Program 2026

The program of ROTLICHT Festival 2026 is ready.

Free admission to the festival opening (MAIN EXHIBITION & ZED NELSON: ANTHROPOCENE ILLUSIONS) on 27/11/2026 at 19:00.
For access to the festival headquarters (Festivalzentrale) for lectures or the MAIN EXHIBITION & ZED NELSON: ANTHROPOCENE ILLUSIONS at a time other than the festival opening, you need your festival pass or a day ticket of €8

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Ongoing Exhibitions

Raining Blood: Photography & Arms Trafficking

Historical Photos + Sama Alshaibi, Baptist Coelho, Jittagarn Kaewtinkoy, Elene Kajaia, Peter Kennard, Minouk Lim, Cristina Lucas, Michael Mcgarry, Tiara Roxanne, Jakkai Siributr and Abdullah M.I. Syed.

Weltmuseum Wien

Polizeipferde für Österreich

Jonas Höschl,

Postcards from Cacti Falls

Dušan Kochol

Slovak Institute in Vienna / Slowakisches Institut in Wien

Still Life – Life Still

Vera Mercer

Leica Galerie Wien

25/11/2026

16:00

Opening, Exhibition

Designated Ground Zero – Grand Prix Exhibition / Grand Prix Ausstellung Rotlicht 2026

Beihua Guo

26/11/2026

19:00

The past is the hardest thing to predict

Jana Gombiková

27/11/2026

19:00

FESTIVAL Opening, Main Exhibition

Winners of Open Call »Anthropocene: Hybrid Realities«

Main exhibition

Atelierhaus der Akademie der Bildenen Künste Wien

28/11/2026

11:00

A picture of color photographs from a analog chemical printing process

RA-4 Color Printing Process

Mario Bertieri

Festival Headquarters: Atelierhaus der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien

11:00

The Body Of Photography

Ludovica Bastianini

Festival Headquarters: Atelierhaus der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien

17:00

Black-and-White Reversal

Jakob Wächter, Daria Savytska

Festival Headquarters: Atelierhaus der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien

18:00

Eyes Opening 1982 – Reloaded 2026

Gerhard Aba, Pablo Chiereghin, Ilse Chlan, Ewa Kaja, Susanne Kompast, Abbé Libansky, Ona B., Christiane Spatt

Slovak Institute in Vienna / Slowakisches Institut in Wien

29/11/2026

10:00

Camera Obscura: Self-made

Fabian Haspinger

15:00

Printing With Uranium

Beihua Guo

Festival Headquarters: Atelierhaus der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien

30/11/2026

Finnish Flow in Analog Waters

Albin Ljungqvist, Peter Eriksson, Serafima Parland, NextGenAFK Collective

11:00

Dino-Rekanovic-Workshop-B&W

B&W Film Development

Dino Rekanovic

16:00

B&W Enlarging and Darkroom Technique

Dino Rekanovic

01/12/2026

9:00

analogue cyanotype image depicting a fork

Cyanotype

Torsten Wieczorek

02/12/2026

9:00

Albumen and Salt Print

Torsten Wieczorek

16:00

Quick C-41 Film Development

Dino Rekanovic

Festival Headquarters: Atelierhaus der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien

03/12/2026

9:00

analog processed kallitypie image depicting a seascape with a house

Kallitype

Torsten Wieczorek

16:00

Self Portraits as a Creative Process (Day 1)

Alina Minieieva

04/12/2026

9:00

Wet Plate Collodion Process: Tintypes / Ambrotypes

Torsten Wieczorek

16:00

Michael Laubsch - POLAROID LIFTING (DESTROY TO CREATE)

Polaroid Emulsion Lift and Other Creative Destruction

Veronika Mol, Michael Laubsch

Festival Headquarters: Atelierhaus der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien

17:00

Residual Light: Lumen Printing and Multi-media Enlargement

David Miladinovic

Festival Headquarters: Atelierhaus der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien

05/12/2026

09:00

various darkroom chemistry for toning images

Toner & Toning Techniques

Torsten Wieczorek

11:00

Ecological Wetroom: Experimental Cyanotype (Day 1)

Aindreas Scholz, Nicole Tanneberger

Festival Headquarters: Atelierhaus der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien

11:00

Siebdruck/Screen Printing (Day 1)

Michaela Schlöglhofer

Studio Megafauna

11:00

Self Portraits as a Creative Process (Day 2)

Alina Minieieva

06/12/2026

09:00

Ecological Wetroom: Experimental Cyanotype (Day 2)

Aindreas Scholz, Nicole Tanneberger

Festival Headquarters: Atelierhaus der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien

11:00

Siebdruck/Screen Printing (Day 2)

Michaela Schlöglhofer

Studio Megafauna

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