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Artist Trong Gia Nguyen plays in his “Mann Cave”

Trong Gia Nguyen "Win, Win" (2013) Mirror, wood, paint

Article by Sarah Gretsch – in Berlin; Saturday, Apr. 06, 2013.

On April 25th opens a show in Frankfurt called “Mann Cave” by the artist Trong Gia Nguyen. Though not in our neighborhood, the show is worth noting and the artist even more so. Filled with allusions that deepen the harder you look or the more you learn, Nguyen’s artworks blur the line between…[read on...]

BLINK // Wood and Water: Virginia Overton’s Installations

Overton-Untitled (Juniperus virginiana), Untitled (hot tub)

Blog entry by Sarah Gretsch – in Berlin; Friday, Apr. 5, 2013.

Virginia Overton is the kind of artist who can fill a gallery with just two pieces. Either she’s that respected, or the works have that much of an impact. It may be both, but just one image of the sculptures proves it is unquestionably the latter…[read on...]


OPEN CALL: THINKABOUTSPACE; deadline Apr. 20th

Flyer Open Monument, designed by Alessandro Geri Rustighi

Blog Post by Sarah Gretsch – in Berlin; Thursday, Apr. 04, 2013.

Calling all artists, architects, curators, or theoreticians–– do you have ideas regarding new forms of public monuments that you’d like to share? Here’s your chance. [read on...]

Open Call: First Come, All Shown

Macht Kunst

Blog entry by Sarah Gretsch – in Berlin; Thursday, Mar. 28, 2013.

The Deutsche Bank KunstHalle/ Unter den Linden in a grandiose–– or rather overzealous–– spirit for contemporary art, is opening its doors and clearing its walls for everyone. Literally everyone. For 24 hours artwork about anything, made by anyone will be accepted and hung on the walls until they run out of space. No questions… [read on...]


OPEN CALL for the second season of Auberge Sur la Montagne

Elizabeth Delfs, exhibition view at Sur la Montagne, 2012; photo by Chloé Richard

Blog entry by Sarah Gretsch, photo by Chloé Richard – in Berlin; Tuesday, Mar. 12, 2013.

Last year Torstraße filled with fresh faces and new artistic concepts thanks to Auberge Sur la Montagne. Receiving international attention, the SlaM artspace hosted nine artists curated by Drew Simpson. In what SlaM calls “seven trials”, these artists worked, lived, and familiarized themselves with…[read on...]


FUTURE RUINS: Call for Proposals

Future Ruins: Obsolescence & Inoperativity

Blog Entry by Angela Connor – in Berlin; Tuesday, February 26, 2013.

Curators Dan Dorocic and Alison Hugill are inviting artists to participate in their exhibition FUTURE RUINS: Obsolescence & Inoperativity from May 23-25, 2013 in the former grain silo at the Bergen Arkitektskole (BAS), Norway.

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OPEN CALL: New Content Award, Berlin Music & Club Scene Film Competition

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Blog Entry by Christa Reynheim – in Berlin; Tuesday, February 19. 2013 .

The media board of Berlin-Brandenburg and Electronic Beats by Deutsche Telekom are the minds behind the New Content Award – A competition that offers the winner the opportunity to contribute their creative film concepts covering the music and club scenes in this sector. The award price is 70,000 EUR as the production budget…[read on...]

“People will laugh”. EIN magazine’s OPEN CALL for Photographers; deadline Jan. 31, 2013

Hayden Fowler - "New Romantic" (2011)

in Berlin; Friday,, Jan. 25, 2012

EIN magazine, a digital bi-monthly magazine for conceptual and experimental photography from Berlin, is holding an open call for their next issue “People will laugh”. [read on...]

Open Call for Curators: Transart festival 2013 in Berlin – Deadline Nov. 5, 2012

Transart

Article by Evanna Folkenfolk – in Berlin; Monday, Oct. 29, 2012.

Next summer, Transart Institute’s joint MFA/PhD program is hosting a week-long art festival in Berlin and is looking for local Berlin curators and workshop/seminar leaders to help run the show…[read on...]

Open Call: Young Photographers & Art Critics;
Deadline: December 14, 2012

CO Berlin

Blog post by Angela Connor – in Berlin; Monday, Oct. 8, 2012.

C/O Berlin is seeking young photographers and art critics under the age of 35 for Talents, an international competition held every year. Now in its eighth year, the exhibition series Talents will focus on the theme of Memories… [read on...]

Open Call: Studio Art PhD at Transart in New York;
Deadline: November 1, 2012

Transart

in Berlin; Wednesday, Sep. 26, 2012.

Transart Institute is offering a low-residency PhD program for advanced studio art. The PhD at Transart is a three year full time degree program with an average work commitment of 30 hours per week, validated by the University of Plymouth, UK. The degree is offered exclusively for practice-based research (creative work) accompanied by a written thesis. [read on...]


Open Call: Temporary Studio Space in Berlin; Deadline: July 20, 2012

Natulis Art Temporary

Blog post by Anna C. Purcell – in Berlin; Thursday, July 12, 2012.

From August 8 to 30, 2012, Natulis Art Temporary is offering 9 free studios for artists in Berlin’s Scharnhorststraße 32. Close to Hamburger Bahnhof and right behind Invalidenpark Natulis, the studio provides free temporary space to ambitious and energetic artists seeking a community of like-minded people in an experimental environment. For each artist, Natulis is offering raw studio space ranging from 44 to 55 m2 (old GDR-style garages). [read on...]


OPEN CALL: Kunst braucht Fläche / Art needs space; Deadline: June. 20, 2012

Standorte Kunst braucht Fläche

Blog post by Anna C Purcell – in Berlin; Monday, Jun. 04, 2012.

AV Aussenwerbung GmbH & Co. KG is searching for young, talented, undiscovered artists to showcase their works to the public.
 AV Aussenwerbung GmbH & Co. KG is a Berlin based company specialized in cultural advertisement. From July 21st for two weeks (until August 5th), several of selected urban advertisement spaces (such as billboards, city banners, and columns in various sizes)…[read on...]


Call for applications for Speed Portfolio Viewing; Deadline: May 13, 2012

2. Portfolio Viewing at L40

Blog post by Anna Russ – in Berlin; Friday, May 4, 2012.

On Sunday, May 20 from 1:00 – 4:30pm bpigs will present the third edition of Speed Portfolio Viewing at Verein für Kunst und Kultur am Rosa Luxemburg Platz in the L40 building. Based on the structure of speed dating, curators are invited to review artists portfolios in 10 short sessions of 12 minutes each. In this context, bpigs will bring together artists and curators who have not met before and may appear of interest [read on...]

Call for Applications for Artist Residency in Italy. Deadline: April 10, 2012

Artist Residency in La Macina di San Cresci

in Berlin; Monday, Feb. 06, 2012.

Members of RES ARTIS are invited to apply for a residency in La Macina di San Cresci near Florence, Italy. The artist will receive a € 500 stipend, private room and a studio space for one month. The theme for the program is ideas and concepts related to the environment of the site.

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Call for Submissions: Exhibition “time capsule” at smartloft. Deadline Feb 4, 2012

in Berlin; Thursday, Feb. 02, 2012.

What does it mean to be human? What would you submit as a symbol of humanity? How would you represent humankind to extraterrestrials?
Artists are invited to imagine smartloft as a time capsule being rocketed into outer space. Work will be installed in the rooms with the notion that extraterrestrials could reside in our spaces and experience life from a human perspective. [read on...]


OPEN CALL: A-I-R Lab at the Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw

A-I-R Lab at the Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw
A-I-R Lab at the Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw currently has an open call for their Artist in Residence Laboratory, a three month program dedicated to conducting research through the collaboration of international artists from all disciplines….

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CALLING all Artists to The Displacement Workshop

The Displacement Workshop

Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011

The “artistic” collage technique appeared in the beginning of the 1900s and got spread as a revolutionary tool both in art and political propaganda. From dadaism to punk, collage has been associated with conflicting systems of beliefs.

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CALL for Artists : I EAT FEAR

Untitled-1

Berlin; Friday, September 2, 2011.

A new artist collective is seeking like-minded participants. And amidst the very many artist-manifestations this city seems eager to support, the name does spark some intrigue…

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CALL for collectors & artists: FITAX 1500

Fitax1500

Berlin; Tuesday, August 30, 2011.

Grimmuseum is once again teaming up with Tupajumi Foundation to organize the second FITAX1500 in Berlin, offering an alternative way of wheeling and dealing art during the artfair week.

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ANNEX:art offers residencies at Kunsthof Tangendorf

KT10 studio

Blog entry by Samantha Manton – in Berlin; Tuesday, August 9, 2011.

ANNEX:art is currently accepting submissions for its Digital Unity residency project which begins in September- the results of which will be exhibited in both the Prignitz and Berlin.

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Open Call: HomeBase BUILD – Deadline: July 20, 2011

HomeBase Build

The HomeBase LAB are inviting artists for a unique summer residency titled HomeBase BUILD from August 10 to October 8, 2011 in Berlin The residency program combines independent work in individual studios, creative communal living, an educational program, a cultural program and a “hands on” collaboration on building. HomeBase is looking for 12 outgoing independent [...]


CREATIVE CAPITAL: Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant Program – Deadline: June 8, 2011

Arts Writers Grant Program

Designed to encourage and reward writing about contemporary art that is rigorous, passionate, eloquent and precise, as well as to create a broader audience for arts writing, the Arts Writers Grant Program aims to strengthen the field as a whole and to ensure that critical writing remains a valued mode of engaging the visual arts. By honoring a variety of formats including articles, blogs, books, short-form writing projects and new and alternative media, the program addresses a range of contemporary discourse, from general-audience criticism to academic scholarship. Approximately twenty to twenty-five grants are awarded annually, ranging from $3,000 to $50,000 depending on the needs and scope of the project.


LAGE 3:20 #4: Cabinet of Curiosities at LAGE EGAL

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LAGE EGAL, invites artists to apply for LAGE 3:20 #4, an experimental project that will offer new perspectives on the presentation and reception of contemporary art. With a model scale of 3:20, the exhibition space for LAGE 3:20 #4 becomes a cabinet of curiosities.