Open CallConfluences

Ci.CLO is a platform for research, creation and intervention in the field of photography that establishes a transdisciplinary relationship with other artistic, environmental and social fields to critically address concerns and emergencies of our time.

Our projects act as catalysts for socio-ecological regeneration through the visual arts. We expand cultural dialogues with diverse communities and territories. We test transformative creation and training processes. We support more sustainable artistic production practices. We promote participatory programming between the artistic and the civic.

In collaboration with artists, curators, cultural agents, communities, municipalities and national and foreign institutions we organize artistic residencies, implement creative programs, produce exhibitions and publications.

Ci.CLO is responsible for the organization, production and curator of the Bienal Fotografia do Porto, SUSTENTAR and ViViFiCAR.

The Bienal Fotografia do Porto is organized and produced by Ci.CLO, financed by Câmara Municipal do Porto and Direção-Geral das Artes, with the patronage support of BPI e Fundação "la Caixa", the institutional support of UNESCO's National Commission and a network of strategic partners at national and international level.

The Bienal Fotografia do Porto recognizes the profound social and ecological challenges that our collective faces.

Our mission is to contribute to the production and dissemination of artistic perspectives, actions and interventions that promote an ethical and regenerative cultural change that we believe is as desirable as it is inevitable.

The Biennale is a pioneer in research and creation in the field of photography and its transdisciplinary relationship with other artistic, environmental and social fields; promoting alternative methodologies and proposing multiple perspectives, utopian or dystopian, to motivate cultural transformations.

The Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) promotes understanding, strengthens relations and facilitates cooperation among people, institutions and organizations across Asia and Europe. ASEF promotes dialogue, exchange and collaboration in the areas of culture, education, governance, sustainable development, economy and public health.

ASEF is a non-profit intergovernmental organization based in Singapore. Founded in 1997, it is the only institution of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM).

AECFest is a multidisciplinary public festival organized by the Asia-Europe Foundation that celebrates artistic diversity between Asia and Europe while promoting intercultural dialogue, collaboration and exchange.

Since its launch in 2018, the festival has evolved into an international platform dedicated to contemporary artistic practices, artistic mobility and peer learning through performances, exhibitions, residencies and public programmes.

ARTJOG is one of Indonesia’s leading contemporary art platforms, based in Yogyakarta, with a strong commitment to artistic experimentation, public engagement and regional artistic dialogue.

The personal data collected within the scope of this application will be processed by Ci.CLO, as data controller, for the purposes of managing, assessing and deciding on the application to the Artistic Development Programme, as well as for communications related to the selection process. Processing is limited to the data necessary for these purposes.

The data may be accessed by the Ci.CLO team, the members of the jury and, where applicable, by service providers supporting the technical and administrative management of the application process, including Airtable, acting as data processors.

The data will be kept only for the period strictly necessary for the evaluation of the application and compliance with applicable legal obligations.

Under the applicable data protection legislation, candidates may request access to, rectification or erasure of their personal data, restriction of processing, and exercise any other rights provided by law by contacting geral@ciclo.art. Data subjects also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority

ARTJOG is one of Indonesia’s leading contemporary art platforms, based in Yogyakarta, with a strong commitment to artistic experimentation, public engagement and regional artistic dialogue.

The personal data collected and processed by Ci.CLO within the scope of this application for the Artistic Development Programme are necessary for identification purposes and to allow the jury to review the application.

The Ci.CLO team and the jury will treat all information submitted under this open call as confidential and will not disclose it to third parties without the prior consent of the candidate(s).