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Open Call The Wall #2

 

Where do you stand? Where do you want to go? Are you curious about the development in your work when you can make a translation into a large format? Then you definitely don’t want to miss the second edition of our project The Wall.

With this project, we offer you as an artist the opportunity to experiment on a scale that extends beyond what you have explored in your artistry so far. The starting point for this is the enormous wall of the large hall in Kunstpunt, which measures no less than 22 meters wide by 9 meters high. This nearly 200 square meter wall, with overhead skylights providing uniform light throughout the day, provides a unique opportunity for an artist to develop and perform work on a large scale. In addition to the wall surface, the triangular floor and ceiling can also become part of the research. Here you can find a map of the room.

Collaboration 
For The Wall #2, Kunstpunt collaborates with visual artist Kie Ellens. Ellens guides you as an inspirator and Kunstpunt guides you in the process.

Duration and public moment
The The Wall #2 project runs from October 17 to November 25, 2022. These are 6 weeks to work on a large format at Kunstpunt. During this period there will be a public moment where you as an artist are expected to present yourself to an interested audience about the progress, discoveries and experiences. This will be in the form of a public work discussion led by Kie Ellens

Compensation
The selected artist will receive an art budget (fee and all material and performance costs) of a maximum of € 4,500.00 excl. VAT.

Interested?
Is this a challenge you want to take up? Write a motivation in which you indicate how you would like to use the opportunity to make something big. The work can be 2D or 3D.

Part of the registration is a global timeline/planning that indicates what you want to research during this period.

Conditions for participation:

  • Living in the municipality of Groningen
  • Demonstrably professionally active, which can be deduced from a CV (period 2017-2022)
    NB: students are excluded from participation
  • Motivated description of what you want to research (max. 1 A4)
  • Up to 10 images from your portfolio that are relevant to this project
  • Global (time) planning for the project (max. 1 A4)

1 artist will be chosen from the entries.
There is no fee for registering as a result of this open call.
There will be no communication about the committee’s choice of artist.

The selection committee consists of:

– Kie Ellens (advisor/coach)
– Petra te Morsche (project leader art in public space, Kunstpunt)
– Sander Vermeulen (project leader The Wall #2, Kunstpunt)

Schedule:

  • Open call registration period: until August 28, 2022
  • Selection by committee: 29 August to September 5 2022
  • Artist decision: no later than Tuesday 6 September 2022
  • Working period artist: 17 October to 25 November, 2022

Send your motivation, project description and CV (in Dutch or English) in PDF no later than Sunday 28 August 2022 to sandervermeulen@kunstpuntgroningen.nl.

You can also use this email address and write to Sander Vermeulen for questions about this open call.