HOMELAND
DEADLINE - 10 JUNE 2019
‘’Mud is sweeter in your homeland, than honey anywhere else.’’
We are seeking photography & writing from emerging artists and writers, responding to the theme Homeland to participate in a publication and a workshop. The meaning of home is in a state of flux - starting from the search for a better future to the displacement of individuals as a result of political and economic events. Photography is a vital tool conserving and narrating the roots and routes which shape one’s journey. People become nomads, adapting to temporary residences and an unsettled lifestyle, wherever they happen to ‘dock’. While images can encapsulate seconds of the present, writing is capable of shining light on unspoken stories, repressed affairs and private accounts of the notion of home.
We would like to collect individual and intimate, global and collective experiences in relation to homeland, in order to present multiple ways of perceiving the idea of belonging. Fifteen creatives will be selected to participate in a publication which will be supported by a
one-day workshop taking place in New Cross, London. Homeland publication will also include the work of guest artist Dafna Talmor and Martin Seeds; the design and production will be in collaboration with Victoria Kieffer.
Submission guidelines
In order to submit, you need to:
1. Be an emerging lens-based artist working with digital, analogue and/or experimental photography OR an emerging writer who works with poetry, short stories or academic essays.
2. Attend a daylong workshop on the 20th of June in New Cross, London where ideas of the physicality and functionality of the publication will be developed further.
3. Although the open call is free of charge, selected artists and writers will be asked to contribute with £15 towards materials, production costs and the launch of the publication.
Photography
1. A series of up to 5 images
2. An artist statement up to 300 words
3. Short bio up to 150 words
Send everything in one pdf (up to 5mb) to info@revolv.org.uk by the 10th of June 2019.
Writing
1. Brief description of the writing up to 150 words
2. Writing up to up to 1500 words
3. Short bio up to 150 words
Send everything in one pdf (up to 5mb) to info@revolv.org.uk by the 10th of June 2019.