Laia Abril
June 9-13, 2025
About the workshop
Research-based Art Methodologies
Reality-based narratives
Reality-based narratives
This 5-day workshop focuses on research-based methodologies for creating reality-based narratives using photography and mixed media.
Participants will explore how research can drive long-term projects in both photobook and exhibition formats, with a focus on transforming investigative, archival, and personal materials into meaningful contemporary narratives.The program will include lectures and discussions on methodologies used by Laia Abril and other artists, as well as hands-on exercises to experiment with different approaches.
Participants will reflect on ethical considerations, develop strategies for structuring their research, and begin mapping their own narrative ideas.
The goal, by the end of the workshop, is for participants to reflect on their methodology through tailored exercises and personalized feedback. Group discussions and guided activities will help refine individual approaches, ensuring participants leave with a new framework to apply to their own projects.
Participants will explore how research can drive long-term projects in both photobook and exhibition formats, with a focus on transforming investigative, archival, and personal materials into meaningful contemporary narratives.The program will include lectures and discussions on methodologies used by Laia Abril and other artists, as well as hands-on exercises to experiment with different approaches.
Participants will reflect on ethical considerations, develop strategies for structuring their research, and begin mapping their own narrative ideas.
The goal, by the end of the workshop, is for participants to reflect on their methodology through tailored exercises and personalized feedback. Group discussions and guided activities will help refine individual approaches, ensuring participants leave with a new framework to apply to their own projects.
Duration
5 days
Participants
12
Early bird price
800e / March 27, 2025
Normal price
900e /vat included
Submission's deadline
April 27
Language(s)
English
Registration - Payment
Once you are accepted, you will be notified by email and a registration fee of 150e is required to secure your position.
Fee will be paid in two installments : A 50% deposit by bank transfer is required within 15 days from your registration and for the remaining 50% installment, you will be notified for the exact dates in due time.
Early bird admissions are limited and places will be sold in a first come basis.
Laia Abril
Laia Abril (1986) is a research-based artist working with photography, text, video, and sound. After graduating from college with a degree in Journalism, she moved to New York to focus on photography, where she decided to start telling intimate stories that raise uneasy and hidden realities focusing on biopolitics and gender equality. In 2009, she enrolled in the artist residency at FABRICA, the Benetton Research Centre in Treviso, where she worked as a researcher, editor, and staff photographer at Colors Magazine for 5 years.
Abril’s projects are produced across installations, books, and films. Her work has been shown widely and published internationally. It is held in private collections and museums, such as Centre Pompidou and FRAC in France, Musée de l’Elysée and Fotomuseum Winterthur in Switzerland, MoCP in Chicago, Museum of Sex in New York and MACBA, MNAC and FotoColectania in Barcelona.
She is a senior lecturer of Visual Narratives at Camera Arts (HSLU) and is represented internationally by the Parisian gallery Les Filles du Calvaire and Set Espai d’Art in Valencia.
Apply
In order to apply for a placement in the workshop, please send us a zip file with:
1) a short cv, 2) up to 10 images (jpg format, maximum size 1024p, 72dpi) and 3) a statement.
You can send them via email: palmtreeworkshops@gmail.com
or
please fill in the form below:
Terms and conditions
- There is a limited number of spaces on the workshop, the places will be sold on a first come basis.
- We reserve the right to cancel this event when we do not reach the minimum number of participants. In the unlikely event of cancellation, participants will be given at least 1-week advance notice and a full refund.
- The workshop fee does not include transport, accommodation or ground expenses.
- Every participant has to bring it’s own equipment (camera and laptop).
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