Please note
our current deadline for applications for 2012:
M A Y 3 1, 2 0 1 1.
Download all details: BLUMEN_Call for Application_2012.pdf
BLUMEN has been supporting residencies for the development of artistic projects and productions since 2006. Residences are awarded once a year in cooperation with an international jury.
ELIGIBILITY
Our BLUMEN Residency Program is open to all professional artists who work in the areas of painting, sculpture/installation, photography, film/video and media art or performance and intermedia art. Applicants from all over the world are welcome.
English or German basic knowledge is required.
AVAILABLE TERMS OF RESIDENCE
- 1. January - April
- 2. May - August
- 3. September - December
Please note: From time to time we also offer short-term residencies for a duration of 1 month. If you are also interested to participate in our interim terms, please make a note in your application form. All short-term invitations are based on our current open call.
SUPPORT AND CONDITIONS
BLUMEN provides the invited artists:
- allocation of a studio room and living space for the whole period of stay including rental and fixed running charges with basis for telephone/internet
- organisation of debut show (Künstlerresidenz BLUMEN) and final presentation (Kunstverein Leipzig) as well as special events (e.g. artist talks, lectures, screenings, music sessions)
- partial financing of production costs due to our capacities
- assistance in acquisition of additional funding for travelling and living expenses and further production costs
- assistance in producing and presenting new projects as well as in all formal matters during and in preparing the stay according to individual needs
If accepted, the artist gets a housing contract including the housing rules, terms for financial supports and technical instructions. The residence stay is considered as legally effective after the resident has signed the housing contract.
There is obligation for residence. All eligible artists should spend a minimum of 15 hours per week in the studio be engaged in their project. Otherwise they can be asked to leave the program.
Applicants who are not a resident of a EU-member-state have to show proof of a health insurance policy. Additional insurance coverage (health, accident and liability insurance) can be effected depending on agreement with us.
REVIEWING PROCESS
BLUMEN collaborates with an independent international commission which reviews the applications.
Lukasz Gorczyca and Michal Kaczynski are curators and art critics residing in Warsaw. They founded the RASTER Gallery in Warsaw in 2001 and The Society for the Integration of Culture (Stowarzyszenie Integracji Kultury) and are publishers of the RASTER art magazine.
Alexander Koch is an art critic and curator based in Berlin. He used to be an assistant at the Academy of Visual Arts (Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst) in Leipzig and writes for various art magazines. At present he organises the KOW Gallery and is chairman of the New Patrons initiative in Berlin.
Kathleen Liebold graduated in art history, cultural studies and communication and is freelancer for divers art projects, for the Gallery for Contemporary Art (GfZK) and the Dokfilm festival in Leipzig. She co-founded the exhibition space *blumen* with Christine Rahn.
Ulrich Polster is a film artist based in Leipzig and Berlin. He graduated from the Academy of Visual Arts (masterclass: Astrid Klein), Leipzig.
Clemens von Wedemeyer is an artist and film director living in Berlin and Leipzig. He graduated from the Academy of Visual Arts (masterclass: Astrid Klein), Leipzig.
Alun Williams is a British artist based in Brooklyn, New York. He is the director and founder of the gallery Parker's Box, Brooklyn, New York. He is in the board of directors of Triangle Artists' Workshop, New York, is the founder of the Artists in Residence Programme Triangle France in Marseille and La Vigie Art Contemporain in Nîmes, France.
Christine Rahn graduated in art history, cultural sciences and journalism in Leipzig. She has been working in the Gallery Jocelyn Wolff and organized the art space *blumen* together with Kathleen Liebold and Katrin Henneberg. Parallel, she continues collaborating with Gallery Jocelyn Wolff by coordinating the artists-in-residence program BLUMEN.
Selections are based upon the artist's work, and potential and ability to make the most of his or her residency.
APPLICATION DEADLINE
All application materials and supporting documents for residencies in 2011 must be send till 31st of MAY 2011 to the following address, only via mail:
contact@residence-blumen.de
or
diana-blumen(at)gmx.de (Diana Bärmann)
Artists working with time based media or ephemeral strategies should send supporting material in a digitalised format (CD-ROM/ DVD) to the following address:
BLUMEN
c/o Christine Rahn
Bernhard-Göring-Str. 65
04107 Leipzig
Germany
Attention: Please take into regard that all postings cannot be sent back.
NOTIFICATION
Successful applicants will be notified as soon as possible.
A legal claim for the award of a residence place does not exist. Therefore, the applicant will be informed about the decision in written form, but without explanation.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
Your application should be written in English.
Please send your application only via e-mail. Additional material can be sent via post, but only in a digitalised format.
Please write your Last and First Name on each page and try to bring all parts of your application into one form.
All applications should include the following:
1. Visual Material
Please send either images via e-mail or support material via post. Do not send internet links or original artwork.
Up to 10 images - via e-mail
- File Format: GIF, JPG or TIFF
- File Size: total files no larger than 3 MB!
- Image Size: 1000 pixels max.
- Image Resolution: 72 dpi
OR/AND
video/film in parts or as documentation etc. - via post
Label disc with first and last name. For easier viewing, separate each piece into chapters. Each segment should be no longer than 3 minutes. Include at least one complete version of a piece or documentation. Please send not only stills. Please do not submit video documenting artistic process or still work.
2. Image / Video or Documentation Script
Please number the script so it corresponds with the order of your images or video. Include title, date completed, dimensions, medium, and if necessary, a brief description.
3. Curriculum Vitae
Please send a short CV including your name, address, phone, email along with your educational and exhibition background.
4. Artist's Statement
Brief text describing your current work and process.
5. Statement of Objectives
Briefly describe the project(s) you want to realise during your stay with
BLUMEN.
In addition, please include the period of term you prefer (see above).
Attention: Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.
CONTACT PERSON
If you have any question regarding your application, please contact:
Diana Bärmann
diana-blumen@gmx.de
We are looking forward in receiving your application!