[spectre] Lovely Weather-Artists residencies- Call for submissions

[Annick Bureaud]

Leonardo/Olats, partner of the Regional Cultural Centre, 
Letterkenny, Donegal County, Ireland, is pleased to announce 
the call for Lovely Weather residencies project related to 
art and climate change, that will take place in 2009-2010.

You will find below the detailed information about the 
project and the call for participation.

Annick Bureaud


LOVELY WEATHER ARTISTS RESIDENCIES DONEGAL- IRELAND
INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
DEADLINE: Monday 3rd August 2009

Donegal County Council’s Public Art Office in partnership 
with Leonardo/OLATS seeks expressions of interest from 
artists for one of five residencies (4 – 11 weeks) exploring 
how art can address issues around global warming and climate 
change in County Donegal.
www.donegalculture.com


LOVELY WEATHER ABSTRACT

Climate change over the coming century, and the social and 
political action needed to counter it, will be the major 
preoccupation of all sectors of society. Just as landscape 
artists helped reshaped our perception of our place in 
nature, so ‘climate artists’ are beginning to reshape the 
way be perceive the inter relationship of climate and culture.

In the West we have progressively dissolved our ancestral 
link to climate. This is largely a result of massive 
urbanisation and the development of modern lifestyle and it 
has been possible to observe a deterioration of sensitivity 
to meteorology and climate. Art could help us to question 
our perceptions and relationships to weather, climate and 
help us to experience and reveal our inner participation 
with weather and climate; the rupture of their balance and 
its meaning for our world; in the same way that landscape 
artists reframed the relationship of humans to their 
environment.

Donegal County Council’s Public Art Fund will utilise monies 
from the 5 electoral areas (under the % for Housing Scheme) 
to initiate a series of residencies for artists to examine 
on the ground the effect of climate change throughout 
Donegal. These residencies will examine cultural approaches 
to weather, climate and their modifications throughout 
County Donegal. (Please refer to Appendix I on the project 
web site).


PURPOSE

     * The Lovely Weather Project is a national and 
international residency programme for artists to be based in 
County Donegal, Ireland.
     * The residencies are multi - disciplinary and will 
explore how artists can address issues around global warming 
and climate change in County Donegal.
     * Lovely Weather residencies should directly touch on 
the earth sciences, communication technologies and 
ecological activism, to challenge the boundaries of what art 
can accomplish alongside these disciplines in the climate 
change debate.


FORMAT

     * Five residencies are proposed in the five Electoral 
Areas of County Donegal, Ireland. One per area. (Please 
refer to Appendix II on the project website).
     * Residencies will be of 4 - 11 weeks in duration 
(although proposals for shorter or longer periods can be 
considered).
     * The residencies will not be studio based. The 
Regional Cultural Centre and other bodies in the region may 
accommodate proposals, which require studio space.
     * The successful artists will not necessarily have to 
be resident in Donegal for the entire duration of the 
project. But they must demonstrate a commitment to working 
on the ground during at least part of the residency.
     * The residencies will be managed by co-curators for 
the project John Cunningham (Regional Cultural Centre) and 
Annick Bureaud (Leonardo/OLATS). Workshops and seminars will 
be held with the artists and interested parties, throughout 
the run of the residencies.



CRITERIA FOR SELECTION
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A TWO PHASE SELECTION PROCESS

     PHASE 1 IS A GENERAL CALL FOR SUITABLE CANDIDATES

     SHORTLISTING OF CANDIDATES FOR PHASE 2 WILL TAKE PLACE

     SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES FOR PHASE 2 WILL BE ASKED TO 
SUBMIT A MORE SPECIFIC PROPOSAL RELATED TO ONE OF THE FIVE 
LOCATION FOR THE RESIDENCY PROGRAMME

     The partners invite artists with a specific interest in 
environmental and climate issues, to submit a proposal for a 
residency programme examining climate and its changes in one 
of the five Electoral Areas of County Donegal, Ireland.
     The proposals must be relevant to, and engage with, art 
& climate and the particular environment of Donegal.
     Proposals for the project will be accepted from 
individuals, collaborators and groups.
     Submissions MUST ONLY be submitted via the Lovely 
Weather Residency Website. The online form will be available 
MONDAY 8th JUNE 2009 ** (please see below)
     Submissions should include a current Curriculum Vitae 
(300 word max).
     A maximum of 6-images/ audio/ video of previous works.
     A proposed project outline (including timescale, 
costings etc.) of no more than 750 words.An artist statement 
of no more than 500 words.



TIMESCALE

1st PHASE
Call for submissions – May / June 2009
Final date for Phase 1 submissions – 3rd August 2009
Shortlisted artists for Phase 2 informed – 17th August 2009

2nd PHASE
Final date for Phase 2 submissions – 25th September 2009
Successful applicants for residencies informed – 16th 
October 2009

RESIDENCIES
Start date for Lovely Weather Residencies – 1st November 2009
Completion date for projects – 1st November 2010
Exhibition – 23rd November 2010 – 25th February 2010



** Thank you for your interest in the Lovely Weather Artists 
Residency Project. Due to unforeseen technical difficulties, 
the on-line application facility will not be available until 
MONDAY 8th JUNE 2009. After which time we will look forward 
to receiving your application.

Closing date for Phase 1 applications is Monday 3rd August 2009.

Further information is available at www.donegalculture.com.
For further info contact Declan Sheehan 
Declan.Sheehan at donegalcoco.ie or John Cunningham 
jcunningham at donegalcoco.ie