call for applications

"buchsenhausen.air 2006"

international residence programme for
contemporary visual and media arts

kunstlerhaus buchsenhausen invites visual and media artists, theorists

in the field of contemporary art and art critics to apply for a fellowship
in 2006. bellow please find the call for applications. candidates must
submit a project proposal which has to be developed during the residency
and to be presented at its end. see for further details also
http://buchsenhausen.at.

EXTENDED APPLICATION DEADLINE FOR THEORISTS AND ART CRITICS: OCTOBER
10, 2005.
applicants can submit their materials also via e-mail to
officebuchsenhausen.at.

application deadline for visual and media artists: september 30, 2005
(postmark).
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institution

kunstlerhaus buchsenhausen is an international centre for production,
research and discussion in the fields of visual and media arts. The
kunstlerhaus provides a forum that facilitates direct exchange between
artists, theorists, art critics and curators from the region and abroad.
the institution also promotes young, innovative talents and presents their
work. kunstlerhaus buchsenhausen is an institution affiliated with the
"tyrolean artists' association".

location

the building -the eastern wing of the buchsenhausen castle, built in the
middle of the 17th century and situated in the city of innsbruck, not far
from its centre - houses eleven studios and a project space. three
apartment studios are used by fellows of the international residence
programme for visual and media arts <buchsenhausen.air>. eight studios
are
available to artists based in tyrol. The künstlerhaus also has a large
projct and presentation space equipped with multimedia facilities. the
space was designed by atelier van lieshout in the spring of 2003.

residence programme

with its residence programme kunstlerhaus büchsenhausen actively promotes
an internationally relevant art production, research and discussion in the
region of tyrol. in the framework of the programme every year 6 visual /
media artists and 3 theorists / art critics receive a fellowship and
reside in innsbruck for a period of 3 months. the fellows selected by an
international jury find excellent working conditions at the kunstlerhaus,
while the city of innsbruck and its surrounding area offers an interesting
setting in terms of art, culture and landscape. the residency at the
kunstlerhaus buchsenhausen allows fellows to work on the proposed project
but also gives them the possibility to experiment and to reconsider their
current practice.
furthermore, they have the opportunity to become directly familiar with
the work of other residents, to exchange plans and ideas and to also carry
out joint projects. usually, there are three fellows and eight tyrol-based
artists working at the kunstlerhaus at the same time.

fellowship

individual studio for working and living furnished with a large shared
kitchen
a stipend of eur 750,-- / month for covering the living and material
expenses
free use of the available multimedia production tools in
buchsenhausen.labor: macintosh g4 computers equipped with software for
professional image and video editing, webdesign work and dvd authoring,
professional mini-dv camera (canon xl1), digital photo-camera (canon eos
10d), broadband internet access
a production budget for the realization of the proposed project
* public presentation of the project

eligibility

professional artists, theorists and art critics in the fields of
contemporary visual and media arts and with relevant study or training

and an experience of work of at least three years' time are eligible for
the fellowship. the residence of the candidates must be outside tyrol. the
requirements include the submission of a project proposal which has to be
developed during the residency and to be presented at its end. the fellows
must spend a minimum of 2/3 of the allocated fellowship time at the
kunstlerhaus. working knowledge of german or english language is assumed.

for additional informations please contact:
officebuchsenhausen.at, phone +43 512 278627-10, fax -11