2026年9月、ノルウェーの写真家連盟FFF(Forbundet Frie Fotografer)が主催する写真集フェスティバル「Fotobokfestivalen」に、アーティスト兼キュレーターとして招聘された。会場は、オスロで最も古い建物のひとつであるOslo Kunstforening。展覧会では5名のアーティストが本にまつわるインスタレーションを発表し、河野は10冊の写真集のキュレーションとステートメント「写真集が開く空間」を通して、現代における写真集の意義を問いかけた。
選書:Daisuke Yokota、Daniel Shea、Gabriele Chiapparini & Camilla Marrese、Letizia Le Fur、Marte Aas、PIDAN、Seiichi Furuya & Christine Furuya-Gössler、Shin Hamada、Thomas Mailaender、Véronique Rolland
In September 2026, Kono was invited to Oslo as an artist and curator for Fotobokfestivalen, the photobook festival organised by Forbundet Frie Fotografer (FFF), the Norwegian association of camera-based artists. The festival took place at Oslo Kunstforening, one of the oldest buildings in the city. Alongside book-related installations by five artists, he presented a curated selection of ten photobooks with an accompanying statement, asking what a photobook can mean today.
Selected books by Daisuke Yokota, Daniel Shea, Gabriele Chiapparini & Camilla Marrese, Letizia Le Fur, Marte Aas, PIDAN, Seiichi Furuya & Christine Furuya-Gössler, Shin Hamada, Thomas Mailaender and Véronique Rolland.
Installation shots from Fotobokfestivalen 2026, Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo, 23 – 27 September 2026
Photo: Henrik Follesø Egeland / Oslo Kunstforening