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WIELS Residency Program in Brussels is an international laboratory for talented emerging artists from all over the world. WIELS provides a unique framework for artists to pursue their practice and engage in current debates and researches that examine the potentials of contemporary artistic production. WIELS Residency Program provides  the residents with a working studio (+/- 45m2) and a training program (with collective and individual tutorials) for 1 year for international residents and 6 months for Belgian or Belgium-based residents. During each residency, an optional public presentation is organized. The residency program is part of the larger WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, of which it forms an essential and complementary part.  

Website:http://www.wiels.org/page.php?node_id=32&  

The Diogene group of artists is promoting the international competition "Diogene Bivaccourbano", open to Italian and foreign artists. The residency proposes a brand new approach to art. The residency also intends to stimulate dialogue among artists, with the focus on in-depth comprehension of the poetic artistic work.

The "Diogene Bivaccourbano" Residency project is the result of a joint effort by a group of artists. They share their ideas concerning the relationship between art and society, the role of the artist, and art as a form of knowledge. They also make themselves available to other artists, thus activating a shared collaboration with them.

Art 1.Requirements
The competition is open to all artists currently working in the specific sector of visual arts, without restrictions of approach or medium.

Art 2. Place of Residence
The "Diogene Bivaccourbano" program is characterized by the peculiar location of the residency. The artist selected will in fact be hosted in a old carriage, the Bivouac, from the city's public transports agency, located in a green roundabout in Turin. The Bivouac, restored by Diogene's members, is assembled from left over materials and is equipped with a survival kit in order to become the artist's living and working environment. The arrangement allows the artist to experience a new and powerful interaction between the urban environment and its community.

Art 3. Site, Lenght and Period of Stay
The residency will be hosted by the city of Torino between September 1st and October 31 2012, for a period of 4 to 8 weeks according to the needs of the selected artist.

Art 4. Events
During the residency period the Diogene group will organize meetings with critics, researchers and others involved in contemporary art, giving the artist in residency the chance to present his or her works as well as the project(s) developed in Turin.
There will be one or more days in which the artist open studio to the general public who can meet and talk with him.
Besides these opportunities, this year there will be the possibility to use a space, very close to the roundabout of the tram Diogene, which could be a workshop or an exhibition place.

Art 5. Budget (payed by Diogene Association)
For artist 2.000 euros Expenses:
2.000 euros (maximum) - Production expenses for a project or projects to be developed during the residency.
250 euros/week - living expenses (maximum 1.500 euros total). Travel expenses support.

Cemeti Art House
Jl. D.I. Panjaitan 41, Yogyakarta 55143
Telp/Fax. +62 (0) 274 371015
M. +62 812 273 3564
Email: cemetiah@indosat.net.id

Proposal for curator/writer/researcher residency application year 2012 should be submitted before 29 February 2012.

January 1, for residencies starting May 1 of the same year, through February of the following year.August 1, for residencies starting late October of the same year through May of the following year.Yaddo is now accepting applications for the January 1, 2012 deadline. The final submission deadline will be midnight, Eastern Standard Time, January 1, 2012.

Artists are eligible to apply once each calendar year - either January 1 or August 1, but not both. Late applications will not be accepted. Yaddo is no longer accepting paper applications. Artists working in all genres should go to www.yaddo.slideroom.com for specific instructions on completing an application for residency.

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