| February 06, 2008
No.90
COMPETITION
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 08,
UK
CURATORS
de Appel Curatorial Programme
2008/2009, Amsterdam
FELLOWSHIP
Arts Council
England Helen Chadwick
Fellowship
FESTIVAL
Version>08 DARK MATTER,
Chicago, USA
MAGAZINE
Proximity Magazine, Chicago,
USA
POSITIONS
Administrative Coordinator : La
Centrale Galerie Powerhouse,
Montréal
PROPOSALS
TransCultural Exchange : Here,
There and Everywhere: Anticipating the Art of the
Future
RESIDENCY
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
(LMCC): NYC Artist: 6 Month Paris Residency
Cove Park,
Scotland
Stipends: Edith Russ Site for Media Art, Oldenburg,
Germany.
COMPETITION
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 08, UK
Deadline: 28
February 2008
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 08, UK. open
to all final year undergraduates and current postgraduates of fine
art at colleges in the UK and artists who graduated in
2007
The 2008 exhibition will be selected by Richard
Billingham, Ceal Floyer and Goshka Macuga
More
information, guidelines and application
CURATORS
de Appel Curatorial Programme 2008/2009, Amsterdam
'Curating in the expanded field'
Application deadline:
7th of March 2008
Initiated in 1994 by Saskia Bos, the
Curatorial Programme of de Appel arts centre wishes to offer young
curators a condensed package of experiences and skills that can be
used as tools and instruments during the further development of
their professional career. De Appel is an internationally oriented
arts centre located in Amsterdam that functions as a site for the
production of performances, research and presentation of
contemporary visual arts through a series of exhibitions,
publications and discursive events.
In September 2006, a
remodelled version of the eight- month long Curatorial Programme was
launched with a renewed curriculum and an extended tutorial team. It
encompasses a dense array of theoretical seminars, thematic
workshops, field trips in Europe and Asia, practice-related
assignments and encounters with artists and art professionals.
Throughout the programme attention is paid to the history of
exhibition- making, diverse curatorial practices, collection and
institution building and project management. The unique and special
thematic focus is on the polarity between 'free-lance' and
'institutional' curating and on the examination of
'context-responsive' curating. The formats and methodologies that
curators deal with in the presentation of art in the 'expanded
field', outside of the white cube, are explored in the
programme.
This focus culminates in a 'site-specific'
curatorial assignment: the participants of the course are invited to
investigate a specific area (in 2006/2007 this was the Amsterdam
suburb de Bijlmermeer and in 2007/2008 the satellite city Leidsche
Rijn near Utrecht) and realise a project that relates to this site
in a direct or indirect way. Through inviting the participants to
work 'off-site' de Appel challenges the curators to reflect upon the
current status and issues of art in (sub)urban public space and to
reflect upon the different ways in which art functions in processes
of urban renewal/generation. Throughout the process the relationship
with the 'mother institution' is maintained while at the same time
being interrogated.
The following parts of the programme are
considered to be of vital importance:
- the opportunity to
research theoretical issues and developments in regular sessions
with a tutorial team consisting e.g. of de Appel director Ann
Demeester (BE/NL), curator Annie Fletcher (IR/NL), visual artist
Steve Mc Queen (GB/NL), writer and curator Elena Filipovic (US/BE),
curator Dieter Roelstraete (BE), independent researcher/curator
Lisette Smits (NL) and philosopher/curator Henk Slager
(NL).
- the opportunity to meet a large number of artists,
curators, critics and other professionals from the Netherlands and
abroad in a very condensed period of time, and having the chance to
exchange ideas with them, either during thematic seminars or during
informal encounters. Guest teachers in 2007 were e.g. Carlos
Basualdo (US), Gerardo Mosquera (CU/US), Paul O'Neill (GB), Jacques
Rancière (FR), Simon Sheikh (SE) and Pier Luigi Tazzi (IT).
-
the opportunity to get acquainted with de Appel from 'the inside',
and get a better insight into the mechanisms and governing
principles of a contemporary institution for visual arts.
-
the possibility to make a long trip outside of Western Europe and a
minimum of 7 excursions within Europe.
APPLICATIONS
REQUIREMENTS
- A letter of motivation in which your personal drive is stated
and what you expect from the programme.
- A proposal for a show (5-15 pages), including: concept and
location of the show (main focus), the participating artists
(including some image material), a budget of the show, a publicity
plan (not obliged).
- A résumé, including an extensive description of one's relevant
working experience.
- Two written references of (former) tutors, professors or
employers, in English.
On the basis of the submitted
documents a pre- selection is made. Approximately ten candidates
will be short-listed; they are invited to come to Amsterdam in the
last week of March for an interview.
Send completed
applications (in two-fold) to:
de Appel
Att: Esther
Vossen
Nieuwe Spiegelstraat 10
1017 DE Amsterdam
The
Netherlands
For further information please visit our website
http://www.deappel.nl
Contact:
evossen@deappel.nl
t. + 31 (0) 20 6255215
FELLOWSHIP
Arts Council England Helen Chadwick Fellowship
Deadline
for applications: 7 March 2008
The British School at Rome
and the Ruskin School of Drawing & Fine Art invite applications
for a Senior Research Fellowship. This Fellowship commemorates the
life and work of the artist Helen Chadwick.
It is expected
that the position will attract visual artists who have identified a
project that could be made possible or enhanced by spending periods
of time both in Rome and Oxford. After visiting Italy for a one-
month reconnaissance in September, the Fellow will devote two months
to research-related activities in Oxford in October and November,
prior to returning to The British School between January and March
for three months of intensive studio-based production. Proposals are
solicited for the 2008-2009 award. The award includes a
substantially increased research grant, board and accommodation, a
spacious studio in Rome, and travel and materials expenses. The
award is open to British nationals and residents.
For
further details see www.bsr.ac.uk
or contact The Registrar, The British School at Rome at The British
Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH
email
bsr@britac.ac.uk.
Supported by Arts Council England and St
Peter's College, Oxford
FESTIVAL
Version>08 DARK MATTER, Chicago, USA
April 17 -
APRIL 27, 2008
Deadline for submissions: FEBRUARY 25,
2008
version site:: http://www.versionfest.com
DARK
MATTER
In 2008, Dark Matter is all around us. Us artists, us
activists, us outlaws. All of us, we are engaged in a culture war
and economic struggle against establishments in all their guises. We
form communities to counter the alienation of everyday life, and the
commercial and institutional structures that stifle reality. We
desire another world.
And we're not alone. As
artist-activist Greg Sholette says, "a hidden social production has
always found its own time and space apart from hegemonies of power
and the objectifying routines of work. This dark matter resistance
extends well beyond conventional conflicts between labor and capital
to form a murky excrescence of affects, ideas, histories,
sentiments, and technologies that shift in and out of visibility
like some half-submerged reef."
In 2008, we think it's time
for things to shift. It's time to re-ignite dormant forces within
the murky worlds of radical culture. It's time to dive. In 2008, we
think it's time for things to shift. It's time to re-ignite dormant
forces within the murky worlds of radical culture. It's time to
dive. In 2008, we think it's time for things to shift. It's time to
re-ignite dormant forces within the murky worlds of radical culture.
It's time to dive. And how? From April 17-27 (11 days), we are
gathering to celebrate, identify, discuss and act on the workings of
Dark Matter. Version>08: DARK MATTER will showcase emerging,
progressive trends in art, politics, technology and music. We'll
gather and see how our peers in the counterculture create work,
spaces, tactics and strategies. We'll witness multiple possibilities
for the future, and leave ready to act.
Please visit http://www.lumpen.com/V8/theme.html
to see what we are looking for and submit your project.
MAGAZINE
Proximity Magazine, Chicago, USA
The producers
of Version Festival would like to announce a call for proposals for
our new project, Proximity magazine. We are seeking columnists,
writers and critics to join us in producing the beta issue. Please
check out our writer guidelines if you are interested. http://proximitymagazine.blogspot.com/
or email:: proximitymagazine@gmail.com
:: what is going
on::
Proximity is a magazine dedicated to contemporary art
and culture. Our mission is to amplify discourse on local and global
art ecologies. We hope to serve as a map - of artists, collectives
and alternative spaces to commercial galleries, museums and
universities - as means of connecting and cultivating sustainable
creative communities.
We want to see our practices in
proximity to each other. We want to see comprehensive coverage of
art practices in Chicago and beyond. Our hope is to promote healthy,
diverse and participatory art worlds for all. We feel now is always
the time to bring allied fronts in art and culture, criticism and
production to a wider audience. We feel that a magazine which covers
a wider range of art practice in the city and beyond can help fuel
an increased awareness of art in the Chicago mediaverse.
::
specifics ::
Along side thematic essays and articles,
Proximity will feature artist, gallery/space and collector profiles,
exhibition reviews, critical essays on contemporary art practices,
an Artist Portfolio displaying high quality reproductions of
artist's work, columns and commentary on Chicago and regional art
scenes, and an extensive Directory section giving coverage to
cultural places and events. Maps, personal guides, and in-depth
coverage of local cultural scenes will ensure that our magazine
becomes a useful and critical guide to Chicago's art worlds. The
magazine's online component will also host a guide to the best
cultural offerings of the city, contain a database of gallery and
space listings, up-to-date exhibition and artist reviews,
discussions, commentary and access to editorial content of the
magazine.
POSITION
Administrative Coordinator : La Centrale Galerie
Powerhouse, Montréal
Deadline : February 29th, 5pm
La
Centrale Galerie Powerhouse Is looking for a dynamic
administrative coordinator who possesses an understanding of artist
run centers and emerging artistic practices, as well as sensitivity
towards the center's renewed mandate. The candidate must have at
least two years of pertinent experience in administration, financial
planning and accounting. The sought out person has working knowledge
of non- profit organisations, grant writing, and fundraising
strategies. He-she should also have an aptitude to work in teams and
with the public, as well as evidence of initiative, organisation and
flexibility. English and French oral and writing skills are
necessary.
Management skills
Forward planning of
artistic activities:
- Estimate human, material and financial resources, and develop
action plans for the execution of programming
Work
organisation:
- Assure internal communication to assure that the center's
objectives are met.
- Plan and coordinate staff tasks in function of current
priorities.
- Prepare, organize and animate Board, team and committee
meetings.
Adminitstrative skills
Research of
public and private financing:
- Evaluate the center's financial and resource needs.
- Prepare the applications for financial assistance necessary to
accomplish the center's activities.
- Develop new fundraising strategies
Financial
control:
- Elaborate and control operating budgets and consolidate them
into a global budget.
- Produce periodic reports of liquidities.
- Execute precise budgetary analyses.
- Execute the center's financial planning.
- Produce the financial analysis reports necessary for the
management of the center.
Accounting:
- Supervise and/or execute the organisation's bookkeeping and
financial operations.
- Manage sales tax.
- Prepare governments' financial reports.
- Prepare, with the verifier, the annual financial statements.
- Know and respect all the legal aspects linked to the
administrative management of an organisation: insurance, security,
equipment and other.
- Respect and implement employment legislation: CSST, labour
standards, etc
Salary management:
- Implement salary policies.
- Enter the data relative to salaries for each employee.
- Prepare and distribute paycheques.
- Hand in employee and employer contributions to the government.
Administration of contractual agreements:
- Negotiate and manage all contractual agreements necessary for
the basic functioning of the center (lease, phone, photocopier,
exchanges of resources, ect).28 hours a week (Schedule and
conditions can be discussed)
Deadline for receipt of
C.V. February 29th, 2008 , 5pm at: 4296 St-Laurent, Montréal (QC)
H2W1Z3 or
galerie@lacentrale.org
PROPOSALS
TransCultural Exchange : Here, There and Everywhere:
Anticipating the Art of the Future
Applications for inclusion
in the project are due March 15, 2008.
TransCultural
Exchange is now accepting proposals for its Spring 2009 exhibition
series Here, There and Everywhere: Anticipating the Art of the
Future.
Alert to the internet's dissolving of borders and
the explosion of innovation through collaboration, TransCultural
Exchange invites artists to work with individuals around the world
to create new collaborative art works for a series of exhibitions
and catalog entitled Here,
There and Everywhere: Anticipating the Art of the Future.
Individual artists, curators and gallerists are invited to submit
proposals for collaborative art works and exhibitions to be shown
anywhere in the world, in addition to being featured at
TransCultural Exchange's 2009 Conference on International
Opportunities in the Arts.
Resultant collaborative
projects will be included in TransCultural Exchange's catalog for
Here, There and Everywhere: Anticipating the Art of the Future, on
TransCultural Exchange's website and at TransCultural Exchange's
2009 Conference on International Opportunities in the Arts, which
will take place in Boston April 3 - 5, 2009.
Applications
for inclusion in the project are due March 15, 2008.
Accepted
artists and venues will be notified by April 30, 2008.
RESIDENCY
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC): NYC Artist: 6
Month Paris Residency
Deadline for All Application Materials :
Thursday, February 21, 2008 by 5pm
Residency Dates
(6 consecutive months): September 2008-February 2009 At the
Cité Internationale Des Arts, Paris, France
Sponsored by the
Mairie de Paris/Mayor's Office of the City of
Paris
LMCC and the Mayor's Office of the City of Paris,
in collaboration with the Cultural Services Department at the
French Embassy in New York, are partnering once again to provide
one New York City artist with the opportunity to live and work at
the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, France. LMCC is
currently inviting artists to submit applications for this special
residency. One artist will be selected to be in residence for 6
consecutive months, from September 2008 - February 2009.
This program is open to emerging and mid-career American
artists who are U.S. citizens and New York City residents. Artists
can apply in the following fields: Visual Arts, Photography,
Film/Video, Multimedia.
More
information, guidelines and
application
Cove
Park, Scotland
Deadline: 22 February 2008
Cove Park
is an international centre based in Scotland for the arts and
creative industries. Founded in 1999 by Eileen and Peter Jacobs,
Cove Park runs an annual programme of residencies for artists
working in all art forms. Cove Park supports and promotes the work
of the artists on residency and creates opportunities for public
participation through a related events
programme.
Three-month residency for a visual artist.
Includes an artist's fee, materials allowance, self-catering
accommodation and dedicated studio space.
More
information, guidelines and
application
Stipends:
Edith Russ Site for Media Art, Oldenburg, Germany.
Deadline 29
February, 2008
Award of three six-months work stipends
(10.000 Euro each) from July to December 2008, for artists working
in New Media.
The Edith Russ Site for Media Art will award
three six- months work stipends (10.000 Euro each) from July to
December 2008, for artists working in New Media. There are no age
limitations. Submitted project proposals will be reviewed by an
international Jury. A minimum residency of one month is required.
The artists will be integrated into the institution's activities.
The three stipends are made possible by the Stiftung
Niedersachsen
More
information, guidelines and application
Edith-Ruß-Haus
für Medienkunst
Edith Russ Site for Media Art
Peterstraße
23
D - 26121 Oldenburg
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 441 /
235 - 32 08
Telefax: +49 (0) 441 / 235 - 21
61
info@edith-russ-haus.de
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