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Tue, Apr 30
|Fee: €15 / Prize: Exhibition
Athens Photo Festival 2024 - Unfolded Chapters (Photo Books)
Theme: Photo Book. Unfolded Chapters, representing our annual celebration of photobooks, takes the form of a curated group exhibition anchored in a thematic exploration. This initiative stems from our desire to delve into our and your libraries, unearthing older gems that deserve another chance...
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Apr 30, 2024, 11:30 PM
Fee: €15 / Prize: Exhibition
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Unfolded Chapters, representing our annual celebration of photobooks, takes the form of a curated group exhibition anchored in a thematic exploration. This initiative stems from our desire to delve into our and your libraries, unearthing older gems that deserve another chance in the spotlight. With the primary goal being to breathe fresh life into previous publications, Unfolded Chapters becomes a narrative journey that invites viewers to rediscover and recontextualize the works encapsulated in each selected publication, thus bridging the past and present in the realm of photobook storytelling. There is NO restriction on the release date of the books, the submission is open to new and old releases.
Photobooks will be selected from an OPEN CALL and the APhF Library, which contains more than 5,500 titles. The OPEN CALL will run from 25 March until 30 April. Applicants can apply with photobooks that they believe respond to the main theme of the exhibition. There is no restriction of the form of the publications, e.g. photobooks, zines, short and/or limited editions, newspaper, handmade, self published etc.
This year’s exhibition as part of Unfolded Chapters is titled Paper Graveyards, which takes its name from the book by Eduardo Cadava. Paper Graveyards is a generously illustrated training manual for reading images, considering work by Félix Nadar, Roland Barthes, Leon Golub, Nancy Spero, Fazal Sheikh, Susan Meiselas, and others. Cadava delineates different modes of reading that – taking their point of departure from the conviction that the past, present and future are always interwoven – provide us with a ‘training manual’ to understand visual material in the twenty-first century. These generously illustrated essays actively expand our sense of literacy by reconstructing the networks of relations that inhabit the plural worlds of images, and create a critical genealogy of what we still call an image – even when, with each day that passes, our understanding of what this might mean appears to diminish.
We invite artists to submit their photobooks that actively expand our sense of literacy by reconstructing the networks of relations within the plural worlds of images. Whether exploring critical genealogies or reimagining the meaning of visual culture, we are eager to receive submissions that challenge and enrich our understanding of what it means to engage with images in today’s world.
Join us in creating a critical dialogue that navigates the complex landscapes of visual materiality. Submissions should align with the themes explored in Paper Graveyards and contribute to the ongoing conversation surrounding visual literacy and interpretation.