University of Genoa
Savona Campus
Via Magliotto 2
17100 Savona
Ceramics Museum
Palazzo Gavotti
Piazza Chabrol 1
Savona
In the experimental framework of the project entitled Be Sm/ART 2, realized with the support of the Compagnia di San Paolo, as part of the open-call ORA!, and put forth by Fondazione A. De Mari, Radicate invites artists who work and live in Europe for a two-month residency in Savona, on the Ligurian Riviera, Italy. Throughout the course of the residency the artist will interact with the Industrial & Energy Engineering Department at the Savona Campus (University of Genoa, Italy) and will be exposed to a network of manufactures and ateliers that stand at the forefront of the ceramic tradition in the territory of Savona. With the prospect that the artist’s approach is visionary, courageous and innovative, the residency intends to stimulate an experimental approach that transgresses the dichotomy of art and science and ventures into unknown territories.
During the residency the artist will be invited to conceive of an art intervention by intersecting tradition with innovation, past and future, synthesizing an experimental approach exemplified by the ceramic workshops present in the territory of Savona and the research on the sustainable development of the Smart City located at the Campus. We encourage candidates that work with experimental and interactive means whilst using new technologies and digital tools. In the span of this residency the artist will also be invited to collaborate with the project AARM of DigifabTuring, the FabLab of Turin.
Radicate sustains the idea of immateriality and sustainability thus urging all those candidates to apply whose practices experiment and interact with new technologies, such as computational drawing within the context of contemporary art.
The residency will take place from February until March 2017. It will conclude with a public presentation housed on the website radicate.eu, as well as at the Museum of Ceramics and on the Savona Campus (University of Genoa, Italy). Throughout the two-month residency the artist will receive a 2000 Euro stipend. Additionally, travel and accommodation will be covered by Radicate. The application (portfolios and project proposals, English language, maximum 10 MB) is due October 30, 2016. The application package is to be sent to Michela Alessandrini, Project Coordinator and Consultant [email protected] with the subject line: Residency Application Be Sm/ART 2. For more info visit Radicate’s website.
The applications will be evaluated by an international jury comprised of: Tiziana Casapietra, Founder and Director of Radicate; Charles Esche, Director of the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven; Vasif Kortun, Director of Research and Programs at SALT, Istanbul; Cecilia Chilosi, Representative of the Museum of Ceramics in Savona; Renato Procopio, Associate Professor of the Department of Nautical and Electrical and of the Telecommunication Department at the University of Genoa.
Radicate is a non-profit organization, located in the Savona Campus (University of Genoa, Italy). Radicate analyses the major shifts that are occurring globally through a contemporary art lens. The analysis is developed through ongoing conversations with prominent figures in the field of artistic research. These conversations are realized with the use of new global, communication tools and made public on the online platform. The results of our analysis manifest in cross-cultural and interdisciplinary projects.
Our office is situated in the Smart City of the Savona Campus where the Faculty of Engineering is developing the first Italian example of a smart energy microgrid. This campus is thus a perfect laboratory to test the development notions of sustainability in which art plays a crucial role.
This project is made possible thanks to the support of:
