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MADRID ABIERTO 2008. CALL FOR ARTISTS

INTERVENTIONS
SOUND WORKS
AUDIOVISUAL


1. The aim of this summon is to select artists to carry out temporary or
brief interventions, including two specific projects for the builidings of
La Casa de América and the Círculo de Bellas Artes, which will be included
in Madrid Abierto with other invited projects and the sound and
audiovisual works selected.

2. Interventions will take place at the same time as the ARCO fair, in
February 2008, in Madrid, within the axes of Paseo de la Castellana -
Paseo del Prado and Calle de Alcalá – Gran Vía.

The sound works will be broadcasting on Radio 3, of Radio Nacional de
España, and audiovisual on the Canal Metro channel.

3. Artists from every country may participate (except for Casa de América,
which is restricted to Latin American artists), whether individually or in
groups. In which case, they must name a representative.

4. A) Artistic interventions.- Each participant must include the following
documents:

* Curriculum Vitae with a maximum of 2,000 characters and a photocopy of
the Spanish ID card (or an equivalent form of identification) of the
author or authors.

* Description of a completed project and a specific preliminary project
for Madrid, which must not surpass 4,000 characters.

* A maximum of six drafts or images of the project and the preliminary
project in jpg format, with a maximum resolution of 72 ppp.

* Description of the assembly system and technical needs of the
preliminary project.

* Estimated and detailed budget of the preliminary project, stating all
the concepts that could be financed by their own means.

* All archives must be compatible with a PC. The archives sent from a
MACINTOSH must end in extensions (doc, xls, pdf, jpg, tif, ...).

* Should we not receive all the above mentioned information, the
participation will be dismissed.

* The maximum amount awarded for each artist chosen totals 12,000 euros,
including expenses derived from transports, accommodation, production,
travel and assembly, the author or authors’ salary (up to a maximum of
2,000 euros) and current legal taxes.

B) Sound works.- Each participant must include the following documents:

* Curriculum Vitae with a maximum of 2,000 characters and a photocopy of
the Spanish ID card (or an equivalent form of identification) of the
author or authors.

* Description of the part that must not surpass 4,000 characters.

* The works will be presented during a maximum 10 minutes and will be sent
in a CD format.

* Those candidates selected will receive 500 euros and a direct master
copy of their works will be included in the documentary fund and the
public archive of Madrid Abierto, with a possible non-profit making
addition to the web page www.madridabierto.com, subject to prior agreement
with the authors.


C) Audiovisual works.- Those audiovisual works chosen in the summons 2007
for TV Interventions (www.intervenciones.tv, www.fundacionrdz.com) will be
included in the Madrid Abierto 2008 programme, in collaboration with
Fundación Rodríguez and with Centro Cultural Montehermoso, and will be
broadcasted on Canal Metro. Those candidates selected will receive 500
euros and a direct master copy of their works will be included in the
documentary fund and the public archive of Madrid Abierto, with a possible
non-profit making addition to the web page www.madridabierto.com, subject
to prior agreement with the authors.

5.All proposals are to be sent via e-mail to abierto la madridabierto.com,
before June 15th 2007 (or via the post to Fundación Altadis-Madrid
Abierto. Calle Eloy Gonzalo nº 10, 28010 Madrid).

6. The advisory committee at Madrid Abierto, chaired by the director of
the programme, Jorge Díez, and formed by Cecilia Andersson, Guillaume
Dèsanges, Ramon Parramon,
Mª Inés Rodríguez, Fito Rodríguez and the Democracia Group, will name the
curator or curators of this edition. La Casa de América and the Círculo de
Bellas Artes will select a representative for the selection of the
intervention corresponding to each institution.

The curator will choose the participating artists by assessing the quality
and feasibility of the proposal, as well as the complete reversibility of
the interventions, and will complete the choice with other artists invited
until reaching a maximum of 50% of the total number of artists chosen in
the open summons. As we are dealing with projects that will be presented
in public spaces, the local permits required must be obtained in order to
carry out effective installation. The process will be managed by Madrid
Abierto.

Should the artists selected use - in any way - images or elements
belonging to third parties in their project, they must provide the
corresponding permits issued by the owners.

7. Madrid Abierto reserves the rights to publish and represent the
artistic interventions selected in all those cases related with the
programme promotion, and will include all the documents generated into its
documentary fund and public archive. The projects and works selected will
belong to the authors, and the developing institutions will have the right
to acquire them.

8. Participation in this summons means full acceptance of the rules
established in this document.


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