Deadline: 1-Sep-20
Delfina Foundation in partnership with Kunsthalle Praha is delighted to announce an open call for a curator based in Central and Eastern Europe. The three-week residency will take place during winter 2021 (22 February – 12 March 2021).
In partnership with Kunsthalle Praha, Delfina Foundation is offering a three-week residency to a curator from Central and Eastern Europe in winter 2021 (22 February – 12 March 2021). This period coincides with a residency of a selected Czech curator, also supported by Kunsthalle Praha.
Thematic Areas
Delfina’s residency program supports artists, curators, and thinkers to collectively explore specific themes or to independently engage in open research. For the last six years, Delfina’s programs have been particularly focused on five thematic areas:
- The Politics of Food – on the production, consumption, and distribution of food as well as food as a medium and metaphor to expose wider social and cultural concerns.
- Performance as Process – on performance, from daily rituals to live art, as a way of processing the world around us.
- science technology society – at the intersection between art, science, and technology and create solutions through interdisciplinary collaborations. — Collecting as Practice – on the politics, psychology, and philosophy of collecting and the role of collectors and artists in relation collections and archives.
- The Public Domain – on the notion of public space, both in the physical and digital sense.
The Selected Curator will Receive:
- A three-week residency in London, including one return, economy-class flight, and a living allowance for food/per diems and materials;
- A single bedroom at Delfina Foundation, which is a shared house with some shared facilities, such as the laundry room, kitchen, and dining room;
- Opportunities to engage in the art scene in the UK through structured and independent time and activities; and
- Access to a program of planned group activities and visits to cultural organizations in the UK.
The Residency Programme of Activities includes:
- Guided visits to museums, galleries, non-profit spaces, artist-run spaces and studios, as well as trips to organizations outside of London.
- Opportunities to engage with artists, curators, academics, and researchers through organized studio visits, events, and meals.
- Professional development activities including:
- Peer-to-peer presentations and crits
- Portfolio reviews with external curators
- Mentoring activities with OK based practitioners.
Eligibility Criteria
- The recipient must be a citizen, or long-term resident, living and working in one of the following countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine;
- Seeking an opportunity to develop their curatorial practice;
- Able to explain how the experience of an international residency may benefit their career development and local networks; and
- Proficient in English.
For more information, visit https://www.delfinafoundation.com/open-calls/current/open-call-for-curators-based-in-central-and-eastern-europe/