[rohrpost] buchsenhausen.air 2007 - call for submissions

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<buchsenhausen.air 2007>
international fellowship programme for visual and media arts
call for submissions

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kunstlerhaus buchsenhausen invites visual and media artists, theorists 
and art critics to apply for a fellowship in 2007.
the closing date for submissions is september 1, 2006 (postmark). below 
please find the full announcement.


kind regards,

andrei siclodi
director
kunstlerhaus buchsenhausen

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<buchsenhausen.air 2007>
international fellowship programme for visual and media arts
call for submissions
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institution
kunstlerhaus buchsenhausen is an international centre for production, 
research and discussion in the fields of visual and media arts. the 
kunstlerhaus provides a forum that facilitates direct exchange between 
artists, theorists, art critics and curators from the region and abroad. 
the institution also promotes young, innovative talents and presents 
their work. künstlerhaus büchsenhausen is an institution affiliated to 
the “tyrolean artists' association”.

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programme
with its fellowship programme <buchsenhausen.air> kunstlerhaus 
buchsenhausen actively promotes an internationally pertinent art 
production, research and discussion in the region of tyrol. in the 
framework of the programme every year 4 visual / media artists and 2 
theorists / art critics receive a fellowship and reside in innsbruck for 
a period of 5 months. the fellows selected by expert jurors find 
excellent working conditions at kunstlerhaus buchsenhausen, while the 
city of innsbruck and its surrounding area offers an interesting setting 
in terms of art, culture and landscape. the grant and the residency 
allow fellows to work on the proposed project but also gives them the 
chance to experiment and to reconsider their current practice. 
furthermore, they have the opportunity to directly familiarise 
themselves with the work of other fellows and professionals in the 
region, to exchange plans and ideas and to also carry out joint 
projects. usually, there are 3 fellows (2 artists and 1 theorist / art 
critic) and 6 tyrol-based artists working at kunstlerhaus buchsenhausen 
at the same time.

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location
the building – the eastern wing of the buchsenhausen castle, built in 
the middle of the 17th century and situated in the city of innsbruck, 
not far from its centre – houses 9 studios and a project space. 3 
apartment studios are used by fellows of the international residence 
programme for visual and media arts <buchsenhausen.air>. 6 studios are 
available to artists based in tyrol. kunstlerhaus buchsenhausen also has 
a large project and presentation space equipped with multimedia 
facilities. the space was designed by atelier van lieshout.

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fellowship
+ a stipend of eur 650,-- / month for covering the living and material 
expenses
+ individual studio for working and living furnished with a large shared 
kitchen
+ free use of the available multimedia production equipment in 
<buchsenhausen.labor>; free dsl/wlan internet access
+ a production budget for the realization of the proposed project
+ public presentation of the project developed and produced in 
<buchsenhausen.labor>

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eligibility
professional artists, theorists and art critics in the fields of visual 
and media arts are eligible for the fellowship. the residence of the 
candidates must be outside tyrol. the fellows must spend a minimum of 
two thirds of the allocated fellowship time at künstlerhaus 
büchsenhausen. working knowledge of german or english language is required.

the requirements include the submission of a project proposal. the 
project has to be developed during the residency and to be presented at 
its end. apart from the concluding presentations at the end of the 
fellowship in june 2007 respectively january 2008, fellows are expected 
to give lectures and/or organize further events related to the topics of 
their individual work or research.

in 2007, kunstlerhaus buchsenhausen offers 4 fellowships to artists and 
2 felowships to theorists / art critics. there are two periods for which 
candidates can apply:
term 1: february 1 - june 29, 2007
term 2: september 3, 2007 – january 31, 2008

2 of these 6 fellowships are co-supported by “kulturkontakt austria”. 
therefore, artists and theorists / art critics from the following 
countries are eligible to apply: albania, bosnia-herzegovina, bulgaria, 
croatia, macedonia, moldova, montenegro, romania, serbia and ukraine.

one fellowship for media artists is offered in co-operation with the 
“international fund for the promotion of culture” in the frame of the 
“unesco-aschberg bursaries for artists” programme. for 2007 the 
unesco-aschberg fellow will be selected through a separate procedure by 
the end of june 2006.

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selection
the selection is made by expert jurors and based on the quality and 
relevance of the project proposal and the work samples submitted by the 
applicants. members of the jury are the director of the kunstlerhaus 
buchsenhausen, a member of the board of the “tyrolean artists' 
association”, and one external theorist, art critic or curator.

jury 2007: maren richter, andrei siclodi, annette sonnewend

there is no legal right to be awarded a fellowship at kunstlerhaus 
buchsenhausen. therefore, the jury is under no obligation to justify 
decisions. the decision of the jury will be communicated in written 
form. applicants not selected in the current selection process can 
reapply a maximum of two more times.

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application procedure
applications must include the following documents:
+ the project proposal (max 1.000 words, 3 copies)
+ a visual portfolio / documentation of recent work (artists: max 2 
catalogues, max 10 photos or slides, 1 dvd or 1 cd-rom or 1 
vhs-cassette; theorists / art critics: max 3 recent writing samples)
+ a curriculum vitae (3 copies)
+ a filled application form

download the application form from http://buchsenhausen.at, fill it in 
and send it together with the required material mentioned above to:

kunstlerhaus buchsenhausen, ref.: "air 2007"
weiherburggasse 13/12, 6020 innsbruck, austria

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closing date for submissions (postmark) : september 1, 2006
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for additional information please contact:
office at buchsenhausen.at, phone +43 512 278627-10, fax -11

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phone +43 512 278627-10
fax +43 512 278627-11

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