Different Worlds 2023

11th International open call for young photographers from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).

The competition for young and emerging artists in the field of contemporary art photography, organised by Photon Gallery, is now in its 11th year. In the more than ten years of its existence, it has grown from a national programme to an international competition, with no less than 18 countries participating CEE. From year to year it has gained attention, as evidenced by the high number of entries. The competition is open to authors up to the age of 35 (including the year of birth 1988), who come from the region CEE (Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Northern Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia) and Austria, and who are internationally active but originate from these countries.

The competition encourages original photography and work that demonstrates originality and innovation in both formal approach and choice of subject matter and concepts. There is no predetermined theme. We accept work that falls within a broad spectrum of photographic and photography-related practices. The first prize comes with €1,000 production support and a solo exhibition at Photon Gallery in Vienna in 2024. The ten selected artists will receive production support of up to €200 in production support and their works will be presented in a group exhibition in Ljubljana.

JURY

The selection of authors and works will be decided by a three-member international jury consisting of Vladimir Birgus, a renowned Czech photographer, curator, historian of photography, professor and head of the Institute of Creative Photography at the Silesian University in Opava, Thomas Licek, former director of Eyes on – Month of Photography in Vienna and co-founder of the publishing platform Reflektor, and Maša Žekš, curator working with the exhibition and project space, sales gallery and open studio of DobraVaga, as well as with Kino Šiška – Centre for Urban Culture, which this year is the co-producer of the competitive exhibition.

THE APPLICATION SHOULD INCLUDE:

•  One or two completed projects or projects in progress. Each project must contain a maximum of 20 and a minimum of 4 photos with a resolution of at least 1800 pixels per long side, in PDF or JPG format. Projects must not be older than three years.
• Each project description and its coceptual basis (mandatory in English) of up to 1500 characters.
• A short biography of the applicant.
•  Additional technical information: the photographic techniques used to create the photograph (analogue or digital photography, photo collage, photo montage, photo installation, appropriation of found photographs, etc.), the dimensions of the works and the optimal way of presenting them in an exhibition format.

Please adhere strictly to the entry criteria and submit all materials listed.

SUBMISSION OF THE APPLICATION

The complete application should be packed in one zip file and have the following title:
Name_Surname_ProjectTitle.zip.
Please send the zip file along with the application form at .
If you have any problems submitting your application, please contact us at spela@photon.si.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION

Applicants are requested to submit their applications no later than midnight on Friday, June 30, Sunday, July 9th, 2023.

Applicants will be notified of the results of the selection process no later than Monday, July 10 July 17th, 2023.

EXHIBITION

Ten selected artists will be presented in a group exhibition at Photon Gallery and Kino Šiška, which will open on Thursday, September 7, 2023. The exhibition will be accompanied by a small exhibition catalogue. After Ljubljana, the exhibition will be shown at Photon Gallery in Vienna and possibly in other European cities of the project partners.

OUR CONTACT

For more information, please contact info@photon.si and +386 59 977907 (weekdays, 12-6 pm ); contact person: Špela Pipan.