Radar Festival 2024 Open Call

Environment, ecology, circular economy, activism, social change, sustainable development, land enhancement, and community are the themes for the open call launched by Radar Festival.

Overview

The fourth edition of Radar Photo Festival is an imperfect future that calls all of us to action and a form of empathetic involvement with the things of the world in order to become sustainable from an egalitarian and inclusive perspective and to promote the adoption of a non-anthropocentric perspective in the worldview, starting with the analysis and questioning of human behavior.

Radar Festival relies on the power of images. If it is true that images circulate and are shared among individuals, giving rise to collective imaginaries that play a major role in cultural dynamics and change, then artistic storytelling can help create activism and nurture new collective imaginaries that change thinking, popularize best practices, enact consciousness raising, and promote interspecific relationships in the world ecosystem that are respectful of the environment and cultures.

Practical Info

Photographers must submit 5-10 images connected to this edition's theme, Futuri Imperfetti (Imperfect Futures), photography and community as shared tools for social and environmental innovation.

One selected photographer will be awarded the production of an exhibition, for up to 12 images of variable format in agreement with the Festival curators, which will be set up together with the other projects exhibited at the festival, in Trani, Italy, 4 October - 30 November. Plus, the second prize includes a scholarship of €500 to attend one of the Spaziotempo School's Advanced Training courses for enrollment in the year 2024/2025, while the third prize consists of an equipment offered by Fotodiego Store.

In addition, one special prize will be awarded to one photographer under 30 years old and residing in Puglia, consisting of a scholarship covering the first year of the two-year course (value of €4,200) to participate in one of the High Education Bienniums of the Spaziotempo School.

About Radar Festival

Radar is an international Festival of Photography in Trani, Italy, that aims to intercept, disseminate and facilitate the exchange of ways of thinking, understanding and enjoyment of contemporary photography.