Application Guidelines: Genesis Project, Philadelphia
NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
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WHO CAN APPLY:
Artists who are working with and/or through the body are invited to apply. Artists from New York City and Philadelphia will be considered, as will one artist from abroad. The committee is thinking broadly about definitions of ‘artist,’ and ‘creative practice’ and is unattached to notions of who is ‘right’ for this project. There will be no age discrimination, but we ask that artists have at least 3 years of professional experience as an artist, or in an art-related practice. Please consider the questions below as guidelines for applying, and if you answer yes to most of them and would like to be one of the eight artists in the first annual Genesis Project in Philadelphia, send the application materials to arturo@culturepush.org with the subject “Genesis Project” by January 15th, 2009. Artists will be notified around March 1st. The project will begin on Sat. August 1st, 2009, and will conclude on Sat. August 28th. ATTENTION: Applicants must familiarize themselves with the structure and terms of the residency before applying. To do so, Click Here. Please direct questions to arturo@culturepush.org. BASEKAMP is a non-commercial studio and exhibition space whose primary focus is to participate in the creation, facilitation and promotion of large scale collaborative projects by contemporary artists. Philadelphia is an example of a city whose visual art-world is currently in the process of self-definition. We have seen this as an opportunity to use the city as a home base to invite domestic and international collaborative groups in a joint experiment to develop new models of relations within overlapping art communities.To view past events and more photos of the space, please visit their website!
Questions to Consider: Would you like to be supported and challenged in your artistic practice by connecting with a small, diverse group of other inter-disciplinary, body-based artists? Do you aim for your artistic process to be continually evolving and challenged? Are you able to direct and motivate your own artistic practice? Do you identify as working between disciplines, and/or are in the process of expanding your arts practice into other disciplines? Does your work make connections between or maintain parallel practices? As an artist are you unattached to any one particular set of skills or training? Are you curious about the possibilities of engaging your body in a daily practice without knowing the outcome of your investigations? Are you discontent with irregular or unfocused practice? Do you feel your work could benefit from a focused period of unstructured, daily, body-based practice time in a private studio space? Do you value daily artistic inquiry as creativity in and of itself rather than only as a means to a creative product? In your arts practice, do you wish to cultivate a fearless desire to fail: as an integral part of the creative process, and/or to glean a deeper understanding of your artistic inquiry?
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APPLICATION MATERIALS:
Arturo Vidich
Genesis Project Director 560 State Street Apt. 2A Brooklyn, NY 11217 Please include a SASE if you want your materials returned to you.
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