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With support from the Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation and Charles Wallace India Trust, Delfina Foundation is offering a three-month residency to an artist with Indian citizenship, living and working in India, and under the age of 40. The residency period is 5 July to 26 September 2016 and will overlap with Delfina Foundation’s thematic programme on The Politics of Food. As a result, the residency will particularly benefit those with an interest in food and its wider relationship to the environment, agriculture, financial markets, political and social movements, public engagement, and/or the commons.
In summer 2016, Delfina Foundation’s The Politics of Food series will enter its third season. Since 2014, this programme has brought together over 70 artists, activists, anthropologists, agronomists, chefs, curators, scientists and writers from 32 countries through residencies, events and exhibitions. The first season in winter 2014 introduced a number of general environmental, economic and social concerns that have guided the overall programme, while the second season in spring 2015 specifically explored the relationship between food and three sub-themes: Sex, Diet & Disaster.
The Politics of Food: Markets & Movements will continue to deepen our investigation of this theme. Over twelve weeks, we want to work with artists, curators and thinkers to investigate the production and distribution of food.
Delfina is interested in exploring complex and urgent issues such as farmers’ rights and developments in biotechnological food sciences; ‘fair trade’ and food sovereignty as well as the rise of consumer choice and its impact from food fads to major collective movements such as the Organic and Slow Food movements.
The programme will bring together the applicant from this open call with an invited group of international resident artists and visiting experts and thinkers. In addition, residents will work alongside UK associate artists to share ideas and research. This will take place through both a series of internal events with a range of invited specialists and a public programme.
With support from Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation and Charles Wallace India Trust, the selected artist will receive a 12-week residency at DF in London, including accommodation in our premises in Central London, one economy return flight, a bursary for per diems and a local travel allowance.
Application process
Applications are open to individual artists with Indian citizenship, living and working in India, who are proficient in English.
Shortlisted applicants may be invited to submit more detailed information/proposals and participate in a Skype phone call.
Applicants are expected to submit:
- A completed application form (available as adownload). We kindly request that you send a PDF version of the application.
- Recent CV/resume
- Portfolio (only one PDF file). Although there is no maximum number of images that will be accepted, we advise applicants to only submit relevant materials to reduce the size of email submissions. The images should include captions or short descriptions. For videos/films, please provide links to your own website, Vimeo page, YouTube page, etc. Do not attach actual video files.
Please submit only electronic copies of the above in ONE email under 5 MB to: food@delfinafoundation.com.
In the subject line of your email, please write your name and country of residence per the following order: Last Name, First Name, Country.
Timeline
Open Call: 4 January to 9 February 2016
Interviews with short-listed artists through Skype: mid-February 2016
Announcement of selection: early March 2015
Residency: 5 July to 26 September 2016
Closing date for applications: 9 February 2016, 17:00 GMT
Pallavi Paul - 2014
ABOUT DELFINA FOUNDATION
Delfina Foundation (DF) is more than London’s largest international residency programme – it is a home where the next generation of contemporary artists, curators and thinkers are supported and nurtured.
Based in two newly renovated Edwardian houses near Buckingham Palace, DF is an independent, non-profit organisationdedicated to fostering artistic talent and facilitating exchange through residencies and public programmes ranging from workshops to exhibitions, both in the UK and with international partners. A recent photo tour of our new space was published online in Wallpaper* (please click the link to visit their site).
Established by arts philanthropist Delfina Entrecanales CBE, DF is the successor to Delfina Studio Trust. From 1988 to 2006, Delfina Studio held an unprecedented record for supporting artists through residencies and exhibitions, including more than a dozen Turner Prize nominees such as Mark Wallinger, Jane & Louise Wilson, Tacita Dean, Martin Creed and Glenn Brown as well as renowned artists such as Chantal Joffe, Michael Raedecker, Hangue Yang, EsraErsen,WimDelvoye and Khalil Rabah.
DF is proud to build on this history. Working internationallyDF has hosted artists from 18 different countries over the last six years with a soft focus on practitioners from the greater Middle East and increasingly South Asia. We have commissioned new artworks and programmes, often in partnership with leading institutions including Tate, Victoria & Albert Museum, Serpentine Gallery and Frieze Art Fair in the UK, as well international organisations such as MACBA in Barcelona, Videobrasil in São Paulo, Art School Palestine in Ramallah and Art Dubai - to name a few.
Our work is followed by key arts professionals and our audiences include arts patrons, curators, major art collectors and the general public. Over the last year, DF’s work has been featured inthe Financial Times,The Independent, New York Times, Art Review, Frieze, ArtAsiaPacific, Artforum and The Art Newspaper.
ABOUT INLAKS SHIVDASANI FOUNDATION
The Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation was established by Indoo Shivdasani in 1976 as a permanent platform for his philanthropic activities. The Foundation focuses on providing scholarships, grants and awards in any field to outstanding young Indians to develop their professional, scientific, artistic and cultural abilities.
ABOUT CHARLES WALLACE INDIA TRUST
Charles Wallace India Trust enables Indians in the early to mid stages of their careers to spend time in the UK, helping them to achieve artistic, academic and professional ambitions and to broaden their international contacts.
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