Space Beam Artist-in-Residence Programme 2011
Baedari pro_ject &
pro_posal
15th
August~14th October 2011
Hosted by Space Beam
Organized by Space Beam Planning Team
Partnership with Reforming Baedari as a historical and cultural village
Committee
Sponsored by Incheon Foundation for Arts and Culture
Space Beam is currently looking for artists and researchers
to participate in the Artist-in-Residence programme 2011. As an alternative art
space based in Baedari, East Incheon, South Korea, we have been actively engaged
in and conducting discussions and various art practices concerning roles of art
in the local community.
Programme Overview
‘Baedari
pro_ject & pro_posal’
Under the title of ‘PUBIC STUDIO’, Space Beam has been intervening in the issues
of relationship between artists, locals and the local community over the last 5
years. With continuous evaluation and experimental approach to engage in the
local community, we have been seeking to engender discourse on contemporary art
and artists.
These were to go beyond the accustomed and conventional
disposition (artist-relocation-moving into a studio-production-open studio) to
run and undertake artist in residency programmes, and to assess and identify
roles
of art practices and activities. In other words, whereas conventional
disposition of artist in residence programmes were to promote artists’ career
and to enrich the local community, our approach was to discover alternative
ways and methods to genuinely communicate with the locals and to experience the
area as a resident through art.
Space Beam Artist-in-Residence Programme 2011 aims to be
clearer on its purpose, scheme and expectation on artists in residence on the
basis of experiences, achievements and obstacles we have had up until now.
‘Baedari
pro_ject & pro_posal’ is initiated to invite
projects and proposals for Baedari village that has been facing issues on its
redevelopment and an industrial motorway that has been planned to built cross
over the village, yet stopped to proceed. This year we expect our artists in
residence to work with the locals, specialists and activists to revitalise
Baedari
as a historical and cultural village through discussions and actions. We want
our artists in residence to demonstrate professionalism and to suggest
appropriate
ethics for village regeneration within 2 months.
For this, Space Beam invites both national and international
professionals in the areas of public/community arts, urban planning,
architecture,
landscape design and public design. We will support participants to realise
their projects and to carry out their research by organising meetings with
administrators,
specialists, activists and artists in the region. We hope to share international
opinions on village regeneration, good ways of doing it and to assess its
practicality.
Programme Guidelines
-Residency period: 15th August-14th October 2011
-Participants: national and international participants (5 in total)
-Areas: public/community arts, urban planning, architecture, landscape, public
design
-Aims: to seek and suggest directions for revitalisation of Baedari based on
its historical and cultural qualities.
All participants are expected to;
- know the historical and cultural
characteristics of Baedari
- share current issues in Baedari
- share activities and experiences in Baedari and residency outcomes
Public/community arts: Participants are expected to carry
out proposed projects and programmes focused on specific space or area or group
in the community
Urban planning: Participants are expected to analyse issues
in redevelopment and facility planning in the region and suggest appropriate
strategies
Architecture: Participants are expected to suggest remodelling
plans of the Baedari to become a cultural and historical village
Landscape design: Participants are expected to make
suggestions to utilise the industrial motorway site considering historical and
cultural characteristics of Baedari
Public design: Participants are expected to make design
plans on the idea of grassroots and suggest strategies to facilitate them
*Participants can work together
-Outcomes: Programme report & Forum
Publication
--Support and Stipend
For International participants: One-way flight (Outbound only)
For all participants: 2,500,000 KRW Grant to carry out the selected project
Accommodation (shared living space
within Baedari)
Research guidance
Network opportunities
Assistance to proceed a project
-Selection methods: Open call, Recommendation and Invitation
-Eligibility: Anyone who is willing and able to undertake
the programme professionally, can apply
-Application deadline: Friday the 22nd July 2011
- International artists are required to have fluency in English or Korean.
How to Apply
Email to [email protected];
- Brief Biography (including address and contact details)
- Short statement about your expectation on the programme and objectives for
the period
- Portfolio
- other documentations prove your career; e.g. catalogues, exhibition guides
and leaflets etc. (optional)
* There is no specific application form.
Selection Procedure
- A selection panel appointed by Space Beam will review the applications
- Notification will be made on Space Beam website (www.spacebeam.net) no
earlier than Monday the 25th July. Selected artists will be also
directly notified via email
* International participants might be asked to cooperate for entry visa.
SPACE BEAM community
7 Changyoung-dong, Dong-gu, Incheon, 401-802, Korea
TEL : +82-(0)32-422-8630, FAX : +82-(0)32-428-8630
Website: http://www.spacebeam.net
Blog: http://cafe.naver.com/spacebeam
About Space Beam
Space Beam started as a local art study group in 1995, and had carried out
numerous
activities including conducting seminars, publishing art journals and organising
art exhibitions and so on. In January 2002, Space Beam opened its own space to
the public was in Guwoldong, Incheon to meet the needs of a space for regular
meetings and formal discussions and to realise ideas.
Since then, Space Beam has been trying to establish identity of the local
culture under the mottos; quasi-public and localism and autonomy. We have been
arranging productive dialogues regarding the local art scene and alternative
art events intervening in the course of art production, circulation and
consumption.
In September 2007, Space Beam made a new home in the closed down brewery
building, Baedari. We continue to bring to light the issues that deal with
local and regional identity through cultural activities aiming to make Incheon
a welcoming urban community.
Baedari Village
"Baedari" is the compound word of "Bae" which means a ship
and "Dari" meaning a bridge in Korean. People named this region
Baedari because there was a bridge where people took a ship when seawater
flowed in this region in the past. There is another story about naming that it
was called Baedari since a row of ships played the role of a bridge. Baedari
village includes several administrative districts of Changyoung-dong,
Gumgok-dong, Songhyun-dong, and Songlim-dong in Incheon.
People call Baedari "Mother of Incheon" since the modern history,
culture, education, religion and Industry of Incheon started from here.
Christian
missionary work and modern education started here when Incheon opened its port
to foreign trade in the modern era. Old constructions had been built more than
a century ago and still remain in this region. Destitute Koreans were flocked
here after the Japanese Colonial Era and Korean War. They developed places for
commerce and facilities for working class and formed their own culture. Above
all, second-hand bookstores are one of the special attributes in Baedari. The
second-hand
bookstores had satisfied thirst for knowledge in the locals after the Korean
War.
In recent days as Incheon expanded its scale moving its centre
to another region, Baedari does not attract people and fewer people visit. This
change rather provided better circumstances to preserve its unique history and
culture from the threat of redevelopment. However, Baedari is now on the verge
of being destroyed as the local government unveiled its plan to construct an
industrial motorway cross over Baedari, so as to connect Songdo and Cheongra
district, which are designated as Incheon Free Economic Zones. Organizations
working
in the fiends of art and culture and activists have moved to Baedari and have
been working together against the local government for over the last five years
in the hope that the local government invalidate the motorway plan and seek
cultural renaissance. Most recently, the whole region is on the brink of being
crushed
as the government announced that its City Remodelling Plan would include this
region, so we have initiated Reforming Baedari as a historical and cultural
village Committee to seek alternative solutions and to take actions.
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