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International invitation to tender for an arts project on the subject
SLEEP including an exhibition in the Depot in Dortmund, Germany.

Organizer:  Depot e.V.
Centre for craftsmanship, arts, media and neighbourhood
Immermannstrasse 39
44147 Dortmund, Germany
Phone: 0049 - (0) 231-900 806
Fax:   0049 - (0) 231-900 808
info at dormART.de
www.dormART.de

Contact: Claudia Schenk

Description of the project:

The independent arts centre Depot in Dortmund organizes the
international arts project and exhibition dormART on the subject
SLEEP. This project is inspired by the internationality of the
Football World Cup 2006 with its multitude of guests and football
fans from all over the world.

Eleven national and international artists will be invited to work on
the topics of "sleep" and the "culture of sleep", and to present the
result of their concepts and ideas - judged by a jury of museum
directors, curators
and specialized journalists beforehand - to an international audience
within the scope of a public exhibition.

A room installation consisting of eleven individually designed rooms
will be created. These rooms are supposed to be rent out to art
lovers and football fans as an overnight accommodation during the
World Cup 2006. The media
the artists use as well as their approach to the idea of "sleep" and
the layout of the rooms are completely optional.

Each of the participating artists will have a standardized lot (4 x 4
metres, 3 metres high, open on top) at his free disposal. The site
where the project and the exhibition will be carried out is the so
called "Schiebebuehne (traverser)", the central hall of a former
tramway depot. During the day the whole hall (measuring approx. 850
square metres with a height of 12 metres) is flooded by daylight
coming in through the ridge turrets and the large windows on the back
and the front of the building.

Entitled to participate are all visual artists who are older than 35
years of age and who are able to prove at least on exhibition of
their works in a public funded institution (Museum, Public Exhibition
Hall, and etcetera) as well as some experience in international
projects and exhibitions. The competition is worldwide and open
participants from all countries.

The six-week exhibition is split in two parts.
 From May 26th - June 7th 2006 the installations will be presented to
national and international visitors in a public exhibition.
During the four weeks of the World Cup the rooms will serve as
"private hotel rooms" for art lovers, collectors or football fans.

Schedule / brief:

Submission of the concepts: From October 1st - December 31st 2005
Announcement of the jury's decision: March 2006
Realization of the project in the Depot: May 14th - 25th 2006
The first part of the exhibition (open to the public): From May 26th
(Vernissage) - June 7th 2006
The second part of the exhibition(private letting): From June 8th -
on July 9th 2006 (Finissage)

For detailed information please take a look at our website: www.dormart.de.
Also on the website you can find the invitation of tender.