Call for Curatorial Proposals
The Philippines will continue to participate in the important contemporary art exhibition and once again announces the OPEN CALL FOR CURATORIAL PROPOSALS for the Philippine participation at the 59th Venice Art Biennale in 2022, initiated by la Fondazione la Biennale di Venezia.
The year 2020 was challenging, gripped by the pandemic and imperiled by a range of social and ecological issues, isolating people from each other but also enabling them to forge solidarities and express sympathies in creative ways. In times of global distress, the world leaned on the promise of art in hopes of both exposing and coming to terms with humbling realities.
The OPEN CALL encourages proponents to develop concepts for the Philippine Pavilion that are sensitive and responsive to these current realities, revealing contradictions and yet offering space for deep introspection and decisions. The “contemporary” emerges from this context, shaping its material, its discourse, and its engagement with a broad community.
The search is spearheaded by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), in partnership with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), and the Office of the Deputy Speaker and Congresswoman Loren Legarda.
The selected curatorial proposal will officially represent the Philippines in 2022 at one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious exhibition platforms for contemporary art. The deadline for the CALL will be on 20 May 2021.
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?
The CALL is open to all curators and contemporary Filipino practitioners residing in the Philippines and abroad. The CALL is open to proposals by a single curator or by a team of two curators. In case of a team in which one member is not Filipino, the lead curator should be Filipino.
SELECTION PROCESS
A preliminary jury will shortlist proposals from among the submissions. If necessary, a meeting with the proponents of the shortlisted proposals will be held. A final panel of jurors will convene to deliberate on the final proposals submitted by the shortlisted proponents. The final panel will select one curatorial proposal to represent the Philippines at the 59th Venice Art Biennale 2022.
With the support of all the cooperating agencies through the Philippine Arts in Venice Biennale Coordinating Committee (PAVB),
the selected proposal will be realized in the Philippine Pavilion at the Arsenale in Venice, slated to open on April 23, 2022 and will run until November 27, 2022.
