Open call for artistic research collab

 My idea and photographic practice

As part of my studies towards a master’s degree in photography, I’m working with different forms of collaboration during September through December 2021.

The resulting work will take shape as a research report and a work-in-progress portfolio.

One idea for collaboration is working with musicians, beat makers and producers. I’m envisioning interesting synergies when the static nature of the still photograph meets the inherent temporality and rhythmicality of music of all sorts.

At this time, I’m imagining the finished pieces to end up as scored photographic animations or cinemagraphs.

My research focus is currently phrased as: “…a photographic research process where I use my own body and physicality to explore space and structures with special regard to non-human agencies and agential realism.”

I explore questions of subjectivity, agency, nature-culture and socio-materiality. I’m leaning on scholars such as Donna Haraway, Karen Barad and Cary Wolfe.

If you’re curious on the type of work I do, please have a look at my web portfolio, my latest assessment or listen to my podcast.

What’s in it for you?

I’m just assuming we’re mutually curious and driven by pleasure principle towards doing creative work. In addition to that I’ll send you a photographic print representing our collaboration and credit you (of course!) in the report and portfolio. Seeing this as a symmetrical collaboration - you are equally free to share, build on, and publish our resulting work.

The actual collab workflow

1. Make a composition of 8-16 bars in any tempo and time signature.

2. Optionally come up with visual clues (for example color, mood, feeling…) that goes with your music, for me to take into the photo session.

3. Compose a text document holding: 1) Your name/alias, 2) your email adress, 3) your Insta/SoMe details if you like, 4) your physical mail adress, 5) visual clues to complement your music and 6) a statement whether you’re comfortable to edit music to video and want to refine, redo or update the music once my photo/animation/cinemagraph is done.

4. Zip the recording and the text file. Upload the file to my Dropbox through this link.

5. At this stage I’ll photograph and edit in tight collaboration with your composition and visual clues.

6. If you’re up for it, I’ll send the work-in-progress-edit back to you. For you to update or revise the music in relation to my photo/animation.

7. Send the final piece to me.

8. I’ll write a report and build an in-progress portfolio.

9. Fame, fortune and fulfilment!

Questions and dialogue?

You can reach me through this contact form, through my Instagram account or these threads at Lines or Elektronauts.

I’m really looking forward to this collaborative artistic research. Let’s make good shit!

In case submissions exceed what I can handle, I’ll take measures to deal with the question in an as-dignified-as-possible matter. First-come, first-serve? Random selections? Closing of submission form?