Practical Information

FESTIVAL OFFICE
LODZ ART CENTER
Tymienieckiego 3
(+48 42) 684 20 95
info@fotofestiwal.com

opening hours:
8-10.05 & Sat-Sun: 11-19
Tue-Fri: 14-18
Mon: closed

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TICKETS
MULTI-ENTRANCE TICKET30PLN
all exhibitions, lectures, slideshows, concerts, 2 workshops of your choice (advance registration required), opportunity to obtain a ticket for the Czeslaw Spiewa concert, which will take place on the 17th of May (tickets will be available in Lodz Art Center from the 13th of May).

SINGLE-ENTRANCE TICKETS
- exhibitions in Łódź Art Center – PLN 10 (PLN 5 – student ticket)
- slideshow and a party in the Jazzga club – PLN 10

PORTFOLIO OVERVIEW
In order to take a part in the portfolio review, you need to buy a multi-entrance ticket and pay additional PLN 70 (PLN 50 for students). Limited number of participants, registration open until the 15th of April. Multi-entrance tickets will also be available in the Book Art Museum directly before the portfolio review.

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PLACES AND OPENING HOURS
Łódź Art Center, ul. Tymienieckiego 3
open: 8-10.05 & weekends: 11-19 | Tue-Fri: 14-18 | Mon: closed
(7-31.05) Tickle Attack
(7-31.05) Grand Prix Fotofestiwal 2009
(7-31.05) Oiko Petersen, Downtown Collection
(7-31.05) Łódź Kaliska, May men rot

Patio Art Center WSHE
Nowa Przestrzeń Gallery, ul. Rewolucji 1905 r. nr 52
open: 9-10.05 & 15-17.05: 11-19 | 12-14.05: 14-18
(9-17.05) Factory of Photography
Domek Ogrodnika Gallery, ul. Rewolucji 1905 r. nr 52
open: 9-10.05 & 15-17.05: 11-19 | 12-14.05: 14-18 | from 19.05 Tue-Fri: 14-17, Sat-Sun: closed
(9-31.05) Marek Domański, Amazing, yet authentic, journey of professor Mundschein

Manufaktura, ul. Ogrodowa 17
Mon-Sat: 10-22 | Sun: 10-21
(7-31.05) Tomasz Gudzowaty, Shipwreckers
(7-31.05) Poland photographed by nIKONs of PHOTOGRAPHY

Jazzga club, ul. Piotrkowska 17
8.05, at 10.30 p.m. slide show 2, 6×6 Fragments of European Photography
8.05, at 11.30 p.m. party with dj Good Paul, klub Jazzga, Piotrkowska 17, Łódź
9.05, at 9 p.m. slide show 3, 6×6 Fragments of European Photography
9.05, at 10 p.m. party with dj Luk

Book Art Museum, ul. Tymienieckiego 24
8.05, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. portfolio review
9.05, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. portfolio review

EC1, ul. Targowa 1/3
open: Tue-Fri: 14-16 | Sat-Sun: 12-16
(9-31.05) Second Cities

Zona Sztuki Aktualnej, ul. Tymienieckiego 3
open: 8-10.05 & Sat-Sun: 11-19 | other: Tue-Fri: 10-18 | Mon: closed
(24.04-17.05) Photoplasticon.  Artistic adventures with photography
(22.05-20.06) Karolina Kowalska, Reload

Central Museum of Textiles, ul. Piotrkowska 282
open: Tue,Wed, Fri: 9-17 | Thu: 11-19 | Sat, Sun: 11-16 | Mon: closed
(30.04-30.08) Photography and tapestry

Museum of Cinematography, pl. Zwycięstwa 1
open: Tue: 10-17 | Wed: 9-16 | Thu: 11-18 | Fri-Sun: 9-16 | Mon: closed
(10-31.05) Oliver Kern, The Glass Key
(10-31.05) Tomasz Komorowski, Sunday Afternoon

FF Gallery, ul. Traugutta 18
open: 9-10.05, 12-18 | Tue-Sat: 14-18 | Sun, Mon: closed
(9-30.05) Horus Archive
(9-30.05) Małgorzata Ząbkowska, Jacek Bassa, Himmelfahrt – In Heaven
(9-30.05) Małgorzata Antoszewska–Moneta, Nano

Młodzi Gallery, ul. Gdańska 9
open: 8-10.05: 11-19 | Mon-Fri: 11-18 | Sat, Sun: 11-19
(9–31.05) The Sunny Side. Modern Hungarian Photography

Cafe Foto, ul. Piotrkowska 102
open: Mon-Thu: 12-1 | Fri-Sat: 12-3
(9-30.05) Gábor Arion Kudász, Green Area

Ars Nova Gallery, ul. Piotrkowska 6
open: 9-10.05, 11-19 | Tue-Fri: 14-18 | Sat-Sun: 11-18 | Mon: closed
(9-23.05) Cezary Zacharewicz, Meatings

ŁTF Gallery, ul. Piotrkowska 102
open: Mon-Fri: 10-18 | Sat: 10-14 | Sun: closed
(19.05-1.06) Tadeusz Rolke, Waldemar Zdrojewski, Everynowhere

Wschodnia Gallery, ul. Wschodnia 29/3
open: Mon-Fri: 16-18 and upon a phone call: (+48 42) 661 76 03, +48 793 434 420
(2.05-31.05) Archive/Now – Multimedia Master Studio of the Fine Arts Academy in Lodz

Gazeta Wyborcza, foyer, ul. Sienkiewicza 72
open: all week 9-19
(6-31.05) Julian Sojka, A week in Kosovo

Hotel Savoy, ul. Traugutta 6
open: 7-10.05, 11-17 | 11-17.05: upon a phone call: (+48 42) 632 93 60
(6-17.05) Lodz Pinhole Scene. Next Generation

UMŁ Gallery, ul. Piotrkowska 87
open: Mon-Fri: 8-18 | Sat: 10-14
(9–22.05) Andrzej Rozycki, Memorial to RIP Analogue Photography

Studio 102, ul. 6 Sierpnia 88a
open: 8-10.05: 10-18
(8-10.05) City of Lodz Town

Forum 76. Business Centre, corner of Pilsudskiego/Kopcinskiego
open: Mon-Fri: 14-19 | Sat: 16-20 | Sun: 12-18
(17-31.05) Business in a lens – banking leaders 2008

Eternity Group Fashion&Circus, ul. Piramowicza 11/13
open: Mon-Fri: 14-18 | Sat, Sun: 12-19
(30.04–31.05) Anna Orzeszko, Eternity Circus

The Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Lodz, ul. Kopcinskiego 8/12
open: Mon-Fri: 9-17
(25.05-05.06) Our University in our city

WARSAW
Fabryka Trzciny Artistic Center
, Otwocka 14
open: 6–8 & 11–12.05: 10–17
(6–12.05) Tickle Attack
Skwer — the branch of Fabryka Trzciny Artistic Center, Krakowskie Przedmiescie 60A, open: 9-24
(19.05–1.06) Tickle Attack

Yours Gallery, Krakowskie Przedmiescie 30
open: 19–20.05: 11–20
(19-20.05) 6×6 Fragments od European Photography

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WHERE TO EAT

We invite you to the SOFA restaurant at 107 Piotrkowska Street. 10% discount between the 7th and 31st of May, if you have the Fotofestiwal multi-entrance ticket.

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WHERE TO SLEEP

Participants and guests of the upcoming Fotofestiwal (May 2009) are entitled to a 15% discount* in “Centrum-Hotele”

“Centrum - Hotele” Sp. z o.o. – the owner of five Łodź hotels : “Centrum”, “Światowit”, “Savoy”, “Mazowiecki” and “Polonia Palast” invites you to try out its night’s rest offer during the Fotofestiwal 2009 (May 2009).
The company has about one thousand beds available. It is the largest hotel-conference infrastructure in Łódź. All our facilities are located in the centre of Łódź, majority of them along Piotrkowska Street, in the vicinity of train stations and shopping centres. The hotels (historic, with business profile, two and three star) are all located in the city full of historic industrial buildings (19th century) and a capital of clubbing as well. Łódź houses the largest shopping and recreation centre in Poland – Manufaktura. It is located in the revitalised post-industrial complex of Izrael Poznański.

*the discount applies only during the 2009 edition of the Fotofestiwal (7-31 May, 2009); it does not include breakfast and does not add to other special and weekend promotions offered by the hotels.

Hotel Światowit ***
al. Kościuszki 68,Lodz
tel. +48 42 636-36-37, +48 42 636-30-44
fax +48 426 36-52-91
e-mail: swiatowit@centrumhotele.pl
price: from 95PLN (discount price for 1 person in a double room, no breakfast)

Hotel Centrum ***
ul. Kilińskiego 59/63, Lodz
tel. +48 42 632-86-40, fax +48 42 636-96-50
e-mail: centrum@centrumhotele.pl
price: from 111PLN (discount price for 1 person in a double room, no breakfast)

Hotel Savoy **
ul. Traugutta 6, Lodz
tel. +48 42 632-93-60, fax +48 42 632-93-68
e-mail: Savoy@centrumhotele.pl
price: from 95PLN (discount price for 1 person in a double room, no breakfast)

Hotel Mazowiecki **
ul. Pułku Strzelców Kaniowskich 53/57, Lodz
tel. +48 42 637-43-33, fax +48 42 637-56-47
e-mail: mazowiecki@centrumhotele.pl
price: from 73PLN (discount price for 1 person in a double room, no breakfast)

Polonia Palast
ul. Narutowicza 38, Lodz
tel.  +48 42 632-87-73, fax +48 42 633-18-96
e-mail: polonia@centrumhotele.pl
price: from 69PLN (discount price for 1 person in a double room, no breakfast)

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HOW TO GET TO US

Lodz is a city in central Poland – two hours from Warsaw. You can get to us by plane, straight to Lodz:
www.airport.lodz.pl or to Warsaw: www.porty-lotnicze.com.pl

AIRLINES in LODZ:
www.ryanair.com
www.lot.com

If you arrive to WARSAW there are two possibilities to get to Lodz:

BY BUS:
www.ela.lodz.pl
www.pks.lodz.pl

BY TRAIN:
www.pkp.pl

PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN LODZ:
www.mpk.lodz.pl
(direct trams to Lodz Art Center: 2, 3, 6, 11, 16 i 16a)

TAXI
Tele taxi : 042 6400 400
Merc C: 042 650 50 50
Nowa Taxi SC: 042 630 49 50
Radio Taxi Dwa-Dwa : 0800 22 22 22