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OPEN CALL CLOSED

EXTENDED Until November 10th

Solo Exhibitions

Between October 14 and November 10, 2024, We are calling for applications to anyone interested in holding a solo exhibition during the Experimental Photo Festival 2025, which will take place in Barcelona from 23 to 27 July 2025. The experimental aspect may be in the concept, the techniques used the way of exhibiting them, or all of the above. The results will be communicated individually by email before 1 December.

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  • The 17 solo exhibitions will be held at the Centre Cívic Pati Llimona, the Institut d'Estudis Fotogràfics de Catalunya and the Experimental Hub and the curatorial team will decide the space designated for each one. They will be open during the festival and will remain for a month.

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  • ​The jury is made up of the festival management and workers who will accompany the artists in their work process. Their decisions are final. The selection will be carried out following four criteria in order of importance: 1) gender equality; 2) novelty in terms of the proposal and level of experimentation; 3) ability to carry it out; and 4) diversity of techniques and concepts in all areas of experimental photography.

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  • ​The festival does not have a theme, it is organized on the basis of experimentation and the three challenges: mixing techniques, searching for the message and working collectively. The projects and photographs submitted can be of any type and subject, even if they have already been exhibited, published or awarded previously.

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  • Each of the spaces has different technical characteristics that will be communicated to the artist if his/her proposal is selected. The surface area available for exhibition will depend on the space (from 6 to 20 m2 approximately). The jury reserves the right to request the readjustment of the selected proposal based on the space granted. Some of the proposed spaces are very versatile and include elements of the space (stairs, balconies, etc.) and one is outside.

The selected people will be officially invited to participate in the festival and do not have to register or pay, but will instead be given up to 600€ distributed as follows:

  • A maximum of 230€ in the production of work, of the exhibition or in the transport of the same;

  • A ticket to access the festival without workshops (worth 100€) or with a workshop (180€) if the artist carries out a workshop on the technique of his exhibition;

  • The official merchandising (40€) and the lunches (50€);

  • Participation in a conference on experimental exhibitions;

  • 100€ to take courses at the Ágora, School of Experimentation.

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​The selected ones have to commit to being in the city of Barcelona to carry out the assembly on Monday, July 21 in the morning, or before, and stay until the festival closes. The technical team of the festival will accompany the assembly and dismantle of the exhibition but it must be done and it is the artist's responsibility.

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  • The people registered for the festival and their companions will be able to access the official accommodation of the festival at a cheaper price than other accommodations in the city.

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  • More than one project per person can be presented but each must go as an individual request. Group exhibitions or creative groups are accepted.

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  • The exhibited works are not on sale.

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  • Upon being accepted as curators, they will be sent a mandatory signature contract with the conditions stated here and other details. This contract will stipulate the form of payment and the transfer of image and intellectual property rights.

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  • Enrollment in this call is final, the documents sent cannot be modified and the money for it will not be returned for any reason.

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  • In addition to exhibitions, artists are encouraged to propose workshops and conferences. They can also be invited by the festival to perform them.

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  • Even if the jury does not select a proposal for a solo exhibition submitted, it may propose that the artist participate in a collective exhibition at the IEFC. This exhibition will be curated by the festival's exhibition managers and will involve adapting the initial proposal submitted to the theme raised.

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  • The results will be communicated individually by email from December 1.

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  • The sending of the proposal has a cost of 20 euros.

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In the following form, you must attach:

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1. the text of your biography of between 300 and 600 words where your personal and artistic interests are explained;

2. a PDF dossier explaining the exhibition, specifying the title, curatorial text, number of works, attaching a sketch/draft/plan with the proposed project (indicate if it can be displayed outdoors), the installation and technical requirements. In addition, you must indicate whether you wish to hold a workshop during the festival and make a proposal;

3. a letter of motivation indicating the reasons why you want to exhibit at this festival; 

4. a high-quality portrait in JPG;
5. a selection of 10 images of your work in JPG (10 MB maximum).​

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