Call for Applications
The Stories of Kalingalinga -
Workshop for Professional Photographers
24. April – 3. May 2019
Photographic narratives and visual self-governance in Zambia
The Visual Arts Council of Zambia is hosting its second photography workshop in collaboration with Kerstin Hacker, Head of Photography at Anglia Ruskin University, UK 24rd of April to 3rd of May.
The workshop is aimed at photographers and lens based artists with high technical proficiency. It aims to enhance the photographers’ contextual, critical and narrative skills and to support photographers to find an individual voice in their photographic practice. Please note, that this is not a photographic skills workshop.
This year’s workshop will focus on the Kalingalinga district of Lusaka. This area exemplifies the economic, social and societal changes and rapid modernization of Lusaka.
Participating photographers and lens based artists will work together to develop individual narratives and selected photographers will be given the opportunity to exhibit their work in Zambia (Henry Tayali Gallery) and the UK (Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge) in 2020. Both venues are confirmed.
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| Photography Workshop, Visual Arts Council, Zambia, 2017 |
Outlined delivery
The workshop will be running from Tuesday, 24. April to Friday, 3. May (weekend free).
Morning sessions (9.30am to 12am) include lectures, discussions, group critiques, one to one tutorials, while the afternoons should be kept free for individual photographic practice. Each participant will be working on a personal project throughout the duration of the workshop and should bring new photographic material to every taught morning session.
The workshop will have approx. 15 participants.
Proposed outcomes
Each photographer will receive a certificate of attendance and will have work exhibited online on a dedicated workshop blog.
Selected photographers will have their work exhibited at the Henry Tayali Gallery / Visual Arts Council in Zambia and the Ruskin Gallery at Anglia Ruskin University, UK in 2019/20.
Equipment needed
You will need your own camera and post production equipment. As the course is aimed at photographers of a wide range of styles and practices, the equipment might vary. You just need what you are normally use to shoot.
Workshop leader
Kerstin Hacker is a researcher of Zambian photography and a documentary photographer. She is Head of Photography at the Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University, UK.
From 2008 to 2012 Kerstin has been working with the Department of Mass Communication at the University of Zambia (UNZA) and has co-authored a photography curriculum for a new BA Photography. UNZA is implementing the course for next academic year.
Since 2016 Kerstin is working on her photographic project Generation Z documenting the changes in Zambia’s society. She had a solo exhibition at the Henry Tayali Gallery in August 2017 and at the Centre for African Studies at Cambridge University in Autumn 2018. Her work can be seen on www.kerstinhacker.org
Workshop coordinator
Geoffrey Phiri is a painter and visual artist, who will be coordinating the workshop in Zambia. He is a leading member of the Visual Arts Council Zambia and has experience in organizing and leading workshops for artists in Zambia.
Workshop contributors
Gerald Mwale, Lecturer and Course Director of upcoming BA Photography at UNZA
Humphry Zimba, Artistic Entrepreneur and Director of Business Development for Open Window Zambia
Additionally, we are planning to invite a number of guest speakers from the arts and media industries to contribute to the programme. The names will be communicated as we develop the programme further
Cost
Please note that this workshop will be run on a shoestring budget and that neither the workshop leader nor the coordinator will be paid. All moneys raised will go towards the workshop overheads. Anglia Ruskin University and the Visual Arts Council Zambia are generously supporting the workshop to meet costs.
Workshop fee: 500 Kw
Applications
Applications are due by 22. March 2019.
Please email us a statement (max 300 words) and 10 portfolio images (max. 1mb each) or a link to your website. Please state your motivations for wanting to take part in the workshop and a brief outline of your proposed photographic project.
Please make the subject line of your emails: VAC Photography Workshop 2019
Kerstin Hacker
Geoffrey Phiri
phirig@gmail.com
