Language: English
Location: The hosting organization - International Youth Center “Earth, Planet of People” (Terre des hommes) – is a local NGO and specializes in recreational-educational programs for children, art projects, and social projects in the hometown Nerekhta.
Nerekhta is an old town with a beautiful countryside and numerous churches that belong to the Kostroma region – a 5 hours’ ride northeast from Moscow. This camp is a great opportunity to see one of the cities of “Golden Ring” of Russia. The Golden Ring (Russian: Zolotoye Kol’tso) is a number of towns surrounding and including Moscow.
Work: The aim of the international project “Photo Fences” is to transform the town's surfaces (fences, internal and external walls of public buildings, etc.) into creative spaces with the help of international team of socially active photographers by placing photos on these fences and buildings.
Over the course of two weeks, participants will work on the formation of individual and group photo projects on any theme. The exhibition platform will be on real fences in the town of Nerekhta. Photographers are responsible for their individual project, from idea to realization in the form of an individual photo fence. Photo themes are only limited in that they must reflect the old, Russian city of Nerekhta and be a link to its residents, places, architecture, etc.
During the program, participants attend workshops of guest photographers and meetings for creative exchange. Additionally, this project offers the unique opportunity for cooperation and shared experiences with photographers from different countries.
For the first week, the participants work on creating their photo project (they will create an idea for the project and take photos), the next week they are getting ready for the exhibition (creating a model, preparing the photos and designing the display space).
By the end of the project, participants will:
-Have completed a joint photo exhibition using Nerekhta’s fences and internal and external walls of public buildings
-Have the best projects published in local news media
-Have the best photos published in the “Jubilee” photo album of Nerekhta
The first photo fence in the town was created from the work of professional photographers and children who participated in photo schools. The idea proved very successful and the original fences really attracted attention.
In year 2011 IYC “Earth, Planet of People” hosted international project “Funny Fences”. Volunteers made drawings and paintings on fences.
Video: http://bit.ly/ZwEaTm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knP3F7459K8&list=UUKziKituiEGAJYXT9v940zg&index=53
Accommodation: Volunteers will stay in a cosy hostel-type house, 4-6 people in a room. There are showers and toilets on each floor. Three meals a day will be provided for participants as well.
Free time activities: There are plenty of activities you can enjoy in your free time – from cycling to swimming in the pool and playing table tennis. You will have the opportunity to enjoy traditional Russian sauna. You can take part in any of the numerous leisure and educational activities in the children’s camp (for the kids 11-16 years old), which will be running during the project time.
Also you will have the opportunity to visit famous historical cities of Russian Golden Ring, which are close to Nerekhta: Kostroma, Yaroslavl, Rostov etc.
Requirements:
- Be an enthusiastic photographer
- Must have own equipment (camera, lens, etc)
- To fill the motivation form.
Transportation: 4-5 hours by train from Moscow