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<font size="-1"><font face="Verdana">INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP
PROGRAM FOR ART AND THEORY AT KÜNSTLERHAUS BÜCHSENHAUSEN<br>
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 2011-12<br>
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Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen invites visual and media artists, art
critics, theorists, and curators to apply for a fellowship in
2011–2012. Candidates can apply for one semester (October 3,
2011 – February 11, 2012 or February 14, 2012 - June 24, 2012).
The fellowship can be split across two semesters.<br>
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CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS: JANUARY 31, 2011 (POSTMARK).<br>
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With its "Fellowship Program for Art and Theory", Büchsenhausen
promotes internationally relevant artistic production, research,
and discussion in the region of Tyrol. The program is based on
the idea of generating and maintaining a context for production
and discussion, in which artists and theorists can connect and
reflect on international art and societal discourses in relation
to local topics and issues. At the same time, it affords the
opportunity for an artistic laboratory of experimentation, where
new artistic practices and strategies may be tried out.<br>
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The program's aims are:<br>
* to promote and relay a critical, socially relevant production
of knowledge in art and art theory;<br>
* to produce, through the fellowship projects, qualified
discourses on art and society within the local and global
contexts;<br>
* to enable the transfer of knowledge between the field of art
and other publics outside the art context;<br>
* to facilitate the exchange between cultural producers in the
visual arts and beyond (creating a network of experts).<br>
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The program brings together the advantages of a residency with
the possibilities of a postgraduate non-university lectureship,
without offering a formalized educational program. In terms of
content, the program addresses a worldwide public made up of
professionals in the fields of contemporary art, architecture,
art and media theory, and criticism.<br>
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The fellows are selected by a jury of experts following an open
call for applications. They come to Büchsenhausen for one or two
semesters to work on realizing their submitted projects or
research, and accompany this process with public events. For
this purpose, Büchsenhausen offers a monthly stipend, a
production budget, working spaces, free lodging, and artistic
and technical advice.<br>
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The conveyance and discussion of the fellow’s own work occurs
parallel to the development of the individual projects. The
public events take place in series. The focus of these series of
events is determined by the respective emphases of the various
fellows' works. Within the framework of this discursive format,
the fellows (or their guests) can present various points in
their research, open up their works-in-progress to critical
discussion, interact with experts who they invite, work through
content with the public, and/or try out new ways of working. The
fellowship year ends with a group exhibition curated by the
director of the Fellowship Program.<br>
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The entire call and further information about the application
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For additional information, please contact: <a
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href="mailto:office@buchsenhausen.at">office@buchsenhausen.at</a>,
phone +43 512 278627, fax -11.<br>
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Kunstlerhaus Buchsenhausen<br>
Weiherburggasse 13/12<br>
6020 Innsbruck, Austria<br>
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fax +43 512 278627-11<br>
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