VINGT Paris Presents The mission is simple:
We believe that art should thrive in the place that inspires it. Therefore, we are extending an invitation to those who create it: VINGT Paris Presents Paname Fibres Fall/Winter 2011 A nomadic project pointing at Paris from various, artistic perspectives, and exploring the diversity of the different Parisian city areas
What is this?
The project will host a number of residencies per year, each of a one-month duration, and each taking place in a different apartment in one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris. A residency period is concluded with an event/presentation by the artist, as well as a small publication. Furthermore the artist will be featured in VINGT Paris Magazine.
The first residency will take place in a 15m2 studio apartment in Paris 15th arrondissement and can host one artist. Residency period: November 20th, 2011 – December 20th, 2011
Purpose of the project:
The concept combines the VINGT Paris interest in architecture and living space with the magazine content focused on art and literature. VINGT Paris sees the city as a living organism constantly being (re)defined by the people in it.
We wish to contribute to the artistic environment in Paris by:
-Providing an opportunity for artists to live and work in Paris for a period in order to connect to the local art scene,
-Examining Paris from various, artistic points of view, and thereby create a growing archive of artistic researches dealing with the city of Paris,
-Inviting the public to experience good art in unusual exhibition settings.
Artist profile:
The residency is open to artists working in all mediums, be it drawing, installation, photography, video, sculpture, painting, performance, writing or other.
We look for curious and open-minded artists who value engaged research as well as an exciting artistic outcome, and who have interest in working in and with contemporary Paris.
The invited artist is free to work in any way s/he wishes, as long as the work relates to or deals with the city -and more specifically Paris- as a subject.
Details:
The apartment in which the artist will live and work also functions as venue for the final exhibition. The artist is thus encouraged to link his work in a direct or indirect way to this apartment.
The final event can take shape as an exhibition, a performance or a book reading in the apartment itself, or as an installation in public space (somehow geographically linked to the apartment).
During the residency, the artist will have close contact to the curator who will introduce the artist to Paris, and advise the artist in relation to his/her work. The curator will, in collaboration with the artist, be in charge of developing the final event/exhibition.
Practical matters:
VINGT Paris offers a free place to live/work, introduction to Paris, collaboration with the curator, exhibition and publicity, all free or charge.
We do not cover travel costs, materials or living expenses (food, transportation, museum entry fees etc). You must cover these expenses yourself or find additional funding elsewhere.
(You should count on needing minimum €500 for a month in order to cover your basic living expenses, plus an additional budget for your individual material costs.)
Please do only apply if you’re unable to come and stay in Paris during this forthcoming residency period which is November 20th, 2011 – December 20th, 2011.
A few details about Paris and the 15th arrondissement:
The city of Paris is divided into 20 areas/arrondissements and is, with its 2 million inhabitants, located in the center of the metropolitan area called Ile de France, a 12 million people region containing Paris and its inner and outer rings of surrounding suburbs.
The 15th arrondissement is situated on the Rive Gauche (left bank) of the River Seine and is the city’s most densely populated arrondissement. It shares the Montparnasse district with the 6th and 14th arrondissements. The Tour Montparnasse – the tallest skyscraper in Paris – and the neighboring Gare Montparnasse are both located in the 15th arrondissement, at its border with the 14th. It is also home to the Parc des Expositions which near the Parc des Princes and houses Porte de Versailles exhibition centre, the high-rise district of the Front de Seine (or Beaugrenelle) and the Eiffel Tower
The 15th arrondissement is generally considered a calm and safe area to live and work.
To apply: Please send an email (residency@vingtparis.com) with:
-A written proposal outlining what you want to do in Paris. This can be either a specific topic that you’d like to research, or it can be a clear project that you want to execute during your stay. The written proposal should not take up more than half an a4 page. You’re more than welcome to ad sketches or photos (maximum 3) if you wish.
The proposal must be written in the body text of the email as well as attached to the email in a separate word document.
-A link to (documentation of) your work
Mention this link in the body text of your email
-A short motivation (why you want to do this..) Your motivation can take any shape you wish. It can be a written text, a video-talk, a drawing.. This is not to say that we necessarily look for motivations communicated in outrageous or spectacular ways – it’s rather a way to express that we do not want you to limit yourself to words in case you feel more comfortable communicating in another medium. The most important is that you do it the way you wish.
The motivation must be attached to the email as a separate document.
-Your CV (including your name, nationality, and current city and country of residence.
The CV must be attached to the email as a separate document.
Only electronical applications accepted. Send your application by email to residency@vingtparis.com. All documents must be attached to this email or exist as links.
Medium sized attachments preferred. No attachment should be bigger than 1MB.
One important rule: Please try and keep your proposal and the motivation (whether it takes form as text, video or another medium) short and sharp. Please avoid adding long, detailed descriptions or theoretic texts as part of the application. (If needed you can ad the most important extract of the text, and mention the source.)
What we wish when looking at your application is to – in as short time as possible – get a real impression of who you are as an artist and what you would like to do in Paris.
DEADLINE: October 19, 2011! We will respond with the results by Oct 24, 2011
