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Jun 6
Jun 7, 2025
Bienal Fotografia do Porto
FUTURES Meet Up in Portugal

Hosted by Ciclo Plataforma, the FUTURES MeetUp will take place on June 6th and 7th in Porto, Portugal. Stay tuned for more details!

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Nov 4
Nov 4, 2023
FUTURES Artists for C2C Festival in Turin

In the context of the Club to Club Festival, FUTURES collaborates with EXPOSED Torino Foto Festival and design studio Unstated to curate a multidisciplinary project that blends photography, music, and installation. EXPOSED PRELUDE, one of the teaser events of EXPOSED Torino Foto Festival, is part of this exciting collaboration.

On Sunday, November 5th, at the OGR venue, which will host the closing day of C2C, we will present a real-time installation on three LED screens. This installation will utilize AI and a dataset featuring images of FUTURES artists. The visuals will dynamically transform in response to the music played by the DJs during the event.

We look forward to seeing you there!

EXPOSED x C2C Festival w/ FUTURES and Unstated

Date: Sunday, November 5th

Venue: OGR - Officine Grandi Riparazioni

Admission with tickets.

FUTURES artists: Sybren Vanoverberghe, Adel Koleszar, Vassilis Triantis, Daniel Szalai, Xenia Petrovska, Filip Bojović, Cian Burke, Rocco Venezia, Alejandra Carles-Tolra, Cristina Garlesteanu, Maria Babikova, Martyna Benedyka, Walter Costa, Pablo Lerma, Nicola Di Giorgio, Sara Scanderebech, Riccardo Svelto, Ligia Popławska, Umberto Diecinove, Jialin Long, Eleni Onasoglou, Kaarina-Sirkku Kurz, Laura San Segundo, Marie Hervé, Eleonora Roaro, Kristine Krauze-Slucka, Javier Corso, Szilvia Mucsy, Panagiotis Papoutsis, Ruth Montiel, AriasJosephina, van de Water, Ryan Allen, Katherine Longly, Phelim Hoey, Claudiu Guraliuc, Joana Dionísio, Giulia Mangione, Oscar Scott CarlKarolina JonderkoJeroen De WandelLorenzo PingitoreAlessia RolloMatthieu Croizier Susanne FagerlundIrene ZottolaCamillo PasquarelliMatteo de MaydaLucija Bogunović, Laura Van Severen, Garry Loughlin, Marco Kesseler, Dávid BiróIeva Baltaduonyte, Carlos Trancoso, Dea Botica, Ania Vouloudi, Oxiea Villamonte, Juliette Cassidy, Michał Patycki, Kristof Thomas, Barbara Debeuckelaere, Maria João Salgado, Andrea Camiolo, Bärbel Reinhard, Carlos Alba, Romain Bagnard, Domenico Camarda, Patricia Morosan, Ela Polkowska, George Voronov, Maximilian MannKata, GeiblHilla Kurki, Tereza Kozinc, Enikő Hodosy, Emilia Rigaud, Ana Zibelnik, Szilvia Bolla, Pauline Niks, María Baoli, Jacopo Valentini, Olga Kocsi, Josef Janošík, Mara Palena,Maria Siorba, Ire Lenes, Jonas Yang Tislevoll, Emma O'Brien, Sebastian Steveniers, Vera Ryklova, Kacper Szalecki, Aindreas Scholz, Marysia Myanovska, Antonio Guerra, Alin Barbir, Thalles Piaget, Sári Zagyvai, Sasha Chaika, Sebastian Koudijzer, Yao Yuan, Camilla Ferrari andTamara Janes

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Oct 19
Oct 19, 2023
Finissage "Dear Moment, I Keep U for Later" Exhibition by Nicolas Polli

Friday Finissage!

Exhibition "Dear Moment, I Keep U for Later" by Nicolas Polli.

We are excited to invite you to the finissage of Swiss artist Nicolas Polli's exhibition 'Dear Moment, I Keep U for Later' on October 20th. From September 22nd to October 20th, 2023, you have witnessed the evolution of his exhibition.

On October 20, you will have a chance to see the final result!

Finissage | Dear Moment, I Keep U for Later Exhibition by Nicolas Polli

Date: 20 October, 2023

Time: 16:00 PM - 18:00 PM

Location: Isaac Titsinghkade 6B, Amsterdam

We look forward to seeing you there!

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Oct 12
Nov 25, 2023
ENERGY: Redistributing Power and Taming Consumption - Exhibition

Artists: Antonio Guerra (ES), David Biro (HU), Hien Hoang (VE/DE), Marta Pinto Machado (CV/PT), Tanja Engelberts (NL), Umberto Diecinove (IT), Yana Kononova (UA) and Yana Wernicke (DE) 

Exhibition curated by Emese Mucsi (Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center), Ángel Luis González and Julia Gelezova (PhotoIreland) and Daria Tuminas (FOTODOK).

ENERGY: Redistributing Power and Taming Consumption is the new FUTURES exhibition opening at Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center in Budapest from October 15 to November 26, 2023. It features a group show, an anthology of diverse photography projects focusing on energy, one of the most relevant and complex topics, which everybody has to deal with either as a private or as a public matter. The show comprises over 80 works produced by eight young photographers selected from the FUTURES Photography network..

From personal stories to documentary and social approaches, to the exploration of the limits of photography as a medium seeking new forms of narration, each photo series and multi-media installations lined up in the ENERGY: Redistributing Power and Taming Consumption exhibition could stand on its own as a case study, providing a condensed representation of the ideas associated with this multilayered topic. While some projects talk about the destructive forces of energy in warfare or in extractivist society (Tanja Engelberts, NL; Yana Kononova, UA), others explore existing strategies as possible solutions (Dávid Biró, HU); Umberto Diecinove, IT); Antonio Guerra, ES), exemplify desirable companionships (Yana Wernicke (DE) and reflect on healing (Hien Hoang, VE/DE). Finally, there is a perspective on how the colonial and capitalist structures shaped contemporary cities and how the energy of presence in these spaces could be a form of resistance (Marta Pinto Machado, CV/PT)

ENERGY: Redistributing Power and Taming Consumption  will travel throughout the year to PhotoIreland and FOTODOK.

Learn more about the selected projects!

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Oct 12
Oct 14, 2023
FUTURES annual event in Budapest 2023

In 2023, FUTURES annual event will be hosted by Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center in Budapest.  For three days almost one hundred artists, twenty curators and heads of major international contemporary photography institutions will meet with the aim of building relationships, discussing the issues of our time and feeling increasingly part of a strong community based on contemporary photography. During the event the new FUTURES exhibition will be launched.

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Sep 21
Oct 21, 2023
Nicolas Polli: artist-in-residence in the FUTURES HUB

From September 22 to October 22, 2023, we are delighted to present Dear Moment, I Keep U for Later, the second exhibition for the FUTURES hub's opening month, featuring the work of Swiss artist Nicolas Polli. Witness the evolution of his nearly finished exhibition, which he will continue to develop over the weeks following its opening, as Nicolas resides within the exhibition space. This promises to be an innovative and multilayered experience that you won't want to miss.

"At Futures, I will have a month, with a chance of showing already to the public my work after a few days from my arrival. I need to be prepared, I need to work on an exhibition that can exist as an evolutionary practice. I want to work on the idea of dexterity and layering.I will print some of my images in different sizes, and start using them in the space. My work regularly plays between the commercial creation of images together with the reflection around waste or what is considered as such.I would like the experience in Amsterdam to be a chance to focus on space and materiality. Showcasing an immerging world for a public outside Switzerland and not used to seeing what I create. I want people to come several times and try to experience something new each time.I would like to create new images, working with the local culture and focusing on representing realities around me. Working with markets, buying, photographing, and consuming local products. I would like to understand the habits of a fast city like Amsterdam, how do people consume? how do people waste? What attitude is behind reusing things?I will also do performances around food, showcasing photography that will then find a place on plates that are going to be served to people, between a tasteful reality immersed in a visual one. This will be my experience there. A hub evolving in time.Images will be composed analogically, cutting and ripping paper to work with layers. Conceptually I will represent the layering of advertising in the street, where one advertising goes on top of another one, and a poster goes on top of another one, keeping track of the fast-consuming society we live in. The exhibition will be overwhelming with several images used in different ways: on the walls, on the ground, on stands, on the windows, outside"

Opening: 22 September, 2023

Time: 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM

Location: Isaac Titsinghkade 6B, 1018 CA, Amsterdam

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Sep 6
Sep 6, 2023
FUTURES hub opening! Come and check it out!

Nestled in the center of the city on a former industrial site, FUTURES Hub is a flexible space that serves as both the headquarters for all FUTURES activities worldwide and an adaptable exhibition area that can quickly transform into a residency.

Join us on September 7, 2023, as we open the FUTURES Hub to the public with an exciting group exhibition featuring Lola Beekhuijzen, Noah van de Wetering, and Mandy Nijhof – three exceptionally talented budding artists and 2022 graduates of the HKU Photography Department. 

Lola Beekhuijzen (b. 1999)

Lola Beekhuijzen born in Duiven, works and lives in Amersfoort, The Netherlands. "The body is daily transporting a human, a murmur in the quiet. Humming systems hidden underneath what provides protection. Inextricably linked to what makes us us. What does it mean to be human and to have a body available? Formed and entwined with the systems of technology. Looking for differences, similarities and imperfections between computer and mortal, I take on different shapes, roles and materials."

Noah van de Wetering (b. 1999)

Noah van de Wetering, Zwolle, the Netherlands, 1999, currently lives and works in Utrecht, the Netherlands. In his work, Noah van de Wetering analyses the creative process in experimental approaches toward image-making and reading. His entry points are often photographic techniques, which have led him to question the use of communication. Abstraction is therefore used to counter the figurative and communicative nature of photography. Besides all the image reading, there are words scattered around the bodies, words of critical reflection as well as nonsensical sentences. These introspective sentences are attempts to come closer and closer to the core of the creative process, a point of pure autonomy.

Mandy Nijhof (b. 1995)

Mandy Nijhof born in Apeldoorn 1995, studied fashion design and photography, based in Arnhem, Netherlands. "I don’t want to work to scream “look at me I’m the victim, look what he did to me”. But I had to carry the secret for 24 years. Now I am at the point where I don’t want to carry it alone anymore, so here it is. See what you see in it, feel what you feel about it but it is not my own to carry anymore."

Opening FUTURES Hub

Date: 7 September, 2023

Time: 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM

Location: Isaac Titsinghkade 6B, Amsterdam

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Jul 6
Jul 8, 2023
FUTURES at Arles

More info will follow!

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Jun 14
Jun 17, 2023
FUTURES Meet-up at Fotofestiwal Lodz 2023

FUTURES platform is thrilled to announce that On the Verge Exhibition will travel also to the Fotofestiwal in Łódź! After Turin and Copenhagen visitors will have the opportunity to experience the exhibition from June 15th to June 25th at Art_Inkubator, Tymienieckiego 3, Łódź.

Hope is the new keyword of Fotofestiwal this year, and it is in this context that the exhibition On the Verge presents the works of 7 FUTURES artists selected from among Europe's most talented photographers. The projects featured by Cian Burke (Ireland, 1978), Mark Duffy (Ireland, 1981), Pauline Hisbacq (France, 1980), Julia Klewaniec (Poland, 1996), Alice Pallot (France, 1995), Daniel Szalai (Hungary, 1991) and Ugo Woatzi (France, 1991) tell personal and collective stories concerning conflicts, struggles for gender equality, food and ecological sustainability, and the rise of populism and nationalism, throughout Europe. At the same time, from an aesthetic point of view and in terms of photographic languages, these works represent the most innovative and relevant experiences in the current European photography panorama.

The exhibition is curated by Maja Dyrehauge Gregersen (Copenhagen Photo Festival), Giangavino Pazzola (CAMERA – Centro Italiano per la Fotografia) and Marta Szymańska (FotoFestiwal) and it promises to be a highlight of this year's festival.

In addition to the exhibition, Fotofestiwal and FUTURES are organizing a two-day meeting program, which will run parallel to the festival. Photo-Match is a unique event that will focus on networking, equality and the broadest possible presentation of photographic works and institutions.

WHAT IS PHOTO MATCH?

The PHOTO MATCH model brings new life into the traditional formula of portfolio reviews by placing  special emphasis on a series of open networking events and public presentations. PHOTO MATCH is based on a democratic and inclusive model, free of charge, in which experts and artists have the same space for sharing and pitching their experience, work and motivations. 

DAY ONE: PRESENTATIONS + MATCHING  [ 16th of June 10:30 AM. – 3:30 PM. CET ]

It’s a day dedicated to both photographers and experts to introduce themselves, their work and practice through short live presentations. This moment takes place not only for Photo Match participants, but also for anyone from Fotofestiwal’s audience who wants to attend the event, therefore ensuring that artists and reviewers can widen their group of spectators..

Based on these introductions and their own impressions, each participant will choose 4 reviewers (in case of photographers) or 4 artists (in case of experts) with whom they would like to meet and share their work. The matching process will happen through a specific digital system, where all the participants will be connected, therefore allowing them to either invite people and/or be invited to meet. By the end of this day each attendee will have 4 meetings scheduled for the next day.

DAY TWO: MEETINGS  [ 17th of June 10:00 AM – 13:00 PM CET ]

The real deal! All participants attend private meetings in accordance with the timetable generated based on the choices made on the previous day. Every photographer and expert attends 4 meetings. For those who want - PHOTO MATCH will finish with 1 open extra session, an opportunity to enjoy conversation and exchange ideas with someone with whom there was no previous match.

REVIEWERS 

Agata Stoinska  Blow Photo & D-Light Studios, Dublin

Agnieszka Olszewska  MuFo Museum of Photography, Krakow

Ana Berruguete  Photo España, La Fábrica, Madrid (Futures Photography Platform)

Ana Guimarães and Virgílio Ferreira  Ci-CLO, Biennial of Photography, Porto, (Futures Photography Platform)

Bettina Freimann  Âme Nue, Hamburg

Christina Töpfer  Camera Austria, Graz   

Constanze Müller  f/stop Festival, Leipzig   

Daniele de Luigi  Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia  

Giangavino Pazzola  Camera Torino, Turin, (Futures Photography Platform)

Grzegorz Jarmocewicz  Interphoto, Białystok     

Ilaria Campioli  Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia

Ingo Taubhorn  Deichtorhallen, Hamburg

Jan Hladoník  Fotograf Festival and Magazine, Prague     

João Linneu  VOID, (Futures Photography Platform)

Johan Nane Simonsen  Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna   

Julia Bunnemann  Photoworks UK, Brighton, (Futures Photography Platform)

Julija Berkovica  ISSP, Riga   

Kateryna Radchenko  Odesa Photo Days  

Katrin Trautner  GEO Magazine, Hamburg

Lara Huck  Deputy Director of Photography DIE ZEIT, Hamburg   

Lea Vene  Organ Vida Festival, Zagreb, (Futures Photography Platform)  

Maja Dyrehauge Gregersen  Copenhagen Photo Festival, (Futures Photography Platform)     

Maja Kaszkur  Sopot Photography Festival    

Monika Szewczyk-Wittek  Independent curator, Warsaw

Sergio Valenzuela-Escobedo  Independent curator, Arles  

Results of the call for Photo-Match here

FUTURES is supported by the European Union under the Creative Europe Program.

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May 31
Jun 1, 2023
Meet-up in Copenhagen 2023

The second FUTURES Meet-Up in 2023 will be organised and hosted by our member Copenhagen Photo Festival. There will be a variety of activities and there will be a chance to see the travelling exhibition 'On the Verge' previously hosted by CAMERA in Turin.

Stay tuned for more information!

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May 31
Jun 1, 2023
FUTURES Meet-up at Copenhagen Photo Festival 2023

This year's Copenhagen Photo Festival will take place from June 1st to 11th, 2023, with the theme of Rewilding.

As a part of the festival, FUTURES meet-up will be held during the first two days of the event, June 1 and 2, 2023. It is a unique opportunity to participate in lectures, screenings, panel discussions, portfolio reviews, and other activities related to contemporary photography. Don't miss the chance to connect with artists and learn from experts in the field!

We are thrilled to announce that the exhibition On the Verge will also be featured at the Copenhagen Photo Festival from June 1 to June 11, 2023!

The projects featured by Cian Burke (Ireland, 1978), Mark Duffy (Ireland, 1981), Pauline Hisbacq (France, 1980), Julia Klewaniec (Poland, 1996), Alice Pallot (France, 1995), Daniel Szalai (Hungary, 1991) and Ugo Woatzi (France, 1991) tell personal and collective stories concerning conflicts, struggles for gender equality, food and ecological sustainability, and the rise of populism and nationalism throughout Europe. Their works also represent the most innovative and relevant experiences in the current European photographic landscape, both in terms of aesthetics and photographic languages. The exhibition is curated by Maja Dyrehauge Gregersen (Copenhagen Photo Festival), Giangavino Pazzola (CAMERA – Centro Italiano per la Fotografia) and Marta Szymańska (FotoFestiwal).

FUTURES meet-up will take place at a double tipi in the middle of Copenhagen rewilded exhibition park in a post-industrial shipyard district. The event will be part of the 11-day festival, which includes exhibitions, workshops, talks, photobook markets, and more.The two-day FUTURES 2023 programme aims to inspire and explore while giving space for networking across national and cultural borders and across professional circles and industries within culture.

Below you will find FUTURES meet-up program:

THURSDAY JUNE 1ST: A SUSTAINABLE ART’S PRACTICE

9:30: Welcome and registration

10-12: Portfolio sessions

Portfolio reviews for Futures talents + students from the Nordic Schools and the selected solo artists of 2023.

12-1 pm: Lunch in small groups

1 pm-4 pm: A sustainable art’s practice – moderated by Imagine 5

The challenges of a sustainable practice, explored from artist, institutional, and event perspective

1-2:15 pm:Part one

Panel discussion about the challenges of a sustainable art practice. Keywords: climate aesthetics, climate activism and sustainable practices.

Artists in the panel: Futures artist Alice Pallot (FR), CPF solo artist Daniel Hinks (CH/UK) and artist Yana Weinicke (DE)

Break

2:30-4 pm: Part two

Round table discussions with an expert at each table with the aim of creating 5-10 useful dogmas based on games about the 17 UN Goals. Presentation of the results from the round Table

4-7 pm: Official opening of Copenhagen Photo Festival – open for everyone

● 4-5 pm: Happy hour, music (16.45-17.00 speech)

● 5 - 5.20 pm: Performance and pop-up exhibition: Rewilding Women – A performance around the wilderness of the festival centre by Womankind

● 5.30-6.30 pm: Guided tours around the exhibitions (the tours will last max. 30 minutes)

– Guided tour with the artists Alice Pallot (FR) and Daniel Szalai (HU) in their exhibitions with co-curator Marta Szymanska (PL) from Fotofestiwal, Lodz

– Guided tour with the artists Ugo Woatzi (FR) and Pauline Hisbacq (FR) in their exhibitions with co-curator Giangavino Pazzola (IT) from Camera – Centro Italiano per la Fotografia, Turin

– Guided tour with the artists Julia Klewaniec (PL), Cian Burke (IR/SE) and Mark Duffy (GB) with Jõao Linneu (BR/ICE)/VOID Photography Books

– Guided tour with CPF solo artists Daniel Hinks (UK/CH), Kristina Knipe (US), Craig Ames (GB), Hilla Kurki (FI) and Erik Berglin (SE) with CPF curator Lise de Ganck

● 6.15 pm: Vernissage of the Womankind popup-exhibition

7 pm: Networking dinner at Øens Have for all participating artists, speakers and invited Partners

9 pm: Art Bar at Nikolaj Kunsthal in collaboration with Art Week (not mandatory)

FRIDAY JUNE 2ND: REWILDING ART INTO PUBLIC SPACE

9.30 am: Welcome and registration

10 am-1 pm: Art in public Space

Is the future of art to be more public – is it more sustainable, more democratic? Possibilities and Challenges.

10-11:30 am: Part one

Panel discussion about art in public space. Key words: strengths and weaknesses of public space, how to enter the public sphere, funding, visibility, a scene for new partnerships?

Artists in the panel: CPF solo artists Erik Berglin (SE), Hilla Kurki (FI) and Kristina Knipe (US).

Break

11:45-1pm:Part two.

Project pitching Group sessions where project ideas are pitched/discussed with the group's expert

1-2 pm: Lunch break

2-3:30 pm: Panel discussion about future aspects:

Artificial intelligence, utopias and science

Artists in the panel: CPF solo artist Craig Ames (UK), Futures 2023 talent Susanne Fagerlund (SE) and Futures artist Daniel Szalai (HU).

3:30 pm: Wrap up and goodbye

Join us at the Copenhagen Photo Festival to experience the FUTURES meet-up and the On the Verge exhibition!

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