gerszak

Following the book launch, two films will be screened in the site of the exhibition. Admission is free. 

• Turtles Can Fly, director: Bahman Ghobadi 7.00 p.m 
• Crazy, director: Heddy Honigmann 9.00 p.m.

Still from Crazy

Eva Gjaltema, Dutch photographer from the main exhibition Land, will give a tour in the museum this Sunday. In the festival Noorderlicht is showing her work in progress called Famylje, in which Gjaltema wants to preserve her own family history. 

The family Eva Gjaltema come from the Westerkwartier, a rural area on the border of the provinces Groningen and Friesland, and for generations has been active in farming and raising livestock. In 2004 Gjaltema began to record the lives of her grandparents, in order to preserve her own family history, but also to capture a dying way of life. By using found photographs and other material, she combines the role of photographer with that of a collector, researcher, editor and curator.

Above self-portrait, below a photo from the series Famylje.

Land, Country Life in the Urban Age

Through the work of photographers from all corners of the world, Land presents a poignant image of worldwide economic, cultural and ecological change.

Warzone, the battlefield of peacekeeping