Organ Vida Futures Talents

Organ Vida, as a FUTURES member organization, is launching an open call for artists to join the platform in 2025. The call is open to emerging and mid-career artists working in photography and video, as well as hybrid practices that explore the relationship between images and sound, sculpture, or spatial expansion, such as installations or performances. FUTURES is a European Photography Platform that brings together the global photography community to support and nurture the professional development of emerging and mid-career artists worldwide. Operating as an ever-growing international network of influential photography organizations, FUTURES unites a wealth of resources, expertise, and talent programs. Each year, these organizations nominate a group of artists to join the platform and co-host a series of events designed to enhance the artists’ capacity, mobility, and visibility. The open call is open to citizens of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Slovenia, and Albania. Through this open call, five artists will be selected. Selected participants will have the opportunity to engage in diverse online educational activities and apply to internal open calls for exhibitions and mentorship programs hosted by member organizations. In 2025, all selected artists will attend one live event (the Annual Event), where they will have the chance to connect with the FUTURES community in person. Additionally, all selected artists will be promoted through the FUTURES website, social media channels, and the printed annual publication. Each selected artist is required to participate in all mandatory online activities and attend the final live event (Annual Event) in September 2025 (exact location and dates to be confirmed). Organ Vida will cover travel, accommodation, and daily allowances for participation in the final event, along with a gross honorarium of 500 euros for full participation in the project. The artists will be selected by a professional jury comprising the Organ Vida curatorial team (Barbara Gregov, Lovro Japundžić, and Lea Vene), Hana Čeferin (curator and editor of ETC Magazine), Tena Starčević (curator, Office for Photography), and Vanja Žunić (curator, Eugster Gallery).