25 Mar 2016

Martino Gamper at UNIDEE - University of Ideas

UNIDEE - University of Ideas is an educational programme investigating the relationship between art and public sphere and combining theory with practice.
Through a new programme based on a weekly research and project laboratory under the guidance of a mentor and the active participation of a guest, the residency modules developed for 2016 focus on three new macro topics wich are: research, gift and alteration.


CALL DESCRIPTION
This open call is to partake in Designing while Walking, Walking while Designing, a weekly residential module with the mentorship of Martino Gamper and guest Visible (Matteo Lucchetti and Judith Wielander) developed under the umbrella of UNIDEE - University of Ideas and Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto with the support of Fondazione Zegna.

Residency period: June 6th – June 10th 2016
Deadline for submissions: April 1st 2016, 11pm CET


MODULE OUTLINE
A week of exploration and wandering on the hills of Oasi Zegna in Trivero (Piedmont region) experimenting group and individual dynamics, which feed creative processes. The aim is to design an object or situation that adds new thinking, interaction and behaviour to the Oasi.
The module explores the idea of creating interventions in this very particular area looking at its nature, architecture, and history. How to contribute to an aesthetic experience of the environment? A cooperation of ideas, under the guidance of Martino Gamper, will encourage individual proposals envisioned in the frame of symbolic values of the venues visited during the tours scheduled for the module.
The theoretical and curatorial contribution by Matteo Lucchetti and Judith Wielander will stimulate the discussion, analysing in depth experimental relationships between arts, design within the social sphere, through the presentation of selected case studies from 'The Visible. Where art leaves its own field and becomes visible as part of something else' projects' archive (undertaken by Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto in collaboration with Fondazione Zegna).


ABOUT THE GRANTS&FEES
A joint jury together with Martino Gamper will select n.8 participants and will attribute residency grants to participants resulting on the first 4 places of the final list of selected candidates, as follows:
FULL GRANTS: provided to two participants resulting on the 1st and 2nd places of the final selection list.
HALF GRANTS: provided to two participants resulting on the 3rd and 4th places of the final selection list. The participation fee is 290,00 euro.
FULL FEE: participants resulting between the 5th and 8th places of the final selection list. The participation fee is 570,00 euro.
The weekly residential module offered through this joint grant (Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto & Fondazione Zegna) includes:
 • participation to the weekly residential module Designing while Walking, Walking while Designing with Martino Gamper
 • Full board
 • Accommodation (single room, shared bathroom facilities – for 6 nights)
 • Medical Insurance (accidents only)
 • Use of a shared studio space and workshop facilities

All costs for travels and Visa are intended at the sole expenses of the selected participants.


TIMELINE
The application period for partaking in the Designing while Walking, Walking while Designing weekly module, scheduled 6th – 10th, June 2016 started on 26th February 2016 (selected participants are expected to be in Biella from Sunday, 5th to Saturday 11th, June 2016).
The deadline for submitting your application is 1st April 2016, 11pm CET.
A commission composed of Anna Zegna (Fondazione Zegna), Martino Gamper (mentor, Designing while Walking, Walking while Designing), Cecilia Guida (Director, UNIDEE – University of Ideas) and Visible (Matteo Lucchetti and Judith Wielander) will operate the selection of n. 8 participants. The selection is based on artistic merit and the consistency of the candidates' practice with the aims of Designing while Walking, Walking while Designing and UNIDEE – University of Ideas.
Final results will be published on the UNIDEE - University of Ideas' website (www.cittadellarte.it/unidee/opencallpartners.html) as well as on the UNIDEE' social media pages by 11h April 2016. Please note that only selected participants will be contacted when the selection process is over. All selected artists for HALF GRANT (2nd and 3rd places) and FULL FEE (5th > 8th places) will receive payment procedures details


SCHEDULE & APPLICATION FORM AVAILABLE AT:
www.cittadellarte.it/unidee/activity.html?id=78



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