12-14 June 2020/ online
Project work for Shelter Festival-Laboratory 2019
The call was closed on February 28, 2019 (23:59 CET). A curator of Shelter will be announced on March 8, 2019.
Thanks to all applicants!
Thanks to all applicants!
Suoja/ Shelter Festival-Laboratory seeks a Curator for its second edition to be held in Helsinki, Finland, in June 2019. Individuals of any nationality and country of residence are openly invited to send their proposal in English.
The conceptual frame of the 2019 Shelter edition is ecology with a specific viewpoint towards Deep Ecology, Ecofeminism, Ecosophy, Environmental philosophy, etc.
A Curator will work in close collaboration with Suoja/ Shelter Festival-Laboratory organisers to develop and produce the core programme of Suoja/ Shelter 2019.
The conceptual frame of the 2019 Shelter edition is ecology with a specific viewpoint towards Deep Ecology, Ecofeminism, Ecosophy, Environmental philosophy, etc.
A Curator will work in close collaboration with Suoja/ Shelter Festival-Laboratory organisers to develop and produce the core programme of Suoja/ Shelter 2019.
GUIDELINES
Proposal letter must contain a curator's motivation along with conceptual direction and envision of a proposed topic. Extra consideration will be given to proposals that demonstrate a creative approach to curatorial research methods and the plan of work.
The proposal must include four or more artists. Short biographies must be included. Curators may not include their own work in the exhibition.
A curator can be of any nationality and country of residence, but be aware of the cultural and political processes of Scandinavian countries, Russia, Baltic Region and Eastern Europe. All proposed artists can be international.
Extra consideration will be given to ones in the beginning stages of their curatorial careers.
Shelter strongly encourages applications that contribute to the concept of diversity.
The proposal must include four or more artists. Short biographies must be included. Curators may not include their own work in the exhibition.
A curator can be of any nationality and country of residence, but be aware of the cultural and political processes of Scandinavian countries, Russia, Baltic Region and Eastern Europe. All proposed artists can be international.
Extra consideration will be given to ones in the beginning stages of their curatorial careers.
Shelter strongly encourages applications that contribute to the concept of diversity.
WHAT INCLUDES
3-days festival on the 7-9th of June 2019.
Venue of 600 m2 in a Cold War bomb-shelter, in the center of Helsinki, technically equipped (see the full rider).
Opportunities to develop related public programming, encompassing 4 directories: installation art, music, sound and performance art, video and moving image, artistic research and education. The program should be composed both, via direct invitations and via an open call.
900 euro unrestricted honorarium.
700 euro to divide amongst the participating artists and program speakers.
500 euro production budget for the invited artists.
Approx. 2000 euro budget for artists via an open call.
Assistance in the application for the travel grants.
Press materials and PR support.
Venue of 600 m2 in a Cold War bomb-shelter, in the center of Helsinki, technically equipped (see the full rider).
Opportunities to develop related public programming, encompassing 4 directories: installation art, music, sound and performance art, video and moving image, artistic research and education. The program should be composed both, via direct invitations and via an open call.
900 euro unrestricted honorarium.
700 euro to divide amongst the participating artists and program speakers.
500 euro production budget for the invited artists.
Approx. 2000 euro budget for artists via an open call.
Assistance in the application for the travel grants.
Press materials and PR support.
SELECTION PROCESS
The Open Call is judged in two stages. After the first selections, the applicants will be contacted for the Skype interview on the 3rd of March. The interviews are held from the 4th (10-16 CET) to the 5th (10-13 CET) of March.
All applicants will be notified of results by the 8th of March 2019.
All applicants will be notified of results by the 8th of March 2019.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
1. A proposal letter:
a. A curator's motivation plus a conceptual direction and envision of a proposed topic. The conceptual frame of the 2019 Shelter edition is ecology with a specific viewpoint towards Deep Ecology, Ecofeminism, Ecosophy,
Environmental philosophy, etc.
b. An explanation of the selection process of the artists and educators (proposed candidates and following open-call).
c. Must be no longer than 4000 characters.
2. Curator's CV (PDF, 2 pages maximum).
3. Curator's portfolio of realized projects (PDF, 10 pages maximum, 5MB).
4. List of at least three participating artists and short bios for each. A proposal of an educational program (proposal of at least one key speaker).
Work samples of selected artists/ speakers (PDF, 2 pages per artist, 5MB).
- IMAGES (2-4 per artist): artist name, artwork title, year, medium, dimensions, additional description.
- VIDEO/AUDIO: please provide URL links for video and time-based work. Vimeo is better for video. Soundcloud is preferred for the audio
+ password, artist name, artwork title, year, duration, additional description.
a. A curator's motivation plus a conceptual direction and envision of a proposed topic. The conceptual frame of the 2019 Shelter edition is ecology with a specific viewpoint towards Deep Ecology, Ecofeminism, Ecosophy,
Environmental philosophy, etc.
b. An explanation of the selection process of the artists and educators (proposed candidates and following open-call).
c. Must be no longer than 4000 characters.
2. Curator's CV (PDF, 2 pages maximum).
3. Curator's portfolio of realized projects (PDF, 10 pages maximum, 5MB).
4. List of at least three participating artists and short bios for each. A proposal of an educational program (proposal of at least one key speaker).
Work samples of selected artists/ speakers (PDF, 2 pages per artist, 5MB).
- IMAGES (2-4 per artist): artist name, artwork title, year, medium, dimensions, additional description.
- VIDEO/AUDIO: please provide URL links for video and time-based work. Vimeo is better for video. Soundcloud is preferred for the audio
+ password, artist name, artwork title, year, duration, additional description.
RESPONSIBILITY
We are looking for a curator who can:
Elaborate on a proposed topic and create a strong conceptual vision of its realisation.
Propose, negotiate and invite artists/ researchers – core elements for building a program.
Collaborate with organisers in the creation of an open call in 4 directions: installation art; music/ sound art/ performance art; video and moving image; artistic research.
Make a selection after an open-call.
Collaborate with organisers on composing of program design, exhibition design, schedules, and timelines; writing a curatorial text, media texts, exhibition explications; working with media.
Use English on a high spoken and written level.
Is a confident user of digital technologies and is able to work remotely.
Elaborate on a proposed topic and create a strong conceptual vision of its realisation.
Propose, negotiate and invite artists/ researchers – core elements for building a program.
Collaborate with organisers in the creation of an open call in 4 directions: installation art; music/ sound art/ performance art; video and moving image; artistic research.
Make a selection after an open-call.
Collaborate with organisers on composing of program design, exhibition design, schedules, and timelines; writing a curatorial text, media texts, exhibition explications; working with media.
Use English on a high spoken and written level.
Is a confident user of digital technologies and is able to work remotely.
Application deadline: 28 February, 2019 (23:59 CET)
Suoja/ Shelter is a 3-day international annual festival-laboratory, which is held in the bomb-shelter in the center of Helsinki. We invite artists, performers, musicians, educators to comprehend the "shelter" in all its hypostases, forms and manifestations.
Shelter as a refuge from the threat and shelter as an indicator of the existence of a threat. Shelter as an underground for marginal or as a privilege for the elite. Shelter as a transfer point, compelled communal living, a model of society in miniature, a safe space for the gathering of like-minded people. Shelter as a burrow, shelter as a den, shelter as the last asylum, shelter as a new beginning. Located within the global rock of the capitalist world, the shelter is represented in the present while at the same time is hidden from it. Therefore, it is from within the shelter that we can overcome the rhetoric of the "Cold War" and the creative logic of cognitive capitalism by imagining a world of new affects, new tenderness, sensitivity, and non-toxic communication.
Shelter as a refuge from the threat and shelter as an indicator of the existence of a threat. Shelter as an underground for marginal or as a privilege for the elite. Shelter as a transfer point, compelled communal living, a model of society in miniature, a safe space for the gathering of like-minded people. Shelter as a burrow, shelter as a den, shelter as the last asylum, shelter as a new beginning. Located within the global rock of the capitalist world, the shelter is represented in the present while at the same time is hidden from it. Therefore, it is from within the shelter that we can overcome the rhetoric of the "Cold War" and the creative logic of cognitive capitalism by imagining a world of new affects, new tenderness, sensitivity, and non-toxic communication.
Venue details
Basic info
- total venue size approx. 600 m2
- 4 x walls (2,2 x 2,2 m) with wheels. 4 kpl 2m x 2,2 m
- 3x 16 A fuse
- n. 30-40 pieces of chairs
- 4 tables
- refrigerator, coffeemaker, waterboiler, kitchenware
- 2 toilets
- basic woodworking tools
- 2 kpl ladders
- carpets
Sound
- PA: Coda Audio D-Corez2.7
+ 2x Coda Audio AP8 active monitors
- mixer Soundcraft MFXi 12 (12 mic/line in, 2x stereo line in, 2x Aux out, 2x Sub Out)
- mics: 3x SM58 + ständit
- 3x stereo DI-box
Light
- 6 x Laser Imagineering Frisbee
- 6 x Art Lighting Fresnel 500w
- Chamsys Magic Q PC-wing Compact + PC laptop
- n. 40 m DMX-cable
- schuko approx. 100 m
- 1 x Botex DPX-620 III – 6-channel dimmer pack
Video
- projector: PANASONIC pT DW6300E
- vga, dvi-i, hdmi cables and adapters
Additional
NB: there is no cell coverage in the shelter, and the Internet connection
is not very stable.
Equipment on demand: projectors, monitors, speakers, microphones, cables, light
is not very stable.
Equipment on demand: projectors, monitors, speakers, microphones, cables, light
