Deadline: 15-Mar-23
Serendipity Arts Foundation and the Rencontres d’Arles are now open to receive applications for the second edition of the Serendipity Arles Grant 2023-24, inviting project proposals from South Asia, stemming from photography, video, new media and other lens based explorations.
The initiative seeks not only to empower artists from the region, but also further a spirit of regional cooperation and representation.
After a successful first edition of the Serendipity Arles Grant, the largest of its kind for lens-based practitioners in South Asia is back with its second chapter/edition. As an ongoing exercise to strengthen regional cooperation on the foundation of the strong Indo-French bilateral relations through cultural exchange, Serendipity Arts Foundation and the Rencontres d’Arles announced the biggest photography, video and new media grant, supported by the French Institute in India / Embassy of France in India, with the shared purpose of promoting cultural practices in South Asia.
Award Details
- Phase I would select 5 shortlisted projects awarding INR 70,000/- (€800 approx.)* each as a production Grant, to showcase their proposed projects as a work in progress display at the sixth edition of Serendipity Arts Festival 2023.
- Each shortlisted artist shall send in their works with a complete installation plan/brief for SAF 2023. SAF to cover transport of art works to Goa. In case of physical artworks, SAF recommends sending exhibition prints which will be destroyed after the showcase in Goa. In case the works are required to be returned, the artist is responsible for its return from Goa.
- The Jury present at the Festival will choose one out of the five shortlisted projects as the winner marking Phase II of the grant.
- *The grant is subject to tax deductions are per tax laws & implications of various countries eligible as part of the Grant.
- Phase II would award the selected winner a total of €15,000 and an opportunity to display a solo presentation at Les Rencontres d’Arles in July 2024. From the total Grant amount €9500 to be given to the artist to develop the grant project; €5500 extended to support the production, logistics and accommodation costs for final display at Les Rencontres d’Arles in July 2024.
- Deliverables to the winner:
- €9500/- Project Development Grant
- Air Tickets to Arles and back – upto €1200 (to be booked within stipulated timelines by the Institutions involved)
- Visa Facilitation Fee
- €5000 – Production Support (to be disbursed by Rencontres d’Arles on behalf of the Artist) Additionally, any expenses to produce the work over and above of the production grant will be borne by the artist including tax deductions.
- €500 – Accommodation Costs (to be disbursed by Rencontres d’Arles on behalf of the Artist)
- Deliverables to the winner:
Eligibility Criteria
- Submissions are open to all lens-based South Asian practitioners from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan & Sri Lanka.
- Submissions are open to projects produced by individual artists or artist collectives.
- Applicants must be residents of countries mentioned in point 1, who have been practicing for 5 to 10 years.
- Age – 30 years and above (as of Open Call date – 30th January)
- The call is open to projects in progress. Applicants must submit supporting documents to outline the progress.
- The proposed project should not have been shown in any form; in whole or in part, before the submission for the Grant.
- Applicants who have received a grant in the past 1 year for the same proposed project, from the date of announcement of the Serendipity Arles Grant are ineligible to apply.
- In case the applicant is currently at a residency, or would be part of a residency between September to December 2023, the application would be ineligible.
For more information, visit Serendipity Arts Foundation.