Bamako Encounters of the African Biennale
Date: August 22 – October 31, 2015
The Bamako project aims to construct a photographic memory of a world caught in the flow of images. In 2012, the sovereignty of Mali was threatened not only by rebel nationalists but also by jihadist groups. Taking these upheavals as a starting point, the curators are soliciting amateur and professional images taken between January 16, 2012 and October 31st, 2015.
This period forms a chronological span of 1,384 days, or 33,192 hours, or 1,991,520 minutes, or 119,491,200 seconds. These calculations represent the temporal width between two events – the beginning of the insurgency and the beginning of the 10th edition of the biennale.
What form might this span of time assume through visual representation? In addition, we are also accepting images that respond, directly or indirectly, to other major sociopolitical and environmental events on the continent such as the Ebola epidemic, the revolution in Burkina Faso, recent forms of violent religious extremism, and other major events throughout the world occurring during this temporal span.
WHO CAN ENTER?
The project is open to ALL photographers irrespective of nationality (amateur and professional), and collectives from anywhere in the world.
All submitted images must be original work and photographic or lens based.
For more info, visit http://vansa.co.za/opportunities/commissions-calls/special-project-open-call-for-1-384-image-submissions
