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Date: 2009/12/2
Subject: de Appel Curatorial Programme 2010/2011: call for applications
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From: e-Flux <[email protected]>
Date: 2009/12/2
Subject: de Appel Curatorial Programme 2010/2011: call for applications
To: [email protected]
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Lee Scrivner Lord Garden's Masque – an Anti-Masque Performance in Weak Signals, Wild Cards Curatorial Programme exhibition, June 27 - July 26 2009, Amsterdam-Noord | PROGRAMME 2010/2011: Curating in the expanded field Application deadline: January 15, 2010 http://www.deappel.nl/cp | ||
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Initiated in 1994 the Curatorial Programme of Arts Centre de Appel wishes to offer young curators acondensed package of experiences and skills that can be used as tools and instruments during the further development oftheir professional career. De Appel is an internationally oriented arts centre located in Amsterdam thatfunctions as a site for research and presentation of contemporary visual arts through a series of exhibitions,performances publications and discursive events. In September 2006, a remodelled version of the eight-month long Curatorial Programme was launched with a renewedcurriculum and an extended tutorial team. It encompasses a dense array of theoretical seminars, thematicworkshops, field trips in Europe and Asia, practice-related assignments and encounters with artists andart professionals. Throughout the programme attention is paid to the history of exhibition-making, diverse curatorialpractices, institution building and project management. The unique and special thematic focus is on the polaritybetween 'free-lance ' and 'institutional' curating and on the examination of 'context-responsive' curating. Theprogramme explores through which formats and methodologies curators deal with the presentation of art in the 'expandedfield' outside of the white cube and how they respond to the cultural moments. From 2006 until 2009 the focus of the Curatorial Programme culminated in a 'site-specific' curatorialassignment: the participants of the programme were invited to investigate a specific 'area' (in 2006/2007 this wasthe Amsterdam suburb de Bijlmer, in 2007/2008 the satellite city Leidsche Rijn near Utrecht and in 2008/2009 the urbanarea Amsterdam Noord) and realise a project that relates to this site in a direct or indirect way. Through inviting theparticipants to work 'off-site' de Appel challenged the curators to reflect upon the current status and problematics ofart in (sub)urban public space and to reflect upon the different ways in which art functions in processes of urbanrenewal/generator and gentrification. In the programme 2009/2010 (current year) the focus of the final project is onthe so-called 'cultural moments', i.e. situations and contexts in Amsterdam ranging from the restructuring ofspecific areas in Amsterdam and the urban processes that accompany it to the contemporary political situation in theNetherlands. The participants will familiarize themselves with these contexts, and can choose to incorporate it intheir final project. Throughout the process the relationship with the 'mother institution' is maintained while at thesame time being interrogated. The following parts of the programme are considered to be of vital importance: - The opportunity to research theoretical issues and developments in regular sessions with a tutorial teamconsisting e.g. of visual artist Liesbeth Bik (NL), de Appel director Ann Demeester (BE/NL), curator and writerCharles Esche (UK/NL), curator Annie Fletcher (IR/NL), writer and curator Elena Filipovic (US/BE), curator DieterRoelstraete (BE), independent researcher/curator Lisette Smits (NL), philosopher/curator Henk Slager (NL) and artcritic Jan Verwoert (BE). - The opportunity to meet a large number of artists, curators, critics and other professionals from the Netherlandsand abroad in a very condensed period of time, and having the chance to exchange ideas with them, either duringthematic seminars or during informal encounters. Guest teachers over the past years have been e.g. CarlosBasualdo (US) , Gerardo Mosquera (CU/US), Paul O'Neill (GB), Jacques Rancière (FR), Simon Sheik (SE), Pier LuigiTazzi (IT), Teresa Gleadowe (UK) and Nina Möntmann. - the opportunity to get acquainted with de Appel from 'the inside', and get a better - The possibility to make a long trip outside of Western Europe and a minimum of 7 excursions within Europe. APPLICATIONS REQUIREMENTS 1. A letter of motivation in which your personal drive is stated and what you expect from the programme. 2. A proposal for a project (5-15 pages), including: concept and location of the project (main focus), theparticipating artists (including some image material), a budget, a publicity plan (not obliged) 3. A CV, including an extensive description of one's relevant working experience 4. Two written references of (former) tutors, professors or employers, in English. On the basis of the submitted documents a pre-selection is made. Approximately ten candidates will be short-listed;they are invited to come to Amsterdam in the second week of March for an interview by an international selectioncommittee. Application deadline: January 15th 2010 Send completed applications (in two-fold) to: de Appel Attn. Danila Cahen/Hendrik Folkerts P.O. Box 10764 1001 ET Amsterdam the Netherlands For further information please visit our website http://www.deappel.nl/cp contact: Danila Cahen (coordinator): [email protected] Hendrik Folkerts (assistant-coordinator):[email protected] t +31 (0)20 6255651 f +31 (0)20 6225215 | |||
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