Casa Árabe and PHotoEspaña jointly present the second edition of NUR, an open call for applications for a photography exhibition that will be displayed at Casa Árabe’s premises as part of the 25th PHotoESPAÑA International Photography Festival, within its official programme, to be held in 2022.
The aim of this open call is to promote and publicise a project that looks at one or several aspects of Arabic societies, from a contemporary curatorial perspective. The call seeks to reward attempts to innovate, while conveying current content that has to do with the realities of the contemporary Arab world. This content is presented in a manner which is deliberately open and non-restrictive as regards subject matter, so that a wide range of diverse initiatives can be accommodated, without limitations as regards to the content, approaches or working techniques, and so that projects focused on a single artist or projects of a collective nature can be submitted.
The call is aimed at curators or institutions, who have demonstrable prior experience.
The selected project will be on public display in the form of an exhibition at Casa Árabe’s Madrid premises in June 2022, as part of the 25th PHotoEspaña Festival, with the possibility of it being shown at a later date at Casa Árabe’s premises in Córdoba.
Partners for this edition of the NUR open call are the Bienal Fotografia do Porto and Tribe Photo Magazine. The winner may be offered the chance to show their project at the Bienal or have their photos published in the magazine.
Eligibility
The call is aimed at Spanish and international curators and institutions that demonstrate, through the CV they submit with their application, previous experience in carrying out exhibition projects.
The application may relate to an individual project or to a group of artists.
For the project to be accepted, it is essential that it should provide a contemporary look at some facet of Arab societies.
The project, with photographic content, must be presented following the template outlined in Annex I. The application will be considered eligible if it meets each and every one of the following requirements:
A. The applicant, curator or institution must submit only one proposal.
B. The applicant curator or institution must demonstrate previous experience in carrying out an exhibition project.
C. The proposal must not have been exhibited in Spain before and must be related to the theme of the programme.
D. The proposal must not contain content that is racist, violent or pornographic, that violates people’s right to privacy, gender equality and in general, any type of content that violates local, community, national or international laws, or that may offend other religions, beliefs or ideologies, or be contrary to the aims of CASA ÁRABE.
E. The application must include all the items listed in these guidelines.
For the exhibition at the Madrid premises, Casa Árabe will allocate a maximum of 15,000 euros (including VAT).
Deadline: 31 January 2022
