Thursday, July 5, 2018 – 11:45Following the success of last year\u2019s first commissioned artist digital residency, we are pleased to relaunch the opportunity for Autumn 2018.\u00a0Residency runs from 1 \u2013 20 September 2018 (dates flexible)Minimum content: 1 image\/accompanying description per dayFee: \u00a3500, all inclusiveDeadline: 11:59pm, Monday 6 August 2018\u00a0Over three weeks in September 2018, Arts Catalyst invites a practicing artist or curator to take over our Instagram account. We are particularly interested in hearing from individuals with a proactive, demonstrable interest in transdisciplinary artistic inquiry that connects with some of our current strands of research, including science in society, and themes of migration, ancestry, race, biometrics and systems of control.\u00a0The selected artist or curator will be expected to present a series of posts, that might include work-in-progress, research, documentation of a new work\/project, or visual experiments within the context and format of Instagram.\u00a0\u00a0During the residency, the selected artist\/curator is offered the option to make use of Arts Catalyst\u2019s King\u2019s Cross space and window-fronts in either a studio and\/or display capacity.*\u00a0Artists\u00a0 and curators from a wide variety of disciplines, working in any medium are encouraged to submit a project proposal. There\u2019s also a possibility to develop a future project with Arts Catalyst, based on the research\/work carried out during this residency.\u00a0This residency opportunity forms part of Arts Catalyst’s forthcoming programme, The Undisciplinary, a peer-led programme that will provide artists, curators and practitioners with a space for dialogue and learning in an informal, dynamic environment. The Undisciplinary will serve as a laboratory from which to discuss, develop and reflect on transdisciplinary practices and discourse.\u00a0*Subject to dates and availability\u00a0PAST\u00a0\u00a0In 2017, artist Korallia Stergides was selected and used the opportunity to develop a new research-based project focused around a species of fish typically eaten in Cyprus and commonly referred to as \u2018kourkouna\u2019 in Cypriot dialect and \u2018prosfigopoulla\u2019 in Greek dialect (\u03a0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03c6\u03c5\u03b3\u03bf\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03b1 ). Stergides documented her research on Instagram, conducting both visual and text-based experiments, and has since gone on to develop the project further, presenting research as part of performances with Siobhan Davies Dance among other institutions. Revisit the residency via the Arts Catalyst Instagram feed.\u00a0HOW TO APPLY\u00a0Interested parties should send a proposal of no more than 500 words and a CV to opportunities@artscatalyst.org by 11:59pm on Monday 6 August 2018 with ‘Instagram Residency Opportunity 2018’\u00a0in the subject line. Please also complete the equal opportunities form downloadable here.\u00a0ALL DOCUMENTS MUST BE IN PDF or MICROSOFT WORD – please do not copy and paste your application into the body of an email.\u00a0REQUIREMENTS\u00a0\u2013 The selected artist \/ curator will be expected to post at least one image per day as part of the residency along with accompanying descriptive text.\u2013 They will also be expected to help maximise digital audiences by working with Art Catalyst\u2019s communications officer to utilise agreed hashtags etc.\u2013 Applicants can be based anywhere but should be planning to be in London during these dates.\u2013 Minimum age: 21\u2013 Applicants must be at least one year out of full-time, undergraduate education (for graduates from further education this year does not apply) and must have exhibited or curated previous projects \/ be able to supply a professional portfolio.\u00a0RESOURCES\u00a0\u2013 Meetings with curatorial staff, and Arts Catalyst’s networks (e.g. scientists, academics, and artists from major institutions and potential access to scientific spaces).\u2013 Potential to use Arts Catalyst\u2019s project space and equipment as well as the possibility of developing a future project together.\u2013 The fee of \u00a3500 is all inclusive to be spent at the discretion of the artist \/ curator (materials, travel and production costs).\u00a0ABOUT ARTS CATALYST\u00a0Arts Catalyst commissions and produces cross-disciplinary art and research. We activate new ideas, conversations and transformative experiences across science and culture, engaging people in a dynamic response to our changing world. Through working with artists, scientists, communities and interest groups we produce projects, artworks and exhibitions that connect with other fields of knowledge, expanding artistic practice into domains commonly associated with science and specialist research.\u00a0In its 24 years, Arts Catalyst has commissioned more than 160 artists\u2019 projects, including major new works by Tomas Saraceno, Aleksandra Mir, Critical Art Ensemble, Jan Fabre and the Otolith Group, and produced numerous exhibitions, events, performances and publications, collaborating with major arts, science and academic organisations.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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