OPEN CALL - NOW SHOWING - Deadline Sunday 10th August

About the exhibition

Now Showing takes inspiration from the 19th-century salon hanging tradition—where artworks are densely installed floor-to-ceiling—but reimagined for the contemporary photographic landscape. Rather than grouping works by theme or author, the exhibition will embrace intuitive, playful, and aesthetic curation that create new conversations between pieces, allowing visual rhythms and resonances to emerge.

In an age of digital feeds and infinite scrolls, Now Showing reclaims physical space as a site of visual abundance and layered attention. The salon-style format honours photography’s democratic potential: to compress, contradict, and coalesce divergent viewpoints within a single frame—or, in this case, a single wall.

Now Showing is an ambitious, celebratory exhibition that repositions photography at the centre of contemporary art discourse. Through its collaborative, non-hierarchical installation, it invites new ways of looking—not only at images, but at photography itself as a vital, urgent, and profoundly artistic practice full of friction. It is a celebration of photography’s plurality and a reminder of the power of collective visual storytelling.

who can apply

We welcome all artists who engage with photography in thoughtful, experimental, and intentional ways - emerging, mid-career, and established artists. We’re looking for compelling, singular works that hold their own but also spark conversations in a crowded visual field. We encourage artists working with moving-image to also apply.

details

• Selected works will be included in a salon-style group show at Oblong.

• All works must be wall-hangable

• All works will be for sale (an agreement on sales terms will be compiled if your work is chosen)

to apply

Please submit the following:

1. Up to 5 photographic works (separate JPEGs of each work, mp4s of video work; include Title, year, materials, how many editions, work dimensions in your mail). Please use the format artist_name_work_title.jpeg or artist_name_work_title.mp4 for each submitted file

2. A short artist bio (max 150 words)

3. Website or Instagram (optional)

Send your application to: opencall@oblong.dk
Deadline: Sunday August 10th
Selected artists will be notified by August 22nd

QUESTIONS?

Contact us at: opencall@oblong.dk

curators

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Jonathan Lieb is a photographer, curator and film colourist. He opened Oblong in June 2022 as a space dedicated to photographic art. At Oblong he runs a programme of exhibitions, artists talks, book releases and film screenings as well as other events.