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Participation in the project is open to young photography artists who correspond to the following criteria:
·     nationals or residents of project countries: Latvia, Turkey, Iceland, Portugal
·     18 – 35 years old,
·     are working in the genre of documentary photography, and have realized individual projects,
·     are passionate about story-telling, and motivated to actively contribute to joint project output,
·     are able and willing to work individually and as part of international team, and to support fellow participants,
·     knowledge of English language is a must, ability to express yourself in English in writing is desirable.
 
The project participants must commit to:
·     participation in the project for its entire duration, including kick-off and editing workshops and country presentations;
·     organizing and carrying out, between September 2011 and April 2012, an artistic residency in one of the project countries (choice of country to be coordinated within the group, duration upon discretion of each participant);
·     producing, by May 2012, an individual documentary photography project in framework of the “European borderlines” subject, which will combine the results of work in own country and the country of residency.     
 
Timeline of project activities:
·     April 2011: project launch and announcement of participants applications
·     by beginning June 2011: selection of project participants
·     6-14 August 2011: project kick-off workshop “Visual narratives – European borderlines” in Latvia, as part of International Summer School of Photography 2011 (www.issp.lv)
·     August 2011 - May 2012: work on individual projects, artistic residencies
·     May 2012: project editing workshop in Turkey, compiling the joint project output
·     June 2012: producing multimedia presentation of project output and project publication
·     June - October 2012 and beyond: presentations in participating countries and at European photography events.
 
The work on individual projects will be supervised by Vanessa Winship and George Georgiou, including on-line tutoring between the workshops. The participants will also receive regular mentoring and advise from local coordinators/tutors.
 
Benefits and costs:
- Participation in the project workshop at the International Summer School of Photography 2011 and editing workshop in Turkey is free of charge (including accommodation and meals).
- Travel costs to both workshops are partially reimbursed (the project budget will cover at least 60% of the travel costs and all necessary visa costs for Turkish participants).
- The participants will receive a fixed allowance of USD 405 to support the costs of their artistic production at home, and a fixed allowance to support the costs of residency in foreign country (EUR 875 on average, adjusted to cost of living).
- The participants are responsible for covering the rest of their travel costs and residency/production expenditures.
NB! The project team expects and encourages all the participants to actively help the fellow participants when visiting their country, including hosting them whenever possible.
 
 
 
To apply:
Submit an electronic Application form, including:
- A motivation statement (up to 1000 words) outlining your motivation for taking part in the project and an initial idea of the individual project you would like to implement if selected;
- Your artistic CV;
- A selection of 20 - 30 images (JPG format max size 300kb each) from 2-3 photography stories taken by you.
 
Application deadline: 20 May 2011, 24:00
 
More information and electronic application form: www.europeanborderlines.net
 
The applicants will be pre-selected by project partners, final decision made by project tutors Vanessa Winship and George Georgiou. Selected participants will be informed by the beginning of June 2011.
 
Contact information:
In case you have questions on the project and application process, please contact the partner organization in your country:
Latvia: [e-mail]
Turkey: [e-mail]
Portugal: [e-mail]
Iceland: [e-mail]
 
 

Project “Visual narratives: European borderlines”
 
DURATION: April 2011 – November 2012
 
The project will engage 12 young photography artists in a documentary exploration of four countries representing geographical borders of Europe: Latvia, Turkey, Iceland, Portugal. The result will be summarised in a joint visual narrative – documentation of “European borderlines”. Twelve participants (3 from each country) will be selected to undertake personal projects – documentary and personal studies of the ‘borderlines’ in the duration of 9 months, followed by a joint editing workshop. The project work will include a residency at one of the other partner countries. The work will be guided and supervised by experienced documentary photographers Vanessa Winship and George Georgiou (UK). The final output will represent an exploration of differences and similarities, contrasts and likeness, frontiers and borderlines, both geographical and human – a visual narrative of the countries and people standing ‘on the edge’ of Europe.
 
OBJECTIVES AND AIMS:
-          to contribute to education and discussion about contemporary photography in countries where quality photography education is almost non-existent or lacking in access;
-          to try out a quality informal educational model in photography;
-          to develop and promote young talents in photography;
-          to establish a lasting cooperation between participating organisations;
-          to create a high-quality visual output bringing attention to the countries on the “EU periphery”.
 
ACTIVITIES:
-          a workshop “Visual narratives: European borderlines” as part of International Summer School of Photography 2011 (in Kuldīga, Latvia, August 2011);
-          work on 12 individual projects (9 months, in own country + residency in one of the other), guided by tutors;
-          editing workhop (in Turkey, May 2012);
-          project presentations (possibly exhibitions) in Latvia, Turkey, Portugal, Iceland;
-          project presentation at European photography festival/s.
 
OUTPUTS:
-          initial exibition after 1st workshop in Ludza, as part of ISSP exhibition;
-          active project blog;
-          12 individual documentary photography projects by participants;
-          a joint visual multimedia presentation “Visual narratives: European Borderlines”, presented at events in participating countries and at international photography festival/s in Europe;
-          (possibly) exhibitions in participating countries;
-          project publication.
 
PROJECT PARTNERS:
The project will be implemented by five active photography organisations in four countries:
- Latvia: NGO ISSP (www.issp.lv),
- Turkey: Genis Aci Project Office - GAPO (www.gapo.org),
- Portugal: Maioclaro visual concepts (www.maicolaro.com),
- Iceland: Icelandic Contemporary Photography Association (http://icpa-photo.com), and Reykjavik Museum of Photography (http://www.ljosmyndasafnreykjavikur.is)
 
PROJECT TUTORS:
- Vanessa Winship (Agence VU - FR) http://www.vanessawinship.com
- George Georgiou (Panos pictures – UK, Prospekt - IT) http://www.georgegeorgiou.net
 
FUNDING: The project is funded by cooperation grants from European Cultural Foundation (http://www.eurocult.org/) and Open Society Institute Arts and Culture Program (http://www.soros.org/initiatives/arts), and co-financed by the partners.
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