2027 Getxophoto Open Call

The 10th edition of the Getxophoto Open Call invites visual artists and photographers from around the world to exhibit their work at the 21st edition of the Festival, which will take place from 27 May to 20 June 2027. The programme is structured around the theme of Tide.

Tide calls for proposals in the field of image-making –photography, video, actions, installations, digital art or other visual practices– that engage with these currents: projects that not only reflect collectivity but also help build it. We are looking for projects that make visible what had remained hidden, unsettle what seemed fixed, transform memory, or envision new connections, forms of action and collective resistance.

Tide invites us to approach photography not as a static object, but as a practice in constant movement – one that shifts boundaries and moves beyond established limits. Images circulate, are reproduced, change context and meaning, appear and disappear, are archived and retrieved. They move between people, territories, and times and, when they reappear, often offer a different viewpoint or can be seen in a different light. They resurface in a here and now that is never quite the same.

A tide, moreover, can also be a current, a force that grows stronger and can change direction: not only an external force –social, political or cultural– that pulls us along, but also a collective impulse that we are part of and, at the same time, contribute to shape.

The jury, made up of Monica Allende, John Fleetwood, Victoria Ismach and Cale Garrido, will select twelve finalist projects and three winners. The winning projects will be included in the programme of the 2027 edition.