Sounds like a great opportunity for the right person.
marcia
 
 
In a message dated 7/24/2008 2:10:48 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
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July 24, 2008

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Hangar  Bicocca
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Hangar Bicocca
spazio d'arte  contemporanea
Milano, Italy

Is looking for its first Artistic  Director

Application deadline
September 15,  2008


_http://hangarbicocca.it_ (http://hangarbicocca.it/)  


Hangar Bicocca is looking for its first

ARTISTIC  DIRECTOR


Role:
The Artistic Director will work in close  quarters with the Scientific 
Committee in order to develop an ambitious  program of exhibitions and events; build 
an international network with  contemporary art institutions worldwide; 
consolidate the relations with  the neighborhood and with the public and private 
cultural institutions  at local and national level; liaise with the General 
Director in the  activity of fund-raising.

Requirements:
- Excellent knowledge  of the international contemporary art scene
- Curatorial experience  in contemporary art organizations
- Excellent communication,  networking and leadership skills
- Innovative and interdisciplinary  experience and/or approach to 
contemporary culture
- Excellent  knowledge of English and good knowledge of Italian 

Duration of  the appointment: 3 years with the possibility to be  extended.


Hangar Bicocca is a large space for contemporary  art established in 2004 in 
the former industrial district of Bicocca in  Milan, Italy.

The first three years of activity of the  organization have been dedicated to 
studying the feasibility of the  project and to testing the vast and diverse 
possibilities offered by  15.000 sq m of ex-industrial space. 

This was implemented through  a wide calendar of exhibitions and events.
In 2004 Anselm  Kiefer was invited to create a site-specific work for Hangar 
Bicocca  and in 2005 The Seven Heavenly Palaces was acquired as permanent  
installation.

Solo exhibitions by Mark Wallinger and  Marina Abramovic followed, together 
with group exhibitions such  as Collateral – When Art looks at Cinema and Urban 
Manners –  Contemporary Artists from India and events such as lectures,  
concerts and live-media performances by Vito Acconci, Ludovico  Einaudi and Peter 
Greenaway among others.

In 2008  Hangar Bicocca organized solo shows of Daniele Puppi and Lucy  and 
Jorge Orta while a major exhibition of Alfredo Jaar is  scheduled to open in 
October.

Hangar Bicocca has recently become  a foundation.
A Scientific Committee has been formed in order to help  delineate the 
cultural identity and the artistic guidelines of the  foundation, which is willing 
to present a rather multi-faceted program  of activities. 
It will focus on contemporary art, but it will also  produce and organize 
projects and events related to music, theatre and  literature; main feature of 
the foundation will be the exploration of  the boundaries between different 
disciplines and fields of contemporary  culture. The Scientific Committee has been 
conceived with a dual  governance: 4 members are professionals in the field 
of contemporary art  and 4 are experts in the fields of science, philosophy and 
 economics.

Members of the Scientific Committee are:

Lotte  Darsø, Associate Professor in Innovation at Learning Lab Denmark, the  
Danish University of Education;
Paolo Fabbri, Professor in Art and  Artistic Literature Semiotics at IUAV, 
Venice;
Giulio Giorello,  Professor of Logics and Philosophy of Science at University 
of  Milan;
Severino Salvemini, Professor in Management at Bocconi  University, Milan;

Jan Hoet, founder of S.M.A.K. in Ghent and  Artistic Director of MARTa in 
Herford;
Hans-Ulrich Obrist,  Co-Director of Exhibitions and Programmes and Director 
of International  Projects at Serpentine Gallery, London; 
Marc-Olivier Wahler,  Director of Palais de Tokyo, Paris;
Marina Wallace, Professor of  Curation at Central Saint Martins College of 
Art & Design,  University of the Arts and Director of Artakt, London. 

Hangar  Bicocca is now partly under restoration (11.000 sq meters are 
available)  and by the end of summer 2009 its entire space of 15.000 sq meters will  
be fully refurbished and provided with three different exhibition  spaces, 
education facilities, administration offices,  restaurant-cafeteria and bookshop.

Hangar Bicocca is now looking  for its first Artistic Director.


To apply for the position of  Artistic Director please send an e-mail to 
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- Cover letter
- Detailed CV
- Document of max 3  pages explaining your short-term and long-term vision of 
Hangar Bicocca;  the strategic direction you will give to Hangar Bicocca to 
be consistent  with the mission; a simulation program for one year of activity 
with a  low budget of 1 million EUR.

All material has to be sent in  English.

Application deadline: September 15, 2008.

The  Artistic Director will be appointed by the Scientific Committee in  
October 2009.


For more information about Hangar Bicocca  please visit 
_http://www.hangarbicocca.it_ (http://www.hangarbicocca.it/) 


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