Eric2018 wrote:
I googled some of the words and eventually found that the call was from loosenart.com, and looking at that website I did get some clues to what they might be looking for. One of the nice things about language, and photography, is that encountering something that seems incomprehensible can be an invitation to learn something new. I agree that the "call" was difficult to understand. I'm not sure I understand it even after looking at loosenart.com, but some of the images on that website are provocative, and there was a "clue" image posted with the call. Perhaps part of the call was to encourage creative approaches to a deliberately vague and obscure request for submissions. This call may be not for something that's in your portfolio, but a call to reflect on how to represent a "transition" or a "displacement", and perhaps how to combine those concepts into a single image (which doesn't yet exist). There are tons of transitions and displacements going on in our world right now -- physical, mental, cultural, political -- some of those may be susceptible to a photograph or three.
And yes, I am ready for those who say what I just wrote is more gibberish! Maybe that's why we create images instead of writing thousands of words?
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Thank you for posting the website of the call for entry. I was a bit confused because photo contests don't usually use this language, however, calls for entry for exhibitions often do.
Loosenart is an organisation that exhibits art in Berlin and Rome. I've been planning on entering their Abstract exhibition call. The language used makes a bit more sense because of the level of the exhibition. However, the call for entry that the OP mentioned is still very broad and that is not a bad thing all.
The good news is that this call for entry is free. Most calls like this cost $30-50 to enter.