The PICTO LAB / EXPERIMENTING WITH IMAGES residency, proposed by PICTO FOUNDATION with its partners, is aimed at artists whose work explores new forms of photography, regardless of the themes addressed. The objective is to support them in the production of projects involving specific, innovative, experimental or unusual skills. Considering photography and photographers as key witnesses of our time and the changing world, and mindful of the major transformations in the photographic medium, PICTO FOUNDATION’s aim with this residency is to explore new forms of representation and image reproduction with photographers.

AN EXPERIMENTATION AND CREATIVE RESIDENCY SUPPORTED BY A NETWORK OF EXPERTS

PICTO LAB is an annual residency programme that offers an artist an opportunity to experiment and create for three months (May, June and July) in Paris within PICTO’s network of laboratories and production workshops.

For this PICTO LAB programme, Picto Foundation joins forces with various partners who provide support and help to publicise the work carried out by the artist-in-residence. These partners are La Fab.
– agnès b. endowment fund, the Cité internationale des arts, the a ppr oc he fair and the Dream Big and Grow Fast Foundation.

PICTO LAB aims to facilitate the development of a new project, in particular by allowing a photographer to test techniques and protocols and to use them in unexpected ways to go beyond or explore new potential avenues for photography and its formal rendering.

PICTO LAB is also a space for the photographer to meet and make contact with professionals who can contribute to the development of their work or interact with the residency project.

The call for applications is open to foreign artists. Accommodation is provided during the residency at the Cité internationale des arts (studio flat). Travel expenses are at the laureate’s expense.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

• The PICTO LAB residency is open to photographers who have been working for at least two years. It is to be noted that the jury will be particularly responsive to applications for which such an opportunity could be a real springboard in their career.

• PICTO FOUNDATION and its partners will support a photographer who has not yet been able to find the resources for experimentation, production and dissemination for the project submitted.

• The photographer must be presented by a structure (art centre, institution, gallery, etc.) which is committed to presenting an exhibition or installation of the work produced by the resident in the calendar year following the completion of the PICTO LAB residency. This programme aims to extend a discussion around a project in the making, which, thanks to PICTO FOUNDATION and its partners, has the necessary means for experimentation and production. This presentation by the organisation sponsoring the application can only take place after the exhibition, or in agreement with the latter for any other date envisaged.

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• Agenda
• End of call for applications : February, 5th 2023
Nominations shortlisted and meeting of the jury : End of February 2023
Announcement of the laureate : mid-march 2023
Completion of the residency : 4th may to 28th july 2023
First presentation in conjunction with the a ppr oc he fair : november 2023
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