19 Jan 2012

Open call for applications: UNIDEE in Residence 2012

Open call for applications: UNIDEE in Residence 2012

Deadline for application: 30th January 2012
(Results on UNIDEE website by the end of February 2012)

Programme:
Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto, a non-profit organisation founded in 1998 in Biella (Italy), is glad to present a new edition of UNIDEE in Residence International Programme.
The project, which runs since 2000, focuses on the analysis of the relationship between art and society and investigates methodologies of creative interventions able to activate projects for a responsible social transformation.
The aim of UNIDEE in Residence is to bring together committed visual/video animators, artists, photographers, architects from all over the world for four months; their interaction and collaboration will result in a series of projects claiming for a socially responsible change in society.
During the programme, residents will develop their projects, live and work together, exchange ideas, attend lectures and project presentations. Moreover, Cittadellarte will arrange opportunities to meet and collaborate with experts as well as local partners, such as companies, schools, institutions and councils.
At the end of UNIDEE in Residence, Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto will set up an exhibition, where the projects will be presented to the public.

Dates: 4 months (from 12th June to 12th October 2012)

Accommodation and working spaces: Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, Italy

Eligibility:
Age: between 25 and 40
Education: degree at university level or in the process of graduating
Language: good proficiency in English required

Material to be submitted:
- A completed and signed application form
- Curriculum vitae
- A letter of personal motivation
- A letter of recommendation
- A proposed project that you intend to develop during the months of the residency
- Documentation of previous works

While applying, bear in mind each institution has slightly different requirements for applicants. Please visit the 'UNIDEE full financial support 2012' section for any further information. For those interested in the partial grant, please remember that you have to search for your own financial support from a third party to cover the cost of the programme.

Applications must be submitted to:
UNIDEE in Residence
Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto
Via Serralunga, 27 | 13900 Biella – Italy

Or by email: unidee@cittadellarte.it
For any further information:
www.cittadellarte.it/unidee

Please note that applications for the V-A-C-Foundation for Olga Lopukhova must be sent to v-a-c@v-a-c.ru

Blog on the previous edition:
unidee2011.wordpress.com