WatermarksResidency : Call for Submissions
Deadline: December 18, 2009
In cooperation with the City of Calgary’s newly developed Watermarks project, TRUCK Contemporary Art in Calgary is seeking three artists or artist collectives to participate in 3 intensive 3 week long residencies along the Bow River during the months of July, August, and September 2010. International or Canadian artists of all disciplines are encouraged to propose new projects to be developed over the course of the residency period. An exhibition, performance, or presentation of the work will culminate each residency. These projects could include (but are not limited to) durational performances, public or social sculpture, interactive or participatory projects, interventions into the river environment, or site-specific hybrids that utilize a number of these different strategies. Projects submitted for the residencies should focus on an engagement with the history, geography, and social and environmental significance of the Bow River as outlined in the Watermarks description below. Production budgets, accommodations, travel costs and CARFAC fees will be paid to all participating artists. Final proposals for the project must be received at the gallery by December 18, 2009.
Each of the residencies will be based in or around TRUCK’s Contemporary Art Mobile Public Exhibition Rig (CAMPER) a refurbished 1970’s era camper van that has been used for residencies, exhibitions, screenings, and performances in public space for the last four years. Projects need not be specifically developed for CAMPER (rather consider CAMPER as a potential staging ground, hub, or platform from which to develop your project). Artists are encouraged to consider the full length of the Bow River Watershed as part of the potential space in which the project could take place. Artists are also encouraged to consider that their project could last the entire duration of the 3 week residency period, involve numerous public presentations (lectures, screenings, panel discussions, performances), or culminate in a final event of a more limited duration.
Questions regarding the project should be directed towards [email protected]
About Watermarks
With historic Memorial Drive as the venue, Watermarks will celebrate the cultural, historic, social and environmental legacy of the Bow River. The goal of Watermarks is to foster a series of temporary public art projects that celebrate the river, enrich our experiences, and build awareness, understanding and appreciation of our watershed. As part of the project artists are invited to consider:
· The watershed as ‘the big idea’.
· The concept of a city within a river, and a river within a city.
· The opportunity to build upon public understanding of the river, the watershed and our relationship with it.
· The celebration of collective memory as it relates to Memorial Drive and the Bow River.
· The ephemeral nature of the river as a finite and crucial resource.
· The opportunity to engage and inspire.
Your submission should be in an electronic format on disc, and should include:
1. Proposal (maximum of 1 page): Clearly describe the proposed work. Provide details about any special requirements, including equipment needs.
2. Artist Statement (maximum of 1 page): Contextualizes the work submitted within your artistic practice.
3. Curriculum Vitae (maximum of 3 pages): Describe your artistic background (e.g. education, grants, scholarships or awards received, professional status, previous exhibitions or performances, commissions, professional memberships, articles, etc.)
4. Images/Support Material: Maximum of 10 JPEG images and/or DVD for video. All images must be numbered and labeled to match the corresponding image list. Please ensure that file sizes are less than 1MB each.
5. Image List: Please provide title, dimensions, materials, and date of production of each work.
Please send submissions to:
Watermarks Residency
TRUCK Contemporary Art in Calgary
Grain Exchange Building (lower level)
815 First Street SW
Calgary, AB T2P 1N3
http://www.truck.ca/
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