FESTIVAL TEAM 2023
We are very pleased to introduce our team for this year.
DINO REKANOVIC / MANAGING DIRECTOR
Since 2000 he lives and works in the field of culture and art management in Vienna. He is co-founder and initiator of numerous projects, associations and initiatives. Since 2016 he has founded and directed ZIGUTAMVE. Association for contemporary photography. At the beginning of 2018 he took over the project coordination and management at the PHOTON Gallery in Vienna and represents the gallery at international fairs for contemporary photography. Dino is a freelance artist, gallery owner and curator.
ALIZA PEISKER / PR
Aliza Peisker studies history of arts at the university of Vienna. She is a co-editor at the Vienna based online magazine Bohema, where she manages the art department. Last year she wrote an article about the festival, takes analog photographs herself and was a loyal daily guest at the first Rotlicht Festival 2021. This year she is no longer a visitor but a team member and takes care of the public relations.
MICHAEL LAUBSCH / PROGRAM COORDINATION
Michael is one of the few Germans living in Vienna ;-), now for almost ten years. Photography has always been an essential part of his life, although his professional focus lies more on words and civil engagement. Michael’s analog photo work focuses on reportage, documentation of social interaction and deals a lot with the heart of Europe, which for him is based in the East and South East of our continent. Since last year, Michael is part of Zigutamve and responsible for the overall coordination of ROTLICHT.
ULRIKE MAYRHUBER / GRAPHIC DESIGN
discovered her passion for analog photography at the Fotoakademie in Graz. As a final project of her studies in information design, she explored analog photographic processes and wrote the illustrated manual „Die Faszination des analogen Bildes“ as her final thesis. Today she still puts the photographic process into the center of her work. Ulrike lives and works as a graphic designer and photographer in Vienna and is part of the photolab Lumen X.
THOMAS LICEK / PORTFOLIO REVIEW
Thomas organized and developed the Month of Photography in Vienna since its first edition in 2004. Later he became Managing Director of Eyes On – Month of Photography Vienna, and President of the European Month of Photography (EMOP).
Currently he is mainly involved in the establishing of Reflektor, a platform for self-published photobooks.
Thomas has a long experience as a jury member for festivals and awards, and as a portfolio reviewer. For Rotlicht he is now switching the sides and organizes the first Rotlicht Portfolio Review.
ALESSANDRA D`INTINO / GRAPHIC & SOCIAL MEDIA
Italian photographer, story teller and graphic designer living in Vienna.
Born in Varese in 1978, she was raised with a classical education in italian literature and philosophy. She attended 1999 the University of Image, a post-secondary training school of Fondazione Industria Onlus Milan, a non-profit organization founded by the photographer Fabrizio Ferri, whose philosophy deeply influenced her way of thinking.
She worked in advertising since the first decade of 2000, both in Italy and in the German speaking countries.
Since 2013 she has dedicated herself to visual art and photography: analogue, digital and old alternative processes such as albumen print.
In the team of Rotlicht Festival she is collaborating in the Graphic Design and the Social Media Management.
AMAR TAHIROVIC / VIDEO & IT SUPPORT
Amar is a full-time video editor and video animator. He studied Media Informatics and Visual Computing at the Vienna University of Technology. He supports our team as IT specialist as well as everything regarding the video production.
STELLA MONDIN / SOCIAL MEDIA & BACKOFFICE
Stella Mondin is a queer female photographer currently living in Vienna. She just finished her diploma at Die Graphische.
How does our society perceive nudity and how do we deal with it? Till which point do hegemonic body ideals influence us, how can we guard ourselves against idealized pictures of the human body? Stella Mondin follows these questions with witticism, illuminating every wrinkle, every hair and every scar with devotion and consciously putting things in the focal point of attention which otherwise are the first sacrificed victims of retouching in glossy magazines.
Text: Kati Bruder
MAX HABDANK / TEAM MEMBER
Max Habdank is coming from Germany and discovered his love for Vienna and analog photography during his exchange semester in 2019. Favorite subway: U6 – Favorite camera: Nikon F3. Since then his camera accompanies him every day. During the Rotlicht Festival 2022 he will be there as a stand-in wherever help is needed and will, among other things, coordinate the artists in the different locations.
FELICE DROTT / VIDEO
Felice works as a video journalist and photographer with a growing love for analog processes. At Rotlicht Festival she portrays some of our fantastic artists and jury members via video. Her super-kraft is to find and capture “the essential glow” of a person.
IGOR FRNTIC / TECHNIC SUPPORT
Igor Frntic is coming from Croatia, studying jazz drums and piano on Vienna Konservatorium (2011 – 2017). He started to learn music since he was 5 from his grandfather and father. He supports our team in all technical matters and is our music coordinator for Rotlicht by Night.
TERHAS BERHE TAREKEGN / PHOTO & VIDEO
Terhas Berhe is a photographer and filmmaker. Her work focuses on the everyday to social issues that looks critically at notions of documentary storytelling. She is interested in the long-term processes working with other forms such as photography, video and performing art to trouble her narratives. She deeply believes that every human being has a powerful story to share if we give them time & space.
LEONARDO J. CHAMIZO / PHOTO & VIDEO
Leonardo J. Chamizo is a Director of Photography and Camera Operator based in Vienna, who specializes in music videos, art, commercials and corporate events. He is also a filmmaker with experience in documentaries and short films. Originally from Havana, Cuba, Leonardo has documented numerous music and film events collaborating with contemporary artists. Part of the 2018 Documentary Production for Film and Television by NYU (TISCH School of the ARTS) Special Programs in Havana and the Maurice Kambar Institute of Film and Television, he worked for the Ludwig Foundation in Havana. Aside from filming and photography, he enjoys music, sports and traveling.