Katarzyna Kozyra Foundation (Poland) and the partners are pleased to invite female-identifying artists at the start of their careers to participate in an Open Call for Secondary Archive – an online archive of Central and Eastern European women artists.
The platform serves as an international source of information about female art from this region. It does so by collecting personal (artistic) statements from three generations of women born post-WWII and till late ‘90s/early 2000’s. So far, the Secondary Archive has had 4 launches and has gathered statements from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia; Belarus and Ukraine and Albania, Kosovo and Serbia.
The open call is organised for emerging, and early-career female artists to present their voices and perspectives. Selected candidates will be invited to write an artist’s statement in cooperation with the project curators. The result of this work will be published on the Archive’s website. Additionally, the jury will select one artist from each country (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and North Macedonia) whose vision and art practice will be encouraged with a cash grant of 500,00 euros. As for Visegrád Four and the previous three Balkan Partners (Albania, Kosovo and Serbia), the jury will select one artist whose vision and art practice will be encouraged with a cash grant of 500,00 euros.
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE: Female artists of all visual arts disciplines from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and North Macedonia or Albania, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Kosovo, Poland, Serbia and Slovakia, who were born after December 31, 1987.
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: Artists interested in participating are required to send in English and their mother tongue the following documents:
- 1. A brief biography (up to 550 characters).
2. A short letter of motivation explaining your artistic practice (max. size – 2000 characters in one language). After being selected for the project, your final statement will be completed based on the letter of motivation in collaboration with curators. More information at https://secondaryarchive.org/about/.
3. Portfolio of up to 10 works (For video, please add the links and passwords, if needed).
4. Optional CV.
INFO FOR APPLICANTS:
QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION IN YOUR MOTIVATION LETTER AND FUTURE STATEMENT:
- 1. Describe how you see yourself in the field of contemporary art scene in your home country and internationally.
2. Reveal personal, political, social, and ecological topics in your practice.
3. You can touch upon topics that shaped your artistic practice/research such as identity, belonging, upbringing etc.
SEND TO: hello@secondaryarchive.org
SUBJECT LINE: Secondary Archive Open Call. Albania / Bosnia and Herzegovina / Kosovo / Montenegro / North Macedonia / Serbia / Czech Republic / Hungary / Poland / Slovakia (please indicate your country)
DEADLINE: 17.10.2024 (midnight CET, new deadline) 3.10.2024 (midnight CET)
For questions and additional information please write to hello@secondaryarchive.org
THE SELECTION PROCESS:
A number of finalists (exact number TBC) will be selected from among the submissions received.
The selection of the finalists and winners will be announced latest at the beginning of December 2024.
PROJECT PARTNERS: Tirana Art Lab (Albania), Association of citizens Obojena klapa (Bosnia and Herzegovina), MeetFactory (Czech Republic), Easttopics (Hungary), Oral History Initiative (Kosovo), Institute of Contemporary Art (Montenegro), Organization for arts and science FACULTY OF THINGS THAT CAN’T BE LEARNED (North Macedonia), Center for Cultural Decontamination (Serbia), björnsonova (Slovakia).
Katarzyna Kozyra Foundation
Coordination: Iga Maria Szczepańska
Graphics: Marcel Kaczmarek
Support of the project: Adrianna Kowalik
The project is co-financed by the Governments of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe.
Visegrad Fund: www.visegradfund.org
