The open call for participation in EMOP Berlin 2025 was aimed at museums, exhibition venues, memorial sites, archives, collections, libraries, cultural institutes, universities, art academies and other educational institutions in the field of photography, as well as municipal and private galleries and project spaces. Photographers and artists may also take part in the open call – provided they have an exhibition space in Berlin – either as individuals or as a group or collective.

The open call for participation in EMOP Berlin 2027 began on 15 June 2027 and ended on 16 August 2027.

As the deadline for the open call has passed, the application form is no longer available online.

Together with the Artistic Director of EMOP Berlin, a jury comprised of people from the professional art field decides on the selection of exhibition proposals for participation in EMOP Berlin 2027.

The jury members responsible for selecting exhibition proposals for EMOP Berlin 2027 are:

• Akinbode Akinbiyi (artist, Berlin)
• Kathrin Kohle (Exhibition Manager, Ostkreuz. Agentur der Fotografen, Berlin)
• Sara-Lena Maierhofer (artist and professor for photography, Berlin and Darmstadt)
• Maren Lübbke-Tidow (author, curator, Artistic Director EMOP Berlin)
• Anna Voswinckel (author, curator, Berlin; 2026 curator Krakow Photomonth)

The EMOP Berlin 2027 jury meets confidentially. Reasons for a project’s inclusion or rejection will not be recorded in writing. You are welcome to contact the EMOP Berlin team with any questions you may have.

Notifications of acceptance or rejection for participation in EMOP Berlin 2027 will go out in September 2026.

The EMOP Berlin team will contact you to obtain further information (including text and image material) about your exhibition project and accompanying events. The information you provide will be used for a wide-ranging communication and promotion of the festival programme (website, programme booklet, social media, etc.). Additionally, a cooperation agreement will be drawn up for your participation in the festival.

In 2027, EMOP Berlin will not charge fees to its partners.

EMOP Berlin is unable to contribute to the costs you will incur in realizing your exhibition project and educational programme. Securing funding for exhibition projects is the responsibility of our partners and not a service provided by EMOP Berlin. EMOP Berlin is responsible for the festival’s overall communication and carries out extensive promotional measures as well as on-site branding.

The leitmotif for EMOP Berlin 2027 is Common Ground. Letters from Europe.  

If you submitted an exhibition project to take part in EMOP Berlin 2027, a reference to the theme was not compulsory and did not influence the jury’s decision.

In principle, it was possible to submit a project for EMOP Berlin 2027 even if you were not based in Berlin. However, one precondition for participation was cooperation with an exhibition space in Berlin. This could be a space temporarily adapted for the exhibition.

Yes, provided they had a suitable exhibition space.

It was not possible to submit a project for participation in EMOP Berlin 2027 if a suitable exhibition venue was not available at the time of submission. EMOP Berlin does not have its own exhibition spaces and is also unable to arrange venues for potential participants.

Yes. However, when submitting an application to take part in EMOP Berlin 2027, the project’ concept should be conveyed as concretely as possible and initial commitments to collaboration from artists should already be in place. A complete list must be submitted by 18 October 2026.

Yes. However, when submitting an application to take part in EMOP Berlin 2027, the project idea should be presented as concretely as possible, and an initial selection of works/artworks/photographs should already have been made. A representative list with images of the works must be submitted by 18 October 2026.

No. Accompanying events and educational programmes as part of your exhibition will be requested separately at a later date and included in the EMOP Berlin events calendar.

We ask our participants to plan their exhibition projects to coincide as closely as possible with the start of the festival. Openings that take place during the festival month are eligible; extending the show beyond the festival month is not a problem.