OPEN CALL Backlight ´14 Photo Festival
Deadline: March 15
Application fee: none
OPEN CALL for artists and photographers to participate in the Backlight ´14 Photo Festival in Tampere and the Tampere region, Finland starting in September 2014.
The call is now open until March 15th 2014.
www.backlight.fi
Registartion & online application: www.opencall.fi
Instructions: www.backlight.fi/2014/01/15/instructions-how-to-apply-open-call-for-submissions
GENERAL INFO
Participation: The submission is open to all photographers and photo-artists. There is no restriction regarding the age or nationality of the applicant. Also groups and collectives are accepted to participate.
Submitting projects for Backlight Photo Festival 2014 is free of charge.
We are looking for photography- and lens-based projects dealing with Backlight ´14 festivals theme
THEME
Through a variety of photographic practices, Backlight ´14 will explore the forces and binds holding societies, communities, families and friends together, and apart. We wish to address and explore different visual representations of alternative practices and immaterial values dealing and breeding within social, political and creative engagement in the era of social, spiritual and economical depression and uncertainty. Our focus is on the phenomena of peoples´ solidarity (and the lack of it) that incorporates individual as well as collective responsibility.
The historical lessons indicate that economically impoverished and unstable societies are prone to adopt narrow and negative discourses and therefore blame the Other [ethnic and religious groups, sexual minorities…] for the unfortunate state of affairs. The thread of ones' own culture has been shaken by uncertainty, dissatisfaction about future prospects, distrust of political and financial administrators, and the stratification of society has led to the same unfortunate intolerance also in nations that have been-since the end of WWII-based on the idea of equality and social welfare.
Yet, nearly as un-planned counterforces, people are forming open communities based on belonging and trust. They value trust and immaterial values as a form of social capital. Therefore several questions have been raised. Which forces hold societies, communities, families and friends together? What are the binds that one values and grabs onto?
What are the prospects of civic unity in the long run? How do we picture trust and confidence in a world that seems mainly to value money and power? How are these issues represented through contemporary photography?
HOW TO APPLY
Submitting projects is only possible through on-line application.
Submitting the application requires registration. After registration the application and images can be uploaded and edited before final submission, The application form and images must be completely filled by the deadline.
Images:
- max.10 images/application.
- max. 1MB/each
- accepted formats: PNG, JPG, GIF
- Pixel Dimension 800 pixels longest side Please note: if offering a video work the video can not be sent on-line, please send us a link to your video within your application.
If you are offering more than one project, please fill separate application for each project.
- Each applicant can submit up to 3 (three) projects.
SELECTION PROCESS
The decisions of the chosen projects will be made by Backlight ´14 OPEN CALL international jury. We will inform all applicants of the decisions by May 31st the latest.
The amount of projects accepted to the festival is due to the festivals funding. The organizer is a non-profit association functioning on annual grants. We are waiting for the funding decisions during April 2014.
Due to the amount of applications expected the jury is not able to explain and justify the unaccepted applications.
GRANT OF RIGHTS
When submitting entries, participants confirm that the material is their own and copyright has not been violated.
The artist warrants that third party rights are not attended.
The applicant is responsible for authorizations and releases from their models and subjects.
The organizer has no right to use provided material in other purposes than the jury process before the contract has been agreed by the chosen artist and the organizer
Thank you for spreading the call!
Backlight 2014 Photo Festival Vernissage will be 5th September 2014 Tampere, Finland.
Photographic Centre Nykyaika
Väinö Linnan aukio 13, 33210 Tampere, Finland
www.backlight.fi
