OPEN CALL International Artists Workshop OFFLINE – BETWEEN TRANSITS AND JOURNEYS

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OPEN CALL International Artists Workshop OFFLINE – BETWEEN TRANSITS AND JOURNEYS  
Regulations 

Deadline for submitting entries: 15th July 2013

1. About the Workshop, dates, place and organizers: a) OFFLINE – Between Transits and Journeys is the third Triangle Network (trianglenetwork.org) workshop held in Portugal. The workshop follows this international network model, i.e., gather for a period of two weeks a group of local and international artists (in equal numbers) allowing them to work collectively and the exchange of artistic, process and cultural experiences. A program of presentations, seminars and an Open Day completes the workshop’s activities and give support and visibility to the work in progress. Eight international artists and eight national artists will participate in this project. A group will be selected by invitation or selected from the Triangle Network group of artists. The other participant artists will be selected through an Open Call to artists with or without previous experiences in this network. This workshop will provide the network with new artists, allowing them to beneficiate in the future from these international workshops, currently implemented worldwide. b) The workshop will be held from 24th November to 8th December 2013. c) The workshop will take place at Largo Residências, Largo do Intendente, Lisbon, Portugal. d) The workshop is organized by Xerem – Cultural Association (Lisbon) and Triangle Network (London) in partnership with Largo Residências and Lisbon Municipal Photographic Archive. 
2. Objectives, conditions and artists’ profiles: a) The workshop is intended to: - Create a space for reflexion where artists are invited to develop their work, while collaborating in a context with experimentation and contact with the other artists; - Allow for dialogue and artistic exchange between an international group of artists that explores diversity and understanding between different cultures; - Offer access to alternative spaces to develop site-specific work; - Offer to the general public a unique experience within the contemporary art practice, complementing or as an alternative to the experience offered by formal institutions and commercial galleries; - Allow a diversified audience to access the creative process through an Open Day and a public program of talks and other events. b) The workshop offers: - Accommodation to artists residing outside Lisbon; - Meals; - Working space; - A program consisting of talks, seminars and an Open Day; - 400 € Fee and support to the production; - Creative, curatorial and technical support; - Collaboration between artists and curators; - Work and research environment, allowing for the professional development and artistic exchange, highlighting the creative process. The sustainability, networking and the creative environment proposed will create the means for the artists to experiment ideas, methods and medium.  - The publication of a book documenting the processes developed by the artists during the workshop. c) Artists must: - Be available full time during the workshop; - Participate in all the activities related to the workshop; - Present their work to their fellow artists and other guests; - Authorize the organizers to use images, texts and other kinds of documentation related to their work in order to promote the workshop, as well as be available to participate in the process of selecting this material; - Develop a creative process and be independent; - Collaborate by informing the organizers in due time of any production need, following the deadlines; - Be receptive to develop an activity that might include a participatory or collaborative process; - Develop site-specific work, taking in consideration the specificities of the workshop’s surroundings; - Work on the presentation format for the Open Day, the workshop’s closing event, taking in consideration that process and experimentation will be valued over the presentation of a finalized work of art. 
3. Call for Entries:  a) The Open Call for Entries will be launched at Carpe Diem Arte e Pesquisa, Rua de O Século, 79, Bairro Alto, Lisbon, Portugal. b) Opening: 15th June 2013, 4 pm. c) Deadline for submitting entries: 15th July 2013, 11.59 pm. d) Selected artists will be informed of the results by email on the 5th September 2013. 
4. Open Call’s reach and applicants profile a) This Open Call is both for national and international artists. Four Portuguese artists and four international artists will be selected. b) The national applicants should be artists of Portuguese nationality residing in Portugal or abroad, as well as artists that are not of Portuguese nationality but reside in Portugal. The International Call is open to artists of any nationality (except for Portuguese) residing outside Portugal. c) Artists residing outside Portugal should be able to pay for their international airfare.  d) Applicants must accept working with limited material resources, be interested in a relational approach with the residency space and with the other participants as well as taking the experience of the workshop as an opportunity to develop original and experimental creative processes. 
5. Submitting the entries: Necessary documents (in English or Portuguese): a) Updated Curriculum Vitae;  b) Selected Portfolio; c) Motivation letter that includes a brief synopsis of ideas to be developed during the workshop; d) Entries must be submitted exclusively by email (geral@xerem.org∫) and the requested documentation must be submitted in PDF format (up to 10 MB). 
6. Jury: The Jury is composed by: artist Mónica de Miranda (Xerem), curator Carlos Alcobia (Xerem), Bruno Leitão (Portuguese Independent Curator) and Beatriz Lemos (Brazilian Independent Curator and founder of Rede Lastro). 
7. Final considerations: a) The Jury’s decision is final and there is no place to appeal. b) Organizers will exclude applications not compliant with the above stated regulations. c) The conditions presented in these Regulations may be compromised if the state funding necessary to this project is not achieved or is delayed. d) Any situation not included in these regulations will be taken in consideration by the organizers. e) By submitting their application, applicants declare to knowingly accept all the terms of these regulations.