Artquest in partnership with ACAVA are delighted to announce that applications are open for <<3 Months in Berlin>> 2010

Residency Dates: 27 September - 20 December 2010
Application Deadline: 6pm Tuesday 27 July 2010
Shortlisted Applicants Interviewed Wednesday 11 August 2010
Successful applicant informed Thursday 12 August 2010
Please see application guidelines
 

ACAVA Studio, Berlin

<<3 months in Berlin>> is an opportunity for a London-based visual arts or crafts practitioner at any stage of their career to live and make new work in one of Europe's most dynamic and exciting cities, providing a free live/work studio for 3 months, return air fare, a £600 bursary and £100 towards artists materials.

The selected artist is based in a building shared with 40 local artists who are members of the Milchhof art group. It comprises a studio space (398 sqft), basic living space with cooking facilities and a mezzanine platform sleeping area. There is a shower and toilets across the corridor, which are shared with the other artists in the building. The live /work space is situated in Prenzlauerberg, in the heart of the Berlin art scene.

The selected artist produces three articles about their experiences for Artquest to disseminate on our website. This could include updates on work produced, galleries visited, or a general overview of life in Berlin and could incorporate images and / or photographs.

For this years artists despatch by Samuel Dowd and examples of previous residency recipients and despatches see the project archive.

 

Eligibility
This residency is open to any practicing London based visual arts or crafts practitioner at any stage of their career. Artists may not apply if they are currently students (i.e. following a course of study in a school, a college or a university).

Submission
Application is via email. Please send your completed applications to berlin@artquest.org.uk by 6pm Tuesday 27 July 2010. Late applications cannot be accepted under any circumstances. Please read the application guidelines and notes below before making your application. Please note that applications not adhering to these guidelines cannot be considered.

If you have any problems or questions regarding the applications process please email Nick Kaplony

Application Guidelines
Applications should be sent via email only and should include the following information. The 2010 Berlin residency attracted over 200 applications and we expect a substantial number again this year - please help us by keeping your application as brief as possible while ensuring all relevant information is included.

Please send the following in one email with the header Berlin Residency Application in the subject line.

1.) Images of your practice
• In the body of the email (not as attachments) include links/Website address/es of sites containing 5 images of your work (if you do not have your own website, send the link to any photo sharing website (such as Flickr or Axis) or any review / gallery page your work appears on) with an indication as to which images you would like us to consider
• In the body of the email (not as attachments)include links/Website address/es of sites containing 5 video/audio clips up to a maximum of 5 mins length per clip (if you do not have your own website, send the link to any video sharing website (such as YouTube) your work appears on) or an indication as to which part of the video / audio in a longer piece you would like us to consider
• Or any combination of the above (i.e a combination of links to moving image work and still images totalling no more than 5 images/videos)

2.) Supporting Statement
A word document or PDF containing a statement supporting your application of no more that 1000 words which should include contact information: name, address in London including postcode, telephone and email contacts and cover.

• Artist's statement about your work
• Your reasons for wanting to do the residency
• Why doing the residency would be of particular benefit to you at this stage in your career?
• Why working in Berlin specifically would be important to your practice / project ?
• A brief indication of the work you intend to do in Berlin.

3.) CV
A word document or PDF with a brief 2 page CV, or link to website containing CV (including contact information: name, address in London including postcode, telephone and email contacts)

4.) Equal Opportunities Form
Please download and return an equal opportunities monitoring form to help us ensure our applications process is as fair as possible and attracting a diverse group of applicants. You do not have to answer any question on the monitoring form that you prefer not to.

• Equal Opportunities form: Word Document
• Equal Opportunities form: PDF
• Equal Opportunities form: Txt Only

Notes

Your own Website
The easiest way to apply is to include your website address in your application, detailing the specific pieces of work or projects you would like to be considered with direct links to those pages. Please ensure that full details of the work are visible including title, year, media and dimensions.

Images
If you don't have a website, we recommend creating and uploading any images on a Flickr or Axis account (or any other photo sharing website) and sending through links to us on there.
• Make sure you make them publicly accessible
• Put full details about the work including title, year, media and dimensions in the description box.
• Include any necessary information about what we're looking at if it's a detail, or installation shot.

Video and Audio
If you would like to submit moving image or audio files and you do not have a website that supports this we suggest uploading video or audio content to YouTube (or any other video sharing website) and emailing these links to us.
• Check the help and guidance on the best formats to upload your material.
• Ensure that you include full details of the work in the description box when uploading your video including your name, title of work, year, duration, dimensions (if appropriate) and any other relevant information that you feel is necessary (such as whether or not the video is part of an installation, for example)
• Ensure that your privacy settings are such that the video is publicly available