Hangar – Land Vorarlberg / KUB Bregenz Exchange Grants

27 December, 2021 - 00:01 to 17 January, 2022 - 23:59

Third edition of the exchange grants between Hangar and the Land Vorarlberg / KUB Bregenz, for the realization of a residency program between the cities of Bregenz and Barcelona. Within this program, two artists residing in the Spanish State will be selected to carry out a residency at Kunsthaus Bregenz.

The residency will last two months, from May 1 to June 31, 2021.

Grant benefits and endowment

– Funding: € 1500 for living expenses (€ 750 / month), € 500 for artist fees, € 750 for production bag and € 250 to cover travel expenses (gross amounts).
– Accommodation and work space in the city of Bregenz.
– Access to Kunsthaus Bregenz, the town hall gallery (Magazin 4), the artists’ society in Vorarlberg or different art production workshops, depending on availability.

Commitments of the selected artists

The selected artists will commit to:
– Participate in the activities proposed by the host institution during their residency.
– Present a final report of the work carried out in the centers and an evaluation of the residency during the two months after its completion.
– Make a presentation of the results of the residency at the end of it in Barcelona, which will be held within the framework of the Paratext. Travel expenses to Barcelona are borne by the artist and can be deducted from their production endowment.
– Include the logos of the participating institutions in the communication of the project carried out during the residency.

Application

The application must be sent in pdf format to the email marzia (at) hangar.org with the subject “Hangar Land Vorarlberg / KUB Bregenz exchange scholarship”.

The document must contain:

– Personal data (Full name, date and place of birth, ID or passport number, e-mail contact, telephone contact).
– Biography (2500 characters maximum, spaces included).
– Artist statement: The artist statement is the “Artist statement” in English. It is not a biography and it is a brief discourse on the artistic identity of the work, what characterizes it thematically, theoretically and formally (2500 characters maximum, spaces included).
– Motivation letter in which the interest in developing one’s own artistic practice in the host place is exposed (2500 characters maximum, spaces included).
– Graphic dossier (up to a maximum of 5 projects with their technical sheets and a maximum of 15 images).
– URL (only for videos). This field is optional if you have attached images to the graphic dossier and it is mandatory if you do not attach images. Write a single URL to a video or animation (personal web, vimeo, youtube, blip.tv or any other). The commission will view a maximum of 5 minutes of video.
– Personal web URL.

*IMPORTANT

– Applications must be submitted in English.
– Applications that do not include the required information and / or exceed the extension limits will not be accepted.