Gallery XY opencall
In 2021, the XY Gallery offers the possibility of residencies for artists - graduates of art colleges and art disciplines, professional artists, art curators and architects right in the historic centre of Olomouc.
Artists, curators and architects can use the residency for research or use the time in the advanced phase of creation. We offer a free-lit space for creation in the building of the cultural centre, which houses XY Gallery and Divadlo na cucky. The creative stay will end with a public presentation of the author's overall work in XY Gallery in Olomouc. During the residency, artists/curators/architects will be provided with free accommodation, space for creation, production and promotional support.
The residency is designed for 1–5 people, the length of the residency is 7-20 days, May – November 2021.
The challenge is not age-restricted and the application
criteria are:
- quality of the submitted project
- well-developed and well-written application submitted
- clear connection to the place of stay realized
The call is open to artists from the Czech Republic and abroad. The selection will take into account the criteria of artistic quality, sophistication of creative intent and a connection to the place where they want to create. The aim is to select projects that will either be research or will have the potential for immediate implementation in public space. The call is open to both individuals and artistic groups.
Art residencies will be conceived as "research" and their goal is exclusively work on the work, regardless of its subsequent implementation in the immediate vicinity of the creative stay.
A subsequent public presentation of the author's overall work will take place in the XY Gallery or be online (depends on actual Covid situation).
The other residencies intended for architects, will end with realization of the work in a public space or the organization of a master class or a workshop.
Please send:
- structured CV
- a link to websites or portfolios in PDF,
- cover letter and creative intention (max. 2500 characters)
- preferred date of residence
via e-mail to: rezidence@xyolomouc.com
E-mail subject REZIDENCE 2021
contact: Mgr. Monika Beková, +420 728 570 608
Residential stays will take place from May to November 2021, so it is possible to register continuously, but applications should be well in advance of the preferred date.
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