The Νon Profit Organisation, Photoxenia, aims to support and promote contemporary photography and it is registered in the register of establishments of the Ministry of Culture and Sports. 2023 marks the beginning of collaboration between the Niort Villa Perochon Festival, the Athens Photo Festival and Photoxenia, including exhibition exchanges and the hosting of photographers.
Photoxenia is gradually being strengthened via a network of cooperating agencies for the establishment of photographic tourism in Crete and the evolution of photographic art. These synergies aim to create the ideal condition for the photographers, emphasizing a particular virtual narrative. Between 2015 and 2022, twenty photographers were hosted in Crete as part of the Photoxenia art residency network.
The island of Crete is a land linked to myths that still impinge on the daily life of its inhabitants. It has all the characteristics that offer contemporary artists a photographic experience rich in meaning, constituting a vast domain for photographic research with multiple ramifications.
La Societe a But Non Lucratif Photoxenia vise a soutenir et a promouvoir la photographie contemporain et elle est inscrite au registre des etablissements du Ministere de la Culture et des Sports. En 2023 commence la collaboration entre les festivals de Niort, Villa Perochon, d’Athenes Photo Festival et de Photoxenia, comportant echanges d’expositions et accueil de photographes.
Photoxenia est progressivement renforcee par un reseau d’agences cooperant en vue de l’implantation du tourisme photographique en Crete, et l’ evolution de l’art de la photographie. Ces synergies visent a creer la condition ideale pour les photographes, en mettant l’accent sur un recit virtuel specifique. Entre 2015 et 2022, vingt photographes ont ete accueillis en Crete, dans le cadre du reseaux de la residence d’art, Photoxenia.
L’ile de Crete est lie a des mythes qui influencent encore aujourd’hui la vie quotidienne de ses habitants. Elle dispose de toutes les caracteristiques permettant aux artistes contemporains une ex-perience photographique riche de sens, et constitue pour la recherche photographique un vaste domaine aux multiples ramifications.