The call is open to all curators aged 18-35 (at the end of the application period) and resident in Spain (whether national or foreign-born) who wish to carry out as yet UNSEEN exhibition projects that centre around any aspect of contemporary creation and which stand out for their innovation, quality and adaptability to the available resources.

Participation can be individual or collective. In the latter case, a representative of the members of the curating project should be nominated. All members of the team must comply with the requirement not to be older than 35 on the deadline date of the open call.

The exhibition project authors cannot form part of the exhibition in the role of artists. Anyone who has been awarded a prize in previous calls is ineligible for this prize and only one project can be submitted by each author whether as an individual or collective.

2 prizes are being awarded. The prize will be in the form of a curatorial commission for the exhibition project. Selected finalists will receive, as fees, the sum of 3000 Euros per project, subject to current tax legislation. If candidates live outside Madrid, this amount may be increased to cover possible travel and accommodation costs (with prior account of expenses). These costs will not exceed 1000 Euros.

Each prizewinning project will received a financial sum of 25 000 Euros (taxes included) for the development of each exhibition. Selected curators must commit to developing the functions of production and assembly, as well as providing all necessary documentation (texts, photographs, etc.) for preparing a  catalogue within the planned timescale and in partnership with La Casa Encendida. Likewise, all necessary permissions must be arranged for the exhibition of works and their reproduction in the catalogue, on the internet and in any other printed medium.

If prizewinners fail to fulfil the requested curatorial obligations, without due cause, all received fees will be returned to La Casa Encendida.

The organisation is exempt from any responsibility stemming from the relationship between curators and artists or third parties involved in the exhibition projects. The organisation will share responsibility for the production of the exhibition and the publication of the catalogue with the curator.

Exhibitions of the selected projects wil be staged at La Casa Encendida during summer 2020, subject to prior approval by the institution. If there is a possibility of transferring some of them to other cities, curators must carry out themselves any necessary adaptations to make their projects suitable for new exhibition spaces.

Submissions may not include works:

1. Whose rights are compromised in any way.
2. Submitted to another competition, including if the decision of the respective jury is pending.
3. That have been awarded prizes in other Spanish or international competitions.
4. Submission of a project to this competition implicitly carries with it an obligation by the creator not to withdraw their project before the jury’s decision is made public.
5. Registration of submitted projects in the Register of Intellectual Property will be the responsibility of the agent or creator, as well as, from the moment of submission of the work to the competition, the consequences of non-registration before third parties.
6. Projects financed by another institution will not be accepted.

Submission of projects to this open call signifies an acceptance and understanding of the rules by applicants.

Each project author or co-author must submit:

1. Fully-completed application form
2. CV
3. DNI or residency card
4. Synopsis of project and participating artists
5. Project dossier, which must include:

• Exhibition title
• Reflective account of the project (maximum length of two sides).
• Nominal list of works (with images) and indication of author or authors.
• Exhibition design blueprint, adjusted to features of a model room with the following dimensions: 18 m length x 8 m width and ceiling height of 4.80 m.
• Estimated budget itemised in project sections, up to a maximum of 25 000 Euros, taxes included (this budget includes transport, assembly, paymentof rights, artists fees if relevant, etc.)

Participation in this call for applications will be managed by registering all documents via the website www.lacasaencendida.es