Tbilisi Photo Festival Residency Program
For it’s 6th edition that will be held in Tbilisi between September 25 and October 1, Tbilisi
Photo Festival is launching its’ Residency Program.
Tbilisi Photo Festival is offering residency opportunity for photographers and photography
curators.
DEADLINE FOR RESIDENCY APPLICATIONS: October 25, 2015
DATES AND DURATION OF THE RESIDENCY: The established or emerging photographer or
photographer curator will work over an agreed period from 2 to 5 weeks between December 30,
2015 and May 30, 2016, spending a minimum of 15 consecutive days working in Tbilisi.
DESCRIPTION: The brief for the residency is open, and we are looking for interesting and
creatively ambitious proposals from photographers and photography curators from the
European Region* and Iran.
Applicants will be evaluated on criteria including the artistic or professional excellence of the
applicant’s work and quality of their proposal and the extent to which the residency will
contribute to the artist’s development and be consistent with the applicant’s creative goals and
professional development.
One photographer or photography curator selected for Tbilisi Photo Festival residency Program
will receive a €1,000 bursary. Tbilisi Photo Festival will cover the coast of travel to Tbilisi (around
€ 400) and accommodation during the residency, with additional support towards production
costs for presentation of final work.
*A list of the 47-member state of the Council of Europe can be found on the following website:
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HOW TO APPLY: Applicants should fill in the Residency Application and send it by email to the
address listed on the form, together with the visual supporting material and reference as
requested.
Please e-mail your application form to residency@tbilisiphotofestival.com by 25th of October
2015.
Due to the big number of applications, only selected applicant will be notified.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Tbilisi Photo Festival
Tbilisi Photo Festival is an International Annual Photography Festival that was created in 2010.
The 6th edition of the Festival will be held in Tbilisi, Georgia in September 2015. The grand
opening week, September 25 – October 1.
The festival aims:
•
to make itself a central meeting point of photography from different worlds – Asia, Iran,
Turkey, Europe, Russia and the Arab world;
•
to showcase the best of world photography and to promote the emerging regional
photography.
Since 2010 Tbilisi Photo Festival has become one of the major international cultural events in
South Caucasus and every year brings to the Georgian capital the best of the world photography,
internationally renowned photographers, experts of photography, curators, photo editors of
international magazines and newspapers, representatives of European photo institutions and
photography Festivals, as well as the emerging local and regional photographers.
For it’s 6th edition that will be held in Tbilisi between September 25 and October 1, Tbilisi Photo
Festival is launching its’ Residency Program.
TBILISI PHOTO FESTIVAL RESIDENCY PROGRAM
Tbilisi Photo Festival Residency Program has been established in 2015 to provide an opportunity
for national, regional and international professionals of photography to realize in Georgia new
projects that can connect photography tradition and new conception projects, presenting
innovative contemporary undertakings and Identity researches as well as traditional humanistic
photography projects. With our residency program we hope to interact closely with
internationally renowned photographers and with especially talented, emerging artists and
encourage them to realise their ideas and projects in Georgia.
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Tbilisi Photo Festival Residency Program
Application for artist-in-residence program
Residency in December 2015 – May 2016
Family name:
First name:
Nationality:
Date of birth:
Address:
Telephone number:
Email address:
Website:
Affiliated
organization
(if any):
How did you find out
about this program?
Residency period
from 2 to weeks to 5
weeks
December □ January □ February□ March □ April □ May □
Language proficiency
English:
Fluent □ Advanced □ Intermediate □ Beginner □
Artist statement
(max. 500 words)
Activity / project
proposal while in
residency
Why do you want to
come to this
residency?
(max. 300 words)
Please do not forget to attach the following:
- CV including details of any professional training.
- Images jpgs only (you may attach up to 20 images to your online application. Please bear in
mind that your application should not exceed 15 MB. If you have larger files please zip them or
send by online file sharing service (for ex. www.wetransfer.com)
- Any relevant documentation, e.g. articles or papers about your work or exhibitions,
publications, reviews etc.
- Please give name & contact details of a referee who should have knowledge of your work in a
professional capacity:
…………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………..
Tel………………………………………….Email…………………………………….
Please send your completed form, with the relevant enclosures (images/ artist’s statement/ up
to date CV/ supporting material if any) to the address below before Tuesday, 15th of September,
2015.
EMAIL: residency@tbilisiphotofestival.com (subject: residency application)