Meridian | Urban. Curatorial Projects on Health. Application Deadline 17.09.2010
Haus der Kulturen der Welt invites up-and-coming curators to enter their proposals for site-specific art projects in public space for Meridian | Urban. Curatorial Projects on Health. Meridians imaginary lines running from pole to pole, connecting one region with another help us map the world. In traditional Asian medicine, the meridian system is an invisible network that provides the body with vital energy. Although Western science has not yet acknowledged its existence, the meridian is our starting point for targeting questions of balance and imbalance. Curators are invited to propose artworks for the city center of Berlin. The projects should address the relationship between art and health, referring to its implications for contemporary urban life and challenging our idea of human nature. Creating a map of the city and detecting its pulse, the projects of Meridian I Urban will be presented in public spaces in Berlin during the 8th Asia-Pacific Weeks (September 617, 2011). Selected participants will be invited to a workshop in the framework of Synapse, the international network for up-and-coming curators at Haus der Kulturen der Welt. Meridian I Urban. Curatorial Projects on Health takes place in the framework of the 8th Asia-Pacific Weeks Berlin 2011, which focus on "Water, Food, Health. Haus der Kulturen der Welt plans and coordinates the cultural section of the Asia-Pacific Weeks Berlin in cooperation with the Berlin Senate Chancellery and local and international partners. Application requirements The call is open to curators with initial curatorial experience in the field of public art. At least one member of each project/group (curator or artist) must be Berlin-based, and at least one member must be able to demonstrate a link to the Asia-Pacific region. Deadline for entries: September 17, 2010 Please submit your application digitally (pdf file of max. 9 MB) to meridian.ur...@hkw.de . Only electronic applications in English will be accepted. In order to apply, please send the components of your project proposal as listed below. Components of project proposals PDF Application form with personal details (the form must be completed and send online by clicking the Submit by Email button) Detailed concept of the project with visualization in the form of sketches, photos, plans, etc. Suggested venue in the Berlin city center and a sketch of the site List of participating artist(s) and curator(s) including brief CVs Report of previous curatorial projects Schedule for development and realization Financial plan Selection procedure An international jury of curators will review the project proposals and announce up to five selected projects by October 2010. Each selected project will receive a financial subsidy for production costs of up to EUR 20,000 as well as logistic support. The selected participants will be invited to a preparatory production meeting in Berlin (up to one week) between late October and December 2010. Groups will be asked to send a single representative. Jury members Dr. Katja Blomberg (art historian/ director Haus am Waldsee, Berlin) Yu Yeon Kim (curator, New York / Seoul) Dr. Adele Tan (art historian, art critique, Singapur) Osvaldo Sánchez (curator, director Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexiko-City Synapse In 2011 Haus der Kulturen der Welt will launch the curators' network Synapse. Synapse will link and facilitate exchange between newly emerging curators who are active in the visual arts. The local and international curators will be selected by a jury and will meet in Berlin in September 2011 to take part in a workshop on the subject "Art and Science." Alongside this and further planned workshops, an interactive project-based website will provide Synapse participants with a forum for the exchange of ideas, and the public with information on the curators. If you have any questions, please dont hesitate to contact us at meridian.ur...@hkw.de sursa:mondaynews -- Moldova Young Artists Association "Oberliht" 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 -- Moldova Young Artists Association "Oberliht" 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 oberlist@idash.org http://idash.org/mailman/listinfo/oberlist
