Jakarta International Photo Festival (JIPFest) calls out to photographers and artists from around the world to submit photographic and photo-based multimedia works that are made in a diverse visual approach. Each work must be in line with the festival’s theme—Revival. Click here to discover more on the theme. The festival’s curatorial team—Asep Topan, Ayos Purwoaji and Ng Swan Ti—will make a selection of the submitted works and present them at various venues in Blok M, Jakarta, from 9-25 September 2022. Click here to read the profile of our curatorial team. GENERAL INFO The festival welcomes applicants of any nationality, aged
The 2022 edition of Jakarta International Photo Festival (JIPFest) will take place in Blok M, South Jakarta, from 9-25 September. We invite photographers and artists worldwide to submit photographic and photo-based multimedia works with a diverse visual approach. The proposal to the open call should reflect the festival theme, Revival. Within the cultural fields, our understanding of revival refers to the condition in which one’s cultural aspects have been recovered after losses due to several reasons, such as colonialism, modernism, and cultural oppression. The human ability to revive after such conditions requires a collective will and effort, and shows how
JIPFest introduces the curatorial team for its third edition: Asep Topan, Ayos Purwoaji, and Ng Swan Ti. The three of them are active in different communities, and are hoped to possess the ability to enrich the dialogue within this year’s festival theme, REVIVAL. Asep has built a career in the visual art scene as an educator and curator, while Ayos has a background as an architectural researcher and is now a professional writer and curator with interests in history, architecture, and visual art. Meanwhile, Swan Ti is a senior figure known for her contribution to photography education in Indonesia. The
Started in Central Jakarta, continued to West Jakarta, and now ready to explore South Jakarta. JIPFest, the nomadic photo festival, will host its third edition in Blok M, South Jakarta on 9-25 September 2022. Throughout 17 days, JIPFest 2022 will present 16 programs in several spots around Blok M, including public parks, historical sites, galleries, and a performance theatre. The multiple locations are in line with the festival’s initial vision to bring photography closer to the public. Blok M is chosen for its unique character as a neighborhood, and its many attractions for tourists. The area is known as a
Initially scheduled for 2020, the second edition of JIPFest had to be shifted to 2021 due to the pandemic. Under strict health protocols, the festival was officiated by the Jakarta Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria and ran from 13-28 November 2021 at the historic sites around Jakarta Old Town. In 16 days, JIPFest 2021 featured 13 programs, 48 events and 29 guest stars. Four venues were used: MULA Kotatua, Historia Food & Bar, Candra Naya and Novotel Jakarta Gajah Mada. Public lecture by Alain Compost, a legendary wildlife photographer. (Photo: Leonardo Agustin/JIPFest) Public enthusiasm were felt throughout the festival. Despite
