Open Call for Applications:
1 – 5 October 2010
WARP Artists Village
Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Coup de Ville is an exhibition and city festival of contemporary art from September 12 to October 24 2010, held in private and public locations in the city-centre of Sint-Niklaas. Sint-Niklaas is located between Ghent and Antwerp and acts as a cultural mediator in between these cities. The title symbolically refers to an ‘occupied city’.
During one week (October 1 – 5) a group of about 80 artists, poets, musicians and art critics will be given the chance to literally occupy the city’s market square in an improvised Artist Village, a nomadic camp with mobile homes, caravans and tents. The artists’ village during the exhibition Coup de Ville is an offshoot of the annual portfolio days and the (post-) summer school. WARP organises these encounters with professionals from over the entire world: curators, art critics and established artists from New York to Beijing and from Toronto to Cape Town. The world will literally be presented in a village on the largest market place in Belgium. Together with a team of 20 international commentators, artists will have a captivating opportunity to reflect on their art in a professional environment. The interaction with the professionals as with other participating artists, is a unique starting point to further develop ones professional art career.
Artists, poets, performers etc. until the age of 35 can submit their portfolio until May 21st 2010.
The fee includes week-long lodging (mobil homes and caravans are equipped with all necessary facilities and comfort), meals, professional encounters and other scheduled activities, such as lectures, concerts, etc.
The Artist Village will be opened on October 1, with an astounding celebration. If necessary (due to difficult flight schedules) housing can be provided a few days in advance.
Day-programme:
Morning:
Free participation tai chi on the market place
Informal meetings with & visits by artists
11.00: first portfoliomeetings
12.30: lunch
Afternoon:
14.30 – 17.30: Portfoliomeetings (personal encounter with professional)
• Individual meetings with professionals
• Short presentations (10 minutes) by participating artists
Evening:
18.30: communal meals (also open to non-participants)
20.00: lectures / concerts / performances
Every day of the week meals will differ according to the participating nationalities and different continents.
The Artists Village will close on Wednesday. Artists from abroad are invited to extend their stay in venues as Ghent, Turnhout, Bornem, Willebroek and other locations.
Participating professionals include amongst others:
Anne-Sophie Dinant (Curator South-London Gallery), Iris Dressler (Director Kunstverein Stuttgart), Peter Fransman (Director, Het Domein Sittard), Jan Hoet (Curator, Belgium), Eline Kard (Artist, Latvia), Fleurie Kloostra (Programmer, De Brakke Grond Amsterdam), Eva Koch (Artist, Denmark), Toma Luntumbue (Artist, DR Congo), Oliver Lutz (Artist, USA), Sofie Muller (Artist, Belgium), Pierre Muylle (Curator, S.M.A.K. Ghent), Berni Searle (Artist, South-Africa), Dirk Van Bastelaere (Poet, Belgium), Jos Van den Bergh (Curator MHKA Antwerp), Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven (Artist, Belgium), Zou Wei (Artist/Docent, China), Eric Weiss (Artist, France)
For technical specifications on how to apply, please visit our website http://www.warp-art.be
Image above:
Courtesy Chiel Decuyper
