Thanks Marc, This call is to work with some really good friends in the south of the country. I would recommend everyone with some time to spend in Brazil to submit a proposal
Best from here, > Em 5 de jun de 2018, à(s) 10:27, marc.garrett via NetBehaviour > <[email protected]> escreveu: > > LABxS 2018 Residency Program > Arts, communities and aesthetics of the commons > > OPEN CALL FOR SHORT TERM RESIDENCIES: ARTS, COMMUNITIES AND AESTHETICS OF THE > COMMONS > > LABORATÓRIO SANTISTA announces an open call to select artists, researchers, > creators and inventors for short term artistic residencies hosted at its > headquarters. > > http://labsantista.procomum.org/labxs-2018-residency-program/ > > > WHO CAN PARTICIPATE? > > Artists; researchers; creators; inventors; people interested in being part of > a collaborative process of learning, unlearning, and creation, as well as in > exchanging knowledge and opening up to creative experimentations with art and > life. > > The open call is directed towards both Brazilians and non-Brazilians with a > special focus on people who identify as belonging to the Global South. The > term South is not understood here as strictly geographical, therefore there > are no restrictions as to country of origin. In this open call we understand > South as a cultural, geopolitical, and identity based recognition of voices, > territories, and bodies who have been historically silenced, explored, > oppressed, colonized and/or subjugated. > > If you’re a collective or a duo, please make this evident in your application > and we will search for a way to welcome you, even if funds are available to > host only one member of your group. The residencies will take place between > July and November 2018 and may last a minimum of 10 and maximum of 30 days. > We have a total of six openings for this edition. > WHAT ARE THE ACCOMODATIONS? > > The accommodations are in individual 97-square-foot rooms equipped with pull > out beds or bunk beds, a closet, workspace, wireless internet, and a ceiling > fan. The rooms are inside LABxS (Laboratório Santista), a 1,500-square-foot > cultural venue located at Santos’ Downtown area (Rua Sete de Setembro, 52, > Vila Nova, Santos, São Paulo). Bathrooms are located in the same floor as the > rooms, few steps away from the entrance door; the space also has a fully > equipped kitchen with a refrigerator and gas range, where residents can cook > and eat. > > The floor where the residencies take place is shared between the residents > and the management teams of both LABxS (Lab Santista) and Instituto Procomum > and have partially controlled access. For the time being, there is no > accessibility for wheelchair users, only stairs. If you have special needs, > we will do whatever possible to adapt and tend to them. Please include this > in your application. > WHAT WILL LAB SANTISTA OFFER TO SELECTED APPLICANTS? > > Funds for round trip travel; > Daily spending money: BRL 90.00; > Funds for production and materials: up to BRL 500.00; > Stipend for residents: total of BRL 1,000.00; > Assistance with travel logistics and temporary housing; > A shared work and creation space, equipped with power, internet > connection, tables and chairs; > Access to Laboratório Santista’s (LABxS) entire infrastructure: locker > rooms, an urban permaculture lab, a kitchen, a multipurpose room, a > classroom, housing, storage, a recreational area, and everything else still > to be invented; > Opportunity to develop a social-artistic project in the Baixada Santista > area; > Languages: Portuguese, English, and Spanish. > > WHAT SHOULD SELECTED APPLICANTS OFFER IN RETURN? > > Involvement with the processes and dynamics of Lab Santista’s space, its > network of people and initiatives, and the territory surrounding it > (residents of Bacia do Mercado – the Market Wharf –, in the downtown area of > Santos); > Develop a dynamic of shared upkeep of the space, ensuring that its > maintenance is everyone’s responsibility; > Document the processes, so they can be shared; > Carry out at least one conversation circle and/or workshop for the > community, LABxS and its neighbors. > > WHAT ARE THE FIELDS ADDRESSED BY THIS RESIDENCY PROGRAM? – PLEASE UNDERSTAND > THE TOPICS BELOW AS KEYWORDS > > The commons in all of its expressions: aesthetic, cultural, social, > political, and economic; > Art and expanded education (collaborative methodologies of creation and > development, research and exchange of knowledge; pedagogies for autonomy); > Ancestrality, memory, and popular culture; > Art and open technology; > Community based art; > Activation of public spaces and the relationship between art and > territory; > New gender perspectives; > Decolonial and antiracist practices; > Practices and dialogues on care and self-care; > Alternative cultural production and management, and curatorial studies. > > HOW WILL THE APPLICANTS BE SELECTED? > > The selection will be carried out by the managing team of Instituto Procomum > – IP and will include an interview with preselected candidates. > > Please note that all Instituto Procomum’s projects are founded on the premise > of strengthening the actions and creations of women (plural form), people of > African descent and other people belonging to what are conventionally > referred to as underrepresented groups. > SELECTION CRITERIA > > Interest in and connection with Lab Santista’s proposal; > Aesthetical relevance and creative capacity; > Priority for artists and producers who demonstrate networking and > collaboration skills; > Thematic diversity (search for different languages and formats); > Valuing popular culture, traditional knowledge and marginal pathways of > creation; > Ability to share knowledge and educational experience. > > 2018 CALENDAR > > May 29th to June 17th – Online applications at: > http://labsantista.procomum.org/register-labxs-2018-residency-program/ > > June 22nd: Announcement of the results > > July to November 2018: Residencies > ON COPYRIGHT OWNERSHIP > > All applicants selected in this open call are expected to license their > productions in part or full under open licenses such as Creative Commons (the > category of the license can be discussed with our team). > CONTRACTS WITH SELECTED APPLICANTS > > All selected applicants will sign a term of consent with Instituto Procomum > to act in accordance with the information provided in this open call. > > Marc Garrett > > Co-Founder, Co-Director and main editor of Furtherfield. > Art, technology and social change, since 1996 > http://www.furtherfield.org > > Furtherfield Gallery & Commons in the park > Finsbury Park, London N4 2NQ > http://www.furtherfield.org/gallery > Currently writing a PhD at Birkbeck University, London > https://birkbeck.academia.edu/MarcGarrett > Just published: Artists Re:thinking the Blockchain > Eds, Ruth Catlow, Marc Garrett, Nathan Jones, & Sam Skinner > Liverpool Press - http://bit.ly/2x8XlMK > > Latest post: Unlocking Proprietorial Art Systems interview: > with Artists, Gretta Louw, Antonio Roberts & Annie Abrahams > https://bit.ly/2HQM1bs > > Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
