International Fellowship Program for Art and Theory 2016–17

Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen invites visual and media artists, art critics, theorists, and curators to apply for a fellowship in 2016–17. Candidates can apply for one semester: October 3, 2016–February 12, 2017 or February 13–June 24, 2017. (The fellowship can be split across two semesters.) The closing date for submissions is January 29, 2016 (postmark). About Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen is a post-graduate center for production, research, and exchange in the fields of visual arts and art theory. Within the framework of the International Fellowship Program for Art and Theory, the Künstlerhaus provides a platform that facilitates the development and production of artistic and art-theoretical projects in a critical context. At the same time, Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen offers a forum for direct exchange between professionals—artists, theoreticians, critics, and curators—from the region and abroad, as well as a point of interaction with local interested audiences. Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen is affiliated with the Tyrolean Artists’ Association, the major association of visual artists from the region. International Fellowship Program With its Fellowship Program for Art and Theory, Büchsenhausen promotes internationally relevant artistic production, research, and discussion in the region of Tyrol. The program is based on the idea of generating and maintaining a context for production and discussion in which artists and theorists can connect and reflect on international art and societal discourses in relation to local topics and issues. At the same time, it affords the opportunity for an artistic laboratory of experimentation, where new artistic practices and strategies may be tried out. The program’s aims are: –to promote and relay a critical, socially relevant production of knowledge in art and art theory; –to produce, through the fellowship projects, qualified discourses on art and society within the local and global contexts; –to enable the transfer of knowledge between the field of art and other publics outside the art context; –to facilitate the exchange between cultural producers in the visual arts and beyond (creating a network of experts). The fellows are selected by a jury of experts following an open call for applications. They come to Büchsenhausen for one or two semesters to work on realizing their proposed undertaking, and accompany this process with public events. For this purpose, Büchsenhausen offers a monthly stipend, a production budget, working spaces, free lodging, and artistic and technical advice. The conveyance and discussion of the fellow’s own work occurs parallel to the development of the individual proposals. The public events take place in series. The focus of these series of events is determined by the respective emphases of the various fellows’ works. Within the framework of this discursive format, the fellows (or their guests) can present various points in their investigations, open up their works-in-progress to critical discussion, interact with experts who they invite, work through content with the public, and/or try out new ways of working. The fellowship year ends with a group exhibition curated by the director of the Fellowship Program. For the full text of the call, more information on the application procedure, financial questions, etc., please consult the website (http://buchsenhausen.at/modules.php?op=modload&name=PagEd&file=index&topic_id=8&page_id=31&menublock=2) or contact us at: / T +43 512 278627, fax -11.