For the fourth edition of the Gjon Mili International Video Art Festival, we return to a city where light carries memory — where it is not only a visual phenomenon, but a trace of history, culture, and origin.

This edition in Korçë — the birthplace of Gjon Mili — is an invitation to explore the subtle interfaces between light and identity, memory and architecture, stillness and movement. It is a call to reflect on how place shapes perception, and how the early landscapes of a life can echo through artistic vision.

Korçë holds a particular clarity of light. It falls gently on cobblestone streets, on neoclassical facades, on quiet courtyards and old windows. There is a rhythm here — measured, thoughtful — where history is not distant but present, embedded in walls and public squares. In such a setting, projection becomes dialogue. Light touches surfaces that have witnessed generations. Moving images enter spaces already filled with stories.

The city’s cultural depth — its music, literature, and tradition of education — creates a fertile ground for contemporary video art. Here, the artwork does not stand alone; it resonates within a layered environment shaped by time. Sensitivity meets structure. Image meets memory.

We invite artists to engage with Korçë not only as a location, but as a point of origin. To consider how light can reveal the emotional texture of a birthplace. To explore how video, as a medium of movement and time, can converse with a city rooted in continuity.

In Korçë, art returns to beginnings — and from those beginnings, new visions can emerge.