We are now welcoming applications from contemporary artists for the Project Legacy; the project is a participatory art project which will be initiated in the April 20th, 2019 and continue in August 1st, 2019. The selected artists will have to participate in both residencies.
Legacy will be curated by Seher Uysal PhD

The project aims at making art accessible to the public and focusing on direct involvement of the audience. Three selected artists will explore Tranås and later produce artworks that are interactive and comment on the idea of bilingualism or inclusion. Collaboration with the local community is essential, and it will be provided through participatory works that directly involve community engagement and through public works that are exposed in the everyday lives of local people. The first research period (April 20th, 2019) will allow the artists to explore these areas and discuss the idea of reaching out to an audience and to develop their project. The second visit (August 2019) will be to install and complete their works.

Legacy is a collaborative Art project and a themed residency for creating international and intercultural exchange on the issue of multilingualism and explores the way languages influence our culture. Languages penetrate our cultures from rock carvings and pictorial signs to computer screens, from residents to immigrants and assimilate into our common experience.

Legacy is a project on bilingualism and how languages effect our cultural histories. Today a significant number of people are bilingual due to their parents’ cultural backgrounds, displacement and immigration or education. Although bilingualism is an interesting phenomenon and its possibility is a discussion amongst the scholars; language is a home to many of the people who are displaced, who are feeling estranged and have their ties cut off from a culture that they no longer belong to.

Legacy will use multilingualism as a tool for investigating the common experiences of people and how words, languages and signs / symbols affect our cultural and social life through research-based, experimental, public and participatory works of art which will take place in Tranås. During their stay in Tranas the artists will explore the landscape and some historical sites such as the Mada viking stone circle site in Tranås, Hastholmen in Ödeshög, Rökstenen in Mjölby and also visit local schools, Swedish language school for foreigners, local stores and such other public spaces. This renewed qualitative look at inheritance through prism of different languages, ethnic and cultural bilingualism with young people will be manifested through commissioned artworks which will be displayed or performed in public spaces at the end of the project.

You are invited to apply in two easy steps:
1. Personal information and
2. Application details.
Kultivera in association with the Coracle Europe partnership shall be providing residency opportunities for two contemporary artists from 20.04 to 01.08. 2019. Please note; The selected artists will have to participate in both residencies.

Two contemporary artist who work with participatory arts will be selected for the project. The residency program at Kultivera offers a valuable support structure for emerging and mid-career artists and brings socially and critically engaging contemporary work to the local community. This residency allows primarily two things, time and space, where the artists can practice their craft in a context. The residency is taking place in a typical Swedish small town providing inter cultural dialogue and the ability to interpret the global through the local.

Programme Dates
Legacy is a collaborative art project with a residency, the first residency of research will run from 20. 04. 2019 and the second residency will take place on 01 08.2019. The selected artists must participate in both residencies.
The application deadline is 20.01. 2019.

Eligibility
The residency is open to contemporary artists. There are two available places for the residency. Artists must be able to cooperate when providing images and documentations (photography, interviews etc), participate in public programs (talks, outreach programs, workshops etc) cooperate with the curator. And must stay in Tranås during the designated time of the residency.

What we Offer
Kultivera provides individual rooms for accommodation, and twenty-four hours access to both studios and facilities. Kultivera covers two return trips to Tranås, all costs, meals etc. during your stay at the residency and provide individual spaces and utilities. The selected artists will receive a fee of 20.000 SEK upon the installation of their works (after the second residency) and up to a maximum of 20.000 SEK provided separately for their artistic productions (materials, technical or practical support etc. if necessary).

Decisions
The selection panel shall base their decision on:
Artistic statement (max 200 words)
A solid project proposal. (Max 250 words)
A CV max 2 pages
Portfolio (pdf file, max 10 samples of work.)

Incomplete applications will not be considered. A selection panel will review the submissions and make its decision solely on the information provided. The panel members include practicing artists and other arts professionals. Applicants will be notified of the results for the 2019 residency by email before 01.03.2019.

Enquiries
Please read our comprehensive FAQ section before you apply, and address all other enquiries to arts@kultivera.nu