Braunschweig University of Art (Germany)

Call for Applications
(PROJECTS Scholarships for Young Artists)

Three Braunschweig PROJECTS Scholarships are available for artists of Sound Art. And five Braunschweig PROJECTS Scholarships for artists of Fine Arts are also available.  These scholarships are part of the promotion programme for artists of the Braunschweig University of Art and the State of Lower Saxony. This programme is aimed at young artists who are interested in working intensively on artistic projects in the close environment of an art university.



For more information and the application, please visit www.hbk-bs.de. The application deadline is July 31, 2013 (date of receipt by mail).


Braunschweig University of Art
Johannes-Selenka-Platz 138118
Braunschweig
Germany

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Balmoral fellowships for 2014

Call for Applications

 

Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral (Bad Ems) is accepting applications for residential fellowships for visual artists and also a curator fellowship opportunity available for a junior academic graduate. 

For international visual artists in the medium of painting, there are two 3-month Balmoral residential fellowships or four 9-month Balmoral residential fellowships. The focus of artistic work for the residential fellowships for 2014 must be on the medium of painting, whereby painting does not necessarily mean just paint on canvas. Formal and conceptual exploration of the limits and possibilities of the genre are also welcome. 

 
The application deadline is June 29th 2013 (date of postmark). 

 

For complete details, visit http://www.kuenstlerhaus-balmoral.de/kuenstlerhaus-schloss-balmoral-english-pages/fellowships.html

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Node Center for Curatorial Studies Residency (Berlin)

Call for Applications

Next residency period: From June 4th to August 27th, 2013

Application Deadline: March 27th, 2013

The Node Center for Curatorial Studies Residency is a program lasting twelve intensive weeks, designed for international emerging curators who wish to expand their professional practice by developing projects in Berlin in a collaborative environment.

For more information, visit www.nodecenter.org/curatorial-program

 

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Guest lecture - The Digitiples on November 22nd (Berlin)

Event Announcement

berlinerpool has a pleasure to introduce Orton Akıncı as a guest lecturer to share with the audience his concept of the Digitiples.

Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 7:00 pm
Apartment Project Berlin (Hertzbergstr. 13, 12055 Berlin)

Apartment Project Berlin:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Apartment-Project-Berlin/487333424612058

Facebook event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/382652785145050/

An artwork which is suitable for being represented in a digital format, as information, can be identically duplicated in unlimited numbers and shared on P2P networks on the Internet by the artist without the intermediation of the culture industry. If this work of art is also suitable for being experienced independent of space and time and without the help of any particular
sophisticated apparatus, it can communicate the ideas of the artist to everyone who has basic tools for and knowledge of using the Internet.
This study suggests and introduces the concept of “digitiple” as a model for the construction and distribution of such an artwork as a “digital multiple” to be shared on P2P networks as a copyleft “digital gift”. “Digitiple” is just one example of many potential political uses of information technologies in contemporary art.

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ICI Berlin Institute for Cultural Inquiry Post-Doctoral Fellowships

Fellowship Application

The ICI Berlin invites scholars from all disciplines to engage in a joint exploration of the critical potential and ambivalent function of wholeness and related notions. They especially welcome applications from individuals who will contribute to diversity and equal opportunity in scholarly research.

 

The productive exchange between fellows is a central aim of the Institute. Applicants should be interested in a theoretical reflection upon the conceptual and intellectual basis of their projects and in discussing it with fellows from other disciplines. In particular, fellows will be expected to participate in the weekly colloquia, bi-weekly informal meetings, and other activities of the Institute and to be resident in Berlin for the duration of the fellowship.

 

The fellowships announced are for the academic year 2013-14 only (16 September – 18 July) and not extendable (as the ICI Berlin expects to begin a new core project in 2014). There is no age limit, but applicants should have obtained their PhD within ten years of the date of appointment or have fulfilled all requirements for receiving their PhD by 1 July 2013. Stipends range from EUR 1650 to 1850 per month.

 

Interested applicants should visit http://www.ici-berlin.org/fellowships/announcement/ to learn more about the scope of the fellowship and to apply. Application deadline is January 6, 2013.

 
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artist in residence program for research on artistic process (Berlin)

Open Call for Residency Applications

culturia is a space for artists conducting research on artistic process and values the artistic process rather than emphasizing the traditional studio practice. The residency program offers artists and researchers a living space, mentoring exchange program, information base and network. Residency is open to artists and researchers with no restrictions on media and no age limit.
The program provides a simple room set-up, co-working space (no studio space), access to culturia partners (workshop services, show rooms, artists, curators and art platforms), video interviews with curatorial assistance, curatorial text about the artist, and an information database.

To learn more and to appl, visit http://culturia.de/.

Application deadline is December 2, 2012. The Jury decision will take place on December 10th and the Residency is from February 7 – April 24, 2013.
 
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Akademie Schloss Solitude Residencies

Call for Applications for Residency

For the fourteenth time, Akademie Schloss Solitude is granting approx. 70 residency fellowships of three to twelve months in duration. More than 1,000 artists from around 100 countries have developed and advanced projects at the Akademie since its opening in 1990, creating a close-knit, global network of Solitude alumni that expands from year to year. The Akademie persues an intense exchange between artistic and scientific disciplines. With the art, science & business program the transfer of knowledge and experience between the arts, the sciences and economics can be deepened to create new synergies of creativity, inventiveness and management.

International artists are invited to apply from the following disciplines: Architecture (design, landscape architecture, urban planning), Visual Arts (including performance art), Performing Arts (stage design, dramatic texts, dramaturgy, musical theater, performance, direction, drama, dance), Design (fashion, costume, product and furniture design, visual communication), Literature (essay, criticism, poetry, prose, translation), Music/Sound (interpretation, sound installation, sound performance, composition) and Video/Film/New Media (including video installation, fiction and documentary).

Persons up to 35 or if older who have completed a university or college degree within the past five years are welcome to apply. Currently enrolled university or college students (at the time of application) will not be considered for selection. Each fellowship recipient is granted Euro 1,100 per month, in addition to free lodging.

Application deadline: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 (postmark)

For more details, visit http://www.akademie-solitude.de/en/welcome/news-press/news/3492/. And to apply, visit the application website: http://application.akademie-solitude.de/

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Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship Program

Call for Applications

Application Deadline: October 15, 2012 (for 2012-13 program)

The Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship Program is a distinguished transatlantic initiative that each year offers twenty accomplished young Americans the opportunity to complete a comprehensive 9-to-12 month professional development program in Germany.

Program Benefits
-Two high-level work phases at leading German institutions, customized to fellow’s interests.
-Three seminars across Europe, each lasting several weeks and covering issues of German, European and transatlantic concern
-Up to seven months of intensive German language training both in the U.S. and Germany
-Monthly stipend of EUR 2,000 (tax-free in Germany) from September through May
-Accommodation and roundtrip travel (from U.S. points only) for Washington, D.C. orientation program
-Financial support for an accompanying spouse and children, including 50% of travel costs, supplemental living stipend, health insurance, and limited funding for language training
-Flights to and from Germany
-Membership in the Robert Bosch Found

Eligibility:
Candidates for the Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship Program must meet the following requirements:

• U.S. citizen
• 23–34 years old at the application deadline
• Graduate degree preferred , and at least two years of relevant work experience in business administration, journalism, law, public policy, international relations, or related field;
• Bachelor's degree holders should have approximately five years of relevant experience
• Evidence of outstanding professional performance and community involvement

For more information, please contact bosch@culturalvistas.org.

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Akademie Schloss Solitude Residency Program

Call for Applicants

Akademie Schloss Solitude is now accepting applications for the residency period 2013–2015

Application Deadline: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 (postmarked)

For the 14th time, Akademie Schloss Solitude is granting approximately 70 residency fellowships of three to twelve months in duration. More than 1,000 artists from around 100 countries have developed and advanced projects at the Akademie since its opening in 1990, creating a close-knit, global network of Solitude alumni that expands from year to year. The Akademie pursues an intense exchange between artistic and scientific disciplines. With the art, science & business program the transfer of knowledge and experience between the arts, the sciences and economics can be deepened to create new synergies of creativity, inventiveness and management.

International artists are invited to apply from the following disciplines: Architecture (design, landscape architecture, urban planning), Visual Arts (including performance art), Performing Arts (stage design, dramatic texts, dramaturgy, musical theater, performance, direction, drama, dance), Design (fashion, costume, product and furniture design, visual communication), Literature (essay, criticism, poetry, prose, translation), Music/Sound (interpretation, sound installation, sound performance, composition) and Video/Film/New Media (including video installation, fiction and documentary). Furthermore, scholars, scientists and professionals from the disciplines of the Humanities (including social sciences), Exact Sciences (with this year‘s focus on computer science, human computer interaction, electrical engineering, information systems, information science, and free and open source software), Economy/Economics and Chess are invited to apply.

Akademie Schloss Solitude supports young artists, scholars, scientists and economic professionals via residency fellowships only. Persons up to 35 or if older who have completed a university or college degree within the past five years are welcome to apply. Currently enrolled university or college students (at the time of application) will not be considered for selection. Each fellowship recipient is granted Euro 1,100 per month, in addition to free lodging. The independent jury consists of a jury chairperson and eleven specialist jurors who independently allocate the fellowships for their respective disciplines.

The jurors for this year's application round are: Raqs: Jeebesh Bagchi, Monica Narula & Shuddhabrata Sengupta (Visual Arts), Eyal Weizman (Architecture), Bojana Cvejic (Performing Arts), Saâdane Afif (Design), Maxi Obexer (Literature), N. N. (Music/Sound) und Jean-Pierre Rehm (Video/Film/New Media). For the art, science & business program: Sarat Maharaj (Humanities), Seda Gürses (Exact Sciences) Akseli Virtanen (Economy/Economics) und Enrique Irazoqui (Chess).

Application deadline is Wednesday, October 31, 2012 (Postmark). Application forms can ONLY be downloaded from the application website: http://application.akademie-solitude.de

 
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Artists’ Residence Scholarships at Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral (Bad Ems, Germany)

Call for Applications

Aims and objectives:
Artists’ residence Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral in Bad Ems, Foundation for Culture of Rhineland-Palatinate, which was founded in 1995, is a place of reflection, artistic production, discussion and meeting. It supports visual artists from the disciplines of painting, sculpture, installation, drawing, graphic arts, design, photography, video as well as from new media and landscape art from all over the world by awarding artists-in-residence scholarships. More information http://www.balmoral.de/english/balmoralscholarships/scholarshipsforvisualartists/index.html.

Eligibility:
- Eligible to apply for a Balmoral scholarship are international visual artists of any age.
- The preconditions are a completed course of study in art (M.F.A. or comparable) and three years of continuous artistic work after the conclusion of studies until the beginning of the fellowship. Applications are also possible for autodidacts distinguished by special artistic achievements, as documented by exhibitions and prizes.
- To foster artistic dialog and interdisciplinary collaboration, knowledge of German, English, or French is expected.

Scholarships:
- The scholarships are endowed with 1,200 € a month.
- Two scholarships are awarded for the period of three months. The yearly term of residence for the three-month scholarships begins in March.
- Seven scholarships are awarded for the period of six months. For the six-month scholarships the yearly term of residence begins in June.

Source: Urban Arts Institute at Massachusetts College of Art and Design
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Dragon Dance Theatre - Summer residency - July 2012

Call for Applications

Deadline: Open call

The 15th Pan American Puppetry Arts institute - A one month Residency in Ummanz Germany.

Dragon Dance Theatre has been invited by the Ruegen Surfhotel located in northern Germany, on the Island of Ummanz, to organize our 15^th Pan American Puppetry Arts institute during the summer of 2012. This is a cultural exchange project that will last one month. We are inviting all artists from different parts of the world to join us in this adventure. It will be an intense journey as we collectively share ideas, live together, and create a performance piece to be presented to the public. We will show our latest techniques in large mask-making and together we will develop each scene using the drama techniques and socialization of the characters. We encourage the participants to share their skills and work in all aspects of the process; mask and puppet building, creating a staged drama, music, improvising the texts, making the props, painting, as well as scenography, stage management and acting .

You will develop a sense of how the theatre works as a whole.

The dates are from July 20 to August 20. This call is for adults only. More information: http://www.dragondancetheatre.com/EUROPE%202012/dragondanceeurope2012.html

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Monument to Freedom and Unity

Competition: Call for Entries

16 December 2011

Leipzig, Germany - Monument to Freedom and Unity: Competition to be conducted for the Monument to the Peaceful Revolution 1989

Artists, architects and landscape architects from all over the world are invited to submit an application by 16th December 2011 at the latest. 40 applicants/teams will then be chosen to take part in the restricted competition according to RPW 2008 (guide lines for planning competitions). The selection of participants will be carried out by the client of Leipzig in consultation with a selection committee consisting of external experts.

On 9th October 2011, the 22nd anniversary of the Peaceful Revolution of 1989, the City of Leipzig will hold an open application process for a Monument to Freedom and Unity. "The 9th October 1989 moves us all," said Burkhard Jung, Lord Mayor of Leipzig. "On that day in Leipzig world history was made. The non-violent march of 70.000 around the Promenadenring marked the break through. The Peaceful Revolution strengthened the self-deliverance of Eastern Europe and established the unity of Germany".

The financial framework for the whole project is 6.5 million euro, of which 5 million euro will be from the Government and 1.5 million euro from the Free State of Saxony. A gross amount of 175.000 euro will be available for the competition.

www.leipzig.de/monument

Further information: Lars Loebner, City Planning Office, Tel. ++49 341 123 4834

E-Mail: lfed@leipzig.de

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European Media Art Festival 2012, Osnabrueck, Germany

Application Deadline

Dec, 5, 2011

EMAF is one of the most influential forums of international Media Art. As a meeting point for artists, curators, distributors, galleries and an audience of experts the festival has a great impact on the topics and aesthetics of Media Art. Each year the festival offers its visitors a current overview of experimental films, installations, performances, digital formats and hybrid forms, ranging from personal and political subjects or formal experiments to provocative statements from the pulsating area of “Media Art – Society”. The Festival sees itself as a place of experimentation and a laboratory where extraordinary works, experiments and ventures are created and presented.

18.-22. April 2012 Festival
18. April - 27. May 2012 Exhibition

WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO SUBMIT YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EMAF
http://www.emaf.de/index.php?id=254&L=2

El European Media Art Festival
Lohstraße 45 A
D-49074 Osnabrück
Tel: + 49 / (0) 541 / 2 16 58 2 57 79 oder
Fax: + 49 / (0) 541 / 2 83 27 http://www.emaf.de

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Open call - Tape Modern no.25

Application Deadline

Dec. 2, 2011

Application terms:
-The art work must be in Berlin for transportation reasons.
-The artist must install and de-install the work himself.
-If there is a need for special technical equipment, artist must organize the equipment.
-Please send per email 3-5 images of the work (jpg, in medium quality) + title, size, medium and a short paragraph about the work (in English or German).
-CV and list of recent exhibitions
-Deadline for submissions is the 2nd of December!

Please email to:
Modern@tapeberlin.de


Tape Modern Berlin

Heidestrasse 14
10557 Berlin, Germany

http://www.tapeberlin.de/

The Tape Modern is a curated series of exhibitions and performance events that have over the past years established themselves as an innovative platform for artists and curators at the heart of the Berlin Art Scene. Located in Heiderstrasse, openings take place in cooperation with Heidestrasse Galleries and Halle am Wasser art openings.

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"Set in Concrete" Urban Screening Paris

International Open Call

"Set in Concrete" Urban Screening Paris (20-23 October 2011) will take place in the "Cité de la Mode et du Design", next to the river Seine, with the support of the City of Paris, the French Ministries of Culture and Industry.

Chic Art Fair Paris and PvonK Berlin are working in collaboration to organize a URBAN SCREENING on an outside concrete wall, longing the River Seine in Paris.

With the confirmation of the contribution of Mirjam Struppek and the participation of the artists Boris Eldagsen (How to disappear completely- www.eldagsen.com); Mildred Simantov & Nils Thornander (www.theniceinstitution.com)

Exchanges with Videospread-FR and Streaming Museum-NYC

To take part please DOWNLOAD THE DETAILS & APPLICATION FORM (PDF)

Chic Art Fair Paris and PvonK Berlin
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Cool Silicon art arward 2011

Application period: July 1st - August 14th 2011

The Cool Silicon Art Award is asking for artistic future-bound answers for this global and social relevant topic and is endowed with €10,000.

The very first Cool Silicon Art Award 2011 wants to encourage the intensive dialog between the fields of Art and Technology.

National and international artists of all media are called to deal with the topics and the vision of the Leading-Edge Cluster “Cool Silicon” in an artistic way.

Leading-Edge Cluster “Cool Silicon”

In the Leading-Edge Cluster “Cool Silicon”, more than 100 companies, universities, and research institutions focused on research, development and production within the micro- and nanotechnology industry in the high-tech region Silicon Saxony in Saxony, Germany, are working together to limit the worldwide energy consumption by increasing the energy efficiency within the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector, thus enabling further technological and social progress.

The focus is set on the conflict between the worldwide rapidly increasing energy consumption of the ICT sector and the associated global climatic consequences for a steadily growing world population.

enter application procedure and online-form: http://www.coolsilicon-art.com/de/index.html

Cool Silicon
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Applications for ARThinkSouthAsia Cultural Management Programme 2012-13

WHAT: ARThinkSouthAsia Fellowship
DEADLINE: November 15,  2011
WHO: Individuals from South Asia who work in varied disciplines of culture

ARThinkSouthAsia invites
Applications for ARThinkSouthAsia Cultural Management Programme 2012-13

The ARThinkSouthAsia Fellowship is designed to help develop skills, knowledge, networks and experience of potential leaders in the cultural sector of South Asia which include museums, the visual and performing arts and digital media. We believe that by supporting exceptional individuals to make a step-change in their skills and career potential, we can bring substantial benefit to the cultural field as a whole.

Fifteen fellows will be selected from across South Asia for the Fellowship which includes a two week residential course in early April 2012 led by experienced international and Indian tutors, a secondment/internship in Germany over the fellowship year 2012-13, and a concluding seminar in March the following year.

Requirements for the application:
+ Minimum graduate degree from a recognized university or equivalent professional qualifications and experience of at least 3  years, either in employment or freelance
+ Detailed CV
+ Submission of a proposed/ongoing project
+ Two letters of recommendation from relevant educational/professional sources

Apply by e-mail or registered post to:

Shweta Wahi & Amrisha Sarin
Project Co-ordinators
Fellowship Applications, ARThinkSouthAsia
c/o Goethe-Institut, Max Mueller Bhavan
3 Kasturba Gandhi Marg
New Delhi-110001, India
T: +91-98109 69222
E-mail: info@arthinksouthasia.org

More Information:  http://www.arthinksouthasia.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12&Itemid=16

Pooja Sood
Project Director, 
ARThinkSouthAsia

E-mail: info@arthinksouthasia.org
http://www.arthinksouthasia.org/

KHOJ International Artists' Association
S-17, Khirkee Ext.
New Delhi - 110017
Ph: 00-91-11-29545274
email: interact@khojworkshop.org
http://khojworkshop.org

International low-residency MFA/PhD

WHAT: Call for Applications
WHERE: New York, U.S.A,  and Europe
WHO: Everyone
 
Transart Institute offers postgraduate programs for working artists in a highly individualized format The innovative MFA program consists of three intensive summer residencies with lectures, workshops, critiques, seminars, performances and exhibitions in Europe and two winter residencies in New York. In the four semesters between residencies, students create their own course of study realizing individual art and research projects with the support of faculty and self-chosen artist mentors wherever they work and live. The MPhil/PhD is a 3–4 year full time degree program with an average work commitment of 30 hours per week. The Degree is only offered for practice-based research (creative work) accompanied by a written thesis that contextualizes the work.

The Institute’s programs are geared towards the development of a sustainable artistic praxis rather than training in certain media or genres, challenging students to think conceptually and work creatively in new ways. Current students work with animation, curating, digital media, film, gaming, graphic design, installation, painting, performance, photography, robotics, sculpture, sound, text, video, virtual reality.

Residencie dates: 
July 22–August13, 2011 — Berlin
January 5–8, 2012 — New York City

Additional information
www.transartinstitute.org

AKADEMIE SCHLOSS SOLITUDE RESIDENCY FELLOWSHIPS

WHAT: Akademie Schloss Solitude Residency Fellowships
WHERE: Stuttgart, Germany
WHEN: 2011-2013
DEADLINE: October 31, 2010
WHO: Legal professionals, sociologists, economists, philosophers, anthropologists, and artists of all disciplines

For the 13th time in 20 years, the international residency program Akademie Schloss Solitude – located in Stuttgart, Germany – is granting approx. 65 residency fellowships of six to twelve months in duration. A public foundation opened in 1990 and funded by the State of Baden-Wurttemberg, the Akademie Schloss Solitude operates an international residency program awarding fellowships to artists. More than 900 artists from around 100 countries have developed and advanced projects at the Akademie since its opening in 1990, creating a close-knit, global network of Solitude alumni that expands from year to year. The Akademie pursues an intense exchange between artistic and scientific disciplines. With the art, science & business program the transfer of knowledge and experience between the arts, the sciences, and economics can be deepened to create new synergies of creativity, inventiveness, and management.

International artists are invited to apply from the following disciplines: Architecture (design, landscape architecture, urban planning), Visual Arts (including performance art), Performing Arts (stage design, dramatic texts, dramaturgy, musical theater, performance, direction, drama, dance), Design(fashion, costume, product and furniture design, visual communication), Literature (essay, criticism, poetry, prose, translation), Music/Sound (interpretation, sound installation, sound performance, composition) and Video/Film/New Media(including video installation).
Furthermore, scholars, scientists, and professionals from the disciplines of the Humanities (including social sciences), Jurisprudence/Labor Law, and Economy/Economics (individually or suggested by a business) are invited to apply.

Persons up to 35 or who have completed a university or college degree within the past five years are welcome to apply. Currently enrolled university or college students (at the time of application) will not be considered for selection. Each fellowship recipient is granted Euro 1,000 per month, in addition to free lodging. The independent jury consists of a jury chairperson and specialist jurors who independently allocate the fellowships for their respective disciplines.

The jurors for the 13th application round are: Louisa Hutton/Matthias Sauerbruch (Architecture), Tacita Dean(Visual Arts), Xavier Le Roy (Performing Arts), Stefano Mirti (Design), Jalal Toufic (Literature), Berno Odo Polzer (Music/Sound), and Elia Souleiman (Video/Film/New Media). For the art, science & business program: Patricia Falguières (Humanities), Halton Cheadle (Jurisprudence/Labor Law), andBernardo Gouthier-Macedo (Economy/Economics).

Application deadline is October 31, 2010 (Postmark). As of July 1, application forms can be ONLY downloaded from the application website http://application.akademie-solitude.de.

Information on the Central Topic:
Every two years, at the beginning of a new application round, the Akademie stipulates a new central topic within the context of its art, science & business program. To this end, fellows are selected in the fields of art, humanities, sciences, and business, internal and public events are organized and publications are released. All artists (fellows of the Akademie) are free to participate in projects related to the central topic, while this is mandatory for fellows in the art, science & business program.

Following the initiative of this year’s jury chairwoman Corinne Diserens, the Akademie will be dedicating itself to the topic of "Work Without Qualities" from autumn 2011 through summer 2013.

A loss of social ties, on the one hand, and the emergence of new communication strategies within homogeneous social groups on the other has been experienced since the beginning of late capitalism and the resultant end of the "ethic of endurance", deemed the foundation of the employer-employee relationship.

Nowadays, as sociologist Richard Sennett explains, it is very much a question of creating relationships between individuals who can no longer rely on the stable organization of the working world.

With this new central topic, the Academy intends to initiate a far-reaching interdisciplinary discussion regarding the consequences of the change in work organization in contemporary society within the context of its art, science & business program from 2011 to 2013. By selecting this topic, the Academie wishes to address legal professionals, sociologists, economists, philosophers, anthropologists, and artists of all disciplines.

Call for Applications

WHAT: Rave Scholarships for Curators, Restorers, Museum Technicians and Cultural Managers
WHERE: Stuttgart, Germany
DEADLINE: September 30, 2010
WHO: Curators, restorers, museum technicians, and cultural managers from developing countries
 
The Rave Scholarships contribute to further practical training in arranging and realizing exhibitions. These scholarships are being awarded to curators, restorers, museum technicians and culture managers from countries in transition and developing countries.

Benefits:
    •    A monthly lump sum of 1,300 euros for a scholarship period of three to six months
    •    Traveling expenses (to and from Germany)
    •    Married person's supplement if the spouse is present in Germany
    •    Assistance with health insurance (also for spouses)
    •    German course (participation in a language course is expected)
.
Conditions:
    •    Applicant must be from a country in transition or a developing country
    •    Hitherto no opportunity yet to work in Germany for an extended period of time
    •    Knowledge of either German or English. Basic Knowledge of German expected.
    •    Younger than 40 years old
    •    Completion of professional study or training within the last five years
    •    Applicant must no longer be studying or involved in on-the-job training
    •    Confirmation (in German) from a partner institution in Germany which has agreed to take on or initiate a joint project
    •    A reference from the applicant’s country of origin
    •    Applicants who are not accepted cannot re-apply
.
Selection procedure:
    •    The Rave Foundation committee will assess all applications
    •    There is no recourse to legal action regarding the awarding of a scholarship
    •    Applicants will be informed in writing about whether their application was successful or not. No reasons will be given for the committee’s decision
.
Application documents:
    •    CV (max. 2 pages), including educational qualifications
    •    Outline of the planned project in Germany (max. 1 page)
    •    Consent (in German) from a non-commercial German institution in which the applicant will work during the scholarship period in Germany
    •    A letter of reference from the applicant's home country
    •    An abridged report (max. 2 pages) on the current state of the arts scene in the home country
.
Application date for scholarships in 2011 is 30 September 2010. Selections will be made within 2 months. Applications may be sent via e-mail or post. Should the application be sent via e-mail the original letter of consent and the original letter of reference should still be handed in by post later.

Applications are to be submitted to:

Rave Foundation
c/o Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen

Charlottenplatz 17

D-70173 Stuttgart
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