Deadline: December 15, 2016

NoguerasBlanchard Curatorial Open Call 2017

NoguerasBlanchard is pleased to announce the fifth edition of the Curatorial Open Call, which invites individuals or collectives to submit a proposal for curating an exhibition at NoguerasBlanchard, this year in our Doctor Fourquet (Madrid) space. The successful proposal will take place in May 2016 (tentative opening day May 27th), through to the end of July.

The selected curator/s will receive a maximum of €4.500 in concept of honorarium and exhibition production budget. NoguerasBlanchard will provide administrative and production support, design and mailing of the press release/invitation and an opening reception. The curator/curatorial collective must be in Madrid for the installation period and for the opening day.

The final version of the selected project will be developed and finalized in close collaboration with the team of NoguerasBlanchard, with the purpose of taking into account financial constraints, artists requirements and the architectural specificities and local context of the venue.

The selected proposals of previous Open Calls have been ‘Case Report’ by Lorenzo Sandoval (Madrid, 1980) in 2012; ‘Can’t hear my eyes’ by Niekolaas Johannes Lekkerkerk (Rotterdam, 1988) in 2013, ‘A Thousand Varied Uses’ by Kevin Gallagher (Chicago, 1986) in 2014, ‘AXOLOTLISM’ by Sabel Gavaldon (Barcelona, 1985) in 2015 and ‘Long Live the Old Flesh’ by Carlos Fernández-Pello (Madrid, 1985) in 2016. Image documentation of the exhibitions can be requested via e.mail.

Application criteria:

The proposal should:
– Be thought taking into consideration NoguerasBlanchard’s exhibition space (See floorplan attached or please write to info@noguerasblanchard.com to request a jpg file of the floor plan)
– Have an international interest
– Show financial feasibility

The submission should include:
– A short biography or curriculum vitae (1 page) and contact address of the curator/s.
– An exhibition/project outline explaining the purpose and concept (600 words maximum)
– Initial list of artists and a succinct description of their practice and recent exhibitions (100 words maximum)
– Images of the works to be included with suitable captions.
– Detailed production budget that must include:
· Proposed curatorial fee / expenses derived from curators attendance to requested events
· Return transports and insurance
· Eventual production of new works
· Eventual architectural adaptation of gallery space

Application deadline: December 15, 2016

Please submit your applications, exclusively in English, in a pdf file up to 3 MB, to: info@noguerasblanchard.com
Please write ‘NoguerasBlanchard Curatorial Open Call’ in the subject line. You will receive an email confirming the reception of your proposal. For further information please write to info@noguerasblanchard.com

Application resolution:
The decision will be made public by e-mail to all applicants and on NoguerasBlanchard’s website and Facebook / Twitter accounts by the end of January 2017.

The jury will consist of three curators:
Sabel Gavaldon (b. 1985, Barcelona) is an independent curator based in London. His most recent exhibition took place in a derelict factory in the outskirts of Barcelona and was populated by pigeons, mushrooms, and artworks. Other exhibitions include ‘Axolotlism’, at NoguerasBlanchard, Madrid (2015); ‘M/Other Tongue’, at Tenderpixel, London (2015); ‘Contratiempos’ at CaixaForum, Barcelona (2014); ‘Llocs comuns’ at Can Felipa, Barcelona (2014); and ’A Museum of Gesture’, at La Capella, Barcelona (2013). Currently he is guest curator of the curatorial laboratory ‘Komisario Berriak’, as part of the San Sebastian European Capital of Culture programme. In 2016, he was nominated for the ICI New York Independent Vision Curatorial Award.

Sofia Olascoaga (b. Mexico City, 1980) is a co-curator of the 32nd Bienal de São Paulo INCERTEZA VIVA, on view until December 2016. Her practice is focused in the intersections of art and education. She served as the academic curator at MUAC (Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo – UNAM) in Mexico City, where she coordinated the academic program Campus Expandido [Expanded campus]. Olascoaga was prior Head of Education and Public Programs at Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil in Mexico City and collaborates with international laboratories for public programs across the globe. Was a Research Fellow at Independent Curators International, and completed the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Independent Study Program in 2010. She received her BFA with honors from La Esmeralda National School of Fine Arts (Mexico City). Lives in Mexico City and São Paulo.

Tiago de Abreu Pinto (b. Salvador de Bahia, 1984) lives and works in Madrid and is currently finishing a PhD thesis on the Shifts of the Curatorial developed by artists-curators at Universidad Complutense. Realized exhibitions include Raw Approach at Centro de Arte de Alcobendas, Marcelo de Andrade, KUNSTHALLE Sao Paulo, Retroalimentación at Sala de Arte Joven, Madrid. He has also curated exhibitions in commercial galleries like The Goma, Madrid and Ellen de Bruijne in Amsterdam. He has been recipient of the Curatorial Award given by the Comunidad de Madrid and of a curatorial Scolarship given by the Gwanju Biennale.

Information about NoguerasBlanchard:

NoguerasBlanchard opened its first space in Barcelona in 2004. We are dedicated to developing a cross-disciplinary international gallery programme, reflecting a variety of conceptually-motivated positions and practices. The gallery´s main goal is to engage in a long-term commitment with the careers of our artists and to be highly involved in the production of works as well as off-site projects. We are co-producing films, biennial projects, artist’s books and publications while working in close alliance with international galleries and institutions. Recently (2015), NoguerasBlanchard moved to L’Hospitalet, a working-class city annex to Barcelona, thus reinforcing the idea of periphery as a creative centre and increasing notably our gallery space.

In 2011 we launched the first international Curatorial Open Call where we dedicate at least a yearly exhibition to emerging curatorial practices. Other initiatives to engage the local public include the ‘Kitchen Talks’, where we regularly invite artists, critics, curators and other cultural agents to give informal talks in the gallery.

In September 2012 we opened a second exhibition space in Madrid in order to generate new audiences, contexts and possibilities. Located on Doctor Fourquet between the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía en La Casa Encendida, the neighbourhood has become a reference for Madrid’s contemporary arts scene.

This Curatorial Open Call has been hosted alternatively in our Barcelona and Madrid spaces.