Open Society Institute, Budapest The Roma Pavilion International Award for Young Curators and Art Critics
Theme: Paradise Lost - The First Roma Pavilion Organized by The Roma Cultural Participation Project of the Arts and Culture Network Program, Open Society Institute, Budapest. The Award: The Roma Pavilion International Award for Young Curators and Art Critics will award a prize of eur 1,500 for the best - most thorough, analytical and constructively critical - review written about Paradise Lost-The First Roma Pavilion by a young curator and/or art critic of contemporary art. The authors should consider the wider theoretical context behind the idea of this transnational representation of a strong cultural identity. What is expected is not only a review about the Pavilion, but a critical survey on the connected topics of 'transnational community', 'historical globalized nation', and the issues around the representation of the minority 'community' and 'plural identity' in the modern nation-state. The submitted review could be an already published critical essay about the Roma Pavilion or one written specifically for this purpose. Should the prize be won by a group of authors the prize will be divided among them equally. Eligibility requirements: Each candidate may submit only one essay only for the competition. The call is open to curators of all nationalities born on or after January 1, 1972 - the age limit is 35 years. Should the submitted review be the work of more than one author, all the authors must meet the age requirement. Submissions will be accepted upon the timely receipt of the application documents. For collective entries each candidate must complete the application package. Entries must arrive by 12 PM (noon) on Friday, November 30, 2007 at the e-mail address. The application package should include the following documents: a.. Biography of the applicant - no more than 500 words; b.. Completed application form; c.. Analytical/critical essay - maximum 3,000 words. Should any of these be missing or not meet the specified requirements, the entry will be excluded from the competition. Applications and reviews should be submitted in English. Applicants are encouraged to also submit the text in the form and in the language it was originally written or published in, in order for the jury to verify the terms and expressions used by the author in the original wording. Participation is free of charge. The winners will be selected by a professional Jury of 5 members. The author best author will be awarded a prize and his/her review will be published on the website of the Roma Pavilion starting December 15, 2007. The international Jury is composed of five members. Each jury member will cast one vote in accordance with the criteria of the Award. Members of the Jury: Barnabas Bencsik Silvina Der-Meguerditchian Annie Fletcher Beral Madra Marina Grzinic APPLICATION FORM The Roma Pavilion International Award for Young Curators and Art Critics Applicant's name: Profession/Title: Address: Country: City: Street address: Zip code: Tel no: Email address: Bank account number: BANK ID: Bank name: Bank Address: State: City: Zip code: Street Address: Bank's SWIFT code : ABA code or IBAN: Country of activity: Attachments: Biography Dissertation data limita: 30/11/07 Contact: Open Society Institute, Budapest Oktober 6. ut. 12 H-1051 Budapest Hungary phone: 36-1-327-3100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.soros.org/about/offices#budapest 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
