Jan van Eyck Academie
Post-academic Institute for Research and Production
Fine Art, Design, Theory
Call for applications
Deadline: 15 April 2005
The Jan van Eyck Academie is an institute for research and production
in the fields of Fine Art, Design and Theory, based in Maastricht, in
the south of the Netherlands. The academy invites artists, designers
and theoreticians to submit research or production proposals. In order
to realise these projects, the academy offers the necessary
made-to-measure artistic, technical and auxiliary preconditions and
develops contacts with external partners.
Research, production, presentation, discussion The Jan van Eyck
Academie offers space and time to let go of predetermined processes
and to explore new inroads which may lead to unexpected results:
unconventional productions, such as temporary projects in the public
arena, fictional designs or speculative thought experiments. This
experimental attitude towards research and production implies that the
academy is not led by predetermined leitmotivs. The subject matters of
the various research projects of its international artists, designers
and theoreticians are heterogeneous (see examples below).
These miscellaneous projects form the basis for several events which
are organized each week: presentations, discussions, lectures,
seminars, screenings, exhibitions,. External interested parties are
welcome to attend these activities. The result is a dynamic and
critical exchange between the different agents from within and outside
of the Jan van Eyck.
Facilities:
Artists, designers and theoreticians who submitted a project proposal
and were subsequently selected become researchers at the Jan van Eyck.
In order to realise their projects researchers have their own studios,
receive a grant and can make use of the facilities: the library, the
documentation centre, various workshops (wood and other materials;
graphic techniques; photography; digital text and image processing and
editing; time-based media) and the production bureau (assistance with
print work, editing and all other productions). They can also appeal
to the institute for pr assistance relating to their projects or for
the distribution of their productions.
The researchers can furthermore call upon the support of artistic
advisors: the advising researchers. The following advising researchers
are active in the Jan van Eyck Academie: Orla Barry, Norman Bryson,
Sabeth Buchmann, Wim Cuyvers, Helmut Draxler, Stephan Geene, Marc De
Kesel, Jouke Kleerebezem, Aglaia Konrad, Eva Meyer, John Murphy,
Hinrich Sachs, Filiep Tacq, Daniël van der Velden and Annelys de Vet.
Application:
Artists, designers and theoreticians who wish to apply for a one or
two year research period, starting in January 2006, can send in their
research proposal before 15 April 2005. See for application details
www.janvaneyck.nl
More information:
More information on the Jan van Eyck Academie in general or about
research projects and productions is available at
www.janvaneyck.nl
For practical questions concerning the application
procedure, please contact: Leon Westenberg
([log in to unmask]). For content-related questions please
contact: Kim Thehu ([log in to unmask])
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