HARDBAKKA RUINS PROJECT
OPEN CALL
Hardbakka Ruins Project 2015 // The Commons
Hardbakka 2015: the Commons
For this year’s workshop and exhibition, we relocate the project to create interventions within the city of Bergen. Keeping the Hardbakka Ruins in mind, as a natural site deemed to have cultural-historical value, we expand conceptually to look at urban sites that blur the borders between public and private space: we start from a semi-public open area along the harbour, which is currently the site of considerable private development and expansion.
The Commons is a multi-faceted term that is understood differently in different contexts: this makes it a fruitful starting point for a workshop and exhibition. While the curator (Alison Hugill) reads the theoretical understanding of the term from Italian Autonomist-Marxists Antonio Negri and Silvia Federici, design collective ON/OFF have a more hands-on understanding of the commons as it relates to urban questions. Additionally, with the site in Bergen, Norway, the concept of 'statsallmenning' offers yet another perspective: referring to shared public resources owned by the state.This threefold understanding of the Commons will be discussed and worked on throughout the workshop, as we tackle the possibility of a 'third-way' between private and public (state owned) space.
Hardbakka 2015 will be co-presented with experimental design collective ON/OFF, as we interrogate the idea of ‘micro-architectures’: playful objects that appear within public space to prompt fresh interactions with the city. The first two days will be dedicated to an intensive workshop led by ON/OFF, wherein participants will come together to create ‘actions’ in the city. The rest of the workshop week will consist of independent or group work on chosen projects.
Interdisciplinary art/design/architecture groups as well as singular artists are encouraged to apply with a short portfolio of past work, emailed to hardbakkaruins@gmail.com.
Deadline for Applications: April 13, 2015
Conditions: Participants cover their own travel expenses. No fees.
** IMPORTANT UPDATE: We have received sponsorship from the Norsk Kulturråd -
NOK 17 000 to cover artists production/material expenses.
To be shared among the participants' projects.
More sponsorship information to follow as it becomes available.
Organizers: Lars Tørressen, Ingrid Bjørnseth, Dan Dorocic, Alison Hugill
Program and information, please contact:
http://hardbakkaruins.wix.com/bergen
Terms and conditions
Terms
Dates
June 22 - 29 (workshop)
June 29 - july 6 (exhibition)
Application Requirements
- Portfolio of work including images, videos, etc
- Short statement of interest
Site
Møhlenpris - Damsgårdsundet area
Bergen, Norway
Conditions
- limit of 15 participants
- open to all nationalities
- professionals and students
- no fee
- cover your own expenses**
- assisted accomodation
**Sponsorship from Norsk Kulturråd to cover some material expenses for participants.
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