Civic Media Lab 2017
2nd edition “Free speech! Free action!”
Dnipro, Ukraine, June 3-11, 2017
OPEN CALL FOR ARTIST PROPOSALS
Application deadline: April 23, 2017
Kultura Medialna announces an open call for artists for participation in the
second edition of the project Civic Media Lab “Free speech! Free action!” that
will take place in June 2017 in Dnipro, Ukraine. The project offers selected
participants from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Germany, Moldova,
Russia and Ukraine a residency opportunity for conducting artistic research and
creating new works and projects. All works will be presented at the annual
international festival of audiovisual art and new media in urban space
“Construction” conducted by Kultura Medialna in June 2017.
Civic Media Lab is an ongoing project initiated in 2016 as a vibrant
transregional network of artists, curators, researchers and activists from EU
and former USSR countries for creating unconventional dialogue and stimulating
long-term collaborations between art and culture professionals interested in
contributing to the civil society in the countries of the Eastern Partnership
and Eastern Europe.
The theme of the second edition of Civic Media Lab is freedom of media and
expression in transforming societies. In the era of information wars,
‘alternative facts’, expansion of multiple propagandistic discourses and
increase of censorship in the arts at the global level, we want to gather
artistic practices and stimulate artistic projects that deal with freedom of
speech and expression on many levels and help connecting artists from different
countries despite the political tensions between and within them. The project
“Free speech! Free action!” represents an alternative broadcasting channel and
a space for reflection upon current sociopolitical issues important for all the
participants - from equal human rights to freedom of press, from the role of
art in a society in transition to resistance against the challenging of
democratic regimes. “Free speech! Free action!” serves as an expanding platform
for communication, exchange and cutting-edge artistic, activist and curatorial
practices dealing with the subject of free media and information in the public
realm including the virtual space. Dnipro, the largest city near the zone of
the military conflict in Ukraine, was chosen as a location for the project
deliberately. By inviting artists to work closely with the city’s local context
we encourage connections between different people that we believe should remain
in touch despite the political contradictions and manipulative media
narratives.
Civic Media Lab invites artists working with different medium (video, media,
sound) and formats (interactive installations, public performances) to submit
their proposals. Eight selected participants will be invited to work on the
realization of their projects in Dnipro, Ukraine during short-term residencies
(up to 10 days) in May and June 2017. Created projects will be presented at the
“Construction” festival that will take place in Dnipro from June 3 to 11, 2017.
We are especially encouraging proposals exploring and testing new aesthetic and
conceptual approaches in digital art and public spaces.
In addition to residencies Civic Media Lab will also organize workshops and
artist talks as well as a symposium, where a wide specter of emerging artistic
and curatorial practices dealing with physical and virtual public space will be
discussed.
Civic Media Lab covers:
- travel costs to Dnipro (optional two times)
- subsistence costs (guest flat during the residency before the festival, and
guest flat during the festival plus per diem)
- residency and artist fee (approx. 550 EUR)
- production and material costs (up to 650 EUR)
Participating artists are expected to:
- Create a new piece on site in Dnipro during a 10-day residency in May or June
(dates will be discussed with each participant separately)
- Present your project at the CONSTRUCTION FESTIVAL (between June 3rd and 11th)
- Participate in artist talks, public discussions and the final symposium
Eligible Countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Germany, Moldova,
Russia and Ukraine
To apply please submit your application to: [email protected]
Application form can be downloaded here:
http://civicmedialab.eu/2017/#cfpcml
CML 2017 “Free Speech! Free Action!” is co-curated by Maria Veits and Stephan
Franck.
Maria Veits is an independent curator and researcher, cofounder of the Creative
Association of Curators TOK. TOK conducts multidisciplinary research-based
projects dealing with concept and use of public space, urban communities,
social practice, media and collaborations between arts and social sector. Maria
currently works on an exhibition ‘Dreamland Never Found’ for Jerusalem Biennial
and continuation of the project ‘Propaganda News Machine’ that will take place
in summer in Helsinki 2017 and other projects dealing with current
sociopolitical processes. She contributed to the CML 2016 as invited curator
and speaker. Lives and works in St Petersburg and Tel Aviv.
Stephan Franck is a Dresden based curator and creative consultant. He has
worked since 2008 in the field of curating, publishing and consulting. He is
co-founder of the Galerie Stephanie Kelly in Dresden and has contributed to
CYNETART 2015 as artist director and curator. In 2016 he has organised the
exhibition “potnia theron. the animal in art and science” in cooperation with
University of Technology in Dresden. He also contributed last year in Civic
Media Lab as both as an expert and curator.
[ #CivicMediaLab #CivilSocietyCooperation #constructionfest #kulturamedialna ]
Civic Media Lab is supported by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, and
cooperatively organized by Kultura Medialna Dnipro & DS-X.org | depart.
further links:
[ http://civicmedialab.eu ]
[ http://constructionfest.com ]
[ http://kulturamedialna.org ]
[ http://depart.one ]
Civic Media Lab was initiated in 2016 by cultural managers Cornelia Reichel,
Barbara Bernsmeier, Kathrin Oerters & Clemens A. Schöll, and Thomas Dumke.
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