TPG | Data-Set-Match open call

Data/Set/Match is a series of events, workshops and artists’ commissions taking place between 2019-2020 at The Photographers’ Gallery (TPG) which explore the cultural significance of scientific imagedatasets. As part of the commissions, three projects will be selected from an open call judged by TPG. The selected works will be presented on the Gallery Media Wall in 2020.

This opportunity is open to all practitioners regardless of location. There is no age limit. Entry is free. There is no need to have studied at an educational institution in the UK or elsewhere. DSM encourages applications from all individuals and/or groups who meet the criteria and whose work shows outstanding talent, originality and innovation.

Over the course of 12 months, Data/Set/Match aims to draw attention to these datasets and explore their creation, influence and uses. At the same time, the programme will connect the image dataset to historical photographic discourses of the archive, truth and power.
The three £1000 commissions for the Media-Wall of Photographers’ Gallery might address questions such as: What do these image collections look like and how can they be comprehended? How are they generated and created? What image of the world do they promote and what do they fail to represent? How could their use be re-imagined? 

These artistic commissions could fall into one of three categories:
– the creation of a new or speculative photographic dataset, which can be released to the public and shown on the Media Wall;
– the creation of a display which re-interprets an existing contemporary or historical image dataset (beyond data visualisation); or
– the adaptation of an existing work which responds to or utilises an existing image dataset.

More info: thephotographersgallery.org.uk
Deadline: 31 July, 5 pm