[artinfo] Fwd: Call for entries: Art Award, Kurt Eisner Kulturstiftung, Munich (Germany)

[Artpool Art Research Center]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Marko Stamenkovic" <marko.stamenkovic at gmail.com>
> Date: 2008. március 24. 13:14:14 GMT+01:00
> To: marko.stamenkovic at gmail.com
> Subject: Call for entries: Art Award, Kurt Eisner Kulturstiftung,  
> Munich (Germany)
>
> Call for entries: Art Award 2008, Kurt Eisner Kulturstiftung (Cultural
> Foundation), Munich
> ________________________________________________________________________
> _
>
> The artist as an artist must be an anarchist. (Kurt Eisner)
> ________________________________________________________________________
> _
>
> In 2008, the Kurt Eisner Kulturstiftung (Cultural Foundation) will  
> once
> again be presenting an award for the creation of an artistic work.
> Marking the 90th anniversary of Kurt Eisner's proclamation of the  
> "Free
> State" of Bavaria, this award will support artworks and projects that
> take a poli tical stand in the sense of the ideals of freedom espoused
> by Eisner and the "Council of Intellectual Workers", and at the same
> time demonstrate and reflect the con temporary relevance of issues
> raised during the period of the Bavarian soviet republic.
>
> http://www.kurt-eisner-kulturstiftung.de
> ________________________________________________________________________
> _
>
> On 7 November 1918, Kurt Eisner proclaimed the "Free State" of Bavaria
> in Munich, which thus marked the end of the First World War and the
> monarchist system. It was also the start of the first democratic
> experiment in Germany based on the principles of peace, social  
> justice,
> human rights and the sover eignty of the people. The majority of the
> population welcomed this new beginning. Many artists, writers and
> philosophers became actively involved in this new develop ment,
> including Paul Klee, Hans Richter, Rainer Maria Rilke, Heinrich Mann,
> Oskar Maria Graf, Erich Mühsam, Ernst Toller and Gustav Landauer. The
> aim of the artists and the "Council of Intellectual Workers" was to
> promote open dialogue and integrate art and politics into the public
> life of society. Six months later, this experiment in democracy had
> been cut short by military and nationalist forces: Kurt Eisner had  
> been
> shot dead (21 February 1919), Gustav Landauer beaten to death (2 May
> 1919) and around 800 other people were also murdered. This was the
> preliminary stage of the criminal activities of the National Socialist
> regime that ignited and spread the global conflagration of the Second
> World War and led to the murder of millions of people. The  
> consequences
> continue to this day, yet the level of his torical awareness of these
> issues remains low.
>
> In 1988 Wolfram Kastner and Gerhard Koitschew, along with 19 other
> artists, founded the Kurt Eisner Kulturstiftung with the aim of  
> keeping
> the liberal and democratic values of the first German democracy alive
> and of preserving these for the future. Since its foundation, the Kurt
> Eisner Kulturstiftung has supported publicly and politically engaged
> art.
>
> In 2008, the Kurt Eisner Kulturstiftung (Cultural Foundation) will  
> once
> again be pre senting an award for the creation of an artistic work.
> Marking the 90th anniversary of Kurt Eisner's proclamation, this award
> will support artworks and projects that take a political stand in the
> sense of the ideals of
> freedom espoused by Eisner and the "Council of Intellectual Workers",
> and at the same time reflect the contemporary relevance of issues
> raised during the period of the Bavarian soviet republic – social
> justice, pacifism, anti-militarism, the promotion of public dialogue
> between politicians and artists as the basis of a liberal and peaceful
> social policy. This can involve a specific focus on an individual
> aspect or an examination of issues relating to society as a whole. The
> project proposals submitted should explore and visually express the
> chosen theme, and should also seek to address a public beyond the
> relatively small circle of those interested in art. The pro posed
> artworks may be situated in the public realm or in an in stitu tio nal
> context.
> ________________________________________________________________________
> _
>
> Guidelines:
>
> The award is open to artists working in any visual art or
> com munication medium, including photography, performance,
> installation, conceptual art and video art. Professional artists from
> all over the world are invited to submit proposals for projects on the
> subject. The realisation in November 2008 coincides with the
> anniversary of Eisner's proclamation in 1918.
> A total funding amount of EUR 8.000 is available to support the
> realisation of at least one artistic project. Selection will be made  
> by
> the board of the Kurt Eisner Kulturstiftung.
> ________________________________________________________________________
> _
>
> Required information:
>
> • personal details (name, address, telephone/fax, e-mail)
> • brief artistic biography
> • project description: maximum of 1 page of text + 3 images
> • project budget
> • schedule for the realisation of the project
>
> All documentation must be submitted in A4 format. No original  
> artworks,
> CDs, DVDs or other storage media. Applications by e-mail will not be
> accepted. Please note that application materials will not be returned.
> Applications that do not meet these requirements will not be
> considered.
> ________________________________________________________________________
> _
>
> Closing date for applications: Saturday, 24 May 2008 (date of postage)
>
> The decision of the jury will be announced on the website of the
> Cultural Foundation (www.kurt-eisner-kulturstiftung.de) in late
> June/early July 2008. Please note that only the award recipient(s)  
> will
> be notified personally.
> ________________________________________________________________________
> _
>
> Applications should be sent to:
>
> Kurt Eisner Kulturstiftung
> c/o RA Michael Sack
> Schwanthalerstr. 12
> 80336 München | Munich, Germany
> ________________________________________________________________________
> _
>
> Selected reading matter:
>
> - Appelle einer Revolution, Dokumente aus Bayern zum Jahr 1918/1919,
> compiled and introduced by Karl Ludwig Ay, Munich: Süddeutscher  
> Verlag,
> 1968.
> - Tankred Dorst, Die Münchner Räterepublik, Frankfurt/Main: Edition
> Suhrkamp, 1966.
> - Freya Eisner, Kurt Eisner – Die Politik des libertären  
> Sozialismus,
> Frankfurt/Main: Suhrkamp, 1979.
> - Kurt Eisner, „Die Stellung der revolutionären Regierung zur  
> Kunst und
> zu den Künstlern" in Kurt Eisner, Sozialismus als Aktion, Aufsätze  
> und
> Reden, Frankfurt/Main: Suhrkamp, 1973.
> - Leonhard M. Fiedler/Renate Heuer/Annemarie Taeger-Altenhofer (eds.),
> Gustav Landauer (1870–1919). Eine Bestandsaufnahme zur Rezeption  
> seines
> Werkes, Frankfurt/Main and New York: Campus Verlag, 1995.
> - Günther Gerstenberg (ed.), Erich Mühsam – Wir geben nicht auf,
> München: Buch & Media/Allitera Verlag, 2002.
> - Bernhard Grau, Kurt Eisner – eine Biografie, München: C. H. Beck
> Verlag, 2001.
> - Emil Julius Gumbel, Vier Jahre Politischer Mord, Berlin: Verlag der
> neuen Gesellschaft, 1922.
> - Herbert Kapfer/Carl-Ludwig Reichert (eds.), Umsturz in München.
> Schriftsteller erzählen die Räterepublik, München: Weismann, 1988.
> - Gustav Landauer, „Vom Wahn und vom Staat", in: Sozialist (1910).
> - Erich Mühsam, Unpolitische Erinnerungen, Hamburg: Edition Nautilus,
> 2000.
> - Ernst Toller, Eine Jugend in Deutschland (1933), Reinbek: Rowohlt
> Taschenbuch Verlag, 1963.
>
> -----
> Kurt Eisner Kulturstiftung
> c/o RA Michael Sack
> Schwanthalerstr. 12
> 80336 München
> http://www.kurt-eisner-kulturstiftung.de
>
>
>