[Oberlist] Fw: DEMARCATIONS? - Call for Proposals

[Andrei Siclodi]

DEMARCATIONS?
Exhibitions proposals for the Kunstpavillon and the Stadtturmgalerie of
the Tyrolean Artists Association in Innsbruck, Austria
Call for submissions

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Association
The Tyrolean Artists Association (Tiroler Künstlerschaft) regards itself
as an art forum for the Tyrol, an interface between professional visual
artists, living in or hailing from the Tyrol, the interested public, and
other cultural institutions in the region and abroad. As an important
task the association also undertakes to establish and cultivate contacts
to artists, curators and theoreticians moving on the international
stage.

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Programme
The exhibition programme at the Kunstpavillon and the
Stadtturmgalerie aims to place projects by Tyrolean artist in an
international context. Emphasis, however, is put on presenting artistic
productions with reference to the Tyrol, and setting these productions
in relation to exhibitions by external curators and artists from abroad
as well as from other Austrian regions.

In recent years, the programme of the Kunstpavillon and the
Stadtturmgalerie was generated through a call for projects addressed to
the members of the Tyrolean Artists Association and, supraregionally, to
artists and curators. A programme jury, consisting of members of the
association’s executive committee and external experts, chose from the
projects submitted. From 2008 the exhibition programme will be placed
under a general heading. By stipulating the overall theme for the year,
namely ‘DEMARCATIONS?’ (germ: 'Grenzziehungen?'), the association
expects a more stringent exhibition programme. Lectures and symposia on
particular aspects of the topic shall accompany the exhibitions, while
all the formats mentioned, being attached equal importance to, shall
ideally complement each other.

On www.kuenstlerschaft.at you will find information on the current and
past exhibition programmes. For 2008 four exhibitions are planned at the
Kunstpavillon and five at the Stadtturmgalerie.

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Exhibition Spaces
Kunstpavillon:
The Kunstpavillon is situated a few minutes walking distance from the
city centre in the so-called 'Kleiner Hofgarten', in close proximity to
the Imperial Palace (Hofburg) and the Congress Centre. The building,
erected as a summer residence for the Provincial Governor in 1842, was
adapted to become a traditional skylighted gallery. The room measures
about 175 square metres.

Stadtturmgalerie:
The Stadtturmgalerie, comprising around 60 square metres, is located on
the ground floor of the old City Tower (Stadtturm), which is at the
heart of Innsbruck’s Old Town. The special architectural situation –
historical vaults open up onto the backyard through an extension in the
shape of a glass cube – in the past has proven to be an exciting
environment for exhibition projects reacting to the spatial situation
(no obligation!). However, the selection of the projects does not
presume obligatory the work with the space itself.

We gladly send you floor plans and picture material on request!

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The Theme
For the 2008 annual programme exhibition and project proposals are
considered, which deal with the stipulated theme ‘DEMARCATIONS?’:
To draw up borders, to dissociate oneself, borderline, geographical and
political frontiers, migration, age limit, skin, limit of tolerance,
threshold of pain, horizon, no limits – the sky is the limit … The theme
‘DEMARCATIONS?’ encompasses many areas, from the politically motivated
research art, to the breaking of taboos, and to considerations on, for
instance, how to delimit colour fields from each other, or, vice versa,
how they ideally should behave towards each other. Restricted areas,
bioethics, remand pending deportation, disintegration, physical and/or
formal border crossings, all these questions could form the subject of a
project. Considering the overall theme, the crossing of borders to
disciplines such as geography/cartography, ethics, sociology,
psychology, and philosophy also suggests itself.

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Selection
A programme jury, consisting of members of the association’s executive
committee and external experts, choose from the projects submitted. It
will also be up to the jury to pick out certain aspects of the overall
theme ‘DEMARCATIONS?’ for particular consideration. The members of the
jury will support the projects with their expertise and will actively be
involved in the discourse throughout the year. The programme will be
drawn up by the board of the association until September 2007.

Jury 2008: Verena Bäumler, Ingeborg Erhart, Sønke Gau, Annja
Krautgasser, Andrei Siclodi, Annette Sonnewend, Astrid Wege

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Application Procedure
Exhibition projects for the year 2008 may be handed in to the Tiroler
Künstlerschaft, Kunstpavillon, Rennweg 8a, 6020 Innsbruck, until 15 June
2007 2007. Applications should consist of an informal letter, a project
description (7 copies), succinct documentation of previous
works/exhibitions (photographs, catalogues etc.; no originals!), and a
short up-to-date CV (7 copies). Generally, the Kunstpavillon is better
suited to group exhibitions while the Stadtturmgalerie offers good
conditions for solo shows. However, there is no obligation of any kind
in this regard.


Please direct your applications for the Kunstpavillon and the
Stadtturmgalerie to the following Address:

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Tiroler Künstlerschaft – Kunstpavillon
re: Programme 2008
Rennweg 8a
6020 Innsbruck – Austria
pavillon la kuenstlerschaft.at

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Application deadline: 15 June 2007 (date of postmark)