(RFP) Request For Proposal // Deadline: December 31, 2011 // Application Fee : None
Referring to the role and positioning of Shedhalle as a self-organized exhibition space, which is not hierarchically structured and part of the compound of the cultural centre Rote Fabrik in Zurich, the board of the association is looking for a new curatorial and operational team by August 2012.
The team effort should span all of the various spheres of activity. The Association Shedhalle Zürich’s programmatic orientation focuses on opening up a critical thinking space that mirrors its policies and its practices as well as topical issues. The emphasis lies on questions regarding politics of display and the euro-centrist history of exhibition making. The term is limited to 4 years. Applications (in German or in English) including a statement concerning contents and approaches should be submitted in digital form (pdf, up to 3 MB) by December 31, 2011 to : vorstand@shedhalle.ch.
Teams will be invited for a talk at the Shedhalle, between February 27 and March 3, 2012. The conversations will be held in German or in English. The board is interested in providing translations into other languages.
Further information regarding the job opening can be found at Shedhalle
http://www.shedhalle.ch/en/request-proposal
For more info :
Verein Shedhalle
Rote Fabrik
Seestrasse 395
Postfach 771
CH-8038 Zürich
www.shedhalle.ch
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Artist Opportunity : The Association Shedhalle Zürich is looking for a new curatorial and operational team (180%) starting August 1, 2012
Artist Opportunity : 2012 Cheng Long International Environmental Art Project in Taiwan
Call for Proposals “What’s for Dinner?” // Deadline: February 8, 2012 // Application Fee: None
Artists from all countries are invited to send a proposal for a site-specific outdoor sculpture installation to be created during a 26-day artist in residency (April 11 – May 7, 2012) in Cheng Long, a small rural village near the southwestern coast of Taiwan in Kouhu Township,Yunlin County.
This art project is an expansion of the 2010 and 2011 Cheng Long Wetlands International Environmental Art Projects, going into the Village as well as the Wetlands. The selected artists will work with elementary school children and community residents to create large-scale sculpture installations focused on the theme of “What’s for Dinner?”
The artworks should reflect on environmental issues surrounding food production and emphasize organic aquaculture. Artworks will be in village public spaces, on abandoned buildings, and in the wetlands nature preserve, and artists will use recycled materials and natural materials to create their artworks that will stay on exhibition through 2013.
Residency in Taiwan: April 8 – May 7, 2012
Selected Artists Receive: NT50,000 (US$1,662), round trip economy airfare, accommodations and meals for 26 days in Taiwan, local transportation, volunteer help to find materials and make the artworks
Send the following by email to Curator, Jane Ingram Allen, allenrebeccajanei@gmail.com
1. Description of your proposed sculpture installation giving estimated size and materials (1 page .doc or .pdf ).
2. Sketch of your proposed work as a .jpg or .pdf file (less1 MG )
3. Images and image list (title, date made, dimensions, materials/media, and where located) of 6 previous outdoor sculpture installations (6 .jpg files each less than 1MG in size)
4. CV (.doc or .pdf file)
5. Contact information: Name, Current Address, Nationality, Email address and Website (.doc or .pdf file)
For more info : http://artproject4wetland.wordpress.com
Artist Opportunity : An international call - Open to all forms of artistic creation (Paris Rive Gauche)
Call for applications // Deadline: 03 March 2012 // Application Fee; None
Semapa, an urban development company of the Paris Rive Gauche area in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, is launching an international call for applications open to all forms of artistic creation.
Aims of the artistic project
Drawing on the specificities and the evolution of its surroundings, the artwork will contribute to enhance and assert the attractivity and the centrality of the site as a bridge between two parts of the city and, on a larger scale, of this blooming area.
Selection criteria
The provisional budget, including fees and production costs, amounts to 600.000 euros, excluding taxes.
The selection will take place in two steps
The first part will be open to all applicants; a maximum of five artists will be selected to participate in the second phase. Each of these artists will have until the final trimester of 2012 to produce sketches on the basis of the contract specifications. Each of these proposals will be compensated in the amount of 15.000 euros, including taxes.
Further Information and Application
http://www.commandeartistiqueparis13.com/en/index.php
film short : UR X GIRLFRIEND
This is the first instalment of an ongoing project exploring memory and perception in the age of ones and zeros. Over the next few months, new remixes of the Sara and Jessica story will premiere. Each new remix plays with how technology and temporality - story and solipsism - effect our perceptions of a relationship.
Open Call For Proposals : eva International - Biennial of Visual Art, Limerick City, Ireland
eva International - May 19 - August 12, 2012 : Curated by Annie Fletcher Deadline : January 31, 2012 // Application Fee : 20 - 30 Euro
eva International (formerly ev+a) would like to announce that the 2012 biennial will be curated by Annie Fletcher, Curator of Exhibitions at the Van Abbemuseum. An international open call for proposals with the deadline for submissions : January 31, 2012.
Founded in 1977, eva International is an artist-centred biennial of visual art that works with acclaimed guest curators to present innovative exhibitions across the city of Limerick, Ireland. Artists' projects are selected through an international open call for proposals and exhibitions take place in both gallery and non-gallery spaces. A programme of talks, workshops and events accompanies the exhibitions and provides further opportunities for audiences to engage.
Since being founded, eva International has gained national and international acclaim, and is recognized as Ireland's preeminent exhibition of visual art. Previous curators include : Angelika Nollert & Yilmaz Dziewior (2009), Hou Hanru (2008), Katerina Gregos (2006), Dan Cameron (2005), Zdenka Badovinac (2004), Apinan Poshyananda (2002), Salah M. Hassan (2001), Rosa Martínez (2000), Guy Tortosa (1996), Jan Hoet (1994), Germano Celant (1991), Saskia Bos (1990) and Rudi Fuchs (1985).
Annie Fletcher is currently Curator of Exhibitions at the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, and tutor at De Appel, Amsterdam. Recent presentations include solo exhibitions or projects with Jo Baer, Jutta Koether, Cerith Wynn Evans, Deimantas Narkevicius, Minerva Cuevas and the long term project, "Be(com)ing Dutch" with Charles Esche (2006–2009). She was co-founder and co-director of the rolling platform "If I Can't Dance, I Don't Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution" with Frederique Bergholtz (2005–2010), and Co-Curator of Cork Caucus with Charles Esche and Art / not art (2005). As a writer she has recently contributed to various magazines including "Afterall" and "Metropolis M", and is currently on the editorial board of "A Prior" magazine.
eva International 2012 is supported by The Arts Council of Ireland, Limerick City Council, Limerick City Gallery of Art and is in partnership with the Van Abbemuseum and Visual Artists Ireland.
For further information please see www.eva.ie or contact info@eva.ie
Call for applications : de Appel arts centre, Amsterdam
de Appel arts centre, Amsterdam // Deadline : January 16, 2012 // Application Fee : None
"There is an abc-ignorance that precedes knowledge, and there is another learned ignorance that comes after and that is created through 'knowing' and that will equally like the first be annihilated and annulled by knowledge."
Michel de Montaigne [1]
Initiated in 1994, the Curatorial Programme of de Appel arts centre aims to offer young curators a condensed package of experiences and skills that can be seen as instruments to enhance the development of their professional career.
The curriculum revolves around theoretical issues in regular sessions with a tutorial team consisting of Floris Alkemade (architect,NL), Liesbeth Bik (visual artist, NL), Ann Demeester (director de Appel arts centre, BE/NL), Charles Esche (director Van Abbe Museum, UK/NL), Annie Fletcher (curator, IR/NL), Elena Filipovic (curator/writer, US/BE), Ann Goldstein (director Stedelijk museum), Henk Slager (philosopher/curator, NL), Lisette Smits (independent researcher/curator, NL), Jan Verwoert (art critic, DE)
The eight-month long Curatorial Programme exists in its current form since 2006, with a reshaped curriculum and an extended tutorial team. It encompasses a dense array of seminars, workshops, excursions (including a three-week research trip to a destination outside Western Europe), practice-related assignments and encounters with artists and art professionals.
de Appel arts centre offers :
- The opportunity to get acquainted with de Appel arts centre 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 research trip outside of Western Europe and a minimum of 5 field trips, within Europe.
- The opportunity to meet and have an exchange with a large number of artists, curators, critics and other international professionals through thematic seminars and informal encounters. Guest teachers over the past years have been e.g. Claire Bishop, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Gerardo Mosquera, Paul O'Neill, Paulo Herkenhoff, Jacques Rancière, Simon Sheikh, Pier Luigi Tazzi, Jan Hoet, Teresa Gleadowe, Tirdad Zolghadr, Ulay and Nina Möntmann.
The program pays attention to the history of exhibition-making, diverse curatorial practices, institution building and project management. The programme is characterized by a specific focus on 'curating in the expanded field', which is investigated through the polarity between 'free-lance' and 'institutional' curating and the notion 'context-responsive' curating.
Application Requirements :
1. A letter of motivation in which you state your personal drive as well as your expectations of the programme.
2. A proposal for a project (maximum 4000 words, approx 8 pages A4) including: concept and location of the project (main focus, explanation of context and relevance), the participating artists (including some image material), a realistic budget, a publicity plan (not obliged).
3. A CV, including an extensive description of your relevant working experience
4. Two written references of (former) tutors, professors or employers, in English.
On the basis of the submitted documents twelve candidates will be short-listed. These candidates will be invited to come to Amsterdam in the second week of March for an interview with an international jury, who will select the final six participants of the Curatorial Programme 2012/2013.
You can send completed applications digitally here : Cp-applications@deappel.nl
contact :
Moosje Goosen (coordinator): moosjegoosen@deappel.nl
Nathalie Hartjes (coordinator): nathaliehartjes@deappel.nl
t +31 (0)20 6255651 // f +31 (0)20 6225215
www.deappel.nl/cp
ARTICULE (Montreal) presents Mona Sharma "The Loss and Reclamation of Faith"
December 9, 2011 until January 22, 2012 // opening hours : Wed - Sun 12 h - 17 h // ARTICULE // Montreal, Canada
La série en cours The Loss and Reclamation of Faith traite de la précarité de l'identité canadienne (ou québécoise). Divers facteurs, dont l'immigration croissante et la progression des technologies de communication, ont soulevé une mer de questions sur la valeur du nationalisme et de la religion, et sur les responsabilités du citoyen du monde, questions qui ont balayé le portrait dans lequel nous nous reconnaissions autrefois. Nous vivons à une époque où nous peinons à mesurer l'ampleur des événements historiques, étant donnée la quantité d'informations (pertinentes ou non) dont nous sommes à tous moments assailli. Nos réflexions nous portent souvent à douter de ce qui compose nos propres histoires. Mon but est de créer un environnement accessible et contemplatif où le spectateur peut songer à son propre rôle, dans un monde où les contextes sociaux se font de plus en plus complexes et volatiles. Je procède en construisant des récits d'après des bulletins de nouvelles et des faits historiques que j'estime pertinents pour tous les Canadiens, ainsi que des expériences personnelles qui apportent une dimension plus intime au travail. Par le biais de dessins et de sculptures molles cousues à la main, le tout au mur, au sol, ou accroché au plafond, je crée un environnement onirique, où des événements du passé coexistent avec ceux glanés des grands titres actuels. Dans cet espace densément peuplé, j'aimerais que le spectateur sente qu'on lui accorde la possibilité d'un échange avec les événements représentés, d'une manière qui lui serait autrement inaccessible.
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