OPEN CALL ‘FAUNA’
KATE MITCHELL
This Is Not To Be Looked At; Highlights of the Permanent Collection
«The permanent collection of the natural history museum is a hidden world, the backstage area of the museum. It is here that the bulk of the collection is stored and maintained, the majority of pieces never leaving the dark back room spaces for the glossy front-stage of the museum floor. These spaces are forgotten and unnoticed by most museum visitors, hidden away behind large oak panel doors, and beyond windy staircases, in roofs and cellars, storage containers and dusty back rooms.
In the spaces behind the scenes the barrier between the viewer and the viewed is broken down, the objects no longer form part of an elaborate fiction into which we can become immersed. These spaces are rich with tensions and contradictions, modernity and tradition, natural and- artificial, reality and fiction».
‘FAUNA’ is a call open to any suggestions on photographic series related to animals. Urbanautica handled this call for two weeks. Some hundreds of photographers have participated in less than 15 days! On this page a list of favorite series. One project selected from among those submitted will be published and printed on the 4th issue 4 of “Stand Quarterly” magazine together with the works of Alec Soth, Céline Clanet, Vincent Fournier and Trine Søndergaard. Stand is an advertisement-free photographic journal showcasing the work and thoughts of various contemporary photographers from all areas of the world. Stay tuned for the next call…!
© Kate Mitchell