The countdown is ticking for the Open Calls for the Roots & Seeds XXI project.
Deadline for the support to the creation of two artworks and for the research residency is February 15th.
Full guidelines and application forms
In the meantime, we are delighted to announce our international Juries.
JURY for the Research Residency that will take place at the Malina House in Paris (April 2022) with the assistance of Annick Bureaud, Director of Leonardo/Olats:
Roger Malina, Astronomer, Executive Editor of the Leonardo publications at MIT Press, President of Leonardo/Olats (France)
Ramuntcho Matta, Artist, Founder and Director of Lizières Cultural and Resource center (France)
Victoria Vesna, Artist (USA)
Claudia Schnugg, Curator and Researcher in Art-Science (Austria)
Oriane Hidalgo, Botanist, Botanical Institute of Barcelona (Spain)
Annick Bureaud, Art Critic, Curator and Director of Leonardo/Olats (France)
Tatiana Kourochkina, Director of Quo Artis Foundation (Spain)
The two-week « MM Residencies » offer time and a space for reflection, meetings and exchanges without any production obligations. The selected participant will receive a grant of 1.400€, and travel costs will additionally be covered.
JURY for the support to the creation of two artworks
Valentino Catricalà, curator at SODA Gallery Manchester and lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University (IT/UK)
Lucio Montecchio, Researcher and Professor of Forest Pathology at the University of Padova and member of the Board of the Botanical Garden of Padova (IT)
Aliya Sakhariyeva, Art historian, Director of the Art & Science Center and Master Degree Program, ITMO University (KZ/RU)⠀⠀⠀⠀
Vid Simoniti, Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Liverpool, Director of MA in Art, Aesthetics and Cultural Institutions (SI/UK)
Nicola Triscott, Curator, co-founder of Arts Catalyst and the director of FACT Liverpool (UK)
The Jury will select 2 projects that will be awarded:
Artwork Production up to 12.500€ (artist fee included)
Artwork Production up to 5.500€ (artist fee included)
This Open Call will support two artwork productions for art & science projects that address the biodiversity crisis (focused on the botanical world), and do so in direct collaboration with scientific professionals and/or institutions.
Projects must be completed in a maximum period of 12 months, starting in May 2021, and the resulting works will be exhibited at Ars Electronica Festival (September 2022). Successful applicants will also benefit from other “Roots & Seeds XXI” international events.
The Production amounts exclude VAT which will also be paid by the award.
Partners
@quoartis
@arselectronica
@unibarcelona in collab with @ibb_botanic
#leonardo/olats⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
With the support of Creative Europe Programme of the European Union
@creativeeurope
We are very much looking forward to reading your proposals!