Fotograf Festival is for the first time offering up to six artists from the public to exhibit their works as part of the festival program. Become a part of the exhibition program of Fotograf Festival – an annual event presenting renowned contemporary artists.
This year, Fotograf Festival, subtitled Hypertension23, aims to find a new identity of the human being abstracted by digital space. We want to contemplate how technologies form and change us, how they teach us to reconsider our understanding of the self and humanity. The theme of our call are AI-generated photographs, a fascinating field which interlinks art and technology. We are also looking for photographs or a series of photographs which are inspired by this year’s Fotograf Festival theme.
As a participant of the Open Call, you have the opportunity to present photographs created with the creative process of artificial intelligence. The generated pictures will be a part of a group exhibition seen by hundreds of passersby in the underpass of the metro B station at Wenceslas Square. The audience will have an opportunity to see photographs generated by artificial intelligence not only as an exploration of new creative possibilities, but also as an opportunity to critically reflect how this technology is forming our society and the creative expression of individuals. Your participation in this exhibition can be a step towards the opening of a discussion of these important questions.
Four to six selected artists will have the opportunity to exhibit their works as part of the Fotograf Festival exhibition Silent Echoes & Subtle Visions showcases in the underpass of metro B station Můstek in Prague for two months.
Deadlines
- Application submission deadline: 16. 11. 2023.
- Open Call results announcement: 20. 11. 2023.
- Exhibition opening: 7. 12. 2023.
- Exhibition duration: 8. 12. 2023 – 11. 2. 2024.
Conditions for inclusion in the Open Call
- Generate four original photographs or a series of photographs which have any relation to this year’s Fotograf Festival theme. You may send a series or individual works.
- A short description of your works or a description of the concept.
- A personal CV and brief BIO.
- Send the applications to: Svetlana.malinova@fotografnet.cz and use the subject “OPEN_CALL_MUSTEK” (photographs as .jpeg files, descriptions in .pdf format) by 16. 11. 2023.
- The participation fee for submitting two photographs is 35 EUR (850 CZK).
- Send the fee with the “OPEN_CALL_MUSTEK” description (Applications unaccompanied by the payment of the fee by 16. 11. 2023 will not be accepted).
- Account number: 2800358798/2010, IBAN: CZ8420100000002800358798, BIC code/SWIFT: FIOBCZPPXXX.
We are looking forward to seeing your applications!
The works will be selected by an expert committee of the Fotograf organizational team
Markéta Kinterová
She graduated from photography at Pavel Baňka’s atelier from the Faculty of Applied Arts and Design (UJEP) in Ústí nad Labem. She is the editor-in-chief of Fotograf Magazine and the creative director of the eponymous Prague festival and Fotograf Gallery. Since 2016, she has led the atelier of documentary photography at FAMU. She has exhibited many times solo and in collaborations.
Světlana Malinová
She graduated from the Faculty of Photography at FAMU (2018–2020). She is currently finishing her MA studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague at the Intermédia III atelier (2021). As part of her studies, she undertook a residency abroad at the Lodz Film School (2019) and the Musrara School of Art in Jerusalem (2020). Since 2020, she has been part of the curatorial collective of the City Surfer Office gallery in Prague. Since 2022, she is also the creative director of Prague’s Fotograf Festival and also works as a freelance curator.
Anežka Kořínková
Anežka Kořínková is an independent curator of contemporary art and works in culture. She has long worked as an organizer and creator of the cultural program with an emphasis on visual art. She is a part of the curatorial team of Prague’s Galerie 35m2 and the editorial board of Fotograf Magazine. In the past, she worked at the Pragovka Gallery, and currently works at the Flash Art CZ/SK magazine, where she regularly contributes, and at the Museum of Art and Design in Benešov as Vice-Director and collections manager. She is a longstanding collaborator with the UMA Audioguide platform, contributing as an editor and podcast creator.
