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 for three months (May, June and July 2024).
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 the Cité internationale des arts, the a ppr oc he salon and Fujifilm.
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 laureate will be welcomed at La Cité internationale des arts, a residency centre in the heart of Paris that brings together artists of all generations to work on a creative or research project in all disciplines. If the artist does not live in Paris, accommodation is provided during the residency at the Cité internationale des arts. Travel expenses are the responsibility of the winner.
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.
CONTENTS OF THE APPLICATION PACK (all the details in the call for applications)
A curriculum vitae, an artistic portfolio (pdf – 20 pages maximum), a statement of intent (pdf – 4 pages maximum), and a letter from the structure sponsoring the application.
Registration on this link after sending the application (for checking that all the elements have been received): here
AGENDA
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS : JANUARY 21, 2024
NOMINATIONS SHORTLIST AND JURY MEETING : END FEBRUARY 2024
RESIDENCY RECIPIENT ANNOUNCEMENT : MID-MARCH 2024
COMPLETION OF THE RESIDENCY : MAY 3 TO JULY 26, 2024
FIRST PRESENTATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE A PPR OC HE SALON : NOVEMBEE 2024
Download Call for applications
Photo : © Thomas Paquet, laureate PICTO LAB / EXPÉRIMENTER L’IMAGE 2023
