Visual arts; this comprises projects from fine art, image, audio-visual, design, illustration, architecture, performance, sound art, etc. Hybrid and multi-disciplinary proposals may also be submitted.

 

Importance is placed on establishing relationships between the projects and the different contexts of El Prat (educational, social, urban, geographical, etc.)

 

Each proposal can envisage relationships with other branches of knowledge (astronomy, sport, medicine, gastronomy, ecology, ethnography, etc.)

People interested in art, visual creators and cultural, educational and social agents in general (of all ages) who are resident in Catalonia.

 

The exhibition project category is restricted to individuals and collectives resident in El Prat or who can justify their affiliation to the area (in the case of collectives, a minimum of 50% of members must meet this requirement).

Five bursaries will be awarded, one for each category in the competition:

 

 

Category 1: Photography and Society

Projects incorporating use of the image as an essential element of a project of research and social reflection in the El Prat de Llobregat area.

Applications will be assessed according to:

• Ability to propose critical use of photography through the artistic and creative process.
• Ability to capture, from an original perspective, aspects of the reality around us and to generate knowledge and opinion on contemporary topics.
• The project will be carried out between the moment of adjudication and the end of October.

The project will be demonstrated in November/December by means of a high-quality expository presentation tailored to the characteristics of the centre and its context.

 

Promoted by: Centre Cívic Jardins de la Pau

 

 

Category 2: Neighbourhood Art

Community Arts Intervention projects focusing on concepts of neighbourhood, identity and community within the framework of the Sant Jordi and Ribera Baixa districts.

‘Community Arts’ means projects that generate links and promote relationships between individuals in the local area for the socio-cultural transformation of their daily lives and in which residents become the protagonists of a process of change and improvement.

Applications will be assessed according to:

• Ability of the project to connect with activities and initiatives already being carried out or promoted from the centre:
• Efforts and interventions in the physical space of the centre resulting from a process of co-creation with the various groups working in different DIY (Do It Yourself) disciplines: scrapbooking, sewing, patchwork, crochet...
•  Efforts and interventions in the physical space of the centre, the neighbourhood and the municipality resulting from a process of co-creation with the communities and projects of the Ribera Baixa Civic Centre to redefine usage of the centre’s exhibition room and use this room as a laboratory space.
• Proposals for community arts-based dynamics and mechanisms that co-generate collaborative initiatives with the different groups and organisations using the centre.
• Ability to stimulate relationships and spaces for dialogue and debate about the neighbourhood we want and the active role played by local residents in its transformation.
• A process of enabling exchange of expertise and new knowledge and which is enriching for the individuals taking part in it.

 

Promoted by: Centre Cívic Sant Jordi - Ribera Baixa

 

 

Category 3: Exhibition Project (artists and cultural agents)

Initiatives for individual or collective exhibition at the Sala d’Art Josep Bages for artists and cultural agents in El Prat (curators, mediators, collectives, associations, education centres, etc.) The work or project can either be finished or unfinished.

Applications will be assessed according to:

• An expository presentation that engages with the physical, symbolic, historical, cultural and social characteristics of the Sala and its context.
• Conception of the exhibition as a laboratory and testing ground; a meeting point where local initiatives and agents can sign up to develop unexpected relationships.
• Ability to share the arts project with the widest sectors of El Prat’s community and connect with other spaces and members of the arts circuits of Catalonia.

 

Promoted by: Centre d’Art Torre Muntadas

 

 

Category 4: Outsourced Project

Initiatives that place arts practice in non-arts contexts and which promote exchanges with the surrounding area.

Applications will be assessed according to:

• Ability to generate critical imaginaries to redefine the functions and limits of art.
• The possibility of leading dynamics, spaces of interaction and physical or virtual interventions which go beyond occasional development of the initiative.
• Initiatives of presentation, participation and dissemination of the project must be generated from non-institutionalised and arts spaces; accordingly, alternative locations (physical or virtual) must be encouraged.

 

Promoted by: Centre d’Art Torre Muntadas

 

 

Category 5: Art and Education Project

Initiative that analyse, research or produce areas of contact between the worlds of art and education. Possible fields for project intervention include: associations, social agents and enterprises, facilities, venues and services in the municipality, formal and non-formal educational initiatives and centres in El Prat.

Applications will be assessed according to:

• Degree of knowledge of and approximation to the contexts of intervention with which applicants wish to establish a partnership.
• Generation of processes of co-learning and co-operative spaces for ideas, discussion and production between different participants and representatives.
• Generation of interchanges of expertise, rooted in arts educational experiences, between artistic production, the educational fabric and social and civic reality.
• Initiation of educational and social contexts as a focus from reflection and cultural production.

 

Promoted by: Escola d’Arts del Prat.

Global Conferences and Support Process

With their submission to the open call, artists and collectives accept their commitment to attend the 3 global conferences featuring the projects from the /UNZIP Arts Visuals 2019 competition (Saturdays to be confirmed) and a joint presentation in the municipality (Saturday to be confirmed).

 

Artists will commit to completing 4-5 sessions with the ongoing support team for their specific category.

 

Project Resources

Each of the selected projects will have at its disposal an amount of 2000 euros (taxes included). In the case of categories that involve an exhibition, the assembly and production costs are included in this amount.

 

Once projects have been selected, the sum will be made available on signing of a contract between a representative of the Ajuntament del Prat de Llobregat or the service franchise company, and the individuals responsible for the selected proposals.

 

Payments for each selected proposal will made after the production of an invoice by the representatives of each project, who will accept responsibility for the tax burden deriving from them.

 

Commitments

The projects will be carried out throughout 2019 in close partnership with the /UNZIP teams, with whom they will agree deadlines, monitoring conditions for the process, submission of results and formats for exhibition and public presentation.

 

More information on Support and Commitments here.

• Interest, quality and coherence of the project and/or initiative
• Technical viability of the proposal and ability of individuals involved to complete it
• Knowledge of or reference to El Prat and its cultural, educational and social fabric
• Degree of involvement and participation from local entities and agents
• Clarity and level of precision and adaptation of the dossier to the conditions of presentation and extension for the proposal as established in the regulations

To submit their application, candidates must attach a completed registration form and a digital file in PDF format containing as precise a description as possible (text and/or images):

 

1. About the project:

• Brief description of the idea and conceptual framework of the project (maximum 2000 characters including spaces)
• Previous work and stages of research and completion (maximum 4000 characters including spaces)
•  Strategies for carrying out the project and documentary evidence for the process (maximum 4000 characters including spaces)
•  Approximate plan for developing project structure and dissemination (maximum 4000 characters including spaces)
•  Proposals for relating the project to the El Prat area (maximum 4000 characters including spaces)

 

2. Technical Information and Work File:

• Overall timetable
• Necessary technical, human and economic resources
• Brief career path of the individual(s) responsible for the proposal (maximum 2000 characters including spaces)
• Attached example of recent work. Between 5 and 10 good-quality images (maximum 4000 characters including spaces)

 

Proposals must be sent via email to: unzip@elprat.cat. If you do not receive confirmation of receipt, please call 93 478 22 37.