Organ Vida FUTURES Talent Call 2025

Organ Vida invites artists working in photography and video, as well as hybrid practices, to apply to become a part of FUTURES, the European-based photography platform dedicated to supporting emerging talents in photography.

Overview

Organ Vida, as a FUTURES member organization, is launching an open call for artists to join the platform in 2025. The call is open to emerging and mid-career artists working in photography and video, as well as hybrid practices that explore the relationship between images and sound, sculpture, or spatial expansion, such as installations or performances.

Practical Info

The open call is open to citizens of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Slovenia, and Albania. Through this open call, five artists will be selected. Applications are submitted via an online form and must include an artistic work, a portfolio, and a CV.

Selected participants will have the opportunity to engage in diverse online educational activities and apply to internal open calls for exhibitions and mentorship programs hosted by member organizations. In 2025, all selected artists will attend one live event (the Annual Event), where they will have the chance to connect with the FUTURES community in person. Additionally, all selected artists will be promoted through the FUTURES website, social media channels, and the printed annual publication.

Each selected artist is required to participate in all mandatory online activities and attend the final live event (Annual Event) in September 2025 (exact location and dates to be confirmed). Organ Vida will cover travel, accommodation, and daily allowances for participation in the final event, along with a gross honorarium of €500 for full participation in the project.

 The artists will be selected by a professional jury comprising the Organ Vida curatorial team (Barbara Gregov, Lovro Japundžić, and Lea Vene), Hana Čeferin (curator and editor of ETC Magazine), Tena Starčević (curator, Office for Photography), and Vanja Žunić (curator, Eugster Gallery).

About Organ Vida

Organ Vida is a biannual international festival that takes place in Zagreb, Croatia. They are focused on showcasing expanded photography and hybrid image-based practices, particularly at the intersections of visual art and contemporary digital and popular culture.

About FUTURES

Co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union from 2017, the FUTURES Photography Platform pools together the experience of leading photography institutions across Europe to increase the capacity, mobility and visibility of its selected artists. By bringing together a wealth of resources and curatorial expertise, each talent selected by the Futures members gains access to an unprecedented international network of professionals as well as new markets and audiences. Currently, the platform has 20 member institutions across Europe, who are invited to nominate artists to join the platform each year.