AN EXPERIMENTATION AND CREATIVE RESIDENCY SUPPORTED BY A NETWORK OF EXPERTS
PICTO LAB is an annual residency programme that offers a photographer an opportunity to experiment and create within PICTO’s Parisian network of laboratories and production workshops for three months (May, June and July 2023).
For this PICTO LAB programme, Picto Foundation joins forces with various partners who provide support and help publicise the work carried out by the artist-in-residence. These partners are La Fab. – agnès b. endowment fund, the Cité internationale des arts, the a ppr oc he salon and the Dream Big and Grow Fast Foundation.
PICTO LAB aims to facilitate the development of a new project, in particular by allowing a photographer to test techniques and protocols and to use them in unexpected ways to go beyond or explore new potential avenues for photography and its formal rendering.
PICTO LAB is also a space for the photographer to meet and make contact with professionals who can contribute to the development of their work or interact with the residency project.
The call for applications is open to foreign artists. The residency includes a live-in studio or a studio at the Cité internationale des arts (at the Marais site). Travel expenses should be covered by the residency recipient.
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
• The PICTO LAB residency is open to photographers who have been working for at least two years. It is to be noted that the jury will be particularly responsive to applications for which such an opportunity could be a real springboard in their career.
• PICTO FOUNDATION and its partners will support a photographer who has not yet been able to find the resources for experimentation, production and dissemination for the project submitted.
• The photographer must be presented by a structure (art centre, institution, gallery, etc.) which is committed to presenting an exhibition or installation of the work produced by the resident in the calendar year following the completion of the PICTO LAB residency. This programme aims to extend a discussion around a project in the making, which, thanks to PICTO FOUNDATION and its partners, has the necessary means for experimentation and production. This presentation by the organisation sponsoring the application can only take place after the exhibition, or in agreement with the latter for any other date envisaged.
AGENDA
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS : FEBRUARY 5, 2023
NOMINATIONS SHORTLIST AND JURY MEETING : END FEBRUARY 2023
RESIDENCY RECIPIENT ANNOUNCEMENT : MID-MARCH 2023
COMPLETION OF THE RESIDENCY : MAY 4 TO JULY 28, 2023
FIRST PRESENTATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE A PPR OC HE SALON : NOVEMBER 2023
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Photo : © Lucas Leffler, laureate of PICTO LAB / EXPERIMENTING THE IMAGES 2023
