Artist Exchange Program (Double Vision)
Call for Expressions of Interest
Logan City Council is calling for expressions of interest from artists across the spectrum of creative fields – visual artists, performers, writers and designers, etc, to participate in an Arts Exchange Program (Double Vision) with the City of Onkaparinga in South Australia in 2012.
Up to five Logan artists will be selected to travel to Onkaparinga in April/May 2012 and over five days tour the region and meet the Onkaparinga artists selected for the exchange program.
Out of this trip each Logan artist will be required to make new works about and inspired by
Onkaparinga. Likewise the Onkaparinga artists will do the same after they visit Logan in April/May.
New works produced by the selected Logan artists will be presented to Logan City Council by 24 August and a final selection of work will be made before works are shipped to Onkaparinga in October to be exhibited in tandem with the works by Onkaparinga artists. The exhibition will embrace the range of artforms selected and will, in liaison with the artist,appropriately present the work created eg this may involve presenting a dance piece as a film or a piece of writing as a sound work.
The exhibition may tour further in South Australia after its opening in Onkaparinga in October but will return to Logan in early 2013 for a showing at Logan Art Gallery.
Artist airfares and other travel, accommodation and food will be covered as part of the exchange.
This arts exchange project is supported by the Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF). RADF is a Queensland Government and Logan City partnership to support local arts and culture.
Details of the application process
Your Expression of Interest should include the following:
- Name, Address, Phone, Email.
- A Curriculum Vitae, bio and recent examples of your work on cd (or as attachments if you send your Expression of Interest by email)
- A written application that addresses the following:
- What artform do you work in and is there a particular key theme/s that you explore?
- An outline of how you approach making your work and how you normally present it.
- Why are you interested in this arts exchange project?
- How is it relevant to your current work?
- Will your work process allow you to translate an experience over 5 days in another town into a number of new works?
- Does your work deal with a sense of place? And if not why do you think you could address this theme alongside your existing themes?
- If you are not a visual artist explain how you may be interested in presenting your work in a gallery context.
- Are you willing to allow Onkaparinga artists to visit your workspace and to share your work practice with them? Do you already have a vibrant network of other artists?
- Your availability in April/May to travel to Okaparinga and your capacity to compete final work by August 2012.
- Any special accommodation and dietary requirements.
Selection Process
Artists will be selected on the quality of their work and their application. Other considerations will include the potential for the selected artists to provide a coherent exhibition which is diverse in its approach and mediums and which addresses the theme of a ‘sense of place’.
Cultural Services staff from Logan City Council and Onkaparinga City Council will make the final selection of Artists.
Applications
Expressions of Interest are due no later than Monday 19 March 2012 by 5 pm. EOIs should be addressed to:
Cultural Services Program Leader
Logan City Council
email: kevinwilson@logan.qld.gov.au
post: Logan City Council
PO Box 3226
Logan City DC Qld 4114.