West Balkan AiR 2005
Artist-in-residence exchange program between the Nordic region and the West Balkans
NIFCA presents West Balkan AiR – a residency program for visual artists working with contemporary art. The program aims to support exchange between the Nordic region and the West Balkans, and to initiate new collaboration projects. Around 13 residencies are available in autumn 2005.
Visual artists in the Nordic region (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the Aaland islands, the Faroe Islands, Greenland) are eligible to apply for the residencies in the West Balkans.
Visual artists in the West Balkans (including Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro) are eligible to apply for the residencies in the Nordic region.
The program is an initiative by the Nordic Council of Ministers created to develop and consolidate the cultural networks that exist between the Nordic region and the West Balkans.
Application time 1 January-28 February 2005
Awarded Artists
The artist selection was made by an invited selection panel. The panelists used this opportunity to get aquainted with a multitude of contemporary visual artists working in both regions.
Suzana Milevska, curator, Skopje/London
Nina Möntmann, curator, NIFCA
Hanna Styrmisdóttir, project coordinator, Nordic House, Reykjavik
Statistics for received applications
The West Balkan AiR 2005 program received a total of 267 applications.
All applications:
Female 149 (55.8%)
Male 118 (44.2% )
Nordic Region:
140 (52.4%)
Female 82 (58.6%)
Male 58 (41.4%)
West Balkans:
127 (47.6%)
Female 67 (52.8%)
Male 60 (47.2%)
Number of applications per country:
Albania 7, Bosnia-Herzegovina 6, Croatia 36
Denmark 18, Finland 36, Macedonia 20, Norway 24
Iceland 10, Serbia and Montenegro (including Kosovo) 58, Sweden 52
Statistics for awarded artists
Female 7
Male 8
Awarded artists per counntry:
AL 1, CR 1, DK 1, NO 2, SM (incl. Kosovo) 4, SE 6
On Waiting List:
CR 2, IS 1, MK 1, NO 1, SE 4, SM 2
Albania: Cultural Center Lindart, Tirana
Knutte Wester, Umeå, SE
WAITING LIST: Mariken Kramer, Østerås, NO
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Sarajevo
Karl Ingar Røys, Oslo, NO
WAITING LIST: Sigridur Olafsdottir, Reykjavik, IS
Croatia: Art Workshop Lazareti, Dubrovnik
Amel Ibrahimovic, Copenhagen, DK
WAITING LIST: Katja Aglert, Nacka, SE
Croatia: Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka
Torbjørn Rødland, New York/NO
Ylva Westerlund, Malmö/SE
WAITING LIST: Mattias Åkerfeldt, Sunbyberg, SE
Denmark: Fabriken for Kunst og Design, Copenhagen
Sezgin Boynik, Prizren, Kosovo
WAITING LIST: Nikola Uzunovski, Skopje, MK
Finland: NIFCA, Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, Helsinki
Vesna Pavlovic, Belgrade, SM
Leonard Qylafi, Tirana, AL
WAITING LIST: Igor Eskinja, Rijeka, CR
Iceland: Living Art Museum, Reykjavik
Driton Hajredini, Münster/Kosovo
WAITING LIST: Lara Badurina, Kastav, CR
Macedonia: Press to Exit Gallery, Skopje
Alison Gerber, Malmö, SE
WAITING LIST: Bo Christina Larsson, Kristinehamn, SE
Norway: Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA) + Atelier Nord, Oslo
Kristina Leko, Zagreb, CR
WAITING LIST: Maja Bekan, Hague/SM
Serbia and Montenegro: Centre for Contemporary Arts - Belgrade
Kajsa Dahlberg and Sara Jordenö, Malmö, SE
Alexander Vaindorf, Stockholm, SE
WAITING LIST: Adel Abidin, Helsinki, FI
Sweden: Rooseum, Malmö
Tanja Ostojic, Belgrade, SM
WAITING LIST: Aleksandrija Ajdukovic, Belgrade, SM
All the residencies include:
- Free accommodation
- A monthly grant of 840 EURO
- A travel grant
· Various opportunities to create contacts and participate in local activities and/or concentrate on individual projects
The duration of a residency is 2-4 months
How to apply:
Professional artists in the Nordic region are eligible to apply to the residencies in the West Balkans.
Professional artists in the West Balkans are eligible to apply to the residencies in the Nordic region.
A full application consists of:
- A completed and signed application form sent by postal mail
- A CV with sufficient information about education and artistic activity
- A brief characteristic of your artistic practice (no more than 1 page)
- A motivation statement for the residency (no more that 1 page)
- Documentation of work: visual material in print, VHS, Mini-DV, DVD,
CD-ROM (PC compatible only, not MAC), and/or web site
Please keep in mind that a good application is clear and concise. Attachments to applications are received by postal mail, as well as, by e-mail. The application has to be submitted in English.
The postmark deadline for applications was 28 February 2005.
NIFCA
West Balkan AiR
Suomenlinna B 28
FI – 00190 Helsinki
Finland
In 2005 the following locations are participating in the program:
For more information on each location, please, click on their name.
Nordic region:
Denmark
Fabriken for Kunst og Design, Copenhagen
2 months during August-December 2005
Finland
NIFCA, Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, Helsinki
2-4 months during August-December 2005
Iceland
Living Art Museum, Reykjavik
2 months during August-December 2005
Norway
OCA – Office for Contemporary Art Norway + Atelier Nord, Oslo
2-3 months during October-December 2005
Sweden
Rooseum, Malmö
November-December 2005
West Balkans:
Albania
Cultural Center Lindart, Tirana
2 months during August-October 2005
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo
Residency host to be confirmed
2 months during autumn 2005
Croatia
Art Workshop Lazareti, Dubrovnik
2 months during autumn 2005
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka
2 months during October-December 2005
Macedonia
Press to Exit Gallery, Skopje
September-October 2005
Serbia and Montenegro
Centre for Contemporary Arts - Belgrade
2-4 months during September-December 2005
For further information, please, contact NIFCA at residencies@nifca.org, tel. +358 9 686 43 105, fax +358 9 668 594
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