VENICE BIENNALE 2013 - CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Hivos and the Arts and Culture Program of the Open
Society Foundations (OSF) invite project proposals for the Central Asia
Pavilion (CAP) to be realized within the framework of the 55th International
Art Exhibition – Venice Biennale 2013.
Building upon the challenging exhibitions during the
past three editions of the Venice Biennale, and in recognition of the complex
transition period and dynamic developments of the field of contemporary art in
the countries of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan),
Hivos/OSF offer a platform through which the energy of socially engaged
contemporary artistic practices from the region can be presented and further
developed within the international context of the next Venice Biennale.
Hivos/OSF envision the CAP as a critical and polemical
undertaking that explores and strengthens the vibrant potential of contemporary
art, society, theory and activism from Central Asia, and makes a significant
contribution to the artistic, cultural, intellectual, social and civic
imaginaries of the contemporary world. The aim of the CAP is to stimulate and
facilitate regional developments—both in terms of the individual practice of
cultural practitioners and in exploring the possible role of art in the
changing society—as well as to create a possibility to link these developments
to the global contemporary art context.
Preference would be given to the proposals which,
besides the CAP in Venice, include a sustainable discursive project (or a
series of projects) in the region of Central Asia before and after its
materialization in the framework of the Venice Biennale, and which depart from
and further explore the identity of the CAP as a regional rather than a
national pavilion—challenging the constraints of the national representations
in the Venice Biennale—proposing an example of collectivity and solidarity for
both art and politics instead. The project of the CAP will be approached
critically to ensure a balance between artistic visions and the need for
political and/or social representation.
Selection procedure and deadlines:
- Check the Project Proposal Requirements (pdf)
- Applications should be submitted via e-mail to
CAPvenice2013@gmail.com
- No later than 1 June 2012
- Selection Committee will select a maximum of three proposals
to be further elaborated in detail. Applicants will be notified at the latest
by 15 June 2012
- Selected finalists will have two weeks to develop
their proposals further. The deadline for submitting second-round detailed
project proposals will be 1 July 2012. The final decision will be announced by
15 July 2012
- For more information please contact:
CAPvenice2013@gmail.com
- Russian version of the proposal: 2013 (pdf)
