2024
EAS EZE #8
PROGRAMME FOR THE INTERNATIONALISATION OF CONTEMPORARY BASQUE ART.
Bitamine is launching this call within the framework established by its plan for the internationalisation of contemporary Basque art. The aim of this programme is to encourage artistic research and production, contribute to the promotion of creators, and promote the international mobility of artists.
It is open to artistic projects by people living and working in the Basque Country.
**WHAT DOES IT CONSIST OF?
The aid is developed in two phases. Initially, the project will be worked on for several months in the Basque context. Once it has been completed, it will be exported for presentation in the city of Buenos Aires (Argentina), where it will be shown in different spaces that are benchmarks of current contemporary culture.
Together with local institutions, a calendar of activities will be established in which the artists will participate in different venues, museums, cultural spaces and local artists.
**DEADLINE
29th February
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DESPLAZAMENDUAK / DESPLAZAMIENTOS #1
Artistic Research Program
BITAMINE - CASA PLANAS
Important to note:
Schedule: January - November 2025
Grant: 2400€ Fees + Residency + Publication
Bitamine, a space for artistic, cultural, and social research at the border, located in Irun-Euskadi, in association with Casa Planas, a research center for contemporary image located in Palma de Mallorca, are launching a grant program aimed at researchers residing in Euskadi.
This artistic research program aims to develop and produce projects that reflect on the socio-cultural impact of tourism.
The research is based on the activation of the International Archive on the History of Tourism (Planas Archive)
WHAT IT ENTAILS
It offers the possibility to activate the research at the Casa Planas headquarters in Palma de Mallorca in a one-month residency format during January 2025 and to develop the rest of the research in Euskadi during the following months (February and March), with the possibility of using the Bitamine residency in the Bidasoa region if the artist deems it necessary.
Finally, a schedule of activities is organized jointly with the collaborating institutions, where the artist will present the results of their research within the framework of the International COSTA Congress (Observatory of Sustainable Tourism and Culture), organized by Casa Planas in Palma de Mallorca in October 2025 (More info), as well as public presentation activities in Euskadi. This offers an experience that we hope will contribute positively to the development of their career and artistic research process.
WHO CAN RECEIVE IT
This open call for artistic research projects is aimed at artists, researchers, curators, etc., residing and working in Euskadi, regardless of their discipline and field of study.
SELECTION CRITERIA
The grant will be awarded to applicants who achieve the highest score according to the following evaluation criteria: a) the project presented (50%); b) the applicant’s curriculum or track record (25%); c) the adequacy and suitability of the project to the resources and context in which it is developed (15%); and d) the applicant's social mediation experience (10%).
DEADLINE
Deadline extension
September 9, 2024.
IZOKIN #10
CROSS-BORDER CREATION GRANT
Izokin supports projects of individual and collective creators as well as initiatives of permanent production spaces and independent cultural representatives, thus strengthening the creative fabric of the area and reinforce its greater dissemination among citizens.
The grant will be aimed at the production of works in visual, audiovisual, performing arts, music, literature, design, comics or any other creative discipline of individual creators and/or groups; projects with innovative and fundamental character and activities with flexible contents. This method is addressed to individuals or groups that carry out their activity preferably in the cross-border territory of Euskal Herria.
WHAT DOES IT CONSIST OF?
Production of works in visual, audiovisual and performance arts, music, literature, design, comics or any other creative discipline. Taking responsibilities of cultural projects: management of events and/or cultural spaces, the exhibition of works. Education.
WHO CAN RECEIVE IT?
Individuals and groups of individuals with no age limit, who carry out their activity preferably in the territories of Gipuzkoa, Navarre and/or the Agglomeration community of the Basque Country (Lapurdi, Lower Navarre and Zuberoa), or whose project is in some way linked to these territories.
SELECTION CRITERIA
The quality, trajectory, innovation, connectivity, public participatory and cross-border nature of each application will be assessed. For assistance, the evaluation committee may meet with the applicants in order to receive additional information on the application, if they consider appropriate.
DEADLINE
22 july 2024
HAU #7
TRADITIONAL BASQUE OBJECTS DESIGN COMPETITION
The aim of this call is to update the design of a traditional object present in the Basque culture. In this way, we contribute on the one hand, to research and the eventual recovery of traditional customs and on the other hand, to an adaptation, renewal and reinterpretation from the point of view of contemporary design. We would like to establish new relationships with our history and to expand the lines of research and the action fields of design.
The piece to be reviewed in this call is the chestnut roaster.
This call is opened to any person or legal entity of any age (students, professionals or collectives) in the design field (industrial and product design, architecture, engineering, fine arts, etc.) from any country. Participation in the competition is free.
DEADLINE
12 may 2024