[artinfo] i love Italia: Fondazione Pistoletto International Program '07

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Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto presents

UNIDEE in Residence - International Program 2007

2 July - 31 October 2007
Deadline for applications: 16 April 2007

http://www.cittadellarte.it/unidee

UNIDEE in Residence is an international program open to artists, 
professionals, students and graduates of various university faculties 
from any country in the world.
UNIDEE offers an experience unlike anything offered in any other 
university or academic program: a research-oriented practice that 
operates within each discipline and is directed towards the 
responsible transformation of society and the creative activation.
The UNIDEE programs are directed by Michelangelo Pistoletto. The 
course in residency include an active participation in meetings and 
seminars hold by experts and professors of various humanistic, 
scientific, economic, political, artistic and social disciplines.
The residents work individually or in groups to develop ideas and 
projects, working along creative lines pertinent to the following 
fields: Art, Communication, Ecology, Economics, Education, Work, 
Nutrition, Politics, Production, Science, Spirituality.
The work of the UNIDEE residents involves constant interaction with 
the offices of Cittadellarte, which put the program of responsible 
social transformation into effect through projects developed in 
conjunction with public and private institutions, companies, cultural 
bodies and economic and production structures.
All the events in the Cittadellarte program - exhibitions, 
conferences, performances and workshops - offer further opportunities 
for the residents to explore issues and develop ideas.
At the end of the residency, the ideas that have been generated are 
presented publicly at the UNIDEE in progress exhibition-event.

How to apply
A maximum of twenty residencies are available each year.
The residency lasts four months, from July 2nd to October 31st.
The official language is English.
Cittadellarte selection panel chooses candidates on the basis of 
their aptitude for developing projects relating to the aims of the 
University of Ideas.
Applicants are invited to send any material they consider pertinent 
to such an assessment: curriculum, documentation of previous work, 
one or more examples ( well-developed or developing during the 
residence) of projects that illustrate their approach to the theme of 
a socially responsible transformation.
A filled-in and signed application form must also be included with 
the material.
Scholarship grants are available, total and partial cover. Anyone 
interested is invited to consult the website or to contact the 
organizing secretary for further information.

The sum includes:
- seminars during the residency
- attendance of the workshops
- technical and teaching assistance, visits and inspections
- participation in Cittadellarte activities
- board and lodging on the premises

UNIDEE 2007 is supported by:
Ministero per i Beni e le Attivita' Culturali - Regione Piemonte - 
Provincia di Biella - Citta' di Biella - Unicredit - Fondazione CRT - 
Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Biella - M.I.T. - Italy Program 
Universidad de Antioquia - Pepinieres europeennes pour jeunes 
artistes - Castello di Rivoli - Fulbright - A.M. Qattan Foundation - 
Inlaks Foundation - SNAIT - IFPC - Unesco Associazione Pacefuturo - 
Love Difference - Hangar - Fondazione Ermenegildo Zegna - illy caffe' 
- CiAl Consorzio Imballaggi Alluminio - Ars Aevi - Sarajevo Academy - deBuren

Applications must be submitted by April 16th 2007 (postal stamp) to 
the following address:
UNIDEE in Residence
Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto
Via Serralunga, 27
13900 Biella - Italia
tel. +39 015 0991 462 / 471
fax +39 015 25 22 540
unidee at cittadellarte.it
http://www.cittadellarte.it/unidee