Stacion - Center for Contemporary Art Prishtina
Open call for participation of young artists from Kosova in the XVII Biennale of Young Artists from Europe and Mediterranean, No food’s Land – Milano after EXPO, Milano
Stacion - Center for Contemporary Art Prishtina announces Open call, as a base mechanism for the selection of the young artists from Kosova, to participate in the XVII Biennale of Young Artists from Europe and Mediterranean, No food’s Land – Milano after EXPO, which will be held from 22nd October until 25th October 2015, in Milano, Italy.
Established in 1985, the Biennial takes place every two years in a different city in the Mediterranean area focusing on young artists and creators. BJCEM is an international network with more than 70 members and partners from Europe, Middle East and Africa, which, thanks to their support, make the event possible ensuring the participation of artists from the territories they represent.
Stacion - Center for Contemporary Art Prishtina, is the partner institution from Kosova of the BJCEM network and The Biennale of Young Artists from Europe and Mediterranean.
The participation of the artists in the Biennale of Young Artists from Europe and Mediterranean XVII, No food’s Land – Milano after EXPO, Milano, Itali, is open to visual artists, filmmakers, writers, performers, musicians, designers under the age of 35 (born by December 31st 1980). Artists have to present one specific proposal related to the curatorial concept.
This year Stacion - Center for Contemporary Art Prishtina, will cover three disciplines with participation of the artists from Kosova: visual artists, applied arts and music. All form of visual expression are taken into consideration for the visual arts field, realized through traditional or innovative instruments, digital or analog; For the applied arts the following disciplines are taken into consideration: in architecture, artists can be presented through projects of buildings, local, public and private spaces, conceptual works, whether realized or not; visual design: projects aimed at the graphic and visual communication; web design: graphic, visual and sound projects finalized to web communication. For music it is possible to present original compositions and music productions for the following genres: Rock, Pop, Jazz, Folk / Ethno, Contemporary, Digital / DJ ‘s, Electronic music.
The participation to the call is free of charges and open to all Kosovar citizens, without distinctions of gender, religion, social and political behaviors. Artists that have participated in more than one previous edition can't apply, priority will be given to artists that have never attended the event. The application and the additional materials should be submitted in English.
Deadline for submission of applications: March 31st 2015.
Concept
The nourishing process involves an exchange: something is assimilated and consumed to provide energy to something else. A cycle that can be either virtuous or vicious, depending on what you decide or have the opportunity to consume. Even imaginary works this way: it must be fed and cared of, cultivated, cleaned up from what is no longer needed. Through our work as artists, we feed our imaginary and the one of the people; we can have him be moved, have him reflect, consider, feel; we can leave seeds that will sprout out in time, creating the ground on which the future generations will intervene; we can shift points of view, provide stimuli, suggest changes.
On the links below you can find general information of the curatorial concept and the procedures of the selection for the participating artists in the XVII Biennale of Young Artists from Europe and Mediterranean.
http://www.stacion.org/en/BJCEM-2015
http://www.bjcem.org/call-for-participation-mediterranea-x…/