Fotomuseum Winterthur | Events | Friday, 18.09. – Sunday, 20.09.2026
Plat(t)form 2026
Fotomuseum Winterthur / Serafin Gerber
At the annual event Plat(t)form, 42 selected international photographers and artists offer an insight into their work. During the portfolio viewing event, the artists present their works to the public and a team of experts – an opportunity to discover the latest tendencies in photography as well as young talents and meet them personally.
Programme
Friday, 18.09.2026, 18:00–19:30
Talk – experts and Pro Helvetia guests present themselves and their work, snacks and drinks afterwards
Saturday, 19.09.2026, 10:00–17:15
Portfolio viewing – visitors and experts in dialogue with the photographers
Saturday, 19.09.2026, 20:00–23:00
Networking aperitif at the foyer, dinner party at Fotomuseum Winterthur with food and sound from 20:30 by DJ JABY (as part of Winterthur Kulturnacht)
Sunday, 20.09.2026, 10:00–17:15
Portfolio viewing – visitors and experts in dialogue with the photographers
Participants
Aglaia Brändli (CH), Frida Lisa Carstensen Jersø (DK), Jiyan Céline (CH), Sean Cham (SG), Davide Degano (IT/CO), Valentin Derom (FR/BE), Serghei Duve (DE), Bimal Fabbri (NP/IT), Tim Gassauer (DE), Bastian Gehbauer (DE), Lucien Giorgis (CH), Erli Grünzweil (AT), Raisan Hameed (IQ/DE), Mats Hoff (DE), Jonas Höschl (DE), Kaja Joo (AT), Lisa Karnadi (ID), Yumin Lee (KR), Patrick Lohse (DE), Tom Lyon (BE/IT), Lotte Toko Lelo Maes (BE/CG), Léo Margueron (CH), Grace Martella (IT), Thomas Martin (GB), Elif Muhit (TR/DE), Marysia Myanovska (UA/PL), Minh Ngọc Nguyễn (DK/VN), Anthony Ngoya (FR/CG), Mobolaji Ogunrosoye (NG), Fiyin Oluokun (IE/NG), Nina Pacherová (SK), Monique Petermann (DE), Gaia Pierobon (IT), Mathis Ratschinski (DE), Chiara Rebolino (IT), Louise Sinaga Helmfrid (SE), Filips Smits (LV), Gloriya Talebi (SE), D. M. Terblanche (ZA), Pippilotta Yerna (NL), Cansu Yıldıran (TR), Zexuan Zeng (CN)
ABOUT THE PARTICIPANTS AND WORKS
Slots
Saturday, 19.09.2026
10:00–12:00
Thomas Martin (GB), Jiyan Céline (CH), Mathis Ratschinski (DE), Frida Lisa Carstensen Jersø (DK), Elif Muhit (TR/DE), Monique Petermann (DE), Serghei Duve (DE)
13:00–15:00
Fiyin Oluokun (IE/NG), Bimal Fabbri (NP/IT), Zexuan Zeng (CN), Nina Pacherová (SK), Léo Margueron (CH), Minh Ngọc Nguyễn (DK/VN), Grace Martella (IT)
15:15–17:15
Erli Grünzweil (AT), Lisa Karnadi (ID), Tom Lyon (BE/IT), Sean Cham (SG), Anthony Ngoya (FR/CG), Jonas Höschl (DE), Mobolaji Ogunrosoye (NG)
Sunday, 20.09.2026
10:00–12:00
D. M. Terblanche (ZA), Aglaia Brändli (CH), Gaia Pierobon (IT), Davide Degano (IT/CO), Kaja Joo (AT), Tim Gassauer (DE), Filips Smits (LV)
13:00–15:00
Lotte Toko Lelo Maes (BE/CG), Mats Hoff (DE), Lucien Giorgis (CH), Gloriya Talebi (SE), Cansu Yıldıran (TR), Bastian Gehbauer (DE), Louise Sinaga Helmfrid (SE)
15:15–17:15
Pippilotta Yerna (NL), Patrick Lohse (DE), Valentin Derom (FR/BE), Raisan Hameed (IQ/DE), Marysia Myanovska (UA/PL), Chiara Rebolino (IT), Yumin Lee (KR)
Experts Fotomuseum Winterthur
Kinuko Asano, Galerie Écho 119, Paris (FR)
Olivia Baeriswyl, Project Lead, Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich (CH)
Linda Conze, Head of the Department of Photography and Time-based Media, Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf (DE)
Marco De Mutiis, Digital Curator, Fotomuseum Winterthur (CH)
Salomé d'Ornano, Galerie Écho 119, Paris (FR)
Experts Pro Helvetia
Juanita Carrasco Suescún, Visual artist / Founder and director of FAN LAB Fine Art Printing, Bogotà (CO)
Joel Lukhovi, Photographer and Curator at Nairobi Beyond Photo, Nairobi (KE)
Tanvi Mishra, Curator / Writer / Educator and Editor, Delhi (IN)
Liang-Pin Tsao, Director of Lightbox Photo Library & TIPF, Taipei (TW)
Lydia Mardirian, Collections Researcher, Arab Image Foundation, Beirut (LB)
ABOUT THE EXPERTS
Nominators
Inke Arns, Çelenk Bafra, Christoph Bangert, Jūlija Berkoviča, Ann-Christin Bertrand, Marie Braad, Federico Covre, Taous Dahmani, Anna Ehrenstein, Sophia Greiff, Jana Johanna Haeckel, Marit Lena Herrmann, Nathalie Herschdorfer, Zeynep Kubat, Tom Lovelace, Nkule Mabaso, Marianne Müller, Päiviö Maurice Omwami, Peter Piller, Kateryna Radchenko, Esther Ruelfs, Susanne Østby Sæther, Nicolas Savary, Kathrin Schönegg, Thomas Seelig, Véronique Souben, Gabriele Spindler, Bindi Vora, Rebecca Wilton
Programme
Friday, 18.09.2026, 18:00–19:30
Talk – experts and Pro Helvetia guests present themselves and their work, snacks and drinks afterwards
Saturday, 19.09.2026, 10:00–17:15
Portfolio viewing – visitors and experts in dialogue with the photographers
Saturday, 19.09.2026, 20:00–23:00
Networking aperitif at the foyer, dinner party at Fotomuseum Winterthur with food and sound from 20:30 by DJ JABY (as part of Winterthur Kulturnacht)
Sunday, 20.09.2026, 10:00–17:15
Portfolio viewing – visitors and experts in dialogue with the photographers
Participants
Aglaia Brändli (CH), Frida Lisa Carstensen Jersø (DK), Jiyan Céline (CH), Sean Cham (SG), Davide Degano (IT/CO), Valentin Derom (FR/BE), Serghei Duve (DE), Bimal Fabbri (NP/IT), Tim Gassauer (DE), Bastian Gehbauer (DE), Lucien Giorgis (CH), Erli Grünzweil (AT), Raisan Hameed (IQ/DE), Mats Hoff (DE), Jonas Höschl (DE), Kaja Joo (AT), Lisa Karnadi (ID), Yumin Lee (KR), Patrick Lohse (DE), Tom Lyon (BE/IT), Lotte Toko Lelo Maes (BE/CG), Léo Margueron (CH), Grace Martella (IT), Thomas Martin (GB), Elif Muhit (TR/DE), Marysia Myanovska (UA/PL), Minh Ngọc Nguyễn (DK/VN), Anthony Ngoya (FR/CG), Mobolaji Ogunrosoye (NG), Fiyin Oluokun (IE/NG), Nina Pacherová (SK), Monique Petermann (DE), Gaia Pierobon (IT), Mathis Ratschinski (DE), Chiara Rebolino (IT), Louise Sinaga Helmfrid (SE), Filips Smits (LV), Gloriya Talebi (SE), D. M. Terblanche (ZA), Pippilotta Yerna (NL), Cansu Yıldıran (TR), Zexuan Zeng (CN)
ABOUT THE PARTICIPANTS AND WORKS
Slots
Saturday, 19.09.2026
10:00–12:00
Thomas Martin (GB), Jiyan Céline (CH), Mathis Ratschinski (DE), Frida Lisa Carstensen Jersø (DK), Elif Muhit (TR/DE), Monique Petermann (DE), Serghei Duve (DE)
13:00–15:00
Fiyin Oluokun (IE/NG), Bimal Fabbri (NP/IT), Zexuan Zeng (CN), Nina Pacherová (SK), Léo Margueron (CH), Minh Ngọc Nguyễn (DK/VN), Grace Martella (IT)
15:15–17:15
Erli Grünzweil (AT), Lisa Karnadi (ID), Tom Lyon (BE/IT), Sean Cham (SG), Anthony Ngoya (FR/CG), Jonas Höschl (DE), Mobolaji Ogunrosoye (NG)
Sunday, 20.09.2026
10:00–12:00
D. M. Terblanche (ZA), Aglaia Brändli (CH), Gaia Pierobon (IT), Davide Degano (IT/CO), Kaja Joo (AT), Tim Gassauer (DE), Filips Smits (LV)
13:00–15:00
Lotte Toko Lelo Maes (BE/CG), Mats Hoff (DE), Lucien Giorgis (CH), Gloriya Talebi (SE), Cansu Yıldıran (TR), Bastian Gehbauer (DE), Louise Sinaga Helmfrid (SE)
15:15–17:15
Pippilotta Yerna (NL), Patrick Lohse (DE), Valentin Derom (FR/BE), Raisan Hameed (IQ/DE), Marysia Myanovska (UA/PL), Chiara Rebolino (IT), Yumin Lee (KR)
Experts Fotomuseum Winterthur
Kinuko Asano, Galerie Écho 119, Paris (FR)
Olivia Baeriswyl, Project Lead, Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich (CH)
Linda Conze, Head of the Department of Photography and Time-based Media, Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf (DE)
Marco De Mutiis, Digital Curator, Fotomuseum Winterthur (CH)
Salomé d'Ornano, Galerie Écho 119, Paris (FR)
Experts Pro Helvetia
Juanita Carrasco Suescún, Visual artist / Founder and director of FAN LAB Fine Art Printing, Bogotà (CO)
Joel Lukhovi, Photographer and Curator at Nairobi Beyond Photo, Nairobi (KE)
Tanvi Mishra, Curator / Writer / Educator and Editor, Delhi (IN)
Liang-Pin Tsao, Director of Lightbox Photo Library & TIPF, Taipei (TW)
Lydia Mardirian, Collections Researcher, Arab Image Foundation, Beirut (LB)
ABOUT THE EXPERTS
Nominators
Inke Arns, Çelenk Bafra, Christoph Bangert, Jūlija Berkoviča, Ann-Christin Bertrand, Marie Braad, Federico Covre, Taous Dahmani, Anna Ehrenstein, Sophia Greiff, Jana Johanna Haeckel, Marit Lena Herrmann, Nathalie Herschdorfer, Zeynep Kubat, Tom Lovelace, Nkule Mabaso, Marianne Müller, Päiviö Maurice Omwami, Peter Piller, Kateryna Radchenko, Esther Ruelfs, Susanne Østby Sæther, Nicolas Savary, Kathrin Schönegg, Thomas Seelig, Véronique Souben, Gabriele Spindler, Bindi Vora, Rebecca Wilton
