Open Call for Visual Stories for Open House Europe

During your visit to the festival Irish Architecture Foundation (IAF) invites you to capture this year’s Open House Europe theme, Building Futures Together, through photography, video (max 60sec), drawing, or any other form of visual storytelling.

They welcome your unique perspective on architecture and sustainability in Dublin. This open call is not a competition but a chance to share your story about architecture and sustainability in your city, county and community.

Open House Dublin is part of Open House Europe, a 3-year collaboration coordinated by Architecture Foundation and co-funded by the European Union. To highlight this year’s theme, festivals in each city will highlight sustainable architectural practices that create positive changes in the face of a climate emergency.

Open House Dublin 2023 will place a focus on sustainability within the programme, highlighting sustainable practice through building tours, opening up discussions around the city as a socially sustainable place to live, work and play and inviting young people to use their imaginations to build a sustainable future.

Benefit

• A selection of visual stories will be presented in an exhibition in Lisbon in December at the Open House Europe Annual Summit. Later on, the exhibition will travel across different local Open House events in Europe. Selected visual stories will be featured in a printed publication and online.

Requirements

• Visual stories must be created during or in reference to Open House Dublin 2023. It should not have been previously exhibited or published.
• The artwork must relate to the theme.
• Anyone can create a visual story, but creators under 18 must confirm that permission to submit has been granted by a parent/guardian.
• It is strictly prohibited to submit any artwork that discriminates or promotes any form of prejudice based on race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, disability, or any other characteristic.
• The artwork may be created using painting, photographs, digital art, short videos, or other media. Submissions can be in any of the following file formats: .pdf, .jpg, .png, .gif, .tiff, .mov, .avi, .MP4.
• Please note that all files uploaded must be less than 300MB in size.
• The artwork will be selected based on creativity, originality, relevance to the theme, and technical skill by local Open House organisers.
• Please do not submit artwork that includes faces of children under 18 years old, vulnerable individuals or individuals who did not consent to be part of your visual story submission.
• By submitting the form, you agree that all individuals featured in visual information (including images, videos, etc.) have provided their consent and authorisation for such usage.

For more information, visit IAF.