Open Call Brno Artists in Residence & G99 2024 / Your Addiction is the Message

ATTENTION: Due to big number of applies, the results will be announced on 8 November (instead of previously anticipated 31 October). Thank you for your understanding.

G99 gallery & Brno Artists in Residence are inviting you to participate in an Open Call for visual artists, creators or curators of any nationality, gender or age for the collective/solo themed exhibitions and a residency stay in 2024 hosted by the House of Arts Brno, in Brno, Czech Republic.

PROPOSED THEME FOR 2024 IN BAIR AND G99:

The 2024 residency and exhibition program at G99 is envisioned as a series of exhibition projects, events, and residency stays, whose theme will revolve around the exploration of addictions and escape strategies in the context of art. Rather than a negative view of addictions, we approach them as potential forms of information for reflection through artistic practice. What insights could their reflection bring? Following Marshall McLuhan's famous phrase "The medium is the message", we reinterpret it as "Your addiction is the message" and invite artists to reflect on the forms and contents of escapes and addictions.

Through an open call, we welcome diverse and innovative approaches that can directly or indirectly relate to this theme.

As a result of this thematic call will be a series of exhibition projects (whose outcomes will be presented in three separate exhibition terms throughout the year), events, and residency stays (three visual artists, curators or theoreticians will be selected for a two months residency stay between June – July 2023).

The participants in the call may apply for both the exhibition and the residency. We kindly ask you to specify in the subject and body of your email, whether you are applying for the exhibition, the residency or both (you can also specify your priorities).

HOW TO APPLY

Applications must include the following documents:

EXHIBITION

ARTISTS

• short letter of intent related to theme Your Addiction Is the Message
• description of exhibition ideas or works related to theme Your Addiction Is the Message
• portfolio (PDF/max. 10 MB or a website link) & CV

For video files please provide links to your own website, or to video sharing platforms such as Vimeo, YouTube, etc. Please do not send links to video file downloads.

CURATORS

• CV & a short letter of intent or a description of a project related to the theme Your Addiction Is the Message.

RESIDENCY

ARTISTS

• portfolio (PDF/max. 10 MB or a website link) & CV

For video files please provide links to your own website, or to video sharing platforms such as Vimeo, YouTube, etc. Please do not send links to video file downloads.

CURATORS/THEORETICIANS

• CV & a short letter of intent or a description of a project one would like to work on during the stay at the residency.

Artists’ applications may include a description of an intended project for the stay related to the theme Your Addiction Is the Message, although its involvement is not necessary.

DATES

application deadline: until September 30, 2023
results deadline: until October 31, 2023 (results of the Open Call will be announced at the House of Arts Brno websites and at Facebook page of the Brno Artists in Residence)
exhibitions dates: April-May 2024, September-October 2024, December 2024 -February 2025
residency date: 3st June 2024 to 31st  July 2024

PLEASE NOTE

Applications are accepted only in English, Czech, and Slovak via email until September 30, 2023.
Please send your application with subject "Open Call – BAIR 2024 RESIDENCY" / "Open Call – BAIR 2024 EXHIBITION" to: [obfuscate_1_|96|114|110|103|97|112|116|105|107|116|113|105|110|106|101|113|105|100|93|110|97|101|64|95|109|95|105|108|38|99|109|109]
Results of the Open Call will be announced at the House of Arts Brno websites and at Facebook page of the Brno Artists in Residence until October 31, 2022
Selected candidates will be contacted by email about the results.

CONDITIONS

G99

The Brno House of Arts provides:

• financial coverage of the costs associated with the installation of the exhibition;
• an honorarium for the exhibiting artists and curators
• transport of the exhibition;
• basic PR (including programme printed materials)
• accommodation

Artists obligate:

• to relate to the general theme with the project
• to create enough space to actively collaborate on the realization of the exhibition so that it can be a pleasant experience for all participants

RESIDENCY:

The Brno House of Arts provides:

• artistic stipendium: 40 000 CZK;
• accommodation and open studio space at House of the Lords of Kunštát in Brno, CZ;
• available technical equipment and workshops;
• production assistance and consultations by the employees of BAiR

Artists obligate:

• to stay in Brno at least 75% of time;
• take part in the Open Studios event;
• to elaborate a final report from the course of the residency

GENERAL INFORMATIONS

G99

G99 presents itself as an art gallery with a primary focus on contemporary art that engages with intricate socio-cultural matters. Our approach places an emphasis on fostering collaboration and promoting inclusivity.
The 2024 exhibition program at G99 is envisioned as a series of exhibition projects, and events, centered around the theme "Your Addiction is the Message." The specific arrangement of the program will be contingent upon the projects submitted and selected.

BRNO ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE

The Brno Artists in Residence program has been launched in 2016 with the objective to develop opportunities for an exchange of ideas and opinions between the Czech and international art scene and since then became a key constituent of the Brno House of Arts' conceptual framework. Visual artists in various disciplines, curators and contemporary art theoreticians are invited to take part in the residency. BAiR’s residency program operates in close interconnection with the G99 gallery to create a space for focused work and presentation of up-to-date approaches in contemporary art.

For more information please contact:

• G99: Barbora Trnková at [obfuscate_1_|114|114|110|99|111|116|97|64|92|117|107|45|117|101|101|108|105|46|91|122]
• BAiR: Šimon Kadlčák at [obfuscate_1_|105|97|100|100|99|95|107|64|92|117|107|45|117|101|101|108|105|46|91|122]

The Brno House of Arts is a contributory organisation funded by the Statutory City of Brno. The artist's residency is financially supported by the Czech Ministry of Culture.