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The International Garden Festival - Hortillonnages Amiens

The International Garden Festival - Hortillonnages Amiens offers the public landscape creations and works of art accessible, on foot or by boat, on the islets of Hortillonnages in Amiens and along the Somme. Scattered around this exceptional site, these interventions take an offbeat or poetic, funny or critical but always unprecedented look at this complex environment, its history and future, and the link between nature and culture. Created in 2010 by the Maison de la Culture d'Amiens, this garden festival, long called Art, cities & landscapes, has been - for two years - supported by the association Art & jardins I Hauts-deFrance: it is now integrated in a larger garden project that extends to the whole region. The website www.artetjardins-hdf.com allows you to discover the projects in progress. This 12th edition of the International Garden Festival will take place from May 22 to October 17, 2021. Landscapers, architects, visual artists and designers are invited to respond to this call for projects to create works in situ in the Hortillonnages of Amiens. A description of the Hortillonnages site on which the works will be presented can be found in the appendix. This project revolves around several objectives:

  • support young creation
  • questioning the nourishing function of Hortillonnages
  • promoting a natural environmental heritage in danger
  • develop a cultural project for all by going out to meet new audiences
  • promote the professional integration of young people and groups in difficulty
  • participate in the solidarity economy
  • develop the tourist attraction of the site.

 

This call for projects is addressed to:

  • landscapers, architects, visual artists, designers, graduates and under the age of 45 (born after December 31, 1974)
  • Are excluded from this consultation:
  • designers who have created a garden or a plastic installation in the last five editions of the Festival
  • the people participating in the jury

 

The Organizer reserves the right to invite guests of its choice to participate outside the competition. Applications can be individual or collective.

General presentation Conditions and eligibility criteria
Selection methods
The organizers bring together a jury made up of qualified people (landscapers, architects, exhibition curators, school representatives, community cultural actors, etc.) who will assess and select the applications. Candidates will be called upon to compete in one of the two categories proposed: landscape or plastic installation. After selection, the jury reserves the right to suggest that landscapers and plastic artists join forces.

The Artistic Committee will make a choice based on the file, according to the following criteria: for the Plastic installation category

  • Quality of the artistic journey / 60%
  • Quality of the intention score / 40% for the Landscape category
  • Quality of the artistic journey / 60%
  • Quality of the intent score / 20%
  • Taking into account ecological and environmental issues by the candidate in an innovative way / 20% In general, for landscapers, the jury will be sensitive to innovative experiments that promote registers hybrid interventions.

 

The works of landscape must take into account the fragility of the site: works raising awareness or questioning the preservation of Hortillonnages as well as those linked to the preservation and repair of the banks will be particularly appreciated. As the history of Hortillonnages is closely linked to market gardening, one of the landscape works chosen will be linked to this theme and will involve a redistribution of harvests to charitable associations.

Successful candidates undertake:

  • between January 13 and 15, 2021: to visit the Hortillonnages site with members of the organizing team. Hospitality costs will be borne by the organizer.
  • Saturday February 13 and Sunday February 14, 2021: to participate in a seminar in Amiens. During these 2 days, they will present their projects to the other selected artists and to the members of the Artistic Committee.
  • Hospitality costs will be borne by the organizer. The artists will then have to specify the technical data, a schedule and a provisional budget.
  • to create / install their work in situ. Accommodation costs will be covered by the organizers. Transport costs are to be included in the production costs.
  • by May 14, 2021: to finalize the works presented.
  • June 26-27, 2021: to be present for the opening of the Festival in Amiens.
  • Hospitality costs will be borne by the organizer.

 

Duration of works
The works produced may be ephemeral (at least for the period of opening to the public from May 22 to October 17, 2021) or semi-permanent. An artistic committee meets at the end of the Festival to decide on the renewed works.

Financial modalities
For the Landscape category
Production budget: € 12,000 including tax maximum according to the actual expenses incurred for the work.
This budget is directly managed by the Organizer in consultation with the artist.
Fees: € 4,400 including tax (or gross) in the event of an individual application; Global amount of € 5,500 including tax (or gross) in the event of a collective application

For the Plastic installation category
Production budget: € 7,500 including tax maximum according to the actual expenses incurred for the work. This budget is directly managed by the Organizer in consultation with the artist. Fees: € 4,400 including tax (or gross) for all applications (individual or collective)

HOW TO APPLY:
Applications must be written in French or English.
The application file is composed of:

  • a note of intent of two pages maximum (accompanied if possible by a visual)
  • an updated artistic file of ten pages maximum in A4 format  including the general approach of the artist or the collective accompanied by captioned visuals relating to a selection of works
  • a curriculum vitae of the candidate artist (s)
  • the completed registration form (download from the website or require to info@aiesm.com )
  • a copy of the identity card (s) or passport (s) of the participants
  • proof of your professional status (s) and your ability (s) to edit invoices (SIRET no. / MDA no., etc.)
  • This file must be sent no later than December 22, 2020 (11:59 p.m.) in 2 formats
  • digital format in a single PDF document to the following address: hortillonnages.avp@gmail.com
  • in hard copy to the following address: Art & gardens | Hauts-de-France International Garden Festival 56, rue du Vivier 80,000 Amiens France

 

The call for projects can be downloaded from the Art & jardins website | Hauts-de-France: www.artetjardins-hdf.com
Please note that the files are not returned, unless the artist explicitly requests it and accompanies his file with an envelope with sufficient postage. As an indication, the results of the call for projects will be communicated to the applicants no later than January 10, 2021.