[artinfo] residencies/calls
Kiss-Pál Szabolcs
kspal@aramszu.net
Fri, 5 Oct 2001 07:54:58 +0100 (MET DST)
Call for Submissions - Gibraltar Point, Toronto (deadline December 10;
source: Akimbo e-Broadcasts)
GIBRALTAR POINT ARTIST RESIDENCY PROGRAM FOR MAY 2002 TERM ON TORONTO ISLANDS
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: DECEMBER 10, 2001
For further details on the Residency Program visit our website at
www.torontoartscape.on.ca
The Gibraltar Point Residency Program provides professional artists with a
fully subsidized opportunity to live and work on Toronto Islands for one
month. The program is open to artists who are engaged in the research or
creation of work and is designed to provide participants with uninterrupted
time to think, create and experiment in the diverse community at The
Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts. Participants receive accommodation, a
private or semi-private work studio and all meals at no cost. Artists are
responsible for their own travel, materials and all personal expenses.
International artists are responsible for making all visa related
arrangements and must provide proof of their own medical insurance coverage
for the period of their stay at Gibraltar Point.
GOALS OF THE RESIDENCY PROGRAM
* To stimulate discourse and unite professional artists from varied
regional, cultural and aesthetic backgrounds
* To offers artists an opportunity to think, experiment and create in an
environment which is highly conducive to creativity
* To provide artists with concentrated time to focus on a project in a
retreat like atmosphere in a spectacular natural setting
EVALUATION CRITERIA
* Quality of work
* Quality of proposed project to be carried out during the residency
* Perceived benefits of living and working at Gibraltar Point and being
part of a diverse community of artists
* Suitability of work to available studio space and equipment
ELIGIBILITY
* The competition is international
* Applicants can be at any stage of their career (i.e. senior, established,
emerging) but may not be enrolled in any arts degree program
* Applications are accepted from artists of all disciplines including
visual artists, writers, set and costume designers, composers and
professionals working in theatre, dance and film/video at the research or
conceptualization stage of a project
* Applicants must be 19 years of age or older
* Applications are for individual artists ONLY
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSIONS
All disciplines please enclose:
* One page description outlining your project, your intent and your
expectations for your residency
* Two professional letters of referral from individuals in your field who
know your work and are familiar with the project you are proposing for your
residency
* A resume or CV outlining your artistic accomplishments, awards,
performances, exhibitions, recordings etc.
* A list of equipment needs clearly indicating what you are providing and
what you would like the program to provide.
In addition,
* Visual Artists: include 10 slides representative of your recent work,
plus articles/reviews and/or catalogues.
* Writers: include selection of published work(s) or work(s) in progress,
maximum 12 pages
* Composers: include two recordings of your work (audio cassette or CD)
* Other Artists: include appropriate examples of your work.
THERE ARE NO APPLICATION FORMS. Applications are accepted by mail and
courier only. Faxed or electronic applications are not accepted. All
applications must be typewritten and include:
1. A cover letter which states:
* Your name, address, age, phone + fax numbers, email address, website
* Special medical, dietary or physical requirements we should know about
* Telephone numbers of a contact person (relative or friend).
2. A $50 non-refundable application fee in cheque or money order form made
payable to Toronto Artscape.
3. All sheets must be 81/2 x 11 paper. Please do not use staples or binders
of any kind.
4. Forward applications to: Susan Serran, Director of Arts Programs and
Services, Toronto Artscape, Suite 111- 60 Atlantic Avenue, Toronto, ON M6K
1X9 clearly indicating "Gibraltar Point Residency Program" on the
envelope.
Deadline for applications is 5pm Monday, December 10, 2001.
Note: All materials submitted must be clearly labeled including your name.
Please indicate orientation of slides with dot in upper right hand corner.
Materials will only be returned if a self-addressed, stamped envelope is
enclosed. Please do not send original slides, work or master tapes and
retain a file copy of your submission. Toronto Artscape and the Gibraltar
Point Centre do not accept responsibility for any loss or damages to the
contents of your submission package.
Note: The Gibraltar Point Artist Residency Program is funded in part by the
Laidlaw Foundation. Successful candidates who are considering application to
the Laidlaw Foundation for the project being researched or created during
their Gibraltar Point Artist Residency should note that they would be
ineligible to receive funding from the Laidlaw Foundation on this project.
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Call for proposals - Shared Habitat Fesival (deadline February 1, 2002;
source: Shared Habitat)
Shared Habitat Festival of Art and The Environment, an interdisciplinary
festival of site-specific art, science and ecology, is looking for
proposals for Shared Habitat 2: Dance and Biology, to be held in Toronto
in June 2003. We are looking for:
1) proposals from dance artists or interdisciplinary teams of artists who
wish to collaborate with a biologist;
2) proposals from biological scientists who wish to collaborate with an
artist or team of artists;
3) proposals by artists/scientists.
Projects should address one of the festival's twin themes - Form and
Temporality: Bodies in Time, or Perception: Making Visible the Invisible -
with the aim of creating an original work to be performed/exhibited as part
of the festival. A symposium for all participants will be held in
September, 2002 for participants to meet and exchange ideas prior to
embarking on projects. Proposal deadline Feb 1, 2002. For more information
see http://www.interlog.com/~boom/atlas/ or phone 416-486-0634. Proposals
should include relevant c.v.s and videos or slides of artist's work, and be
sent to Shared Habitat, c/o 117 Lawrence Ave. W., Toronto ON, M5M 1A7.
The Shared Habitat Festival of Art and the Environment was founded in 1999
by choreographers Bill James (Atlas Moves Watching) and Rebecca Todd
(Offshoots), who presented the first Shared Habitat Festival
September/October 2000. Produced with the help of a grant from the Canada
Council Millenium Fund, the first Shared Habitat Festival was a five-week
festival of site-specific dance, music and visual art that took place in a
Toronto industrial space. Celebrating the conjunction of art, ecology, and
science, Shared Habitat 1 involved over 25 artists as well as scientists
and ecologists. The festival also included presentations for school
children, and forged links with Toronto-based ecological organizations to
strengthen ties between artists and environmentalists.
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Call for submissions - danseopium festival, Toronto (source:
danseopium@hotmail.com)
danseopium is a one day dance/multi-disciplinary festival that will take
place upon the first day of spring 2002. it is a festival of absolute
pleasure and madness - a languid, sensuous and decadent feast for every
sense. the idea is to present dance and other meditations in an intimate,
inviting atmosphere, where no emotion is hidden, and nothing in the
physicality, is held back. it is a physical, pulsating insurrection, full
of life.
the curatorial theme, is opium.
we are seeking submissions from dancers, visual artists, musicians, poets,
all forms of expression. we will accept performance pieces or ongoing
installations.
required is a cv or resume, and any other support materials you see fit.
for dancers, we ask for a video recording of recent work. materials will be
returned if an SASE is provided. we encourage, though, that you communicate
with us for further information before you make a submission.
dance/movement based work must be no longer than fifteen minutes in length.
a small honourarium will be paid. if you live outside of the greater
Toronto area, accomodations will be provided for up to three days.
we ask you to pass this message along, post this upon your website, or
print a hard copy and post. for more information, please contact rahim
ladha at <mailto:danseopium@hotmail.com>danseopium@hotmail.com or at (416)
741-8899, mondays to fridays from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.
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Formation of International Association of Performance Art Organizers
(source: Sylvie Ferré)
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 16:15:10 +0200
Subject: Hello, here enclosed Performances news
From: Sylvie Ferre <Sylvie.FERRE@asi.fr>
To: "Asso.perf." <Sylvie.FERRE@asi.fr>
Helsinki 24.9.2001
A decision to form The International Association of Performance Art
Organizers was made yesterday in Helsinki.
The decision to form The International Association of Performance Art
Organizers was made late in yesterday evening in Helsinki after the end of
the four day international Amorph!01 performance festival and the seminar
included within it. This year, several well-known organizers of performance
art from different countries have been invited to the Amorph!01 festival
organized and curated by Irma Optimist. Most of the organizers of
performance art events also work as performance artists. The forming of the
association was decided by Sylvie Ferré from France, Ütö Gusztav from the
Transylvania region of Romania, Jamie McMurry from USA, Denis Romanovski
from Byelorussia, Boris Nieslony and Theodor di Ricco from Germany, Else
Jespersen from Denmark and Irma Optimist and Roi Vaara from Finland in the
presence of Dan McKereghan from USA, Adina Bar-on from Israel, Sylvie
Cotton of Quebec, Santiago Reyes of Equador, Willem Wilhelmus of the
Netherlands, Fumiko Takahasi from Japan, Christopher Hewitt of the UK and
other artists participating in Amorph!01. The need to form this kind of
association has been raised frequently amongst the people in the field over
the last few years. Discussions at several festivals culminated in an
intense dialogue at "Polysonneries" in Lyon earlier this year. These events
led to this decision now made in unison in Helsinki.
The purpose of the international association is to reaffirm the importance
and legitimacy of the discipline of performance art, and to assist with
realization of performance art events in different countries around the
world. The ways by which the association will operate will be decided in
the next meeting which will be held late January or early February, 2002.
This meeting is currently planned to occur in New York.
Roi Vaara
Performance artist, curator and organiser
/FADO elist/