In May 2024 the artist residency program, which is part of the international photography symposium “NIDA. Meeting Photography”, will start its third edition. After the announced open call, there was selected one artist for 2024 and one for 2025, who will stay and create in Nida and 21 runners up, whose work will participate in symposiums evening projections program in September. The program is run in collaboration with VAA Nida Art Colony.

 

The aim is to reflect on Nida’s site-specific ecosystems and the changing boundaries of photography, to actualize photography both as a medium and as a means of expression. The program seeks to attract artists with a critical approach towards using their production tools, questioning the cultural discourse of their practice, and having a strong socio-political mindset. 

 

Some 103 artists from 35 countries responded to the open call with 251 projects.

 

In the resident selection committee participated the book designer Gytis Skudžinskas; residency patron Audronė Tylaitė; curator and NIDA.Meeting Photography programmer Vilma Samulionytė; and Head of VAA Nida Art Colony Egija Inzulė.

 

The evaluation criteria included the importance and relevance of the proposed topic, the applicant’s previous experience and his or her interest and ability to actualize by combining local specifics, an expanded field of photography and their creative activities.

 

The finalist for 2024 after evaluation became Ieva Maslinskaitė and for 2025 - Corina Gertz.

 

The results of the residency will be presented at the International Photography Symposium NIDA. Meeting Photography in the main program in September 9-15, 2024 and it will be published in the form of a printed publication.

 

Authors, whose work will be a part of the evening projections:

 

Vėtrė Aleksandravičiūtė

Rehina Bukvych

Monika Dubinkaite

Gevi

Freisy Gonzalez

Claudia Heinermann

Florence Iff

Mai S. Keldsen

Geistė Marija Kinčinaitytė

Maria Kjartans

Hans Kuzmich

Lillo

Akshay Mahajan

Emilia Martin

Aliona Paz

David Peinado

Zula Rabikowska

Vytis Sulinskas

Gedvilė Tamošiūnaitė

Beatrice Ventura

Junichi Wajda