Parallel Open Call 2019
PARALLEL 2019 open call aims to select 30 new artists and 6 new curators working with photography who will participate in the PARALLEL Platform 3rd Cycle, occurring between September 2019 and November 2020.
The selected curators and artists will be taking part in an innovative creative process, from the very beginning to the moment of the exhibition, together with 36 other new curators and artists. The call is open internationally to new curators of all ages working with photography. The selection will take into account gender balance and overall diversity. There’s no compulsory theme, all work is appreciated. The jurors are looking for new curators who satisfy the following criteria: Are in the early stages of their career; show significant artistic potential; have an artistic engaged with contemporary discourse; haven’t yet attained international recognition; have had no more than 3 individual exhibitions in a museum/gallery/festival (artists); have had no more than 6 collective exhibitions in a museum/gallery/festival (artists); have curated no more than 3 exhibitions in a museum/gallery/festival (curators).
Selected curators will participate in the PARALLEL Artistic Guidance to develop a new curatorial project with the new work produced by the 3rd cycle artists and to be exhibited at one of the PARALLEL Members locations, with the support of said member and of a high profile tutor; introduce themselves at the PARALLEL Intersection Budapest (HU), in September 2019; attend an internship at a PARALLEL Member’s location; consolidate their new curatorial project with the new work produced by the artists at the PARALLEL Curatorship, March 2020; present their exhibition at a PARALLEL Member’s location during Spring/Summer 2020; work directly with the graphic coordinator in the curator’s exhibition catalogue; have their exhibition presented again at PARALLEL Review Lisboa and be eligible for the PARALLEL Award for the most ground-breaking exhibition; have their curatorial project published in the yearly catalogue PARALLEL Atlas; have their curatorial project promoted internationally under the PARALLEL Platform framework; be part of a vast network of high profile and cutting edge established and emerging artists, curators and other art professionals.
PARALLEL – European Photo Based Platform brings together creative European organisations committed to promoting cross-cultural exchanges and mentorships in order to set new standards in contemporary photography. It aims at creating and implementing a new and European-wide Exhibition Platform to showcase emerging creators, introduce new and relevant photographic work in the European art context and promote a new orientation to the relationship between creators, exhibitors and the public.
Deadline: 31 March 2019
More info: parallelplatform.org
Image: © Charlotte Man, Thank you Mum, Courtesy PARALLEL
25/03/2019