Reading Time: 3 minutes Named one of two series winners of OpenWalls Arles 2021, Meyer obscures landscapes of the former Berlin Wall with physical cross-stitching designed to resemble pixelation
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OpenWalls Arles 2019 & 2020 exhibited at 17th-century mansion and artspace Galerie Huit Arles alongside Les Rencontres d’Arles, the photography industry’s premier annual festival
This years panel include Meriem Berrada, (Artistic Director, MACAAL Marrakech), Frances Jakubek (Director of Exhibitions at Bruce Silverstein Gallery, NY), and Lau Ching-Ping, (Chair of Hong Kong International Photo Festival). See below for the full panel!
For the third edition of OpenWalls Arles, a collaboration between Galerie Huit Arles and 1854 Media, we are inviting photographers to respond to the theme Then & Now.
We are seeking images that convey a sense of reflection or the changes that time brings. How have you, or your families, grown and developed? How has the past year affected us? Has history repeated itself? What challenges face us ahead? We want artists to explore the theme in many different ways. Experiment with new work, revisit past or forgotten projects or examine your past archive and found imagery.
Founder and Creative Director – Head On Photo Festival
Director of Exhibitions and Operations at Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York City
Gallery Director, Galerie Huit Arles (2020)
Chair of Hong Kong International Photo Festival
Artistic Director, East Wing
Doha, Qatar & Berlin
Artistic Director, MACAAL Marrakech
Independent Curator and Cultural Historian
Independent curator and former Associate Director, PHOTOFAIRS
Artistic Director & Co-Founder Tbilisi Photo Festival
Founder and Artistic Director, Guernsey Photography Festival
Urszula Tarasiewicz, OpenWalls Arles 2019 Winner
Jasper White, OpenWalls Arles 2019 Winner
Jocelyn Allen, OpenWalls Arles 2019 Winner
Reading Time: 3 minutes Named one of two series winners of OpenWalls Arles 2021, Meyer obscures landscapes of the former Berlin Wall with physical cross-stitching designed to resemble pixelation
Read More →Reading Time: 3 minutes 1854 and BJP reveal the two bodies of work, 50 single images and one moving image selected for this year’s award, due to go on show at Galerie Huit Arles between 4 July – 26 September.
Read More →Reading Time: 5 minutes Gustavo Tavares has spent many years exploring the arctic, photographing the landscapes as a way…
Read More →Reading Time: 4 minutes For our very first OpenWalls award, we are inviting both emerging and established photographers, from…
Read More →Reading Time: 6 minutes Christopher Bethell’s work comes from a desire to explore his identity, making his personal reflections…
Read More →Reading Time: 5 minutes Nicholas White is based on Dartmoor National Park, where he pursues projects that examine our relationship…
Read More →Reading Time: 4 minutes Rome-based photographer Francesca Pompei is our first OpenWalls Editor’s Pick photographer, having been selected by…
Read More →Reading Time: 2 minutes Our very first OpenWalls exhibition is now on show in Arles, featuring 50 works chosen to…
Read More →Reading Time: 4 minutes Since its inception in 1970, Les Rencontres d’Arles has been a major influence in disseminating…
Read More →Reading Time: 4 minutes “Hosting OpenWalls is an exciting opportunity to create an outstanding curated exhibition in an unusual…
Read More →The team are very aware of potential complications caused by hosting a physical exhibition. We are working with the gallery to accommodate any changes that occur as a result. When the exhibition does go ahead, it will be under the guidelines provided by the government at the time.
Depending on the guidelines at the time we will look into alternative means of digital exposure. Where possible, we will still have a physical exhibition.
Should the exhibition not be able to go ahead, the 1854 team and Galerie Huit Arles are dedicated to ensuring that your work still receives exposure through digital outputs via the 1854 Network, international publicity and valued learning from our portfolio reviews.
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The exhibition will take place at Galerie Huit Arles, France in July 2021.
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