13 Mar 2017

UNIDEE - Calls for Residencies & Grants Opportunities and one Production prize

UNIDEE - University of Ideas – CALLS for RESIDENCIES & GRANTS OPPORTUNITIES

UNIDEE-University of Ideas' format proposes an educational model based on 'other' ways of gaining experience in the meeting of critical theory, activism and artistic practice, not through subordinate relationships but rather through levels of interaction, exchanges and reciprocal interference.

CALL FOR FIVE WEEKLY RESIDENTIAL MODULES GRANTS & ONE PRODUCTION PRIZE WORTH € 3000,00 in collaboration with illycaffè S.p.A.

Residency period: variable, April 24th – July 21th, 2017
Deadline for submissions: Sunday, 19th March, 2017, 5 pm CET.

This is an open call for applications to partake in joint grant supported by illycaffè S.p.A. for five weekly residential modules developed by UNIDEE-University of Ideas and Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella (Italy). The five selected participants will take part to a graphic competition for one Production Prize worth € 3000,00 for fund research and production of the project initially submitted in the application form.

Applicants must indicate and motivate the residential module of choice amongst the following:

Errasmus mundus. The desire of error in revolutionary times
A weekly residential module led by Etcetera (Federico Zukerfeld and Loreto Guzman) with guest Franco 'Bifo' Berardi.
24 – 28 April 2017

Proposal for Schizoanalytical Seminar II: Title Forthcoming
A weekly residential module led by Rene Gabri and Ayreen Anastas with guest Carla Bottiglieri
8 – 12 May 2017

Touch, Don't Dominate
A weekly residential module led by Diego del Pozo with guest Julia Morandeira Arrizabalaga
5 – 9 June 2017

The Revolution of the Gaze. Inside the Visible, to grasp the Invisible
A weekly residential module led by Gianluca and Massimiliano De Serio with guest Luigi Fassi
10 – 14 July 2017

The Dance of Attention. What happens as soon as we press 'record' on a device
A weekly residential module led by Attila Faravelli with guest Adam Asnan
17 – 21 July 2017


CALL FOR THE SELECTION OF 8 FULL GRANTS PARTICIPANTS for Expanded Body. An immersive exploration of the Oasi Zegna a residential module with the mentorship of Andrea Caretto | Raffaella Spagna in collaboration with Fondazione Zegna.

Residency period: 26th June – 3rd July 2017
Deadline for submissions: 2nd April 2017, 11pm CET.

The module offers an immersing experience across the territory of the Oasi Zegna, a mountain protected area extending for about 100 sq km in Piedmont, in the Biellese Alps, between Trivero and the Cervo Valley. The participants will be involved in the aesthetic experimentation of a radically ecological way of thinking, based on a non-hierarchical ontology in which all the subjects (living and non-living, plants, animals, rocks, artefacts, etc.) existing in that place are put on the same level.

The 8 residency FULL GRANTS will include:
- Participation to the residential module Expanded Body. An immersive exploration of the Oasi Zegna mentored by Andrea Caretto | Raffaella Spagna;
- Full board;
- Accommodation (single room, shared bathroom facilities – for 9 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.

READ MORE ABOUT THE CALLS (by scrolling down the webpage) AND DOWNLOAD APPLICATION FORMS at: www.cittadellarte.it/unidee/opencallpartners.html

CALL For two long RESEARCH-BASED residencies
Residency period: two months long, during Spring or Fall 2017
Applications are accepted all the time during the current year.

The selected Residents through the Research-based Residency Call can take part at UNIDEE-University of Ideas during Spring Term (May-July 2017) or Fall Term (September-November), profiting of the unique opportunity to visit La Biennale di Venezia 2017, or to encounter the art scene in Piedmont region during Artissima art fair. During the residency there will be tailored national and international experts' visits, networking sessions, institutional visits and travel within Northern Italy (especially Turin, Milan and Venice). The selected Residents will meet and share his/her work with the seasonal international professionals and the weekly residential modules participants and mentors.
The Research-based Residency is unfunded. The programme fee for 2017 is set at € 6.000 for two months and includes accommodation, residency coordination, attendance to two weekly residential modules, small budget for project production.
UNIDEE - University of Ideas will be at hand to assist applicants with funding applications.

HOPE TO SEE YOU, and don't hesitate to write us at: unidee@cittadellarte.it

Call for grants applications, 2017

UNIDEE - University of Ideas
Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto Onlus
Via G. B. Serralunga 27
13900 Biella
ITALY

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