2018

PARALLEL — European Photo Based Platform

Parallel is a platform that brings together creative European organizations committed to promoting cross-cultural exchanges and mentorships in order to set new standards in contemporary photography. Members include museums, galleries, cultural centres, festivals, art schools, and publishers – 18 vibrant European cultural hubs, from 16 countries, that will participate in selecting and hosting emerging artists and curators, organizing exhibitions and promoting artistic networking. The large and diverse nature of this network ensures a wide geographical spread and a fertile ground for fostering new dialogues, sparking fresh ideas and helping to boost creativity. The work process is implemented as a two-phase process: Creative Guidance: selection, tutoring, peer learning and curatorship for emergent creators; Exhibition Platform: a wide exhibition network engaging exhibitors, universities and art schools.
Platform Members include museums, galleries, cultural centres, festivals, art schools and publishers – 18 vibrant European cultural hubs, from16 different countries. The large and diverse nature of the network ensures a wide geographical spread and a fertile ground for fostering new dialogues, sparking fresh ideas and helping to boost creativity.

Partners In The Project Beside Organ Vida Are: Procur.Arte (Portugal), Capa Center (Hungary), Centro Internacional Das Artes José De Guimarães (Portugal), Le Château D’eau (France), Fondazione Fotografia Modena (Italy), Format Festival – Derby Quad (United Kingdom), Fotofestiwal – Foundation Of Visual Education (Poland), Galleri Image (Denmark), Issp (Latvia), Katalog Journal (Denmark), Landskrona Foto (Sweden), Kaunas Photography Gallery (Lithuania), Maribor Art Gallery (Slovenia), The Finnish Museum Of Photography (Finland), Musée De La Photographie De Charleroi (Belgium), Photoireland (Ireland), Triennale Der Photographie (Germany). The Platform is designed and led by Procur.arte and co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.

PARALLEL Intersection Zagreb

In 2018, as part of the 10th International Photography Festival Organ Vida, Organ Vida was host to the first Parallel Intersection exhibition. Opening of the Parallel Intersection Exhibition marked the closure of the first and announced the beginning of the second round of activities in the Parallel Project, enabling selected artists and curators to take part in year-round programme of workshops, lectures, exhibitions and mentorship programme. The photographic exhibition presenteed 52 artworks, coming from 23 artists and 6 curators from the 1st Round of the Project’s activities, and 29 artists and 7 curators from the 2nd Round.

1st cycle artists: Andrej Lamut (Slovenia), Emanuel Cedeqvist (Sweden), Antonina Gugała (Poland), Charlotte Mano (France), Glorija Lizde (Croatia), Ida Nissen (Denmark), Jacopo Tomassini (Italy), Joshua Phillips (UK), Joséphine Desmenez (France), Laura Rämö (Finland), Livia Sperandio (Italy), Nita Vera (Finnland), Mark McGuinness (Ireland), MILÁN RÁCMOLNÁR (Hungary), Morten Barker (Denmark), Nuno Barroso (Portugal), Pedro Koch (Portugal), Philipp Meuser (Germany), Ramona Guntert (Germany), Sofia Okkonen (Finland), Thomas Wynne (UK), Toms Harjo (Latvia) and Šarūnas Kvietkus (Lithuania). Curators included in the 1st cycle of the project were: Gintarė Krasuckaitė (Lithuania), Emese Mucsi (Hungary), Téo Pitella (Portugal), Maria Faarinen (Finland), Bruno Humberto (Portugal) and Nikki Omes (Netherlands).

2nd cycle artists: Agata Wieczorek (Poland), Ana Zibelnik (Slovenia), André Viking (Denmark), Christel Thomsen (Denmark / UK), Cihad Caner (Turkey / Netherlands), Daniel Szalai (Hungary), Diogo Bento (Portugal), Dries Lips (Belgium), Ela Polkowska (Poland), Fábio Cunha (Portugal), Federico Ciamei (Italy), Garrett Grove (USA), Hannamari Shakya (Finland), Inês Marinho (Portugal), Jake Mein (New Zealand), Jessica Wolfelsperger (Switzelrland / Germany), José Alves (Portugal), Laura Konttinen (Finland), Louisa Boeszoermeny (Germany), Marie Lukasiewicz (France), Martin Eberlen (UK), Mateusz Kowalik (Poland), Matthew Thompson (UK), Matthias Van Dromme (Belgium), Nils Stelte (Germany), Rocco Venezia (Italy / Greece), Roisin White (Ireland), Sinead Kennedy (Australia), Yushi Li (China / UK).

The 2nd cycle curators were: Cale Garrido (Spain / Germany), Eric Lawton (USA), Jon Uriarte (Spain), Leanna Teoh (Singapore), Lexington Davis (USA / Netherlands), Lovro Japundzic (Croatia), Seda Yildiz (Germany / Turkey).