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[Ayisha Abraham]

Bar1 Call for Applications


The Bengaluru Artist Residency Programme group (bar1) invites
applications for an interdisciplinary artist residency in Bangalore
City from the 1st of July to the 30th of September 2009.
BAR
Bengaluru ArtistResidency supported by: India Foundation for the Arts
Bar1 is a non-profit arts organisation founded by artists for artists
to foster the exchange of ideas and experiences through guest
residencies in Bengaluru. Bengaluru Artist Residency One is registered
as a Public Charitable Trust. Please visit www.bar1.org
Bengaluru Artist Residency One (bar1)
We are currently in partnership with Pro Helvetia, Delhi (the Swiss
Arts Council, India).
The India-India residency programme has been made possible by the
exclusive support of India Foundation for the Arts (IFA).
The Residency
This three-month residency will host four emerging Indian artists (3
from all over India and 1 from Bangalore) who work in different fields
of art practice. It is dedicated to the exchange of ideas between
those working in different cultural milieu across India. The residency
hopes to foster a creative engagement with the cultural scene of
Bengaluru.
Through this residency bar1 hopes to nurture the interdisciplinary
impetus for collaboration and collective exchange. Residents will
share a space with other resident artists from different regions and
creative fields. It will also be possible for them to interact with a
range of institutions (scientific, industrial and artistic) based in
Bengaluru or to simply use their residency term as a playful
laboratory.
Above all, bar1 thinks that the invited artists should have the
freedom to develop their work at their own pace and interpret the
residency from their own perspectives. However, due to the budgetary
constraints of this year’s residency, we are unable to provide each
artist with a large working space. The artists should therefore be
prepared to work with open mindedness, mobility and flexibility
The bar1-venue with a roof terrace will host an introductory ‘Salon’
during the first month, where exchange and discussions can take place.
These ‘salons’ will be shaped by the residents together with bar1, and
will be an opportunity for them to introduce themselves, present their
work and the background of their practice to the wider arts community
in the city. Besides they can bring in themes of their own choice and
collaborations with their co-residents.
There will be a ‘Final Salon‘ at the end, which will not necessarily
comprise only of an exhibition of the final results, but also a chance
for meetings and productive collaborations could be one such outcome
in diverse exhibiting formats.
Application Guidelines
bar1 hopes to attract artists from an extended field of cultural
practices -- in the visual arts, painting, drawing, sculpture,
performance, installation, video, new media; in audio: sound, music;
in oral traditions/storytelling, poetry and writing; in creative
applied arts, design, architecture, advertising, and performance. The
artist could be a cook, a documentary filmmaker, a poet, a sound or
body artist or a painter.
Applicants should be seriously researching and developing their own
language or the language of their art form. They should be open and
willing to live and work together for that period without the need for
too much privacy. The selected residents will have to commit
themselves to being present in Bengaluru during the time of their
residency, except for short work related trips.
Bar1 invites artists to apply for the whole three-month term from
July1, 2009 until September 30, 2009.
How to Apply
Please post the following to the address below:
• Curriculum vitae (cv) including contact details: name, e-mail and
telephone number.
• Samples of recent work (preferably cd/dvd, or hard copy)
• A short statement which puts your work samples into context, gives
an idea of your artistic concerns / areas of interest, why you are
interested in a residency of this kind in Bengaluru and how you may
want to make use of the city, its institutions, specific landscape or
culture.
Address:
BAR 1, c/o Surekha
10, Abhijit Apartments,
7th Cross, Venkatesh Layout,
Sanjaynagar, Bangalore 560094
Application deadline: 10th June (successful applicants will be
informed by 15th June)
The documentations sent will not be returned.
For further inquiries please contact bar1studio at gmail.com
Facilities
The bar1-residency apartment has two bedrooms, a living area and a
furnished kitchen and a big terrace. The residents will have to make
their own arrangements for food and can cook at the residency.
The 3 artists from across India will live at the bar1-residency
apartment. The Bangalore artist will live and work from his/her home
and studio, but is expected to be in regular contact with the 3 other
residency guests.
Financial and other Support
Travel expenses; Maximum of Rs. 8000 - Bangalore to and fro (against bills).
Stipend Rs.24,000 / 3 months (monthly 8000/ artist).
Working budget Rs. 15,000/ 3 months (against bills)
A co-ordinator will be in charge of logistics and the needs of the
guests, from their arrival in Bangalore until their departure.
Additional assistance will be available later.
Working space
In the beginning the Bangalore artist will work from his/her usual
working place and the 3 other guests will work from the residency
venue. This is not an ideal situation, but the first phase of the
residency should be regarded as scouting period, to build up contacts,
to familiarize with the city and to conceptualise the work. Later
there will be additional working space.
General note
The bar1-organizers of the India-India Residency 2009 had to shape the
programme with restricted means. The last year experience shows that
it is crucial that all the residency guests understand that bar1 is a
group of Bangalore artists, having to fine-tune the residency

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