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APPLICATION DEADLINE: Monday 3 December 2007
Applications to be handed in by the deadline (postmark not accepted).Artist-in-Residence and Gallery Exhibition/Process in Stockholm 2008
March-April 2008:
Residency at CFF – Centrum för fotografi (Centre for Photography) and CFF Project Space, Stockholm, SwedenNovember-December 2008:
Gallery Exhibition/Process – Finnish Institute Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
CFF – Centrum för fotografi (Centre for Photography) in Stockholm, and Photographic Gallery Hippolyte/Union of Artist Photographers in Finland are pleased to launch a collaboration with the Finnish Institute in Stockholm.
One residency is available for two months in Stockholm during March-April 2008 for a professional artist based in Finland working with photo/video-based art. During the residency there is an opportunity to work in the Project Space of CFF (17.4.-4.5.2007), as well as develop a discursive event in collaboration with CFF. The Project Space is a white cube c. 5 x 5 m with four walls (without windows) and a small door opening close to one corner. The white cube is situated in the CFF gallery space totaling 240 m2. For floor plan click here.
The residency in Stockholm is hosted by CFF – Centrum för fotografi: www.centrumforfotografi.com
THE RECIDENCY INCLUDES:
- Travel costs to and from the residency
- A grant of 1000 euro
- Free accommodation and studio with Internet access
- Opportunity to work/present work in the CFF project room 17.4.-4.5.2007 (production costs not included).
- Opportunity to develop discursive event/artist talk/seminar in collaboration with CFF during residency
- Opportunity to develop process/exhibition at the Finnish Institute Gallery, Stockholm 26.11.-17.12.2008 (transportation/travel/accommodation/invitation cards included)
- Various other opportunities to create contacts and participate in local activities and/or concentrate on individual work
The residency studio
Malongen is situated in the Söder district, a nice and lively area in the centre of Stockholm. The building, dating from the 1670's, houses several other studios for artists.
The studio flat is roughly 100 m2. It offers an easel, a work table and good lighting. The two-room flat with kitchen and bathroom is fully furnished and equipped with a radio and a TV set and Internet access. When necessary, the artist can be accompanied by a family member.
Studio address: Nordisk Gästateljé, Malongen, Nytorget 15 A, S - 116 41 Stockholm, Sweden
Malongen is owned by the Stockholm Municipality and run by the Swedish Section of the Nordic Art Association (www.nkf.se).
The Finnish Institute Gallery November-December 2008:
As a part of the residency program, the Finnish Institute Gallery in Stockholm offers an opportunity to follow up the residency in November 2008 in the gallery space of the Finnish Institute 26.11.-17.12.2008. The gallery is situated on the entrance floor of the Finnish Institute in central Stockholm. The rectangular gallery space is c. 70 m2 with one window wall (for floorplan click here). The Finnish Institute covers transportation and travel costs, accommodation, and assistance during the installation work, printing and posting of invitation cards. For more information about the Finnish Institute, please see: www.finlandsinstitutet.se or contact arts producer Annika Söderlund, e-mail: annika [at] finlandsinstitutet.se, tel. +46 (0)8 545 212 03.
The Finnish Institute gallery space.
APPLICATION DEADLINE Monday 3 December 2007
Applications to be handed in by the deadline (deadline day postmark not accepted).Eligibility
All professional artists based in Finland working with photo/video-based art.To apply
Please send a freely formulated application in Swedish or English.
The application should include:
- contact details, address, e-mail and telephone
- CV (including date of birth)
- a description of your artistic practice
- illustration of work (where appropriate)
- plan for residency
- possible proposal for CFF gallery space and/or discursive event during March-April 2008
- possible proposal for work in the Finnish Institute Gallery in November-December 2008The application should be sent to:
Union of Artist Photographers
Kalevankatu 18 B
FI-00100 Helsinki, FinlandThe selection process
The selection is made by curator Liv Stoltz at Centrum för fotografi in collaboration with the Finnish Institute in Stockholm, and Photographic Gallery Hippolyte/Union of Artist Photographers.
For more information please contact:
Centrum för fotografi (Centre for Photography), Tjärhovsgatan 44, SE-116 28 Stockholm, director Liv Stoltz, liv.stoltz [at] centrumforfotografi.se, tel +46 (0)8 640 20 95.
www.centrumforfotografi.comPhotographic Gallery Hippolyte/Union of Artist Photographers, Kalevankatu 18 B, FI-00100 Helsinki, director Mitro Kaurinkoski,
mitro.kaurinkoski [at] hippolyte.fi, tel. +358 (0)9 612 33 44.
www.hippolyte.fi
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The residency collaboration is initiated by Centrum för fotografi and Photographic Gallery Hippolyte/Union of Artist Photographers in Finland, and it is produced in collaboration with the Finnish Institute in Stockholm (www.finlandsinstitutet.se) and the Swedish Section of the Nordic Art Association (www.nkf.se).CFF (Centre for Photography) is a membership-based organisation with an assignment both to extend the public understanding of the photographic media, but also to support and benefit professional photographers.
Photographic Gallery Hippolyte is run by the Union of Artist Photographers in Finland -- a nonprofit artist-run association with 295 member artists.
