OPEN CALL: democraSEE ABIDJAN
OPEN CALL
democraSEE ABIDJAN
Deadline: 25 April 2021
The democraSEE workshop is a 10-day photography encounter in Abidjan to encourage new photography stories and discussions on issues relating to how we understand our changing world and the changes within photography.
Presented by the Goethe-Institut Abidjan, Photo:, with local project partner Les Rencontres du Sud, this workshop brings together 10 practicing photographers who are concerned with issues that have an impact on our human and social rights and how photography practice can build response to this. The workshop will be facilitated by John Fleetwood (South Africa) with Ananias Léki Dago (Côte d’Ivoire).
Participants who are interested in sharing, developing and improving their existing or new photography stories are encouraged to apply. The workshop will seek to develop visual languages and content that opens conversations about issues of representation, positionality and visibilities. The workshop will also look at ways in how photography can engage with public.
The democraSEE workshop in Abidjan is part of a series of workshops across the African continent, to consider social, political and identity concerns through photography. These workshops stem from the democraSEE award and mentorship platform initiated by Photo: (Johannesburg, South Africa) in partnership with the Goethe-Institut South Africa.
Strict Covid-19 protocol will be followed, including the use of mandatory face masks, adherence to social distancing and hand-sanitizing.
Dates of workshop: 17-29 May 2021
Venue: Goethe-Institut Abidjan, Cocody, Av. Jean Mermoz – Rue C27, 08 BP 982 Abidjan 08 Côte d´Ivoire
The workshop is for free.
(Note: Due to the developing circumstances surrounding the Covid pandemic, these dates are subject to change or postponement)
Criteria for application
Any photographer, artist or practioner working with photography based in Abidjan/Ivory Coast, Benin, Togo, Mali, Burkina Faso and Senegal may apply. (Non-Ivorian applicants may benefit from a travelling scholarship.) (There are a maximum of three travelling scholarships for non-Ivorian applicants.)
Photographers must have access to a digital camera and computer during the workshop.
In preparation, applicants must submit:
• A application form
• CV or Resume not more than 3 pages
• Copy of an ID or passport doc
• 1 or 2 photography bodies of work, maximum of 20 images, (suggest 10 images per project) in .jpg format, 72 dpi (length of longer side max 20 cm), relevant to the description of the project.
• A written description of the above mentioned photography work; the text should not exceed 300 words.
Selected applicants will be informed by the organizers in the last week of April 2021.
For more information:
Ravélle Pliiay ravelle@phototool.co.za
N'zi, Dieu-Donné nzi@goethe.de
To apply, please fill out the form below:
About Photo:
Photo: is a multi-operation platform for the development and promotion of socially engaged photography work, projects, photographers and critical visual culture. Established by John Fleetwood in 2015, Photo: promotes photography and the work of emerging and practicing photographers, with the aim to encourage critical and experimental approaches/responses to the role of photography in our world, today. Central to its vision is the idea that photography can be a delicate tool for social change. The platform wants to encourage dialogue, exchange, critical engagement and participation through commissioning, producing and connecting photography projects and practitioners. Photo: continues to play a notable contributing role in curatorial and educational projects in South Africa, throughout the African continent and beyond.
About Goethe-Institut Abidjan
The Goethe-Institut is the Federal Republic of Germany’s cultural institute, active worldwide. We promote the study of German abroad and encourage international cultural exchange. The Goethe-Institut encourage intercultural dialogue and enable cultural involvement. They strengthen the development of structures in civil society and foster worldwide mobility.
About Les Rencontres du Sud
Les Rencontres du Sud is a private organisation in Ivory Coast working in photography. It promotes and defends the interests of the photographic image, as well as the authors who compose it.
posted 08/04/2021