Event History
This is the third annual exhibition for GESTE Paris but the first time we have had an Open Call.
What Makes this event different?
GESTE Paris is committed to experimental processes and invites photo-based artworks from outside the normal bounds of photography. We have an exceptional jury of leading figures from the world of photography, art and science.
Copyright Policy
Artists retain copyright.
Image Usage Rights
We ask for a licence for a catalogue and for publicity.
Binary / Non-Binary - Open Call
For the first time GESTE Paris is hosting an Open Call to widen the scope of participation and invites submissions of photo based artworks and video.
Black or white, on or off, male or female, digital or analog, zero or one. A binary viewpoint divides the world cleanly and everything is in one category or the other, as two alternatives existing in opposition. The non-binary viewpoint opens the world up to a multiplicity of categories, rejecting the simplification and contrasting nature of the binary position and yet must include both the single and the infinite.
How do artists exemplify these concepts today and how do they co-exist ?
The world is not black and white but full of greyscale and colour and even ultra- and infra-colours beyond the range of our human eyes. Where does the spectrum lie in terms of scientifically definable code, digital geometry, astrometrics, consciousness, sexuality, spirituality, artificial intelligence and the technological singularity?
Submissions are to be made via picter.com. This require creating an account and there is a small fee for entry. The closing date is 19 October.
Although based in Paris we positively welcome international submissions from around the world. GESTE Paris is committed to experimental processes and invites photo-based artworks from outside the normal bounds of photography.
Submit entries at picter.com
The International Jury includes Raina Lampkins-Fielder (museum curator and multimedia artist),Marc Lenot (mathematician, economist and art critic), Brandei Estes (Head of Photographs at Sotheby's London), Robin Hanson(author professor and researcher: The Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University, A.I. programmer NASA), Dominic Palfreyman(financier, art philanthropist and collector) and Jason Bailey(blockchain, provenance, and digital art expert, creator of artnome.com).
The artist Orlan is honourable counsellor to the jury.
Please direct questions on submissions to opencall@gesteparis.com
GESTE Paris is an annual underground exhibition of experimental photography organised Shiva Lynn Burgos. GESTE brings together vintage and contemporary works by both established and emerging artists. Like a secret speakeasy GESTE is presented in the convivial setting of a classic Parisian apartment that provides a space for reflection and dialogue. GESTEis the nexus of a private collection, artwork from leading galleries, and a selection by invited curators. For Binary / Non-Binary the curators are Shiva Lynn Burgos (US/France), Georg Bak (Switzerland) and Alisa Phommaxahay (France/Laos).
For its third edition GESTE Paris will present an exhibition of photo based artworks and video on the theme Binary / Non-Binary
The exhibition dates are November 5 – December 2, 2018.
