Picture Berlin is a four-week program which is in between a residency and an academy, designed for emerging artists working and using the medium of photography. This program gives participants an opportunity to develop their individual portfolios while immersing themselves in Berlin’s multifaceted culture. Picture Berlin is a unique artist-initiated program which encourages participants to develop an individual approach to the photographic medium by offering close mentoring from internationally practicing artists. Picture Berlin is designed to be urban and mobile, actively encouraging the participants to use the city as a resource with a rich program of workshops exploring the city, visiting artists in their studios, lectures, film evenings and events centered around eating and making food. In addition, each participant is given the option to do an internship with a Berlin-based artist during that period.
A rigorous studio practice forms the heart of Picture Berlin. Over the course of the program, participants attend photography-based workshops led by the Picture Berlin faculty. Each workshop is rounded off by a group critique led by the faculty together with a selection of artists and art professionals. The program culminates in a group exhibition of the work produced over the month.
Picture Berlin brings each participant directly into contact with the vibrant cultural scene in Berlin, offering an intense four-week insight into the international art world as well as professional exhibition experience. The program leads the participants into the art scene through the backdoor, offering them access, information, and possibilities other institutionally based programs are unable to offer.
The session date : 5 July 2010 – 1 August 2010
The program fee is 3,500 Euros.
