Reset

In June 2026, the Getxophoto International Image Festival will turn 20. After pressing the PAUSE, PLAY, and REC buttons – the themes of the three previous editions – the common thread for the next edition could only be… RESET. This button invites us to reboot the system.

We know that anniversaries are moments to celebrate and rejoice, but they are also excellent opportunities to look back and take stock, to review our archives and get a glimpse of what we have changed. At the same time, this is a time to project ourselves forward with renewed energy, just as when soil is ploughed so that seeds can be sown again.

And that is why during the next edition we will welcome proposals that address experiences of change, reworking, recycling and reinvention; of life cycles and celebrations; of individual or collective stories of resetting. A system reboot in any of its many forms.

Curator

María Ptqk

Born in Bilbao in 1976, Maria Ptqk is a curator, researcher and cultural manager specialising on the intersections between the arts and techno-scientific culture. She holds a PhD in artistic research from the University of the Basque Country, a degree in Law and a degree in Economics, a DEA in International Public Law from Paris II-Sorbonne and Cultural Law from the Uned-Carlos III in Madrid, and a Master in Cultural Management from the University of Barcelona. She has curated the exhibitions Soft Power (Amarika Proiektua Project, 2009), À propos du Chthulucène et ses espèces camarades (Espace virtuel du Jeu de Paume, 2017), Ciencia fricción. Vida entre especies compañeras (CCCB Barcelona, 2021 and Azkuna Zentroa, 2022), Reset Mar Menor. Laboratorio de imaginarios para un paisaje en crisis (CCC El Carme, 2021), Extinción Remota Detectada (LABoral, 2022) and Máquinas de ingenio (Tabakalera, 2023).

She has edited the collective books Breve historia del pimiento para uso de la vida extraterrestre (2017), Especies del Chthuluceno. Panorama de prácticas para un planeta herido (2019) and Laboratorios ciudadanos: una aproximación a Medialab Prado (2021). She is currently curator of Getxophoto, advisor to the Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation and the publishing house consonni. Since 2024, she has been responsible for the editorial coordination of the academic art, science and design journal .able.