The Fondation has reinvested a former brownf ield on the outskirts of Paris (Romainville) in order to make it a resource centre for international artists and curators. This place provides them with spaces, tools and support in order to create a working environment that encourages encounters between all forms of art and the enrichment of their practice.
The Fondation’s objective is not to constitute and expose an art collection but to support residents throughout their creative processes, accompanying their professional and artistic development.
Inaugurated in October 2019, the site covers 11,000 square meters and is composed of five separate buildings, including a 14-metre-high boiler room turned into an exhibition space.
This unique site brings together Fondation Fiminco’s international artists and curator’s residency, exhibition spaces and four art galleries — Air de Paris, Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Galerie Sator and In Situ Fabienne Leclerc.
Additionally, the site hosts the headquarters of the non-profit organization Jeune Création, the art and design school Parsons Paris, the Laurel Parker book design and publishing company, and the storage facility of the Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Île-de-France (Frac Île-de-France).
New partners are expected this year: two art galleries, Maëlle Galerie, as well as a printing lab, Après Midi Lab.
WHO QUALIFIES FOR THE CURATOR RESIDENCY?
Fondation Fiminco is launching a call for curators for a six-month research, creation and production residency taking place in Romainville (Seine-Saint-Denis). It is open to emerging curators as well as curators with significant professional experience, living in France and abroad.
The curatorial residence is part of the dynamics of Fondation Fiminco’s art residency program which welcome jointly 16 international artists in residence all at once for a period of 11 months, from September 2021 to July 2022.
The curator will have the opportunity to implement an artistic programme as well as to curate the artists in residence’s exhibition in the spring 2022.
July 2022: End of the residency
PRE-SELECTION AND SELECTION PROCESS
A jury composed of art and culture profes- sionals will establish a shortlist of candidates based on their application. Pre-selected candidates will then be invited for an interview (in person or via videoconference) taking place in December 2021.
SCHEDULE
November 30, 2021: Application deadline
Early December 2021: Jury and interviews with shortlisted candidates
End of December 2021: Announcement of the selected candidate
January 2022: Beginning of the residency
Applications can be written either in French or English.
It must be submitted by email only to the following address: residency@fondationfiminco.com
before November 30, 2021
Please arrange your documents in the following order:
MANDATORY DOCUMENTS
(Applications missing these mandatory docu- ments will not be considered):
1/ A resumé detailing the curator’s educational background and professional experience.
2/ A letter of intention describing the fields of research the curator wishes to pursue during the 6-months residency (maximum 2 pages).
3/ A project proposal (maximum 5 pages), outlining the cultural program the curator intends to implement during the 6 months residency as well as a list of several artists with whom the curator wishes to work.
Candidates are encouraged to submit a project involving the local territory and its publics (institutions, associations).
4/ One or more reference letters (3 maxi- mum) addressed to the pre-selection com- mittee, supporting the curator and the project he/she is applying with.
5/ A provisional budget, within the limits of the allocated production budget, as well as a list of potential extra funding resources, if known.
6/ A portfolio (10 pages maximum) featuring one or more recent projects the curator finds especially representative of his/her approach.
7/ Publications, videos, etc.
Any other resource the curator deems useful to bring to the attention of the pre-selection committee (participations in conferences or symposiums, press articles, films, interviews, etc.) in the form of web links.
