„PROJECT ON" 2020
he Korean Cultural Center in Germany is offering artists an opportunity to exhibit in our galley space, gallery damdam. This open call program <Project ON>, which launched in 2017, has started to provide more opportunities for artists to showcase their work in the capital of contemporary art, Berlin, Germany. Furthermore, it is a project initiated to promote an exchange between the Korean and German art scene.
We cordially invite artists and curators to submit their application.
1. Competition theme: where does the wind blow and where does it go?
For centuries, it depended on the winds that gold, spices, and grain, as well as the knowledge and culture of various civilizations spread across planet Earth. The intimate knowledge of the trade winds, that drove sailing ships across the world's oceans, was an important prerequisite for queens, emperors, and merchants to establish their own empires and fleets. The knowledge of where from and where to the wind blows is the legacy of the slave trade, but also of the aristocrats among the buccaneer, such as William Dampier (1651-1715) who with their piracy and voyages of discovery created essential foundations of modern trade and cartography.
The dominant modern philosophy in Europe is deeply influenced by imperialism. On the contrary, there is the drifting poetic philosophy of Édouard Glissant. His idea of "Poetics of Relations" is entirely determined by the ocean, such as the Pacific, as well as the movements of the current. What if we all lived on islands in the future and everything depended on how we communicate between each other and how quickly and safely we moved between the islands? Navigating would become a major and indispensable cultural technique.
The worldviews of old Europe have a past. They've become memories. Project ON urges artists to re-learn “how to read winds”. Understanding where the wind is blowing from and where it is blowing to becomes vital for a future that will be decisively determined from the perspective of the oceans once again. Korea has a strong connection to the Pacific. From there, new identities, new futures can be developed as spaces of possibility. It's a challenge for the arts. - Dr. Prof. Siegfried Zielinski
2. Exhibition method: Group exhibition
´In case individuals are selected, a maximal of 6 artists will be chosen to exhibit as a group
´May apply as a group
3. Exhibition Period
From mid-July 2020 to the end of August (exact dates to be announced following final selection)
4. Eligibility
Individuals and groups who have exhibited more than once at home or abroad
Complete application required for curator applications, which includes names of selected artists, installation, budget, and exhibition plan
5. Application Period
January 13 - February 2, 2020
6. Submission documents
- Application (download the attached file "Opencall_gallery_damdam_2020.pdf" at the bottom of the homepage)
- Narrative resume, maximum 300 words
- A4 size portfolio (title, material, size, year of production, fill in technique rider if necessary, and up to 5 works with 3 or less images per work) * Work that has not yet been produced should be submitted on one A4 sheet of sketch with detailed work plan explanation * Edit the video file to 5 minutes or less and submit as a link to the portfolio with film-still (for video, sound and performance works)
- Work description in 300 words or less (explain how the theme and your artwork are connected)
- Exhibition plan, in 500 words, no more than 2 A4 sheets (only when applying as group or curator) * Documents can be written in either German or English. * All submitted documents should be submitted as a PDF file (10MB or less) (file name: "Artist name_2020.pdf or "name of the group representative_2020.pdf")
7. Selection and announcement of results
Selected through an exhibition judging committee comprised of external and internal judges at the Cultural Center * Dr. Britta Schmitz, Dr. Prof. Siegfired Ziellinski, Ka Hee Jeong
Announcement on the website of Cultural Center in early March 2020
8. Supported Items
Up to 800 Euro per person provided in support (transportation, travel expenses, work materials only) * Amount of financial support differs depending on home region of the applicant
Promotion, opening ceremony, installation, and withdrawal
9. How to Submit
E-mail: projekte@kulturkorea.org (Subject line: "Artist Name 2020 or Group Name 2020", PDF file size up to 10MB)
* Applications submitted with insufficient documents will not be considered
* No mail or in-person inquiries
* For further inquiries about the competition, please contact Jeong, Ka Hee (kahee.jeong@kulturkorea.org)