The Fotograf Festival announces an annual open call for students and the general public interested in contemporary photography and visual arts. The Portfolio Review is a unique opportunity to meet an international panel of respected artists, curators, theorists and photographers and get their constructive feedback on your work.
The event will take place on 22 September 2023 in the Korzo of the Trade Fair Palace of the National Gallery in Prague. Portfolio Review is an annual event organised by Fotograf Festival, which focuses on contemporary photography and visual arts.
This year’s Fotograf Festival, entitled HYPERTENSION23 in terms of subject matter, it deals with the tension that technology creates in our minds, exposing our attention to constant visual pressure to notice, experience and react emotionally to something. The project is dedicated to the search for a new identity of the human being whose original form has been abstracted by digital space. It has taught us to think about ourselves and humanity in a new way.
Both students and the general public interested in contemporary photography and visual arts are cordially invited to this event. This is a great opportunity to meet experienced professionals.
International members of the Portfolio Review Committee:
- Krzysztof Candrowicz – Polish curator, artistic director and co-founder of Fotofestiwal Lodz in Poland. In 2013, he became the artistic director of the Triennial of Photography in Hamburg, and he has been the curator of the Ciclo Biennial in Porto, Portugal, since 2018.
- Katy Hundertmark – Scottish-German artist and editor, currently based in Amsterdam where she works as an editor of the Foam Magazine.
- Ruth Horak – Austrian artist and curator of contemporary art and photography with a focus on conceptual strategies and abstraction in photography.
- Sandra Plessing – Programe director of f/stop festival Leipzig. Manager, working in the cultural sector. She focuses mainly on the topic of accessibility and inclusion in relation to the public.
- Tereza Rudolf – Art critic and curator. Since 2016 she has been working on dramaturgy of the Fotograf Festival, two years later she became its curator and since 2020 she has been the artistic director of the Fotograf Festival. She works as independent curator and cultural project manager at international and local levels in Prague, Brno, Leipzig and Budapest.
Terms and conditions:
- CV – PDF format in English.
- Portfolio – presentation of previous work in PDF format in English (max. 10 MB).
- Send applications to: svetlana.malinova@fotografnet.cz with “PORTFOLIO REVIEW” in the subject line.
- The Early Bird entry fee per project is 20 EUR for applications received by 15 August 2023. The fee for applications received after 15 August 2023 is 25 EUR per project.
- The deadline for applications is 10 September 2023.
- The application will not be accepted if the fee is not paid.
The fee should be sent to the account with a note to the beneficiary in the form “PORTFOLIO REVIEW_last name“
Account number: 2800358798/2010
IBAN: CZ8420100000002800358798
BIC code/SWIFT: FIOBCZPPXXX
Consultations are conducted exclusively in English due to the international participation of the Committee.
We look forward to your participation in the Portfolio Review at Fotograf Festival 2023. It is a unique opportunity to take your work further and make valuable contacts in the contemporary art world. Come and get inspired!