Biennale of Young Artists from Europe and Mediterranean (BJCEM) & Loose Associations (Slobodne veze) launch an open call for artists under the age of 35
*MOTEL TROGIR: ‘THE EAST IS WEST OF THE WEST’** a collaborative project _ study visit / short term residency PLACE OF THE RESIDENCY: Trogir/Split, Croatia TIME OF THE RESIDENCY: September 11-15 2016. *Applications close Sunday July 24th 2016.* /IMPORTANT NOTE: IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE TOPIC/THE MOTEL TROGIR PROJECT AND YOU ARE ARTIST OVER 35, DO NOT HESITATE TO SEND US YOUR PROPOSAL FOR OUR CONSIDERATION BEYOND THIS RESIDENCY/ *–* *About the project* The MOTEL TROGIR project is focused on preservation and (re)evaluation of the mid-20th century architectural heritage from the period of the Socialist Yugoslavia on the Adriatic coast (and beyond). As a part of the annual artistic project, in collaboration with the BJCEM, we invite artists under the age of 35 to join the short term residency/study visit to two mid Dalmatian towns- Trogir and Split, where they will be introduced to the spatial and social context in which this architecture was made to be. This year’s topic will have as its task to examine *how the story appears, relating it to the concrete context and the modernist built environment in mid Dalmatia*. How we make stories of places we (do not) know? What influences our observation and perception of places, geographies with which we don’t have direct contact or previous knowledge based on experiencing? *The Theme* Driving along the Highway on the Eastern Adriatic coast, one can track the line of the (post WW2) modernist architectural heritage (often tourist architecture) from the late 1950s to the 1980s. If one searches for them, every now and then, one will find decaying structures standing by the road, at the edges of the coastal towns or along the sea line. Even though in many cases they lost their original function, often empty and in slight or greater decay, they are sort of silent witnesses of the social conditions and economy quite different from the one of today. Their ownership status is often vague (due to non transparent privatization which occured in the 1990s), dimensions transgressive and design not quite fitting the dominant (architectural) scenery of today. Surrounded by the urban mess, paradoxically, they appear in space as some sort of “errors”, although being advanced structures defined by their pure forms, incorporating “emptiness”, forming generously spaces of common use. Once they were socially owned- they belonged to people who worked in them (during Socialist period of Yugoslav workers self-management). The fact that they were conceived as extensions of the cities and nowadays stand half ruined, in-between, but in a way “open”- makes them accessible and thus, once again- common, no matter of their current (legal) ownership status. However, cut off from the context that enabled their existence, in the eyes of an accidental passer-by, they seem lacking the capacity to tell the story from where they have appeared, what made them standing there and why. [image: KOTEKS SPLIT] <https://slobodneveze.wordpress.com/2015/05/27/motel-trogir-guided-tours/koteks-split/#main> [image: 8- APPROACHING KOTEKS] <https://slobodneveze.wordpress.com/2016/06/21/east-is-western-from-the-west-open-call/8-approaching-koteks-2/#main> KOTEKS GRIPE, Sports and Shopping Complex, designed by architects Slaven Rožić and Živorad Janković, 1979-1981, following the city development incited by the 1979 Mediterranean Games (Photo by Diana Magdić, 2015.). *A narrative is some kind of retelling, often in words, of something that happened (a story). The narrative is not the story itself but rather the telling of the story. While a story is a sequence of events, a narrative recounts those events, perhaps leaving some occurrences out because they are from some perspective insignificant, and (maybe) emphasizing others. Narratives thus shape history (the series of events, the story of what happened).* *Framework/conditions:* We invite artists to reflect the topic proposed. Send us 1 page artistic proposal which considers the following terms: EAST- 20TH CENTURY MODERNISM- ARCHITECTURE- MEMORY- STORYTELLING. These parameters can (but don’t have to) be in relation with these two buildings- Motel Trogir and the KOTEKS Sports and shopping center (please see featured images and descriptions). [image: MOTEL TROGIR Duska Boban 2013_ small] <https://slobodneveze.wordpress.com/2015/04/13/motel-trogir-alice-doesnt-live-here-anymore/motel-trogir-duska-boban-2013_-small/#main> Motel Trogir (Motel Sljeme), designed in 1965 by Ivan Vitić, the central point of our campaign for preservation of the mid 20th century modernist architecture from the period of Socialist Yugoslavia (Photo: Duška Boban, 2013.) [image: Duska Boban_ Motel Trogir 2] <https://slobodneveze.wordpress.com/2013/11/18/motel-trogir-public-discussion/duska-boban_-motel-trogir-2/#main> Selected artists will be invited for a three day trip to Trogir and Split in September 2016 which will include study visits and a workshop. During this period the first stage of the* research* will be done *which will be presented during Mediterranea18, Biennale of Young Artists that will take place in 2017.* The organizer does not provide additional technical equipment during workshop and trips. We offer accommodation, travel, per diems for the whole period stated. Please send us your proposals (1 page maximum + short CV- 1page maximum) to: [email protected]. *Deadline for submitting the proposals: July 24th 2016* - The title refers to the poem “POETRY WILL BE WRITTEN BY EVERYONE” (Poeziju će svi pisati) by Branko Miljković *– * *The Motel Trogir project in 2016 has been supported by the Kultura nova Foundation, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia & BJCEM* slobodne veze/loose associations http://slobodneveze.wordpress.com/
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