Euralille, France lille3000 CALL FOR CURATORIAL PROJECTS
lille3000 will pre-select 4 to 8 curators In 2004, Lille, the biggest city in Northern France, was European Capital of Culture. Artists and residents transformed the city throughout the year and left landmarks which will remain in the collective memory and in reality : the Metamorphoses, and Mondes parallèles, the maisons folie, the festivals, celebrations, music, dance, design, thatre, clubbing, opened air events... and, above all, an amazing enthusiasm. This dynamic is extended further by lille3000, encompassing the wider world and questions obout the future, by making full use of the know-how and the attributes of the Lille metropolitan area and surrounding region. lille3000 explores various fields: the idea of a new urban lifestyle and the construction of the city of tomorrow, notions of spirituality and questions related to society and culture in general. Each edition of lille3000 - several months long - represents an opening out to the wider world, with an energy reminiscent of that of Lille 2004, involving several towns and cities on a local and a Euro-regional scale. In 2006, contemporary India provided the theme to a multicoloured season of events called «Bombaysers de Lille» ; in 2009, it will focus on Europe and the city of Istanbul, under the title EAST IS THE NEW WEST IS THE NEW EAST. The main exhibition performance centre of lille3000 is the Tri Postal, a former postal sorting centre transformed into a contemporary art centre over a surface of 6000m2 and dedicated to a large public. lille3000 proposes the following call for project for 2009: Step 1 Lille3000 has decided 2009 main exhibition to make a call for project with several curators involved. There five curators will be responsible for a part of the exhibition on the first floor of the Tri Postal (an exhibition dedicated to the city of Istanbul will take place on the second floor). The topic of the exhibition will be the invisible borders of Europe. Curators will have possibilities to various topics: - artistic scene in Eastern Europe, 20 years after the fall of the Berlin wall - invisible borders of Europe - Each curator will get more or less 400m2 for his/her exhibition. During the 2009 edition it would also be possible for you to present a part of your project in other places in Lille and especially in outdoor public spaces. And after the event, there would be different possibilities to tour the project, entirely. Selected curators that will be have to present artists from different artistic fields (plastic art, design, architecture, stylisme ). The artworks have to show the contemporary aspect of creation in Europe (mainly countries that have joined the EU since 2004). Opening of the call for projects: end of july 2007 Project deadline: 21th september 2007 You can send your project by email or regular mail. To assess your proposal we need a 5 page presentation document: 2 pages with your artistic development (500 words in english or french) and 3 pages of images about artists that you would like to present. Step 2 lille3000 will pre-select 4 to 8 curators who will be invited to come to Lille in automn 2007 and make a first spotting in the Tri Postal and in other places in the city. After this visit, lille3000 will invite the pre-selected curators to submit a more developed proposal in a summary pre project that will paid up to 1000. It will include additional material like catalogues, DVDs and short CVs of people participating in this project. You will receive fees for that work. At this step, lille3000 keeps the right to cancel or to confirm the collaboration. If your project is selected, you will have to present a final folder to lille3000 on the biggin or mid December 2007. You will be informed about the definitive result via email at the end of december 2007. lille3000 commits not to use the result of your work without your agreement. lille3000 will give a budget for the production of the exhibition depending on each project. Each curator will have the following responsibilities: - Design a concept and a thematic framework for the project - Make the final selection of artists - Maintain an appropriate timeline for the agreed project - Be the main contact person for the commissioned artists - Manage the agreed commissions and documentation budget, which will be overseen and administrated by lille3000 - Be available to travel to Lille as required, to meet with lille3000 staff over the course of the project - Work in close collaboration with the lille3000 team in relation with the technical framework and requirements of the commissioned artworks - Work with the lille3000 communication team to promote the project and be available for press interviews - Gather and prepare documentation about the commissioned artists and artworks for presentation on lille3000.com - Work with the artistic team of lille 3000 and the artistic cooordinator of the global project - lille3000 will be responsible for the general artistic line data limita: 21/09/07 Kontakt: lille3000 105 Centre Euralille 59 777 Euralille France [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lille3000.com sursa:artservis -- Moldova Young Artists Association "Oberliht" skype: us.vladimir http://www.oberliht.org.md . . . . . . . . . . . http://idash.org/mailman/listinfo/oberlist portal informational pentru arta si cultura din Moldova information gateway for arts and culture from Moldova _______________________________________________ oberlist mailing list [email protected] http://idash.org/mailman/listinfo/oberlist
