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AFTER EIGHT
YEARS OF EXPERIMENTATION,
WHAT COMES NEXT?
The Experimental Photo Festival 2027 marks the eighth edition of an international project that has spent the past years bringing together artists, photographers, curators, educators and photography professionals around experimental photography.
Since its first edition, the festival has grown as a meeting point for experimentation, exchange and community. Every year, Barcelona becomes a place to discover new approaches to photography, share processes and knowledge, and create connections between analogue and digital practices, historical techniques, alternative processes, expanded photography and new ways of producing and experiencing photographic images.
Experimental Photo Festival 2027 is open to photographers, visual artists, multidisciplinary artists and collectives from anywhere in the world. You do not need to identify as an experimental photographer to apply. We welcome experimental, creative and contemporary photographic practices, from established approaches to projects that question or expand how images are made, presented or experienced.
Your project can be finished, in progress, previously exhibited or still developing into an exhibition.
What could your project become in Barcelona?
WHAT COULD
YOUR PROJECT BECOME
IN BARCELONA?
NEW VISIONS.
NEW IMAGES.
NEW
POSSIBILITIES.
For 2027, the festival is focusing on strengthening its exhibitions and fostering closer collaboration between artists, curators, and the production team. Selected artists will work alongside the festival’s curatorial and production teams to develop their exhibitions in relation to the assigned space, scale, materials, technical requirements, and context. There is no predefined theme. We are looking for proposals that explore the future of photography!
The exhibition programme is currently being developed across the following venues:
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Centre Cívic Pati Llimona
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Experimental HUB
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MUHBA Porta de Mar
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BORSÍ pel Barri
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Mont.BCN
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Lab Nau Especial
Additional venues may be added as the programme develops. Artists do not apply for a specific venue. Spaces will be assigned according to the artistic, spatial, technical, and production characteristics of each project.
The festival works with indoor and outdoor spaces, historic venues, courtyards, foyers, large-scale installations, site-specific proposals, and unconventional exhibition contexts.
WHAT SELECTED ARTISTS
RECEIVE
UP TO
200€
Exhibition production
150€
Artist fee
999€
Ágora Diploma
Each artist selected for a Solo Exhibition receives an artist fee of €150 for their participation. To receive payment, the artist or collective must be able to issue a valid invoice. Each Solo Exhibition has access to a production budget of up to €200. This may be used for previously agreed expenses such as printing, exhibition materials, supports, graphic production, mounting systems, and other production needs.
Artists selected for a Solo Exhibition receive access to the Diploma in Experimental Photography at Ágora, School of Experimentation, valued at €999. The programme combines online learning, experimentation, project development, an international community of experimental photographers, and direct contact with the instructors. This is an in-kind educational benefit. The €999 represents the value of access to the programme and cannot be exchanged for cash.
GROUP
EXHIBITION
MENTION
In addition to the twelve Solo Exhibitions, the jury may select a small additional group of artists to participate together in a Group Exhibition.
Artists receiving a Group Exhibition Mention receive the following benefits:
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€150 artist fee
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Ágora Diploma valued at €999
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Access to the festival
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Merchandising
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Meals
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Curatorial and production support
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Promotion of your work through the festival’s communication channels
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Workshop exchange programme
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Priority access to accommodation booking
The Group Exhibition has a shared production budget of €600, managed directly by Experimental Photo Festival. This budget applies to the exhibition as a whole and will be allocated according to its production and installation needs.
The exhibition will remain installed and open to the public until December 2027, extending the visibility of the selected artists beyond the festival dates.
In addition to the 12 solo exhibitions in Barcelona, 20 artists will be selected for a special online feature in collaboration with Analog Forever Magazine. The aim of this selection extends beyond publication. These projects will become part of a group that Experimental Photo Festival can continue to promote internationally through future exhibitions, screenings, and collaborations within its network. In the previous edition, the selected artists were subsequently featured in an exhibition in China and through video screenings in three museums in India .
ONE APPLICATION.
DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUR WORK TO TRAVEL.
SPECIAL MENTION
ANALOG
FOREVER MAGAZINE
HOW TO PARTICIPATE?
Registration is done through Picter .
Participating is easy and takes no more than ten minutes:
Go to Picter.com.
Create an account and complete your personal information.
Each person may submit more than one project, but each one must be submitted as a separate application.
Pay the registration fee: €20 per project.
That's it! Submit your work and be part of the transformation of photography. We look forward to seeing your project and discovering the future of photography with you.
BENEFITS OF PARTICIPATING
Selected artists develop and present a Solo Exhibition in Barcelona with the support of the Experimental Photo Festival’s curatorial and production teams. They also receive financial, educational, and production support, and become part of our community, with opportunities to meet other artists, take part in workshops and activities, and connect with the international network surrounding the festival.
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€150 artist fee
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€200 exhibition production budget
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Access to the Ágora Diploma, School of Experimentation, valued at €999
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Access to the festival
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Official Experimental Photo Festival merchandising
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Meals during the festival days
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Curatorial support
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Production and installation support
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Promotion through the festival’s communication channels
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Priority access to the official accommodation at Col·legi Major Penyafort-Montserrat
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Access to the workshop exchange programme
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For some exhibitions, additional professional visibility during the IPFA Meeting
WORKSHOP EXCHANGE
PROGRAMME
A selected exhibition artist who leads one workshop may attend two festival workshops in exchange.
Artists who lead two workshops become part of the independent programme "Artists: Workshops + Conferences".
LEAD
1 WORKSHOP
ATTEND 2 WORKSHOPS
PARTICIPATION
COMMITMENTS
Selected artists must be present in Barcelona to install their exhibition and take part in the activities of Experimental Photo Festival 2027. Installation and deinstallation will be the responsibility of each artist, with the support and assistance of the festival’s production team.
Depending on the assigned venue, some exhibitions may be installed from June 30, 2027, coinciding with the international festivals meeting, and some may remain on display until December 2027. The specific dates for installation, opening, and deinstallation will be communicated individually to each artist according to the venue and the characteristics of their project.
In all cases, selected artists must be present during the main festival dates, from July 21 to 25, 2027, and take part in the opening and in the activities related to their exhibition.
Once participation has been confirmed, a mandatory contract will be sent for signature, detailing the conditions of participation, payment-related aspects, exhibition production, image rights, and intellectual property.
Submission to the open call is final: submitted documents cannot be modified and the registration fee is non-refundable.
In addition to the exhibitions, artists are encouraged to propose workshops, talks, and other activities. The festival may also invite them to take part in these formats, strengthening the exchange of knowledge and processes that characterises Experimental Photo Festival.
The works presented will not be for sale during the festival. Selection results will be communicated individually by email in January 2027.
DISCOVER OTHER WAYS
TO PARTICIPATE
THANK YOU
FOR SUBMITTING
YOUR PROPOSAL!
General Conditions
By submitting an application, participants confirm that they have read and accepted the following conditions:
1. Artists grant the Associació Experimentalphotofestival the non-exclusive right to distribute and reproduce the photographs submitted digitally, always crediting the photographer’s name and the title of the work, for promotional purposes, including newsletters, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn, the festival’s websites, Ágora, participating exhibition venues and collaborating institutions, as well as for exhibition, educational and commercial purposes. No royalties or compensation will be paid for these uses. The photographer retains all copyright and ownership rights over the works. However, it is important to note that third parties, such as educational institutions, journalists, search engines, social media platforms, digital platforms or individuals, may download, save, store or archive images from our websites or communication channels, with or without our knowledge. The Associació Experimentalphotofestival has no control over such downloads or their subsequent use and therefore cannot accept responsibility for any improper or unauthorised use by third parties. Artists assume and accept full legal and financial responsibility for any infringement of third-party privacy, property or copyright rights arising from the creation or public presentation of their work.
2. Artists grant their image rights to the Asociación Experimentalphotofestival, and the Association does not have the authority to transfer these rights to third parties without the corresponding express consent. By registering, artists authorize the Association to capture, reproduce, and disseminate images from the festival in which they appear, in photographic or video format, without geographical or time limitations and free of charge, in connection with Experimental Photo Festival, Ágora, School of Experimentation, IPFA, and the activities organized by the Association.
3.The Asociación Experimentalphotofestival reserves the right to exclude from the Open Call or from the festival any applications or artists that fail to comply with the general conditions of participation or that violate our values, copyright, human rights, the right to privacy, or any other applicable rights.
4. The Asociación Experimentalphotofestival is the organizer of Experimental Photo Festival, Ágora, School of Experimentation, and IPFA (International Photography Festivals Association). This means that the assignment and authorization of rights granted to the Association automatically allow their use by both programmes for the purposes described above.
5. The Asociación Experimentalphotofestival reserves the right to make changes to the programme, venues, exhibition schedules, and organizational arrangements of the 2027 edition whenever necessary.