GESTE Paris 2018 – Binary / Non-Binary

GESTE Paris 2018 invites works of photo based artwork and video for its third forthcoming exhibition Binary / Non-Binary opening 5th November 2018.

Black or white, on or off, male or female, digital or analog, zero or one. A binary viewpoint divides the world cleanly and everything is in one category or the other, as two alternatives existing in opposition. The non-binary viewpoint opens the world up to a multiplicity of categories, rejecting the simplification and contrasting nature of the binary position and yet must include both the single and the infinite.

HOW DO ARTISTS EXEMPLIFY THESE CONCEPTS TODAY AND HOW DO THEY CO-EXIST ?

The world is not black and white but full of greyscale and colour and even ultra- and infra- colours beyond the range of our human eyes. Where does the spectrum lie in terms of scientifically definable code, digital geometry, astrometrics, consciousness, sexuality, spirituality, artificial intelligence and the technological singularity?

GESTE Paris is an annual underground exhibition of experimental photography organised Shiva Lynn Burgos. GESTE brings together vintage and contemporary works by both established and emerging artists. Like a secret speakeasy GESTE is presented in the convivial setting of a classic Parisian apartment that provides a space for reflection and dialogue. GESTE is the nexus of a private collection, artwork from leading galleries, and a selection by invited curators.

The 2018 exhibition will include works by Constantin Brancusi, Frederick Sommer, Pierre Molinier, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Ned & Shiva Productions, Francis Ruyter, Olaf Nicolai, Tom Butler, Ghost of a Dream, Zean Cabangis, Elger Esser, CJ Heyliger, Susan Morris, Rob Myers, and Nicolas Schöffer. The Curators are Shiva Lynn Burgos (US/France), Georg Bak (Switzerland) and Alisa Phommaxahay (France/Laos) and for the first time GESTE is hosting an Open Call to widen the scope of participation.

Although based in Paris we positively welcome international submissions from around the world.

GESTE Paris is committed to experimental processes and invites photo-based artworks from outside the normal bounds of photography.

The International Jury includes Raina Lampkins-Fielder (museum curator and multimedia artist), Marc Lenot (mathematician, economist and art critic), Brandei Estes (Head of Photographs at Sotheby's London), Robin Hanson (author professor and reseacher: The Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University, A.I. programmer NASA), Nadja Sayej (reporter and cultural critic) Dominic Palfreyman (financier, art philanthropist and collector), Jason Bailey (blockchain, provenance, and digital art expert, creator of artnome.com). ORLAN (artist) is honorable artist counselor to the jury. 

A full list of jurors with biographies is on the open call page of the gesteparis.com website.

The jury will select a number of winners from all submissions and these works will be included in the exhibition Binary / Non-Binary and accompanying catalog. GESTE will pay such reasonable printing and framing costs as necessary to enable the works to be exhibited after consultation with the submitting photographer. Works will be for sale on the basis of equal sharing after costs at prices to be mutually agreed between GESTE and the submitting photographer. Unsold prints will be available for collection in Paris at the end of the exhibition or returned by post if the photographer sends a stamped and addressed envelope.

All appropriate submissions will be included in the exhibition as a digital slideshow.

For video submissions please submit a single still image and provide a link to the video in the description together with any password.

TIMELINE:

Submission Deadline: 23:59 October 19, 2018 CET
Public Winner Announcement: October 26, 2018
Exhibition opens: November 5, 2018

CONTACT DETAILS FOR SUBMITTERS: OPENCALL@GESTEPARIS.COM