Portofino Residency 2024
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About
Since 2021, Portofino Dry Gin and PhMuseum have been inviting visual artists to offer their interpretation of the Italian Riviera.
In the past few years, artists-in-residence Alejandro Chaskielberg, Piergiorgio Sorgetti and Martina Giammaria have all contributed with their vision, giving shape to different and personal perspectives of the iconic village of Portofino, Liguria and its surroundings. Solo exhibitions with their residency work have been curated and produced as part of PhMuseum Days International Photography Festival in Bologna and Milan.
With summertime approaching, we aim to invite a Mexican or Mexico-based photographer to join this legacy. The selected artist will propose and shoot an editorial project following their own poetics. The work shall be related to the PhMuseum Days 2024's theme CLOSER, an invitation to open up, share, observe things more carefully, and consider how contamination, partiality, and subjectivity are intrinsic parts of looking at reality.
Portofino Dry Gin will recognize an artist fee (€1000), cover the travel expenses (up to €2000), the stay in Portofino from 10 to 14 June (worth €2000), shooting expenses (up to €500). PhMuseum will take care of the exhibition curation and present a work preview at PhMuseum Days on 12-15 September in Bologna, Italy. The work will be eventually exhibited in Mexico towards the end of the year, thanks to the support of the Mexican distributor Coop Spirits.
To send your candidature, simply click on Apply Now and share your basic info, portfolio url and a motivational letter where you can include your project proposal.
Deadline
15 May
Application fee
FREE
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Prizes
- Artist fee of €1000
- Travel expenses up to €2000
- Stay in Portofino on 10-14 June (worth €2000)
- Shooting expenses up to €500
- Preview at PhMuseum Days 2024 on 12-15 Sept
- Solo exhibition in Mexico in November
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Judges
- Camilla Marrese
PhMuseum Visual Editor - Chris Egger
CMO & Co-founder at Portofino Dry Gin - Martina Giammaria
Italian Photographer and Portofino resident artist - Giuseppe Oliverio
PhMuseum Founding Director
- Camilla Marrese
- Partnership with
From Summer Glow by Piergiorgio Sorgetti, Portofino Dry Gin Resident 2022
Prizes
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Residency in Portofino
You will spend a total of five days in the historical town of Portofino, part of the Metropolitan City of Genoa on the western Italian riviera, to work on an editorial project. You will be encouraged to create images following your personal perspective on the area of Portofino, giving shape to a peculiar artistic vision. You will be corresponded with an artist fee of €1000, plus travel expenses (up to €2000), stay on 10-14 June (worth €2000) and shooting expenses (up to €500).Open
To accept the prize, you shall sign a private agreement with Portofino Gin authorizing the brand to use a selection of 20 images from the project on the web, on social media, and in physical environments as exhibitions and private events. -
Preview at PhMuseum Days 2024
A preview of the work produced during the residency will be presented at PhMuseum Days 2024 in the form of a screening, artist talk or installation to be agreed with the artist and Portofino Dry Gin. The initiative will become part of the festival main program.Open -
Solo Exhibition in Mexico
In close collaboration with the artist, PhMuseum will curate, design and set up an exhibition of the work produced during the residency. The show will happen in Mexico in a location that will be announced at a later date, and will have a production budget of €2000.Open
“When I arrived in Portofino I entered a long and mysterious stone tunnel to reach the sunny botanical gardens, which overlook the Mediterranean Sea. It was a very symbolic journey towards enlightenment for me and from that first moment I was astonished at what awaited me. I explored and photographed Portofino for several nights to capture the unique and charming atmosphere of the place and to create my vision of the town in its new colours.”
Jury
From Dream of a Blue Garden by Martina Giammaria, Portofino Dry Gin Resident 2023
How It Works
1. Apply for free
Share your basic info, portfolio url and a motivational letter where you can include your project proposal. Please note you can only apply if you are a Mexican or Mexico based photographer.
2. Shooting in Portofino
You will stay in Portofino, Italy from 10 to 14 June with the goal of producing an editorial project on the Italian Riviera. The images shall be related to PhMuseum Days 2024 theme CLOSER.
3. Exhibition in Mexico
The work will be exhibited in Mexico under the curatorship of PhMuseum, thanks to the support of Portofino Dry Gin and Coop Spirits. A preview will be presented during PhMuseum Days 2024.
“Human bodies merge with a landscape of light, wind, water, rock and plants, following a sound imperceptible to us. At the same time, an artificial intelligence gives shape to a dream within a dream, generating images that manifest themselves by typing the word Portofino. A reflection of a collective memory, my project Dreams Of A Blue Garden invited us to confront our perception of reality and to explore those elements that represent a place in our memories and emotions”
FAQs
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If selected, will I retain full rights on my photographs?
Yes, you will retain full copyright at all times. To accept the prize you will need to sign a licensing contract with Portofino Dry Gin to authorize the brand to use 20 of your images on the web, on social media, and in physical environments as exhibitions and private events.Open -
Is it possible to apply as a collective?
Yes, you can apply as a collective. Members will split the fee and the traveling funding.Open -
What kind of link am I expected to include as a portfolio url?
You are welcome to link to your website, or to a pdf including a selection of your works, with no limitation regarding size, format, or number of pages. Just make sure to provide the jury with a succinct overview on your practice, allowing them to understand its peculiarities and quality.Open -
What should I include in the motivational paragraph?
Tell us about you and why you think you can be a good fit for this project. Prepare a rough description of the idea(s) you’d be interested in developing in Portofino, in consideration of the theme CLOSER.Open -
Is there a theme the project proposal should follow?
In your approach, we invite you to offer your own interpretation of CLOSER, the theme of the next edition of the PhMuseum Days. We live in an era in which it is not possible to imagine any objective detachment between us and reality. Observation itself touches and changes things, every story is contamination. The works we are looking for do not attempt to achieve an impossible neutrality, but accept the partiality that comes from looking closely. They make intimacy their strength: in interpersonal relationships as much as in that with the territory, with history, and with living beings. An invitation to open up, to share, to observe things more carefully, beyond prejudices and stereotypes.Open -
How do I know my application was successfully submitted?
You will see a confirmation message just after submitting, and receive a confirmation email at the email address you signed up with.Open
From Portofino By Night by Alejandro Chaskielberg, Portofino Dry Gin Resident 2021