[Oberlist] BG* call/proj: Nomadic Village 2009

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Subject: [artbox] Call for Proposals: Nomadic Village 2009
From:    "Margarita Dorovska" <mdorovska la i-space.org>
Date:    Wed, May 6, 2009 19:13
To:      artbox la groups.cult.bg
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Call for Proposals: Nomadic Village 2009

20th-30th of August 2009
Pavlikeni, Bulgaria
Organiser: On The Road Productions (www.lufka.org)



In the last decade, many traditional obstacles to exploring
the world as an individual, like borders and monopolies of
institutions and information, vanished. To probe this freedom,
many mobile projects like traveling mini-states, on-the-road-
cinemas, busses converted to ateliers and galleries and trans-
national music projects started to appear. In this context, On
The Road Productions (ORP) exercises an artistic activism,
that finds and creates spaces, in which artists can work
outside of the walls of existing institutions. ORP fosters
projects that aim at finding and expressing independent and
original views. Centerpiece is a Steyr-Ikarus bus that has
been converted into an atelier-, office- and gallery-space.

The Nomadic Village is going to be an enlarged space of that
character, an artist residence with a slight festival
character, in which various mobile projects are going to
create a microcosm together. The participants will bring their
own housings, like busses, vans or caravans, that will become
the structure of the temporary village.


Location of the Nomadic Village
The location is an empty lot on the fringe of Pavlikeni. Not
far from the center, but remote enough, it provides a good
setting for the village to come into existence. We will create
the space that will surround us, and follow artistic discourse
and work between land-art, video, music and more. The common
denominator is an interest in modern nomadism.

The first week (20th – 27th of August) we will focus on the
community. The village will become a temporary, partly
improvised setting: Our autonomous space, in which original
projects can be realized in an adequate, self-created
surrounding.
On the last 2 days (28th – 29th of August) the village will
present itself to the world. In the Nomadic Village we will
put up installations, performances, concerts and exhibitions.
Besides that, there is also the option of showing certain
works in Pavlikeni.
People from Pavlikeni as well as international guests will be
invited to get a taste of our temporary microcosm.

To help the realization of projects, ORP can provide the
following:

-Contact with the town of Pavlikeni (for public presentations
etc.)
-rental of 2 mongolian yurtas as living or working space
-contacts for rental of camping vans in Austria and maybe
Bulgaria
-support with the development and concepts of projects
-technic for video projection, sound installation and
concerts, an analogue colour darkroom
-work-places (tents, air-conditioned bus)
-internet

The paricipants should bring their own housing and be able to
finance their projects independently. ORP has to receive a
short project description (title, concept, participants) prior
to the Nomadic Village. Guests who visit the public
presentations are excepted from this, and are also invited to
stay in hotel Bora, not far from the village.

Due to the nature of the Nomadic Village (it is still
growing), not all possibilities are listed here. If you have
project-specific questions, please contact On The Road
Productions.


contact:

Klaus Maehring/On The Road Productions
e-mail: orp la lufka.org
tel.: +43/699/10316027