IN DETAIL
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"The time that we live in is subject to technology and its legitimacy. A tendency to all kinds of connection, collaboration and/or cooperation is broadened world wide. With Internet, our ubiquitousness become possible. The mobile technology helps us to have our love ones always and everywhere at hand... but, somewhere down the line in spite of these nation wide mass-connections, we loosed our sense of an individual. Our relationships are turning to became plastic and distillate, a sort of virtual illusion that does not require direct eye-to-eye confrontation.”
The platform of LindArt residency in Lendava, was build upon a critical reflection about the nature and character of relations, connections, and all sorts of collaborations within our modern society. Inspired by the modern technology they’re becoming less and less personal in our opinion. Thus our idea is to pair the invited artists off in a random selection to work collaboratively on a prescribed theme during the residency period.
The purpose of the residency is to promote sociability, to aid creativeness, interchange of ideas, opinions and experiences, to contribute new ways to assess one's production, and after all the confrontation and acceptability for other(ness).
..........................................................................................................................................................ORGANISATION
• the International Young Artists' Fine Arts Colony LindArt, Lendava is organised by the Gallery-Museum Lendava
• LindArt takes place once each year, for 10 days in July at the Lendava castle, its gallery space & print making studio
• the programme is open to those emerging artist (under the age of 35) who are working within the so called "traditional" visual disciplines: painting, drawing and fine print
• the colony has its expert, responsible for the course of the event
..........................................................................................................................................................LOCATION AND THE DATE OF LINDART COLONY
Lendava, SLOVENIA
from 10th - 20th of July 2013
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ELIGIBILITY
Artists under the age of 35 working within "traditional" visual disciplines (painting, fine print, drawing).
LindArt will ask for a high level of commitment from its members and it is recommended that potential applicants think carefully about their own expectations and willingness to take this kind of risks before they apply for this workshop experience.
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ARTISTS SELECTION
• applications for the project are possible only on the basis of this open call. The deadline for 2013 is 15th of May, 2013
• an international, 5 members committee will select and invite 6 artist to participate at the event
• Due to a high number of applicants, only the selected artist will be notified and send an official invitation via e-mail, at the latest by 25th of May 2013
• the list of the selected artists will be published at our website (www.gml.si)
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PAID BY HOST
• meals, accommodation, work space and materials are provided, along with technical support and facilities at no cost to the artist. Artists are responsible for all other expenses, including the costs of travel and are encouraged to seek financial help for their travel through national or regional funding organizations, charitable trusts, etc.
• we'll also provide transport from/to the nearest bus & train stations. The regarding details will be forwarded to the participating artists
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WORK & EXHIBITION
• the distinguishing feature of the residency project LindArt is its scheme of gathering the participating artists into tandems to work during the colony on the proposed theme
• thus the motto of the programme is: "co-operate”
• the project will end with an exhibition; a presentation of the works produced during the LindArt residency
• all the works are being reviewed by an art critic
• as the main concern of our programme, the meaning of „co-operation” is not only an art enigma and should be broaden to the „ordinary” person and his/her society, we will try to attract him/her into an open debate and active his/her participation. The visitor of the final exhibition can vote for the tandem of his/her choice and co-decide which two artists will receive a stimulating prize: a possibility for one-man show in the gallery of Lendava, organised in 2014
• each work will be digitally documented in the art collection of the Gallery-Museum Lendava
• additionally a catalogue will be published
• the works from our collection are shown on various exhibitions around the region
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APPLICATION DEADLINE
for CO-OPERATE vol. VII
15th of May, 2013