We are very excited to be a part of new European platform - PARALLEL, that brings together 18 European arts organisations, emerging artists and curators to promote a new quality standard for contemporary photography – the first of its kind co-funded by the European Platforms of Creative Europe. PARALLEL brings together museums, galleries, festivals, schools and publishers from several European countries, aiming to promote exchanges and mentorships: on one hand, offering emerging artists and curators access to top agents; on other hand providing those agents with new, bold work produced by new artists and curators.
Led by the Portuguese cultural association Procurar.arte, PARALLEL involves members across Europe: Procur.arte (Lisboa, Portugal), CIAJG - Centro Internacional das Artes José de Guimarães (Guimarães, Portugal), ISSP (Riga, Latvia), Le Château d'Eau (Toulouse, France), Triennial of Photography Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany), FORMAT International Photography Festival - Derby QUAD (Derby, UK), Suomen valokuvataiteen museo (Helsinki, Finland), Fondazione Fotografia Modena (Modena, Italy), Fotofestiwal Lodz - Foundation of Visual Education (Lodz, Poland), Galleri Image (Aarhus, Denmark), KATALOG-Journal (Kerteminde, Denmark), Landskrona Fotofestival (Landskrona, Sweden), Kaunas Gallery (Kaunas, Lithuania), UGM l Umetnostna galerija Maribor (Maribor, Slovenia), Musée de la Photographie, Charleroi (Charleroi, Belgium), Organ Vida - International Photography Festival (Zagreb, Croatia), Capa Központ (Budapest, Hungary), PhotoIreland Festival (Dublin, Ireland)
For the first Parallel Intersection in Lisbon (November 2017), ISSP will present Latvian photographer Andrejs Strokins and emerging artist Toms Harjo.
Human Baltic is the first-ever joint Baltic art project in Japan. It presents more than 200 photographs by 17 authors of the golden age humanist photography of 1960-1990 and The Baltic Way in one of the most prestigious galleries of Tokyo - Spiral Garden.
We are happy to announce the five artists we invited to join the FUTURES platform this year – Agate Tūna (LV), Gedvile Tamosiunaite (LT), Katya Lesiv (UA), Klaus Leo Richter (AT/LT), Ruudu Ulas (EE). Their projects mirror the concerns and reflections of a context of wars and the rise of digital realities. We believe these five artists will contribute to the FUTURES artistic community with the diversity of their approaches, demonstrating the role of the artist in a changing and challenging world.
On April 21, 18.30 we start a series of lectures on art and activism with an online talk by the 'magician of rebellion', co-founder of Reclaim The Streets movement J. Jordan (FR) - "In-between Everything: art and activism, nature and culture, male and female – a non-binary guide to creative rebellion”.
21. aprīlī plkst. 18.30 aicinām uz 'dumpju burvja', Reclaim the Streets kustības līdzdibinātāja J. Jordana tiešsaistes lekciju “Visam pa vidu: māksla un aktīvisms, daba un kultūra, vīrišķais un sievišķais – radošas sacelšanās nebinārās vadlīnijas”.
PARALLEL call for new artists / new curators is now open! Apply now to be on PARALLEL's 3rd cycle and become part of a vast network of artists, curators and other art professionals that will help you through your creative process, from idea to exhibition. Application deadline - March 31st.
Happy to present the work created by artist Vika Eksta during her residency at Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, September - October 2016, as part of the project Alternative Storytelling.
Vika's video piece speaks about past and contemporary ways of archiving, also including conversations with people engaged in the practice. For the artist this was also her first personal encounter with Egypt – a country with a rich history and a complicated present.
Last week we had the chance to present the results of Alternative Storytelling - our collaboration project with Townhouse Gallery - in Villa Méditeranée, Marseille. The programme was developed thanks to the generous support of the Tandem Shaml programme!
Aicinām uz pasākumu Putekļi un zelts - vakaru mūsdienu Ēģiptes atmosfērā, kas notiks 1. decembrī plkst. 19.30 Aleponijā. Septembra nogalē māksliniece Vika Eksta pavadīja trīs nedēļas mūsu organizētajā rezidencē Townhouse galerijā, Kairā, Ēģiptē, projekta Alternative Storytelling ietvaros. Šajā laikā tapa multimediāli darbi un vizuālas piezīmes par pavadīto laiku zemē ar bagātu pagātni, haotisku tagadni un neskaidru nākotni.
No 5.augusta līdz 18. septembrim aicinām apmeklēt ISSP Fotogrāfijas rezidences 2015 izstādi Kuldīgā! Izstādē piedalās fotogrāfi Adams Golfers (ASV) un Džemils Baturs Gekšērs (Turcija).
From August 5 - September 18, visit Kuldīga to see the ISSP Photography Residency 2015 exhibition, featuring new work by Adam Golfer (USA) and Cemil Batur Gökçeer (TR).
A selection of works by Alex F. Webb and Jonas Feige created during the the Flâneur Riga residency (April - May 2016).
Aicinām Pelču iedzīvotājus vecumā no 18 gadiem pieteikties radošai fotodarbnīcai "Pelču leģendas", kas notiks Starptautiskās fotogrāfijas vasaras skolas (ISSP) ietvaros no 2. - 3. jūlijam un no 6. - 14. augustam!
Ielūdzam uz Flâneur rezidences prezentāciju K.K.fon Stricka villā 25.maijā plkst 18:30 - savus Rīgā tapušos darbus vienreizējā instalācijā prezentēs mākslinieki Alekss F. Vebs un Jonass Feige. Notikums tapis sadarbībā ar radošo kolektīvu Orbīta.
We cordially invite you to the Flâneur residency presentation event featuring the works of Alex F. Webb and Jonas Feige created during their month long residency in Riga on 25 May at K.K.fon Stricka villa! The event is organised in collaboration with the Orbita collective.
We cordially invite you to talks by the Flâneur project resident artists in Riga - Alex F. Webb and Jonas Feige on Wednesday 11 May 6.30 pm at the ISSP Studio!
Aicinām uz Flâneur projekta rezidences mākslinieku Aleksa F. Veba un Jonasa Feiges autorvakaru trešdien, 11. maijā plkst. 18.30 ISSP Studijā!