INTERNATIONAL OPEN CALL FOR ART CRITIC/CURATOR RESIDENCIES
ON THE FRENCH RIVIERA

SEASON #2 – 2016 / 2017

Each year, thankyouforcoming hosts art critics and/or curators for a 7 days residency in Nice and its suburb.

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Founded in 2010, thankyouforcoming’s purpose is to produce, promote and make accessible contemporary art, and the work of emergent artists, critics and curators in particular.
For more information please visit: thankyouforcoming.net
The association is based in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes (06), France.
thankyouforcoming develops and produces the Alpes-Maritimes Region’s New Patrons Program, with the support of the Fondation de France.
thankyouforcoming is part of Botox(s) – a network for contemporary art involving 30 organisations that are engaged in the production and the promotion of contemporary art in the French Riviera area and beyond.

ACROSS residency

In 2015, thankyouforcoming launches ACROSS (scenes of province), a curatorial and art critic’s residency program run from Nice.

ACROSS is a collaborative, participatory and experimental project which aims to:

• Introduce residents to the local artistic scenes and their territories,
• Enable the hosts to meet the cultural operators and visit the highlights of the area as well as its alternative scenes,
• Invite to reflect on and offer innovative critical approaches to projects developed in Nice and suburb, as well as in the associated towns (Mouans-Sartoux, Antibes, Cannes, Vence, Monaco etc),
• Counter-balance the logic of centralisation and rebalance the power relations between Paris and the French provinces, centre and suburbs, local and global, national and international,
• Devise a new operational tool for research, prospection and transmission through the mobility of its actors,
• Provide a framework allowing for the mobility of curators and critics, and make it visible,
• Offer the possibility to frame a specific work or deepen a line of research,
• Create opportunities for meetings, initiate and enable an environment for exchanges and discussions to foster common

Past residents of ACROSS‘s first season (2015-2016) include: Camille Planeix, Sandra Doublet et Romain Boulay, Bénédicte Le Pimpec, Mickaël Roy, Septembre Tiberghien.

Open call

During Summer 2016, thankyouforcoming launches an international call for applications for 2 art critics and/or curators.

4 residents have already been invited by the association for this second season.
These residencies allow the applicants to discover the French Riviera area’s contemporary art scene, to develop their research work and to participate in a new network.
The purpose of thankyouforcoming’s residencies is to foster links and collaborations between the local scene and international artists, curators, institutions etc.

Terms of the residency

> 2 opportunities for a 7-day residency are available, at the END OF NOVEMBER 2016 OR MID- JANUARY 2017 (choice of the week to be decided between thankyouforcoming and the selected candidate).

> thankyouforcoming provides a 40m2 fully equipped apartment in the center of Nice (port area).

> Return travel expenses will be refunded (subject to the provision of receipts) up to a value of EUR 200 for each residency.

> We are at the disposal of the resident, before and during the residency period, to facilitate contacts and assist with the organisation of visits and meetings with artists, institutions, curators, collectors, galleries, museums etc. in Nice and suburb (Mouans-Sartoux, Antibes, Cannes, Vence, Monaco etc). The resident is committed to respect the agreed schedule with thankyouforcoming.

> The resident is requested to propose a public event during his stay. Designed in advance of the residency, it will be developed with the support of thankyouforcoming. The form of this event is open, examples include: a reading session, lecture, presentation of research in progress, exhibition, walk, screening session etc. The content and the form of this public event should be defined with and approved by thankyouforcoming at least 60 days prior to the residency period.

A record of the residency and this event in particular will be posted on our website.

Applicant profile

ACROSS’s residency programme is opened to all individuals under the age of 40, French or foreigners, who have curating and/or art critic experience.
The candidate must be particularly involved in a research area around the  emergence  and renewal of critical and curatorial practices.
Motivated, enthusiastic, independent. Only individual applications are admitted. Language: French or English

Application process

Deadline: Sunday 14 August 2016, until midnight.
The results will be communicated at the latest by 12 September 2016.
Request  for further information to be sent by e-mail to Claire Migraine: acrossresidency@gmail.com

To apply, send us the following documents (in French or English) in one PDF file (vertical, A4 format, 5 Mo maximum) via e-mail to: acrossresidency@gmail.com:

• A letter of motivation (1 page maximum);
• A note of intent providing the nature of the proposed public intervention (as guideline: this event will be jointly specified by the resident and thankyouforcoming);
• A CV/resume (with the candidate’s name, date of birth and contact details) detailing the projects undertaken as an art critic and/or curator;
• Specify the time period for which you apply: 7 days at the end of November 2016 OR 7 days in mid-January 2017, or if you are available for both period