Results of the selection commitee for Accented Residency 2010
The selection panel for 2010 edition of Accented Residency, which is a part of British Council’s Creative Collaboration program run by Platform Garanti, took place at Townhouse Gallery, Cairo on the 14th and 15th May.
The selection committee comprising William Wells (Director, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo), Livia Pancu (Residency Coordinator, Vector Association, Iasi), Eva Langret (Residency Coordinator, Delfina Foundation, London), David Martin (Programme Manager, Spike Island, Bristol) and Oyku Ozsoy (Residency Coordinator, Platform Garanti CAC) looked at 160 applications and created a shortlist of 43 artists.
British Council's Creative Collaboration grant has generously supported Accented Residency for two successive years. Accented Residency will take place again next year, you may visit the web page of Platform Garanti for the details which will be announced in the beginning of 2011.
The individuals selected for Accented Residency 2010 are:
Ashkal AlwanFor further information please visit http://www.accentedresidency.blogspot.com/
Platform Garanti Starts
a New Regional Residency Initiative
Platform Garanti has launched Accented, an interregional residency program which is a part of British Council’s Creative Collaboration program. Accented offers a total of 20 curators, artists, and writers the opportunity to undertake six to eight-week residencies at the participating institutions over the course of 2009 and 2010. The presentation of the Interregional Residency Program and the reception were held on the 30th of May in DEPO.
Participating institutions are Delfina Foundation, London and Spike Island Bristol (UK); Vector Association, (Iasi, Romania); Ashkal Alwan (Beirut, Lebanon) and Townhouse Gallery (Cairo, Egypt); and Platform Garanti Istanbul, Turkey. The program is open to applicants from Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Gulf Region, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Morocco, Palestine, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
Following the fall of the Berlin Wall, numerous exhibitions have been organized by West European institutions with a focus on East Europe. After 9/11, these gave way to projects featuring the Southeastern Mediterranean region. While one can understand the desire for inclusion, the research around post-traumatic conditions, and/or different approaches to the "Muslim" world, the meeting points of the cultural producers have been external to the regions they practice in. The complex impediments facing the production; the concrete hindrances to travel; the lack of public support; the ineffectual organizational structures have lead artists traditionally to convene in Western Europe. However, cultural and political similarities, as well as centuries of shared histories ask for lateral relations to be empowered. British Council’s Creative Collaboration program places importance on these issues aiding the development of regional bonds.
Attendees and the institutions:
Ashkal AlwanFor further information please contact
http://platformgaranti.blogspot.com/
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