Open Call for a Visiting Research Curator
UNIDEE Residency Programs at Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella
UNIDEE residency programs is a multidisciplinary programme open to all creative professionals with a high school diploma, from visual artists to cultural operators, designers, architects and anybody whose practice is based on assuming a responsible attitude in society. The objective of UNIDEE residency programs is to activate the ability to produce social transformation through artistic practices both at a local level (Biella, where Cittadellarte operates in a specific socio-economic context, as well as the local ecologies within the countries in which participants live) and at global level, since everybody acts as a localised agent with different (but inevitable) degrees of connection with the other and with the whole. UNIDEE residency programs explores the relationship between art and society, and promotes the role of artists and creatives as activators (artivators) of a responsible transformation of society.
The driving force of the residency programme is the understanding of each individual practice as an articulation of a collective approach towards a common goal. The basic vision is rooted in the awareness of the potential that could be generated by self-organised social artistic ecologies in an open, visible, and networked organism.
UNIDEE residency programs participants are invited to contribute to, refute, comment, and debate Cittadellarte’s vision and initiatives, which are constantly evolving through reconsiderations and revisions, checks and transformations. Cittadellarte has and maintains an extensive network of localised agents openly representing its essential vision, expressed by the myth and narration of the Third Paradise and the political laboratory of demopraxy (see www.terzoparadiso.org/it).
UNIDEE residency programs residents can make use of all Cittadellarte’s instruments, including the active platforms and databases (www.geographiesofchange.net and www.visibleproject.org, both conceived and maintained by Cittadellarte).
Candidate’s profile
For the 2022-2024 edition of UNIDEE Residency Programs we are particularly interested in a curator who has experience working in the contexts of the Middle East, the southern shore of the Mediterranean and/or the Euroasia region, who has the capacity and interest to investigate in depth issues related to North-South East-West tensions, combining the discussion of broad themes and visions with the analysis and approach to artistic projects on the ground.
In addition, they should have the necessary experience to include in their modules expert views from diverse fields of knowledge and be able to contribute to broadening the scope of the residency to participants from outside Europe, also by promoting cooperation with other institutions.
To read details about duties, responsibilities and qualifications, please visit: http://www.cittadellarte.it/unidee/
How to apply
– Applications must be received by 12 am CET on 25th April 2022 via email to this address: unidee_visitingcurator@cittadellarte.it
– Applicants must present a project containing a general statement positioning their vision in regard to the programme and an indication of the strategy for its development; 3000 characters max.
– Applications will be acknowledged with a reply of confirmation and all subsequent communication will be sent to the email address used for the application.
For more details, please refer to the website of UNIDEE