[artinfo] MADRID ABIERTO 2008: CALL FOR ARTISTS

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MADRID ABIERTO 2008: CALL FOR ARTISTS

Limit Date: 15th June 2007

For more information:
Web: http://www.madridabierto.com
E-mail: abierto at madridabierto.com

The program of public art MADRID ABIERTO ( 
http://www.madridabierto.com ) opens the call for 
the project presentation for its 5th edition that 
will take place during the month of February of 
2008. The program will produce a series of 
interventions of ephemeral or temporary character 
in the center of Madrid that will be selected 
among the offers received from this international 
opened summons. Also we include an specific call 
for audiovisual and sound works.

PARTICIPATION BASES:

The aim of this summon is to select artists to 
carry out temporary or brief interventions, 
including two specific projects for the 
builidings of La Casa de América and the Círculo 
de Bellas Artes, which will be included in Madrid 
Abierto with other invited projects and the sound 
and audiovisual works selected.

Interventions will take place at the same time as 
the ARCO fair, in February 2008, in Madrid, 
within the axes of Paseo de la Castellana - Paseo 
del Prado and Calle de Alcalá  Gran Vía.

The sound works will be broadcasting on Radio 3, 
of Radio Nacional de España, and audiovisual on the Canal Metro channel.

Artists from every country may participate, 
whether individually or in groups. In which case, 
they must name a representative.

Artistic interventions
Each participant must include the following documents:
--Curriculum Vitae with a maximum of 2,000 
characters and a photocopy of the Spanish ID card 
(or an equivalent form of identification) of the author or authors.
--Description of a completed project and a 
specific preliminary project for Madrid, which 
must not surpass 4,000 characters.
--A maximum of six drafts or images of the 
project and the preliminary project in jpg 
format, with a maximum resolution of 72 ppp.
--Description of the assembly system and 
technical needs of the preliminary project.
--Estimated and detailed budget of the 
preliminary project, stating all the concepts 
that could be financed by their own means.

All archives must be compatible with a PC. The 
archives sent from a MACINTOSH must end in 
extensions (doc, xls, pdf, jpg, tif, ...).

The maximum amount awarded for each artist chosen 
totals 12,000 euros, including expenses derived 
from transports, accommodation, production, 
travel and assembly, the author or authors 
salary (up to a maximum of 2,000 euros) and current legal taxes.

Sound works
Each participant must include a Curriculum Vitae 
and Description of a completed project as described above, plus:
--The works will be presented during a maximum 10 
minutes and will be sent in a CD format.

Those candidates selected will receive 500 euros 
and a direct master copy of their works will be 
included in the documentary fund and the public 
archive of Madrid Abierto, with a possible 
non-profit making addition to the web page 
http://www.madridabierto.com, subject to prior agreement with the authors.

Audiovisual works
Those audiovisual works chosen in the summons 
2007 for TV Interventions ( 
http://www.intervenciones.tv, 
http://www.fundacionrdz.com ) will be included in 
the Madrid Abierto 2008 programme, in 
collaboration with Fundación Rodríguez and with 
Centro Cultural Montehermoso, and will be 
broadcasted on Canal Metro. Those candidates 
selected will receive 500 euros and a direct 
master copy of their works will be included in 
the documentary fund and the public archive of 
Madrid Abierto, with a possible non-profit making 
addition to the web page 
http://www.madridabierto.com, subject to prior agreement with the authors.

All proposals are to be sent via e-mail to 
abierto at madridabierto.com, before June 15th 2007 
(or via the post to Fundación Altadis-Madrid 
Abierto. Calle Eloy Gonzalo nº 10, 28010 Madrid).

The advisory committee at Madrid Abierto, chaired 
by the director of the programme, Jorge Díez, and 
formed by Cecilia Andersson, Guillaume Dèsanges, Ramon Parramon,
Mª Inés Rodríguez, Fito Rodríguez and the 
Democracia Group, will name the curator or 
curators of this edition. La Casa de América and 
the Círculo de Bellas Artes will select a 
representative for the selection of the 
intervention corresponding to each institution.

The curator will choose the participating artists 
by assessing the quality and feasibility of the 
proposal, as well as the complete reversibility 
of the interventions, and will complete the 
choice with other artists invited until reaching 
a maximum of 50% of the total number of artists 
chosen in the open summons. As we are dealing 
with projects that will be presented in public 
spaces, the local permits required must be 
obtained in order to carry out effective 
installation. The process will be managed by Madrid Abierto.

Should the artists selected use - in any way - 
images or elements belonging to third parties in 
their project, they must provide the 
corresponding permits issued by the owners.

Madrid Abierto reserves the rights to publish and 
represent the artistic interventions selected in 
all those cases related with the programme 
promotion, and will include all the documents 
generated into its documentary fund and public 
archive. The projects and works selected will 
belong to the authors, and the developing 
institutions will have the right to acquire them. 
Participation in this summons means full 
acceptance of the rules established in this document.

Director: Jorge Díez
Adviser Committee: Cecilia Andersson, Guillaume 
Dèsanges, Ramon Parramon, Mª Inés Rodríguez, Fito 
Rodríguez and the Democracia Group
Coordinators: RMS La Asociación
Sponsors: Fundación Altadis, Comunidad de Madrid, 
Ayuntamiento de Madrid and Asociación Cultural Madrid Abierto
Collaborators: Fundación Telefónica, ARCO, La 
Casa Encendida, Ministerio de Cultura, RNE3, 
Canal Metro, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Casa de América and Cemusa

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