[oberlist] PL* call/air/cur: Re-Directing: East Curatorial Residency

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Open call for Re-Directing: East Curatorial Residency

“The Making of Collective Agencies”
Application deadline: February 28, 2016
Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle
2 Jazdów Street
00-467 Warsaw
Poland
Hours: Tuesday–Sunday 12–7pm,
Friday 12–9pm
T +48 22 628 12 71
csw at csw.art.pl
csw.art.pl


The Artists-In-Residence Laboratory at the CCA Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw
invites art professionals such as curators, organisers, researchers and
art managers to apply for a one-month long residency. The notion of
“re-directing” refers here to a need to facilitate collaborations
in-between art initiatives, which due to geopolitical conditions hasn’t
had many opportunities to collaborate thus far. The Re-Directing: East
Curatorial Residency is a peer-learning workshop, a curatorial seminar,
extended site exploration and a research opportunity for a group of four
to six individuals together with the CCA team and local participants. The
participants are expected to share their experience and understanding of
respective artistic and socio-political contexts, as well as to prepare
themselves for participation in this year’s exploration of the topic “The
Making of Collective Agencies.” This curatorial residency is a platform
for developing a possible working collaboration with the CCA Ujazdowski
Castle and other parties concerned in the years to come.

During the month long residency we want to (self) reflect on the
curatorial practices that take place outside of formal institutions and
which draw inspiration from critical, social, and collective modes of
action for the commonwealth. The starting point will be to look at
examples of social practices (e.g. cooperative work, like the Indonesian
“gotong royong,” or the already non-existent Polish “communal work,” which
has been replaced by modern forms of the “exchange platforms”), artistic
(e.g. activities supporting the self-governance of artistic circles and
also “alternative” institutions and forms of presentation and creation of
art) and beyond, or post-artistic practices within politics, economics,
and social life (protests, cultural resistance, informal education). We
will utilize the presentations as well as the experiences of the
participants to talk about the different strategies and consequences of
entangling curatorial and artistic practices in collective actions and
implementing within their frames political commentary regarding the
position of specific collectives. The question of who and what collectives
are, on behalf of those and within the frames of those which artistic
statements are created will constitute another important issue.

The month long residencies: July 18–August 17, 2016
Submission deadline: February 28, 2016
The results will be announced by April 8, 2016

Selection will be based on the professional excellence of the applicant’s
work and their plans for sharing the benefits of the exchange with artists
and institutions in their home country / site of activities. Due to the
programme agenda aiming at creating collaboration opportunities beyond the
already existing cultural policies, we do not accept applications from
individuals residing and working within the EU. Applicants must have
sufficient knowledge of English to function independently and communicate
with the A-I-R Laboratory staff and other residents.

We will be offering:
–Individual living space connected with the working space
–A grant of 3200 PLN / approx. 800 USD
–Reimbursement of travel costs
–Organizing a customised programme of lectures, presentations and study
visits in Warsaw and beyond
–Organizing the final seminar including participants’ presentations
created collaboratively during the residency
Please note that we do not cover visa fees or the insurance costs required
for visa application.

How to apply
Please send an electronic version of your application in one document to
the e-mail: air.opencall at gmail.com—preferred format: pdf (in English). The
application document should include:
1. professional work experience in the form of a portfolio containing a
description of maximum five projects
2. a cover letter
3. a paper proposal (max. 300 words). This should describe the
presentation subject which you would like to develop in relation to this
year’s topic “The Making of Collective Agencies.” The presentation will
contribute to the seminar during the RDE residency.
4. your CV.
Please label the portfolio as follows: your surname_your
name_application.pdf.

The project is implemented with financial support from the City of Warsaw.


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