Protest

Poziv za prispevke in projekte 2019

Protest visuals are not simply part of representation of events; they are increasingly becoming tools of political mobilization, resistance and even modes of protesting themselves through image-based activism, documentation and archiving projects and more.

Protest

Poziv za prispevke in projekte 2019

Lisbon, Protest, 2016.

Rok za oddajo osnutkov prispevkov (150 besed povzetka in/ali vizualije) je 09. april 2019. Rok za oddajo dokončanih prispevkov sprejetih osnutkov je 24. junij 2019. Osnutke pošljite preko spletnega obrazca na: https://www.membrana.si/proposal/ ali nas kontaktirajte neposredno na editors@membrana.org.

Deadline Extended to 9.4.2019.

Throughout the twentieth century, political and social protests have become one of the most widespread forms of political contention and collective social action and are to an ever greater extent shaping the contours of public debate since the beginning of the new millennium. Unsurprisingly, within the present milieu of crumbling social consensus, growing political polarization and legitimacy crisis of key institutions of modern state, various forms of political and social protests are on the rise. Visual capabilities of new communication technologies have not only significantly changed the nature and extent of documentation and challenged the institutionalized mediation and communication, but also contributed to codification, even standardization of the visual representations of protests. Strained between symbols (e.g. tank man), metaphors (e.g. protesters giving flowers to police/military) and visual clichés (e.g. rock-throwing masked protester), images of protests and protesters play an important role in struggles over interpretation of the events, legitimacy of protester’s demands and their status as either citizens, crowds, “the people” or mobs. Moreover, protest visuals are not simply part of representation of events; they are increasingly becoming tools of political mobilization, resistance and even modes of protesting themselves through image-based activism, documentation and archiving projects and more. 

We invite textual and visual contributions that explore both images of protest and protest through images from (but not limited to) the following perspectives:

  • representation of protests and protesters
  • protest images as icons, symbols, metaphors or clichés 
  • circulation and reinterpretation of protest imagery
  • mimicking iconic photographs
  • historical perspectives of protest imagery
  • protests and photography
  • changes of protest paradigm
  • protests and/on social media
  • archiving
  • surveillance
  • visual activism
  • protests in art

Format of contributions


  • Essays, theoretical papers, overview articles, interviews (approx. 14.000 characters with spaces), visuals encouraged.
  • Theoretical articles (approx. 20.000 characters with spaces), visuals encouraged.
  • Short essays, columns (approx. 6.000 characters with spaces), visuals encouraged.
  • Photographic projects and artwork: proposals for non-commissioned work or samples of work.

Contributions will be published in the English edition – magazine Membrana (ISSN 2463-8501) as well as in the Slovenian edition – magazine Fotografija (ISSN 1408-3566).

Proposals and deadlines


Please contact the editors at editors(at)membrana.org. The deadline for contribution proposals (150-word abstracts and/or visuals) is 09.04.2019. The deadline for finished contributions from accepted proposals is 24.06.2019. Please send proposals or contact the editors at editors(at)membrana.org.

About Membrana


Membrana is a contemporary photography magazine dedicated to promoting a profound and theoretically grounded understanding of photography. Its aim is to encourage new, bold, and alternative conceptions of photography as well as new and bold approaches to photography in general. Positioning itself in the space between scholarly magazines and popular publications, it offers an open forum for critical reflection on the medium, presenting both analytical texts and quality visuals. The magazine is published biannually in the summer and winter in the English language and in Slovenian under the title Fotografija by the Slovene non-profit institute Membrana.

Rok za oddajo osnutkov prispevkov (150 besed povzetka in/ali vizualije) je 09. april 2019. Rok za oddajo dokončanih prispevkov sprejetih osnutkov je 24. junij 2019. Osnutke pošljite preko spletnega obrazca na: https://www.membrana.si/proposal/ ali nas kontaktirajte neposredno na editors@membrana.org.

Sorodne objave

prijavi se

prijavi se na novice in pozive za projekte in prispevke
novice

Koža, 19. januar – 1. marec 2022
Mednarodna fotografska razstava
Cankarjev dom, prvo preddverje

otvoritev: 19.1.2022 ob 19:00

avtorji: Goran Bertok, Ewa Doroszenko, Görkem Ergün, Karina-Sirkku Kurz, Anne Noble, Špela Šivic
zasnova razstave: zavod Membrana – Jan Babnik, Kristina Ferk in Nataša Ilec Kralj
kuratorstvo: Kristina Ferk in Nataša Ilec Kralj
produkcija: Cankarjev dom in zavod Membrana

Podaljšan rok za oddajo predlogov prispevkov (povzetki dolžine do 150 besed in/ali slikovno gradivo) je 30. avgust 2021. Podaljšan rok za oddajo celotnih prispevkov na podlagi izbranih predlogov je 4. oktober 2021. Predloge pošljite prek spletnega obrazca ali se obrnite na nas prek kontaktnega obrazca in/ali naslova editors(at)membrana.org.

Podaljšan rok za oddajo predlogov prispevkov (povzetki dolžine do 150 besed in/ali slikovno gradivo) je 11. junij 2021. Podaljšan rok za oddajo celotnih prispevkov na podlagi izbranih predlogov je 16. avgust 2021. Predloge pošljite prek spletnega obrazca ali se obrnite na nas prek kontaktnega obrazca in/ali naslova editors(at)membrana.org.

Prijave sprejemamo do vključno ponedeljka 26. 10. 2020 na:
elektronski naslov: info@membrana.org
in/ali
poštni naslov: Membrana, Maurerjeva 8, 1000 Ljubljana

Rok za oddajo osnutkov prispevkov (150 besed povzetka in/ali vizualije) je 27. julij 2020. Rok za oddajo dokončanih prispevkov sprejetih osnutkov je 21. september 2020. Osnutke pošljite preko spletnega obrazca na: https://www.membrana.si/proposal/ ali nas kontaktirajte neposredno na editors@membrana.org.

kje: Cankarjev dom, sejna soba M3/4
kdaj: 27. februar 2020, 0b 18. uri

kje: Galerija Jakopič, Ljubljana, v sklopu razstave Jaka Babnik: Pigmalion
kdaj: 5. december 2019
trajanje: 18.00 – 21.00
sodelujeta: dr. Victor Burgin, dr. Ilija T. Tomanić
moderator: dr. Jan Babnik

  • 18.00: Predavanje Victorja Burgina: Kaj je kamera? Kje je fotografija?
  • 19.00: Predstavitev nove številke revije Fotografije (Kamera in aparat: Izbrani spisi Victorja Burgina) v pogovoru z umetnikom in teoretikom Victorjem Burginom in Ilijo T. Tomanićem, piscem spremne besede k slovenskemu prevodu. Pogovor bo moderiral Jan Babnik, gl. in odgovorni urednik revije Fotografija
  • 20.30: razprodaja preteklih številk revije Fotografija

Rok za oddajo osnutkov prispevkov (150 besed povzetka in/ali vizualije) je 16. december 2019. Rok za oddajo dokončanih prispevkov sprejetih osnutkov je 16. marec 2020. Osnutke pošljite preko spletnega obrazca na: https://www.membrana.si/proposal/ ali nas kontaktirajte neposredno na editors@membrana.org.