AOYF HUMAN RIGHTS PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE 2023
The AOYF Human Rights Photography Prize 2023 is awarded in partnership with 6 participating art schools: the Lausanne Canton School of Art (ECAL), the Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD-Geneva), the National Graduate School of Photography of Arles (ENSP), the Royal College of Art of London (RCA), the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig (HGB), the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture; and 5 institutions with complementary missions: the Centre of Photography Geneva (CPG), Christie's, Human Rights Watch, the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) and MAPS.
"HUMAN RIGHTS 3.0"
Technological innovation has contributed greatly to human progress. We live better, longer and are better educated overall. New technologies have also precipitated the advent of the digital age. We sleep connected, we move connected, we work connected. Smart devices are an integral part of our daily lives, from the most intimate to the most collective. Screens, chips and microprocessors are everywhere. They capture everything. They record our every move. Our habits are measured and quantified, transformed into data to better store and monetise them.
A tool for information, communication and emancipation, the Internet and digital technologies remain nonetheless a formidable tool for control and alienation. Journalists, activists and politicians are monitored with spyware and frequently attacked online. Censorship is used to silence dissidents, prevent public debate and suppress dissent. Disinformation campaigns, incitement to hatred and falsified media content proliferate on social networks.
As new technologies develop exponentially, some dream of one day seeing the human brain replaced by artificial intelligence. Others fear that they will be invaded by advanced technologies and the increased dependence on digital technology. Sometimes sacred, sometimes decried, these advances have undeniably changed our relationship with things and the world, and raise important issues about the protection of fundamental rights, such as freedom of expression and the right to privacy, whether in the real or virtual world.
Innovative as these technologies are, they are only tools. What matters is how they are used. So how can we ensure that their use can benefit the greatest number of people? And how can we limit their harmful effects on our human condition? In the age of the augmented human and the all-connected, new behaviours must be promoted and new frameworks created to prevent abuse and make these tools more responsible and capable of meeting the great challenges of our time.
JURY MEMBERS
The Jury is composed of six local and international personalities from the world of arts, culture and human rights:
"HUMAN RIGHTS 3.0"
Technological innovation has contributed greatly to human progress. We live better, longer and are better educated overall. New technologies have also precipitated the advent of the digital age. We sleep connected, we move connected, we work connected. Smart devices are an integral part of our daily lives, from the most intimate to the most collective. Screens, chips and microprocessors are everywhere. They capture everything. They record our every move. Our habits are measured and quantified, transformed into data to better store and monetise them.
A tool for information, communication and emancipation, the Internet and digital technologies remain nonetheless a formidable tool for control and alienation. Journalists, activists and politicians are monitored with spyware and frequently attacked online. Censorship is used to silence dissidents, prevent public debate and suppress dissent. Disinformation campaigns, incitement to hatred and falsified media content proliferate on social networks.
As new technologies develop exponentially, some dream of one day seeing the human brain replaced by artificial intelligence. Others fear that they will be invaded by advanced technologies and the increased dependence on digital technology. Sometimes sacred, sometimes decried, these advances have undeniably changed our relationship with things and the world, and raise important issues about the protection of fundamental rights, such as freedom of expression and the right to privacy, whether in the real or virtual world.
Innovative as these technologies are, they are only tools. What matters is how they are used. So how can we ensure that their use can benefit the greatest number of people? And how can we limit their harmful effects on our human condition? In the age of the augmented human and the all-connected, new behaviours must be promoted and new frameworks created to prevent abuse and make these tools more responsible and capable of meeting the great challenges of our time.
JURY MEMBERS
The Jury is composed of six local and international personalities from the world of arts, culture and human rights:
- Mathieu Bernard-Reymond, Photographer
- Christopher Fabian, Co-Lead & Co-Founder, GIGA (UNICEF & ITU)
- Frederike Kaltheuner, Technology & Human Rights Director, Human Rights Watch
- Garrett Landolt, 20th/21st Century Art Specialist, Christie's
- Danaé Panchaud, Director, Center of Photography Geneva (Chair of the Jury)
- Heli Rekula, Head of Photography Major & Vice-Dean, Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture
WINNER AND FINALISTS
The jury deliberates in two rounds. At the end of the first round, it selects five finalist projects that will participate in a month-long collective exhibition at the Centre de la photographie Genève (CPG), from April 27 (opening) to May 28, 2023. In the second round, it selects the winner who receives the following awards:
The four remaining finalists will each receive CHF 500 in cash to use as they wish.
APPLICATIONS
Students and alumni of partner schools are invited to submit their applications to hello@actonyourfuture.org until March 1st, 2023, in accordance with the following guidelines (documents available in French and English):
- He or she will be awarded a grant equal to CHF 7,000 to be devoted exclusively to the preparation of an exhibit (materials and production) designed entirely as a continuation of the winning project.
- He or she will also receive CHF 3,000 in cash to use as he or she wishes.
The four remaining finalists will each receive CHF 500 in cash to use as they wish.
APPLICATIONS
Students and alumni of partner schools are invited to submit their applications to hello@actonyourfuture.org until March 1st, 2023, in accordance with the following guidelines (documents available in French and English):
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