[artinfo] APPLY NOW! Social Perspectives on Architecture and Design -- Deadline 19 March 2006 (fwd)

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Subject: APPLY NOW! Social Perspectives on Architecture and Design -- Deadline
     19 March 2006




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APPLY NOW! Deadline Sunday 19 March 2006



SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES ON ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN

Residence program and platform in the borderland of architecture, design and the visual arts



NIFCA is looking for practitioners in architecture, design and the visual arts, interested in the relation of architecture and design to society. The program is concerned with work that from a practical perspective deals with questions, such as, production methods, material, aesthetic, as well as different social and political connotations of architecture and design.

Residencies of 1-2 months are available during May-September 2006 in Copenhagen/Christiania, Helsinki, Oslo, Reykjavik, Stockholm. The residencies are connected to local contact persons and partners working with a social perspective on architecture and design.

In structure, the residency project is similar to a workshop. Participants are given time, space and the opportunity to work with contributions, addressing how architecture and design can play a clearer role as an intellectual medium. The residencies at each location are connected to specific contexts and contact persons. The experiences will be discussed during a seminar and presented in print. Participants from the residency program, as well as other professionals will contribute to this public occasion for networking. The process will document and promote information about networks, participants, activities, and practical work within the field. Moreover, the process will serve as input in a much neglected area of debate. The aim of the project is to create a Nordic platform for architecture and design that addresses its social and societal contexts.

Social Perspectives on Architecture and Design is initiated by NIFCA and developed in collaboration with artist and curator Markus Degerman.



RESIDENCY HOSTS

The residencies are connected to local contact persons and partners working with a social perspective on architecture and design.

DK – Denmark, Copenhagen: Fabrikken for Kunst og Design
Residency time: 1 month during May-June 2006
Contact person: Thomas Poulssen/Social Design, Copenhagen

DK - Denmark, Copenhagen/Christiania: Christiania Researcher in Residence
Residency time: 1 month during April-September 2006

FI – Finland, Helsinki: NIFCA
Residency time: 1-2 months during August-September 2006
Contact person: Tuomas Toivonen, Helsinki

IS – Iceland, Reykjavik
Residency time: 1-2 months during August-September 2006
Contact person: Guđfinna Mjöll Magnúsdóttir, Reykjavik

NO – Norway, Oslo: ROM for Kunst & Arkitektur
Residency time: 1-2 months during August-September 2006

SE – Sweden, Stockholm: Malongen
Residency time: 1-2 months during August-September 2006
Contact partner: Uglycute, Stockholm

All the residencies include:

ˇ Studios or access to work space
ˇ Accommodation
ˇ Monthly grant (840 euro/month)
ˇ Presentations in the artist gallery at http://www.nifca.org/
ˇ Various opportunities to create contacts and participate in local activities and/or concentrate on individual projects



HOW TO APPLY

All professionals practitioners in architecture, design and the visual arts, who are interested in the relation of architecture and design to society, and are based in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and the autonomous territories Faroe Islands, Greenland, Ĺland Islands are eligible to apply.

The only restriction is:

You should have a completed education by the application deadline (i.e. students may not apply).

The application form is filled in on-line.

For the application form and more information on the program, residency hosts, application procedures and the selection panel please see:

http://www.nifca.org//residencies/programmes/SPonAD.html

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For further information please contact project coordinator Mitro Kaurinkoski, mitro.kaurinkoski at nifca.org, tel. (+358 9) 686 43 105.



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