Tuesday, December 18, 2018 – 14:15Arts Catalyst and The Otolith Collective are launching Undisciplinary, a new residency supporting three UK-based artists, curators and cultural practitioners.<\/p>\n
At a time when the cracks and fault lines of contemporary neoliberal society are becoming more visible, how can we, as cultural producers, address notions of power, access and equity? And how can these macropolitics shape the micropolitics of the field we inhabit \u2013 the visual arts?\u00a0Emerging artists, artist collectives, curators, cultural practitioners and writers whose research focuses on critical issues in global perspectives of the 21st century are invited to apply. We are particularly interested in hearing from practitioners whose research addresses the politics of ecology, gender and race, contemporary activist struggles and from those engaged with rethinking genres of the human in relation to the Black radical tradition.\u00a0Piloting from April 2019, this month-long residency will provide learning, networking and mentoring opportunities as well as a critical framework for challenging existing structures that underlie artistic and cultural production.\u00a0\u00a0The three residents will have the opportunity to\u2022 Shape both individually and collectively the Undisciplinary programme together with Arts Catalyst and The Otolith Collective, while directly informing its design and delivery\u2022 Participate in and nurture a supportive network of artists, curators and organisations\u2022 Receive 1:1 mentoring and support around specific projects and\/or their broad practice\u2022 Access Arts Catalyst and The Otolith Collective\u2019s network of artists, curators, institutions, academic and scientists\u2022 Present and share elements of their individual and\/or collective inquiry process by co-curating a resource room at Arts Catalyst in April 2019\u2022 Be supported in testing out different forms of presentation including writing, broadcasting, public programme, performance\u00a0A number of partner organisations will be involved to provide further opportunities for residency participants.\u00a0There is no expected exhibition at the end of the residency rather, a desire to develop a platform for the research through seminars, screenings, podcasts, a reading room etc.\u00a0A dedicated research space will be available at Arts Catalyst throughout April 2019. We encourage the three residents to be active in the space during this period.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0HOW TO APPLYApplicants should be UK-based and have been out of formal education for at least one year.\u00a0\u00a0We welcome in particular applications from artists and curators from BAME backgrounds.\u00a0\u00a0In order to apply please send us an expression of interest including \/ explaining:\u2022 A summary of your research proposal, (250 words max)\u2022 A full research proposal, including how you think this residency could help you expand your practice (700 words max)\u2022 How you plan to approach your research, (400 words max)\u2022 CV (2 pages max)\u2022 Supporting material, dependent on your practice; 10 images maximum, 3 video clips (max length of all clips – 5 min), writings \/ text\u00a0Deadline: Sunday 3 February at 11.59pmThe application should be sent in the form of one single PDF to opportunities@artscatalyst.org.\u00a0Successful applicants will be notified by 15 February.\u00a0\u00a0Costs and finance:Successful applicants will receive \u00a31000, which breaks down as bursary fee of \u00a3600 and \u00a3400 for research, such as visiting mentors, inviting speakers\u00a0\u00a0Arts Catalyst is a contemporary art organisation focused on transdisciplinary art and inquiry. It commissions and produces projects, artworks and exhibitions that connect with other fields of knowledge, expanding artistic practice into domains associated with science and specialist research. Arts Catalyst has commissioned more than 160 artists\u2019 projects, including major new works by Tom\u00e1s Saraceno, Aleksandra Mir, Ashok Sukumaran, Otolith Group, and Critical Art Ensemble. Arts Catalyst\u2019s Centre in King’s Cross, London, is a hub for the organisation\u2019s work, nationally and internationally, providing a space for developing new projects and co-inquiries connecting local interests with wider planetary issues.\u00a0The Otolith Collective expands on the work of The Otolith Group, which was founded in 2002 by Anjalika Sagar and Kodwo Eshunin. It is a curatorial public platform through which exhibition-making, artists’ writing, workshops, publication, and teaching are aimed at developing close readings of images and sounds in contemporary society. Approaching curation as an artistic practice of building intergenerational and cross-cultural platforms, the collective has been influential in critically introducing particular works of artists such as Chris Marker, Harun Farocki, Anand Patwardhan, Etel Adnan, Black Audio Film Collective, Sue Clayton, Mani Kaul, Peter Watkins, and Chimurenga in the UK, US, Europe, and Lebanon.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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