22 Apr 2016

The Shifting Place – Funded residential module at UNIDEE

Last days to apply for The Shifting Place. Aesthetic, spatial and temporal fractures of transitional territories residency at UNIDEE – University of Ideas, Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto in Biella, Italy in the frame of Understanding Territoriality: Identity, Place & Possession (TIPP), a project co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the EU.

Mentor: Giusy Checola
Guests: 'Italia che cambia' and 'Transition Town Biella'
When&Where: 16th – 19th June at Transition Town Biella/ 20th – 24th June at Cittadellarte

ABOUT THE MODULE
In continuity with the first 'TIPP' residency at Cittadellarte, run within the frame of UNIDEE 2015 entitled 'Creating Territorialities', this second residency with the title 'The Shifting Place' aims at investigating the aesthetic, spatial and temporal fractures of transition territorial processes, both in local and transnational, private and common, material and immaterial dimensions.
The 'Creating Territorialities' programme considered territoriality as a possibility of working on the evolution of human life and on the place as a process of co-evolution; on the interrelated transformation of societies and territories; and on the co-presence of the local and the global in our daily life. This is in opposition to the concepts of
territorialisation, de-territorialisation and reterritorialization as forms of cultural, social and spatial control that can be actualized exclusively by mankind, in order to transform and dominate the territories. Together with the editorial staff of the web newspaper
'Italia che cambia' and the 'Biellese in Transition' cultural movement, one will explore, experience, investigate and formulate proposals about how artivators could create and activate shifting visions and processes on issues such as permaculture, resilience, bioregion and transnational social changing.
The module is articulated in three parts: three days spent around the Biellese mountains, hosted by the 'agents of changing', members of the Biellese in transition net; the individual and collective working week at Cittadellarte; and the public presentation of the module's outcomes.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
You are eligible to apply if (all conditions below must be met):

You are a creative professional (visual artist, designer, architect, curator, writer, etc.) active in any field anywhere in the world, born after 1971
You have a fluent knowledge of the english language
You submit all the required documentation as part of your application in the correct format and by the given deadline

The grant includes:

-Travel reimbursement and VISA costs, up to 300 euro - (a higher amount might be evaluated for special cases)
-Full board
-Accommodation
-Use of a shared studio space
-Use of shared workshop facilities and AV equipment
-Medical Insurance (accidents only)
-Residency coordination

TIMELINE
The application period for partaking in the The Shifting Place. Aesthetic, spatial and temporal fractures of transitional territories weekly module starts on 28.03.2016.
The deadline for submitting your application is 29.04.2016, 11pm CET.

A commission composed of Paolo Naldini (CEO, Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto), Cecilia Guida (Director, UNIDEE – University of Ideas), Juan Esteban Sandoval (Director, Art Office, Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto) and Giusy Checola (mentor, Creating Territorialities), will operate the selection of n.10 participants. The selection is based on artistic merit and the consistency of the candidates' artistic practice with the aims of TIPP and UNIDEE – University of Ideas.
Final results will be published on the UNIDEE - University of Ideas' website and on TIPP's blog, as well as on the partner organisations' social media pages by 9th May 2016. Please note that only selected artists will be contacted when the selection process is over.

PARTNERS
Understanding Territoriality: Identity, Place & Possession (TIPP) is a project co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union, and produced in partnership by Fabrica (UK, www.fabrica.org.uk), Netwerk (Belgium, www.netwerk-art.be), Otvorena Soba (Macedonia, www.publicroom.org) and Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto (Italy, www.cittadellarte.it).