Košice 2013 » Exhibition http://www.kosice2013.sk/en/ Európske hlavné mesto kultúry Wed, 12 Aug 2015 11:27:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 Open Call for German Artists http://www.kosice2013.sk/en/open-call-for-german-artists/ http://www.kosice2013.sk/en/open-call-for-german-artists/#comments Fri, 07 Feb 2014 07:39:16 +0000 http://www.kosice2013.sk/?p=18835 Kasarne_kulturpark_1K.A.I.R. – Košice Artist in Residence with the support of Goethe – Institut in Slovakia invites artists from Germany to apply for three month residency in Košice, Slovakia.

Host organisation

Košice 2013 – European Capital of Culture (www.kosice2013.sk)

 

Košice

By now, Košice and whole Eastern Slovakia is one of the most fascinating regions in Europe. Not for nothing, Košice was the “European Capital of Culture” in 2013. During the last centuries, the whole region was influenced by many different kingdoms, countries and cultural groups and still you can feel this multicultural spirit in the city, also because of the huge Hungarian and Roma minorities and the three universities. During the socialistic time, Košice became a centre of steel industry, the population tripled within 3o years. The influence of the former socialistic times, especially in architecture and working infrastructure, still exists. During the last years, Košice, located at the Schengen border, starts a huge transformation process and will become an important cultural hub between east and west in social, political and artistic terms.

Artist in Residence

In the frame of European Capital of Culture the NGO Košice 2013 is running an international Artist-in-Residence-program for the artists from all over the world and out of all artistic disciplines and expressions. We give our residents the possibility to become a cultural pioneer and work in the inspire environment of Košice`s singular cultural surrounding to realize art projects, collaborate with the agile local art scene and present themselves to the local and national public.

We pursuit three main goals within the residency program:

  1. Support the creative energy of every invited artist and give her/him the chance to work in a new environment and to find (new) artistic ways of expression
  2. Stimulate the art scene in Košice, in the region and in whole Slovakia. Support the dialogue as well as the confrontation of the residency artists with local artists and the wide public.
  3. Create/strengthen a beneficial environment for the development of innovative and international contemporary art projects with international and local participants.

 

According to our main goals, our team will introduce every artist in the social environment of the city and the region and help them to build up networks and collaborations with local artists. We will organise public events like artist talks, projections, workshops, open studios to give all artists the chance to introduce and present themselves to a wide public. The final presentation/exhibition will be presented during the White Night (Nuit Blanche) event. White night is the largest and most frequented contemporary art project in Slovakia. For more information about White Night in Košice: http://www.biela-noc.sk/en

 

K.A.I.R. – FACTS

What we provide

  • Three month residency in Kosice, Eastern Slovakia (July – September 2014)
  • Free accommodation and studio in Kasárne/Kulturpark, former military barracks renovated into the multi-genre cultural centre (http://www.kosice2013.sk/en/projects/kasarnekulturpark/). The two room flats are fully furnished with kitchen. The studio is equipped with basic tools and technical equipment.
  • Honorary 500€ per month
  • Travelling costs maximum 500€
  • Material costs 500€
  • Production and PR support

 

What we demand

  • We are searching for visual artists from Germany, who are open to collaborations with local artists. The artist should work on the project which will be presented during White Night in Košice. We prefer artists who work with: public space, site specific projects, performance, new media, interactive installations, lighting installations, sound installations, participatory projects, sculpture/objects
  • One presentation during the residency and final project/exhibition at the end
  • Compulsory attendance

 

Application

The application must consist of three PDF files

  • PDF n°1: Curriculum Vitae – a short CV including your name, address, phone, email, educational and exhibition background
  • PDF n°2: Letter of motivation and objectives – briefly describe your motivation to come to Košice and first ideas of projects you would like to realise
  • PDF n°3: Portfolio – artist statement and presentation of artworks (texts, photos, links to video or audio sharing websites: YouTube, Vimeo, Soundcloud etc.)
  • Deadline: 23rd   of March 2014 / please send it only via email to zuzana.kotikova@kosice2013.sk

Contact to host organization

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www.roosvandijk.com

Roos van Dijk will present the outcome of the three month long residency on the 21st of November in Kasarne/Kulturpark. Roos got inspired by the specific built environment of Košice – panel block areas monotonous in shape and variable in the colour palette of the facades. You are more than welcome to join us for the opening on the 21st of November at 18:00 in November pavilion at Kasarne/Kultrupark, Kukučínova 2, Košice.

This residency is part of our long term patrnership with Motel Spatie, Arnhem, the Netherlands.

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This is particularly about the modern presentation of pop icons and celebrities (Gavin Turk, Clare Strand), the rendering of commercial urban environment and consumerism (Martin Parr, Julian Opie , David Mach), but it also provides an ironic and critical look at this sphere (Jake and Dinos Chapmanovci , David Mach , Harison and Wood) or conceptual approaches (Damien Hirst, Simon Patterson , Mona Hatoum).
It’s also about a shift in the media – promotion and widespread use of screen printing techniques (Gavin Turk, Damien Hirst), presentations of ordinary, banal objects (Liam Gillick Gery Webb, Tony Cragg ), or the use of non-stylized photography, film footage and documentaries (Douglas Gordon, Gillian Wearing, Rachel Whiteread).
2013_11_14_British_Express_Vernisaz_Foto_T_Bachura_39“The exhibition gives a unique opportunity not only to residents of Košice, but to the whole Slovak public, to get familiar directly with the strong visual scene in the British Isles, and brings a whole list of top names from the international scene and introduces us to the important collecting role of institutions such as the British Council,” said curator Vladimír Beskid.
The general public can, from 14 November 2013 to 26 January 2014 in the Kunsthalle/Hall of Art in Košice, find contemporary, highly sought-after British art, which is characterized by a diversity of forms created as works of authorship in a relaxed style, and equally by the challenge the prejudices and destructive limits of the human understanding of art and culture. There is a selection of implementations of working with media, pictures, video and spatial installations.
The accompanying event to British Express is the performance of DJ MY NU LENG- from Bristol in England with the support of Slovak DJ Stroon and DJ Inso in the Barracks/Kulturpark the same day at 9pm.
2013_11_14_British_Express_Vernisaz_Foto_T_Bachura_9The representative exhibition spaces at the Kunsthalle/Hall of Art will be filled with the masterpieces by the following important authors for the next two and a half months: MAT COLLISHAW, JAKE and DINOS CHAPMAN, TONY CRAGG, RICHARD DEACON, ANGUS FAIRHURST, LIAM GILLICK, DOUGLAS GORDON, ANTONY GORMLEY, MONA HATOUM, MARCUS HAYDOCK, TIM HEAD, DAMIEN HIRST, KAREN KNORR, DAVID MACH, RON O´DONNEL, JULIAN OPIE, MARTIN PARR, SIMON PATTERSON, MARK POWER, CLARE STRAND, GAVIN TURK, GILLIAN WEARING, GERY WEBB, RACHEL WHITEREAD, WOOD and HARRISON.

]]> http://www.kosice2013.sk/en/british-express-opens-the-visual-scene-of-the-british-isles/feed/ 0 The exhibition – Petra Římalová: Príbehy kasární http://www.kosice2013.sk/en/petra-rimalova-pribehy-kasarni/ http://www.kosice2013.sk/en/petra-rimalova-pribehy-kasarni/#comments Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:27:39 +0000 http://www.kosice2013.sk/?p=15034 Petra Římalová is a Czech artists working primarily with video, 3D modulation and animation. She came to Košice at the beginning of September as part of our artist in residence cooperation with Pilsen 2015.

In the last two months Petra has been working on a topic of genius loci of Kasarne. She tries to capture the historical dimension of the place through conversations with witnesses of the time Kasarne was military barracks and through researching various documents.

Petra’s work is not documentary or reality capturing videos, more it is a personal statement expressing to a great extent the artist’s subjective perception of the place and its atmosphere. Even though the images might seem quite realistic, be sure there is a substantial portion of imagination and reality alteration.

The exhibition will be open at Kasarne/Kultrpark, Bravo building on Thursday the 24th of October at 18:00 and will be open until Sunday the 27th from 16:00 until 18:00.

This residency is made possible thanks to generous support of Czech Centre in Bratislava.

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