[spectre] Application for Artists for the 20th International Studio Program of the ACC Galerie Weimar and the City of Weimar

[Arns HMKV Inke]

Dear Spectres,

I am forwarding a Call for Applications.

Please contact ACC Galerie Weimar, International Studio Program <studioprogram at acc-weimar.de> for more information.

All the best
Inke


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Von: "ACC Galerie Weimar, International Studio Program" <studioprogram at acc-weimar.de>
Datum: 23. August 2013 09:17:53 MESZ
Betreff: Application for Artists for the 20th International Studio Program of the ACC Galerie Weimar and the City of Weimar
 
The ACC Galerie Weimar and the City of Weimar are pleased to announce the theme for the 20th International Studio Program: “The Politics and Pleasures of Food.” Artists from around the world are invited to apply to live and work in Weimar for four month periods starting in February, June and October of 2013. Three artists will be chosen by a jury of art specialists meeting in early October 2013.

Please note that the completed application must arrive in Weimar by Friday, October 4, 2013. Don’t hesitate to call or mail if you have any questions.

Participants of recent programs:

2013 “With Criminal Energy – Art and Crime in the 21st Century”
Caitlin Baucom (USA)
Nikolai Nekh (Portugal/Russia)
Nathania Rubin (USA)

2012 “What Happened to God?”
Ana Mendes (Portugal/England)
Shiblee Muneer (Pakistan)
Naufús Ramirez-Figueroa (Guatemala/Canada)

2011 “On Dilettantism”
Jeanette Chavez (Cuba)
Kel Glaister (Australia)
Adam Knight (England)

2010 “Beyond Desire”
Leila Tschopp (Argentina)
Kathrin Schlegel (The Netherlands/Germany)
Christoph Ziegler (Germany)

Thank you in advance for your consideration and best regards,

Frank Motz

Director, International Studio Program 
ACC Galerie Weimar
Burgplatz 1+2
D-99423 Weimar
Germany

Gallery: +49 3643 851261
Mobile: +49 179 6674255

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20th International Studio Program of the ACC Galerie Weimar and the City of Weimar 

THE POLITICS AND PLEASURES OF FOOD 

More than anything else, feeding ourselves determines our lives. As an unavoidable basic need, it confronts us every day with our naked existence. However, aside from the basic maintenance of our vital functions, food contributes decisively to our general well-being. Satiation and pleasure have not only a physiological, but also a psychological and social-societal dimension. 

Whether health crazes or eating disorders, fast food or fusion cuisine, asceticism or stress-eating, social dining or social business, take-away or home delivery, from bare necessity to pure pleasure to excess — the spectrum is limitless: it is about the freedom to design one’s diet, as well as the internal and external compulsions of this basic aspect of existence. 

As a part of every human culture (and religion), the “politics and pleasures of food” are an expression of ideologies and societal relations, the level of development or decay of a civilization. Their potential as a community builder and group event, as well as their function in social distinction (the king dines differently from the beggar) are part of evolution. You are what you eat, and thus what and how we feed ourselves not only depends on prevailing conditions, but also has an effect on them. 

In privileged regions, the "mobilization" of food from around the world leads to an unprecedented range of culinary action. It creates a global menu that permits the choice between haute cuisine and slow food, veganism and vegetarianism, ecological and organic fetishism and may be reflected in more deliberate and healthier food choices. 
In developing and emerging countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America, one billion people are starving — a seventh of the world population. Yearly, 8.8 million people, primarily children, die of hunger — one death every 3 seconds. Even in the world’s top economy, the USA, 10 million people go hungry or, as it is officially known, have “very low food security”. 

But the earth does not lack food: it simply does not reach those who need it. Global warming, climate fluctuations, drought, flood, armed conflicts, corruption, poor government, growing world population, the bio-fuel boom, changing consumption behaviors of the new middle class in China and India and the farm subsidy politics of, for example, the EU aggravate the situation. In the course of the monopolization of resources by multinational concerns, the geopolitical tug of war for regions with raw material continues. Staple foods become commodities; the common property of traditional agrarian cultures becomes patented private property. The wars of the 21st century will be waged over water and rice, corn or soy, over fishing rights for the oceans and the wheat fields of Africa. But also food safety scandals, bio-piracy and genetically modified food shatter the idea that “food is just food” as we always knew it. How do consumers of the 21st century feel and think about what they eat and drink? 

Artists who would like to deal with the given theme may apply for our program. 

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Please note that the completed application must arrive in Weimar by Friday, October 4, 2013. Don’t hesitate to call or mail if you have any questions.



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Dr. Inke Arns
Artistic Director
Hartware MedienKunstVerein (HMKV) at the Dortmunder U
Leonie-Reygers-Terrasse, 44137 Dortmund 
Office: Hoher Wall 15, 44137 Dortmund, Germany
T + 49 - 231 - 496642-0 (direct line -11)
F + 49 - 231 - 496642-29
M + 49 - 176 - 430 627 93
inke.arns at hmkv.de
www.hmkv.de

After having been nominated for the 4th time, HMKV receives Honorable Mention 
in the context of the ADKV-ART COLOGNE Prize for Kunstvereine 2013. 
Read more: http://www.kunstvereine.de/web/index.php?id=20

HMKV's exhibition Sounds Like Silence selected as "Exceptional Exhibition of 
the Year 2012" by German section of AICA during the Venice Biennial 2013. 
Read more: http://aica.kuk.net/english/meld/index.php?id=186

HMKV's book Sounds Like Silence (Leipzig: Spector Books) part of the 19 
"Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2012". 454 books were submitted.
Read more: http://www.swissdesignawards.ch/beautifulbooks/2012/index.html?lang=en

NEW INDUSTRIES FESTIVAL
HMKV at the Dortmunder U and Union-Viertel/Rheinische Str.
14 September 2013 - 26 January 2014
Opening: Friday, 13 September 2013, 7 pm