Today at 5pm Irish time, FUTURES Digital Festival RESET launches its busy programme of events with all the platform artists and partners present, followed by ‘Who wants to be a photographer?’, a quiz hosted by non other than You Must Not Call It Photography If This Expression Hurts You™ (curators Marco de Mutiis, Katrina Sluis and Jon Uriarte).

To join the launch, you can register online here →

The programme is divided into 5 sections, with online exhibitions, panel discussions, studio visits and more, with some of these events being run privately and in support of artists and arts professionals. If you are interested in joining any of the private events, get in get touch with us at [email protected]

The structure, with links to get registered, is as follows:

 • The Expos
Hosted by and curated by artist, publisher and curator Salvatore Vitale, the expo RESET investigates the main theme with projects by seven artists from the platform: Julie Poly, Ela Polkowska, Sanne De Wilde, Dávid Biró, Ana Zibelnik, and Irish artists Eva O'Leary and Garry Loughlin. The expos are hosted online by Fotomat, and a link will be made available here from the 5th to the 31st of October.

 • The Assembly
A series of talks organised by the platform members where art professionals converse around topics related to the main theme RESET. The assemblies take place online every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 3pm Irish time. The talk ASSEMBLY #2 'On Adaptation and Production' has been organised by PhotoIreland, and it presents Lewis Bush (artist, educator) and Aisling Murray (Exhibitions Manager, Science Gallery Dublin) in conversation this Thursday 8th October at 3pm Irish time
Register for the week 1 zoom sessions here →

 • The Conversations
Over 50 international professionals have the chance to meet our talents for a series of portfolio reviews and coaching sessions. These meetings take place once a week during the month of October, in a private and online environment. The list of professionals is online here.

 • The Open Mic
The Open Mic is a private activity, when our talents can present their ongoing projects in an online space with artists and other professionals from the industry. Amongst others selected, Irish artist Vera Ryklova will benefit from this session.

 • The Studio Visit
The Studio Visit programme is an online activity organised by Futures and curated by Marina Paulenka (Co-Founder of Organ Vida Festival and former Artistic Director of Unseen). On Fridays, she presents a virtual online tour of artists studios, talking about their inspirations, creative process, and ongoing projects. This activity is mainly exclusive to invited professionals and guests. The private sessions will include Irish artist Shia Conlon. As an exception, the studio visit on October 30th will be open to the public from 3pm Irish time via Zoom and Facebook live-stream. For this event, Paulenka sees Charlotte Schmitz, Karolina Wojtas and Ulla Deventer. 


WEEK 1 IN BRIEF
*NOTE: LISTED ARE IRISH TIMES*
- TODAY 5th 5pm: Launch event + quiz
- Tuesday 6th 3pm: RESET Talk - Salvatore Vitale in conversation with Garry Loughlin, Dávid Biró, Ana Zibelnik and Julie Poly
- Wednesday 7th 8.45am: Futures Conversations
- Thursday 8th 3pm: On Adaptation and Production - PhotoIreland in conversation with Lewis Bush and Aisling Murray
- Friday 9th 3pm: Studio Visit #1 by Marina Paulenka with Clemence Elman, Kata Geibl, Sybren Vanoveberghe, Mate Bartha
- Saturday 10th 3pm: Reset Modernity - Raphaëlle Stopin in conversation with Sylvain Gouraud

Find out more about RESET ONLINE →

The editorial team and peer review panel of OVER Journal, welcomes submissions of:

- Papers: essays by any individuals or collaborators engaged in critical and cultural inquiry that address key issues around Photography and Visual Culture, including those deriving from other disciplines and interests.
Deadline 30th September passed, next deadline Feb 2021.

- Articles or Interviews: whether at proposal stage or completed, by individuals or collaborators including journalists, writers, researchers, artists, curators, and other professionals such as designers, architects, urban planners, community activists, etc. whose critical practice is connected with issues of social change.

- Works: Artistic projects by creatives, photographers, visual artists, curators, researchers, thinkers, and any individuals working in and around contemporary image-based practices.

Submissions of Papers are accepted twice a year, and only between 1-28 February and 1-31st August. However, as an exception, in 2020 we are accepting submissions between 1-31 September.

Submissions of Articles or Interviews, and Works are open from now on and ongoing without deadline.

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