IEFC-EXP International Experimentation Residency

Between October 14 and November 1, 2024, we open the call to anyone interested in being part of the International Experimentation Residency IEFC-EXP 2025. It will be carried out during the 10 days prior to the Experimental Photo Festival, July 12 to 22, 2025, and we invite participants to stay at the festival to share their experiences.

During your stay, each of the residents will have one day to do a theoretical-practical workshop where you have to teach an experimental technique that you know to the rest of the group. The residency aims to generate a small horizontal collaborative learning community where you can work with 8 different techniques. It is not a place where each of you individually will work on your projects (as in the traditional residency). It will conclude with a collective exhibition on the process of learning the different techniques, and not the results, on the ground floor of the Institute of Photographic Studies of Catalonia.

The residence

will be directed and coordinated by Célica Véliz who will be with the group during the ten days;
will be 8 participants knowledgeable in 8 different techniques;
accommodation will be in Colegio Mayor Penyafort-Montserrat in single rooms;
In the mornings at the residency, we will do the theoretical part of the workshops and in the afternoons we will be in the laboratory and a room at the IEFC with the practical part;
On the first day, we will have a presentation and viewing of portfolios with Pablo Giori;
The exchanges will be mixed between English and Spanish and it is important that participants can speak both languages fluently.

To apply, you must send:

a workshop proposal with a 2-hour theoretical part and a 4-hour practical part;
a list of necessary materials with prices for 8 people and the space requirements;
if selected, make a payment of 500 euros (which can be paid in monthly instalments).

If you are selected, the residency includes:

10 days of accommodation with breakfast included;
all materials for the workshops and the exhibition;
a free ticket to the festival without workshops (valued at 100 euros). If the artist chooses to repeat their workshop during the festival, as compensation, they will be given free entry to another workshop valued at 80 euros;
official merchandise: bag, t-shirt, and photobooks;
participation in an exhibition and a conference about the residency;
100 euros to take courses at Ágora, School of Experimentation.

The residency does not include:

accommodation during the Experimental Photo Festival (which can be arranged at the same location);
meals (except for breakfast) or participant transportation;
other personal expenses.

The selection of residents will be carried out by the management of the Experimentalphotofestival Association and its coordinator, Célica Véliz, and is final and non-appealable. Results will be communicated individually by email starting on December 1st. To be definitively accepted, selected candidates must sign a contract with the conditions outlined here and agree to the image rights.

The 500 euro payment for the residency covers accommodation (330 euros), materials (30 euros), bank and platform fees (30 euros), and 21% taxes (110 euros). The director’s salary is paid by the Experimentalphotofestival Association, thanks to a public grant.

To register, you must download the form (1), and then submit your application (2) with the following information:

your biography text of 250 to 500 words;
a PDF portfolio of your work;
a selection of 10 images of your work in JPG (maximum 10 MB);
the workshop proposal form in PDF with the list and estimated price of materials for 8 people and the space requirements;
a high-quality portrait in JPG.