Open Call Submission: Inaugural Singapore International Photography Festival


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About Singapore International Photography Festival

Scheduled to take place from 8 to 31 October 2008, the Singapore International Photography Festival (SIPF) is the first event of its kind in Southeast Asia. This biennial festival strives to provide a platform for local and Southeast Asian artists to showcase their works alongside their international peers in various venues across Singapore. Central to the SIPF is a series of short workshops and lectures facilitated by curators and senior photographers for 30 selected Southeast Asian photographers under the age of 35. Along with the official exhibitions and programme, there is SIPF Fringe which counts on participation of arts galleries, arts spaces and education institutions to promote the appreciation of photography across Singapore.

The SIPF committee is made up of volunteers and relies on the good will and support from various institutions, corporate organisation and the public to make this festival a reality.

For general enquiries, please send to info@sipf.com.sg



SIPF Open Call Submission


The fesitval is looking for:
a) Exhibition proposals by photographers and artists (henceforth referred to collectively as "artists"). This section is open to all artists with no age limit.

b) Participants for the portfolio review/workshops/lectures (which will run from 8 to 15 October 2008) in Singapore. This is only open to 30 selected participants holding Southeast Asian passports with priority given to those under the age of 35.

An artist can only submit a maximum of two projects for the festival.
If you are eligible for (b), your proposal will automatically be considered for the exhibition.

HOW TO SUBMIT
Applicants for either (a) or (b) must send in a Project Submission

Each project submission should include:
1) a resume (not more than two A4-size pages),
The resume should include your
a) name and contact details
b) date of birth
c) nationality

2) a one-paragraph bio (about 200 words)
3) an artist's statement (not more than two A4-size pages).
The artist's statement should include:
a) your name
b) a clear explanation about your work
c) how the work should be presented (prints, self-made books, video, etc)
d) year(s) in which it is made.



4) Jpeg images (in a zipped folder, if possible)
a) do not send more than seven images for each project.
b) each image in 72 dpi, compression 7-8, and with its shorter side at 10cm.
c) if necessary, include a caption list in a Microsoft Word document.

Pls Note:
Send one project in one email. All documents should be in Microsoft Word format.
Do not resend your resume and bio if you are submitting two projects.
Do not send prints or CDs/DVDs to the festival.
All submissions will be archived by the festival.

Respective submissions must be made electronically to : exhibition[at]sipf.com.sg (Exhibition)
workshop[at]sipf.com.sg (Wokrshop/Portfolio Review)

All submissions to have name/country on email subject line
Example: Workshop submission: Ali Baba/Singapore

Submission call will close on 31st May 2008.
Results will be announced on the SIPF website (www.sipf.com.sg) on July 2008. Only the selected artists will be notified by email.

For general enquiries, please send to info[at]sipf.com.sg



About Exhibition Proposals

There is no theme to the festival. Photography must be used in the process of creating the work. All genres of photography are accepted.

International artists especially those working in underrepresented and misrepresented regions are welcomed to submit their works. Submissions by Southeast Asian artists will be given priority. There is no age limit for this section.

The SIPF is especially keen to showcase independent, long-term or ongoing projects. The festival is not interested in single images. It will also be difficult, though not impossible, to showcase works completed more than five years ago.

Submitted works may be presented in prints, self-made books, video, or any other format as suggested by the artist. Due to budgetary concerns, the SIPF prefers print-based works. The festival is unable to showcase handmade prints unless the selected artist is willing to pay for the courier fee. Epson (Singapore Pte Ltd) is the official printer for SIPF.

About Portfolio Review/Workshops/Lectures
The portfolio review/workshops are only open to 30 selected artists holding Southeast Asian passports. Southeast Asian countries include Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Indonesia, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Brunei and East Timor. Official SIPF lectures are open to additional 30 participants on top the 30 selected artists.

As this is a non profit event run by volunteers, each Singaporean artist selected for the portfolio review/workshops/lectures will be required to pay a subsidised amount of S$100 to help cover the cost of workshop and materials.

Festival Grant Assistance: Each artist from the rest of the Southeast Asian countries selected for the portfolio review/workshops/lectures is qualified to apply for a grant to partially fund her or his trip to the festival. The grant will help to cover the costs of the workshops, materials and part of their travel expenses on a reimbursement basis.

Legal issues
All artists retain the creator's right to the submitted works. If a project is selected, the artist is obliged to temporarily transfer her or his right of the images to the SIPF, so that (1) the images can be produced for the exhibition, (2) used in the festival's publicity drive and (3) shown in subsequent tours. The artist will be credited each and every time her or his work is used.


Face Book: Singapore International Photography Festival
 

Pardon me for repeating myself .... :)
This is a clarification note:


Exhibition Submission is OPEN to Everyone regardless age, nationality.

Portfolio Review Submission is only OPEN to Southeast Asian, no age criteria.


Workshop Submission is only open to Southeast Asian, under 35 years old.

Deadline: 31st May, 2008.

Exhibition of selected works take place in National Museum of Singapore, Old School, LASALLE, 2902 Gallery, and plus more venues to be confirmed.

Portfolio Reviews are done by 10-12 people who are editors, curators, gallery owners,festival directors and academics. This is the best time to have your works seen by some of the most important movers & shakers in the photo industry, and perhaps unforeseen oppportunities for your works to be recognises beyond local market. Fees charges to be announced later but will be greatly subsidized.

The workshop (Duration of 3 days) conducted by invited guest photographers, curators, festival director, and oversea lecturers. The entire workshop is S$100 per pax, and limited to 30 pax based on their submission.

Besides those programmes above, there are specially designed public lectures during the 24 day festival, and as well as evening talk/presentation by guest speakers/photographers from 9th Oct till 15th Oct. This is open to public, and free of charge.
 

The festival website is up and running. :)

The Submission details and Volunteer recruitment information are on the site now.
The site will be keep updating... and so do check it out...
Forms download is available

=> NOTE: we have increased submission of images from 7 to 12 max.
For those who have already submitted 7 images, it is just as good.

www.sipf.com.sg
 

ups for the first ever International Photography Fest!
 

sorry but i dont quite understand the part about the workshop/portfolio review. are they separate entities? so you can only get selected for either the workshop or portfolio review. and what exactly does the portfolio review involve? discussion and critique of the images submitted?
 

Hi pyrique,

The workshop and the portfolio review is 2 separate entities but the application procedure is similar. You can be selected for both the workshop AND the portfolio review.

For the portfolio review, we will be bringing in 15 distinguished professionals from various photography industries: fashion, journalism, product, fine art to name a few. Out of which you will pick 10 that you feel that your portfolio relates to the most so that you can have the maximum benefit from the session. Participants will bring a body of work or their portfolio for critique and discussion by the reviewers.

We look forward to seeing you at the festival!
 

OPEN CALL
Calling all photographers and artists!
Here's your chance to be part of the first-ever Singapore International Photography Festival (SIPF). You can stand the chance to see your works on display in the exhibitions. You can also be part of the workshop and portfolio reviews and a series of public programmes organised as part of the festival.


Closing Date: 15 June 2008.


Photographers are free to submit their works as there is no fixed theme for the festival. All submissions will be reviewed by a distinguished selection panel comprising four curators, namely Chow Chee Yong (Singapore), Terence Yeung (Singapore), Wan Xi (China) and Ark Fongsmut (Thailand). Selected works will be displayed in the SIPF exhibitions and compiled into the festival publication.

Just submit your works to this inaugural photography festival by 15 June 2008
For the application form and details, log on to www.sipf.com.sg

Exhibition Submission is open to all nationalities and no age constraints.
SIPF Photography Workshop and Portfolio Review are open to photographers holding Southeast Asia passport only.

About the Festival
The Singapore International Photography Festival (SIPF) is the first biennial photography event of its kind in Southeast Asia. It strives to be the platform for Singaporean artists and Southeast Asian artists to showcase their outstanding works alongside with works of international peers.

Come October, the Singapore International Photography Festival (8 to 31 October 2008) will make its presence felt in Singapore. Over 600 photographic works will be displayed in four key venues including the National Museum of Singapore, LASALLE, The Arts House and 2902 Gallery in the Old School. There will also be workshops and portfolio reviews facilitated by curators and veteran photographers, and a series of evening and weekend presentations where foreign curators, artists and festival directors will share thoughts and ideas and discuss pertinent issues in the international photography scene.

The festival is organised by a group of volunteers and photography enthusiasts.
Festival Office: Old School, 11b Mount Sophia, #B2-09, S (228461).
Tel:63398655 Email: info@sipf.com.sg
 

Yes. The date is officially extended to the 15th of June.
 

Dear Friends,

As you know the submission deadline has extended till 15 June 08. There is an overwhelming response and the festival web account is full at the time of 12.57pm (Singapore time)! Please send your entries to sipf08@gmail.com or call the festival office +65 6339 8655 to check if your entiries have reached us.

Sorry for such necessary troubles but it is a happy problem to see many wonderful works submitted for this festival. ;)

Cheers!

Gwen Lee
+65 6339 8655
 

Dear Friends,

As you know the submission deadline has extended till 15 June 08. There is an overwhelming response and the festival web account is full at the time of 12.57pm (Singapore time)! Please send your entries to sipf08@gmail.com or call the festival office +65 6339 8655 to check if your entiries have reached us.

Sorry for such necessary troubles but it is a happy problem to see many wonderful works submitted for this festival. ;)

Cheers!

Gwen Lee
+65 6339 8655


One post here is enough please do not create multi Threads in the same forum that is akin to spamming. Other thread removed. Do not do it again.
 

What happen to the result of submission??? nothing on SIPF website still???

Results will be announced on the SIPF website (www.sipf.com.sg) in July 2008. Only the selected artists will be notified by email.
 

Can the organiser please explain what happen to the result???
Is it delay? or is it out somewhere but not the SIPF website?

:dunno:
 

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