I N T E R N AT I O N A L P H O T O C O N T E S T 2 0 1 5 THE MEDITERRANEAN AND EUROPE: STORIES AND VIEWS ON CHANGING URBAN LANDSCAPES Since the second half of the Twentieth Century to our days, Mediterranean and European cities have undergone, with different paths and phases, deep transformations caused by: massive migratory flows both internal and international, great developments in private motorization, major geopolitical upheavals that affected in particular – at the beginning of the Nineties – Eastern Europe, Northern Africa and the Middle East, the wars that shocked and are still shocking several Mediterranean countries, destroying whole cities or violating the urban texture. Moreover, in the last decades, the planetary phase with its multiple processes of globalization forced many cities to redefine their own identity under the pressure of major global transformations, pervasive digital and communicative innovations and the sizable migratory flows that - in particular in Europe – determined the diffusion of multicultural cities. In this way, the urban landscapes have deeply changed and are still today undergoing a process of transformation. Productive activities, demographic compositions, housing habits, mobility needs, the ways to live spaces and time: all these have changed. In many cities old urban textures came under violent transformations and in almost every city the suburbs expanded, often profoundly disfiguring urban settlements and causing widespread social malaise. The contest invites to watch, ponder, recount these transformations in their complexity, with a particular attention to the dimension and positioning of the suburbs, to the urban and social decay that often marks them, but also to the tangible experiences of requalification and revitalization that are underway, with special reference to what Renzo Piano called “il rammendo” (the patching) of the suburbs. Possible paths: new housing districts urban mobility public housing industrial settlements and urban texture the relationship between city and nature the war and the city urban spaces and sociality a comparison between new and old suburbs , different life models illegal development vast condominia surrounded by rural landscapes the suburban dimension of old city centers suburbs as decay and alienation suburban requalification-patching projects underway work and urban requalification public planning, citizens’ self-planning the city and new poverty conditions suburbs as landscapes of the mind suburbs as limits of the urban expansion suburbs as innovation opportunities suburbs as cities’ attire living the city RULES Participation requirements The contest is open to professional, emerging, enthusiast and student photographers. The works must be composed by a minimum of 4 and up to a maximum of 16 pictures. It is compulsory to attach the work’s title, the author’s name, a brief description of the submitted work. A biography of the author may also be included. The winners, in order to participate to the final public exposition, will have to submit their printed pictures 40x60 by and not after the date communicated to them by the organizing committee immediately after the judges’ selection. Duration of the contest 1st November 2015 – 30th April 2016 Prizes No prize will be awarded in cash. For the winning authors: Exposition in multiple branches of Comune di Genova Publication on Spazio23 website – Contemporary Photography Printing, framing and shipment at the expense of the authors Panel of Judges The panel will be composed by: Franca Balletti, urbanist architect INU Silvia Capurro, urbanist architect Comune di Genova Renato Carpi, professor Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti di Genova Piera Cavalieri, administrator of Spazio23 - Contemporary Photography Manuel Gausa, architect Unige, Dean dello IAAC, founder member Actar group Barcellona Antida Gazzola, urban sociologist Università di Genova Adriana Ghersi, landscape architect Università di Genova Tano Siracusa, photographer in Agrigento Sassia Spiga, urbanist Università di Annaba The panel’s vote is incontestable and unappealable. Registration The registration to the contest is free and occurs exclusively by sending the pictures in JPEG format, with a dimension of 1024 pixels (on the long side) and 300 dpi, personal information and a valid e-mail address to spazio23fotografia@gmail.com and in parallel to info@algebar.org Copyright The copyright on the works stays with the author. The participation to the contest implies that the author has the right of use by the subjects in the pictures, in case there are any. The author assumes the full responsibility for the use of the pictures, relieving from any responsibility the contest organizers. Use of the pictures The author will remain the sole owner of the selected photographs. The author authorizes the contest organizers to use, reproduce and publish the pictures with any means free of charge (not for business purposes) and without time limits in particular, but not exclusively, on the organizers’ websites and to keep a copy in the digital database. Responsibility The responsibility on the contents remains with the contents’ authors. The festival and contest organizers refuse any responsibility on the pictures and on any possible copyright violation. The participating photographers commit themselves to keep unharmed Spazio23 – fotografia contemporanea and Algebar from any demand, question and responsibility and in general any right or demand of third parties regarding and attributable to the contents. The participation to the contest implies the full and tacit acceptance of all the norms included in this regulation. The data collected will be handled according to art. 10 law 675/96 “Tutela delle persone e di altri soggetti rispetto al trattamento dei dati personali” and subsequent change with D.Lgs. 30 giugno 2003, n.196 and can be seen, modified, updated or deleted at any time. Each candidate authorizes explicitly the treatment of personal data for the communication of future announcements or information connected to the activity of the organizers and promoters, according to the rule of law in the field of personal data protection. Further information spazio23fotografia@gmail.com info@algebar.org Comune di Genova
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