For the first time, the "Internationale Photoszene Köln" is issuing an Open Call that will lead to a group exhibition for the Photoszene Festival in May 2023.
The Subject: Photography in Progress
With the title "Photography in Progress", the Open Call provides a thematic framework for artistic explorations of the medium of photography, whose production mechanisms are just as much in flux as they are capable of producing new visual languages and modes of use. "Photography in Progress" focuses on contemporary thematic fields of photography and at the same time illuminates how the constantly changing digital image practices can affect artistic approaches.
With the Open Call, the photography scene provides a platform for current photographic positions and is looking forward to versatile submissions from artists who work with the medium of photography and its extended sense of the post-photographic.
The submitted works will be reviewed by a jury of photo experts from North Rhine-Westphalia and selected for a group exhibition in the art rooms of the Michael Horbach Foundation during the Photoszene Festival in Cologne in May 2023. The exhibition will run from May 12 - June 11, 2023.
Schedule - The Open Call will start from 1 November 2022.
- The deadline for submissions is 23:59 31 December 2022
- The jury will meet at the end of January 2023
- Participating artists will be informed about their participation at the beginning of February.
- The Photoszene Festival will be held from May 12 - 21, 2023. The exhibition "Photography in Progress" will open on May 12, 2023 and run until June 11, 2023.
The jury- Daria Bona (Curator, Cologne)
- Adelheid Komenda (Research Supervisor for Photography, LVR-Museum Bonn)
- Thomas Seelig (Director Photographic Collection, Folkwang Museum Essen)
- Linda Conze (Director Photography, Kunstpalast Düsseldorf)
- Alexander Hagmann, Dana Bergmann, Damian Zimmermann (Internationale Photoszene Köln)
Who can participate?
- The Photoszene Open Call is open to all professional artists and photographers of all ages.
- The Photoszene Open Call is open to artists, photographers, students and graduates who work with the medium of photography and its extended tools.
- The Photoszene Open Call is open internationally.
Half of the exhibition "Photography in Progress" will present artistic positions from North Rhine-Westphalia, the other half national and international positions. Thus, on the one hand, the Photoszene Open Call is aimed at people who come from North Rhine-Westphalia, have studied in North Rhine-Westphalia or currently live and work in North Rhine-Westphalia. On the other hand, the Open Call is aimed at international and national artists.
More information on the exact conditions of participation and specifications for submissions:
photoszene.de/open-call-2023 |
