The ISSP daily activities are composed of activities in the workshops, individual work on your photography project, evening talks and presentations by ISSP tutors and invited guests. One afternoon is dedicated to portfolio reviews. There is a multitude of options for extra-curricular activities like morning exercises, evening bar, swimming in the surrounding ponds, and getting to know the others in many creative ways. The event is concluded by a joint installation and opening of the ISSP Exhibition at Kuldīga Arts Hall, a public screening of the works at the town open air cinema and a legendary ISSP Gala night.

ISSP 2016 - Daily Programme 

Saturday, August 6
10:30 - ISSP bus departs from Riga (next to Central Station)
12:00 - 14:30 arrival to Pelči boarding school, registration, light lunch
15:00 - 16:00 ISSP 2016 Opening
16:00 - 17:00 first get-together in the workshops
17:30 - 18:45 introductory tour around Kuldīga town
19:00 - 20:00 dinner
20:30 - 22:30 ISSP Speed Dating (everyone meets everyone)

Sunday, August 7 
07:30 - 08:30 morning exercises *- Mindfulness meditation by Olivier Brossard
08:30 - 10:00 breakfast
10:15 - 13:00 workshops, individual work
13:00 - 15:00 lunch
14:30 - 18:30 workshops, individual work
18:30 - 19:30 dinner
ISSP evening programme:
20:00 - 21:30 presentations by Kuldīga Photography artists in residence 
21:30 - 22:30 Participants' Portfolio Night I - presentations by ISSP 2016 participants: 
Brendan Barry (UK), Kārlis Bergs (LV), Andrea Grützner (DE), Enrico Di Nardo (IT), Alexey Furman (UA), Justina Leston (AR), Fábio Cunha (PT), Nina Weymann-Schulz (DE), Marie Docher (FR), Marco Frauchiger (CH), Philip Beloborodov (RU) 

Monday, August 8 
07:30 - 08:30 morning exercises * - Jogging (short distance) by Alexey Furman
08:30 - 10:00 breakfast
10:15 - 13:00 workshops, individual work
13:00 - 15:00 lunch
14:00 - 18:30 ISSP Portfolio reviews (by prior subscription only) 
Experts: Alejandro Chaskielberg, Anouk Kruithof, Federico Clavarino, Jason Evans, Paolo Woods, Taiyo Onorato, Gabriele Galimberti, Takashi Homma, Elena Vaninetti (YET Magazine), Erik Vroons (GUP Magazine), Gintaras Česonis (Kaunas Photography Gallery), Ieva Meilutė-Svinkūnienė (Vitas Luckus Photography Centre), Krzysztof Candrowicz (Lodz Fotofestiwal, Hamburg Photography Triennial), Maira Dudareva (Latvian Museum of Photography), Zane Onckule (kim? Contemporary Art Center)
18:30 - 19:30 dinner
20:00 - 21:00 ISSP evening programme I: skype with Duane Michals (US) - artist talk "Photography and reality"
21:15 - 22:30 ISSP evening programme II: Anouk Kruithof (NL) - artist talk

Tuesday, August 9
07:30 - 08:30 morning exercises * - Brazilian Jiu Jitsu by Chiara Dazi
08:30 - 10:00 breakfast
10:15 - 13:00 workshops, individual work
13:00 - 15:00 lunch
14:30 - 18:30 workshops, individual work
18:30 - 19:30 dinner
20:00 - 21:30 ISSP evening programme I: Paolo Woods (FR/IT), Gabriele Galimberti (IT) - artist talk
21:45 - 22:30 ISSP evening programme II: Alejandro Chaskielberg (AR) - artist talk

Wednesday, August 10
07:30 - 08:30 morning exercises * - Cross country running by Simon Brugner 
08:30 - 10:00 breakfast
10:15 - 13:00 workshops, individual work
13:00 - 15:00 lunch
14:30 - 18:30 workshops, individual work
18:30 - 19:30 dinner
20:00 - 21:15 ISSP evening programme I: Federico Clavarino (IT/ES) - "Speaks true who speaks shadows", artist talk
21:30 - 23:00 ISSP evening programme II: Taiyo Onorato (CH) - artist talk

Thursday, August 11
07:30 - 08:30 morning exercises * - Morning badminton by Ula Kahul
08:30 - 10:00 breakfast
10:15 - 13:00 workshops, individual work
13:00 - 15:00 lunch
14:30 - 18:30 workshops, individual work
18:30 - 19:30 dinner
20:00 - 21:00 Evening programme I: ISSP team portfolio presentations: Valentino Bellini (IT), Wikus de Wet (SA), Viktorija Eksta (LV), Ieva Raudsepa (LV), Kristīne Madjare (LV), Evita Goze (LV).
20:00 - 22:00 ISSP evening programme II: Jason Evans (UK) - “Stop-look-listen”, artist talk

Friday, August 12 
07:30 - 08:30 morning exercises * - Mindfulness meditation by Olivier Brossard
08:30 - 10:00 breakfast
10:15 - 13:00 completing individual projects and planning the exhibition
13:00 - 15:00 lunch
14:30 - 18:30 submission of the final works
18:30 - 19:30 dinner
20:00 – 23:00 Participants' Portfolio Night II - presentations by ISSP 2016 participants: Silvia Rosi (IT), Constanze Flamme (DE), Jo Phipps (UK), Akira Otsubo (JP), Nico Müller (CH), Ignacio Fanti (AR), Nathalie Vissers (BE), Grace Gelder (UK), Konstantin Chernichkin (UA), Vojtech Veskrna (CZ), Ula Kahul (PL), Dimitri D'ippolito (IT), Anastasia Soboleva (RU), Pezhman Zahed (IR), Leo Seyers (FR), Laurence Rasti (CH), Ana Lía Orézzoli (IT), Sheung Yiu (HK), Maksim Finogeev (UA), Chiara Dazi (IT), Yuxin Jiang (CN), Simon Brugner (AT), Suzue Naka (JP) 
 

Saturday, August 13 
08:30 - 10:00 breakfast
10:00 - 13:00 installation of the ISSP exhibition in Kuldīga 
13:00 - 15:00 lunch
15:00 - 17:00 installation of the ISSP exhibition in Kuldīga
17:15 - 18:30 quick dinner
19:30 - Opening of the ISSP 2016 Exhibition at Kuldīga Arts Hall
22:00 - Screening of the ISSP final works at Kuldīga Open-air Cinema 
from 23:30 - ISSP Gala Party in Pelči Castle

Sunday, August 14  
10:00 - 11:30 breakfast 
12:00 - 13:15 final roundtable “The Future of Learning Photography”
13:30 - 14:30 last workshops get-together
14:30 - 18:00 Picnic outside
18:00 - farewell and departure (18:00 – bus to Riga)

* optional parts of the programme
The events in bold are open to the general public

The aftermath - Riga programme:
Tuesday, August 16
18:00 - 20:30 ISSP 2016 Artist talks in Riga: Paolo Woods, Federico Clavarino @ The Mill, Brīvības 33

ISSP Riga afterparty @ Autentika