Framing Reality explores the challenges raised by artists' increasing involvement with the documentary genre. In an era of reality TV and internet broadcasting, the contested genre of the 'docu-fiction', blurs the frontier between reality and fiction, and begs the question who narrates history and whose history? Panel discussion with artists Lamia Joreige (Lebanon) and Oraib Toukan (Jordan) and curator Mark Nash.
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Neda Razavipour, The beginning of Israel's land attack to Gaza (detail), 2009, previous Artists to Artist participant
Artist to artist 2010
Launch of Artist to Artist International 2010
Visiting Arts in partnership with The Delfina Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of Artist to Artist International 2010. The programme provides an opportunity to bring together artists to initiate dialogues across international borders, enabling pairs of artists to enter into new working relationships on an open-ended and informal basis. Professional, practising UK based artists can apply to invite an artist of their choice to visit UK for one week for the exchange of ideas and experiences.
Artist to Artist 2010 is supported by the Delfina Foundation and the Arts Council of England.
The 2010 scheme will introduce a geographic focus by inviting artists from:
Afghanistan, Algeria. Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Jordon, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Morocco, Oman, Palestine Territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
The selected overseas artist will spend two weeks in the UK. The emphasis is on the development and research process rather than production, free from any obligation to produce a prescribed outcome.
All selected participants will need to be available from the 8 March until the 21 March 2010 (fixed).
Please contact Adam Knights for application forms and further details about the scheme: apply@visitingarts.org.uk
Application deadline: December 5 2009.
House No. 197 (detail), 2007-2009, digital print on paper, 600 x 72 cm
DF/ Qattan Residency awarded to Jawad Al Malhi
The Delfina Foundation and A.M. Qattan Foundation are pleased to announce that Jawad Al-Malhi has been awarded a 8-week residency in London in 2010.
Jawad Al Malhi (b. 1969, Jerusalem) works across painting, installation, photography and video. A keen observer of the human condition, Jawad's recent works explore the architecture and geography of marginality. He had numerous solo and group exhibitions in Palestine, Jordan, Japan, Europe and the US. He also co-founded the Open Studio Palestine, a project that runs art workshops for children.
Jawad Al-Malhi currently lives and works in Jerusalem.
© Photo: Haupt & Binder Nafas Art Magazine, feature on Palestine c/o Venice http://universes-in-universe.org/eng/nafas/articles/2009/palestine_venice_2009
Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme at the Riwaq Biennale
As part of its ongoing partnership with the Riwaq Biennale (Palestine), The Delfina Foundation will present the work of two former artists-in-residence, Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme. The 3rd Riwaq Biennale will be held in Ramallah, from the 12 to 16 October 2009.
Basel and Ruanne will perform an audio-visual ‘keynote address’ on the opening night of the Biennale. The 20-minute performance will be a live response to Ramallah Syndrome, Basel and Ruanne's recent sound and video installation in collaboration with Alessandro Petti and Sandi Hilal. Ramallah Syndrome was commissioned by Salwa Makdadi for the first ever Palestine Pavilion at the Venice Biennale and will form part of the Jerusalem Show 2009.
More information about the 3rd Riwaq Biennale
Magic of Persia Residency
Magic of Persia and The Delfina Foundation are partnering to offer a 12-week residency in London, to an artist living and working in Iran. The selected artist will be one of the 34 practitioners shortlisted for MOP CAP 2009.
The Magic of Persia Contemporary Art Prize (MOP CAP) is the first award to globally recognise the talent of emerging Iranian artists, many of whom have had little exposure on the competitive international art scene. The award is designed to support and promote the career development of the most exciting young Iranian artists in the world. The Magic of Persia Residency at The Delfina Foundation is an initiative associated with MOP CAP but independent of the prize.
The selected artist will be announced in January 2010.
Travel Books: Mar Solis at the Instituto Cervantes, Damascus
Travel Books: Mar Solis at the Instituto Cervantes, Damascus
1 September to 15 October 2009.
Mar Solis documents her journey from Madrid to Damascus and explores the historical connection between the two cities. Using her travel notebooks, and turning them into sculptural forms, Mar revisits the tradition of the artist-traveller and considers the legacy of manuscript crafting and illuminating.
Mar Solís is a Fine Arts graduate (sculpture) from the Universidad Complutense, Madrid. She has recently exhibited at IVAM, Valencia and has produced public artworks for commissions in South Korea, Spain and Lapland. Mar Solis was an artist-in-residence in Damascus, with Fundacion Delfina.
The Delfina Foundation / A.M. Qattan Residency
THE DELFINA FOUNDATION / A.M. QATTAN FOUNDATION RESIDENCY
OPEN CALL FOR VISUAL ARTISTS
The Delfina Foundation and A. M. Qattan Foundation are partnering to offer a visual artist, aged between 25 and 40 years old, an 8-week residency in London. We are seeking applications from Palestinian artists living and working in the West Bank, Gaza Strip or inside the Green Line.
The selected artist will be provided with:
· accommodation and a studio space in London
· an enabling bursary to cover the basic costs of living in London
· personal and professional support during the residency
· bespoke opportunities for professional development.
The ideal candidate:
· will be an emerging to mid-career artist, seeking a career defining opportunity to research and develop a bold, seminal and innovative artistic project;
· will be able to demonstrate achievement or great potential in visually articulating ground-breaking and critically engaged ideas and concepts in an innovative way;
· be able to demonstrate how the experience of an international residency in London may benefit their practice and career development;
· be able to demonstrate basic English proficiency;
Demonstrable artistic quality and development potential will be key selection criteria.
To apply, please submit your completed application form and additional material by email only, to: info@delfinafoundation.com. In the subject line of your email, please specify DF/A. M. Qattan residency.
Closing date for applications: 12.00 noon, Friday 2 October 2009.
Shortlisted applicants will be invited for an interview between 9th and 14th of October 2009, in Palestine.
Nathaniel Rackowe, Pathfinding, Galerie Almine Rech, installation view, 2008
Autumn Residencies 2009
The Delfina Foundation announces its international residencies for September-October 2009:
Muhammad Ali (Syria) & Nisrine Boukhari (Syria) will be international residents in London, in collaboration with AllArtNow and supported by the British Council, Syria.
Rana Begum (U.K.) & Nathaniel Rackowe (U.K.) will be international residents in Beirut, in collaboration with Zico House.
More information about our current international resident artists.
Neda Razavipour & Shahab Fotoui, Census, lightboxes installed within the window frames of an incomplete 28-storey building, Tehran, 2003. Photo credit: Iran.com
Artist-to-Artist International
The selected artists for 2009 met in the UK and explored common areas of interest during the Artist-to-Artist week:
Behrang Samadzadegan and Aikaterini Gegisian in Bristol;
Farshid Azarang and Ronnie Close in Bristol;
Neda Razavipour and Ania Bas in London.
Unfortunately, and due to strict visa restrictions, Poshiya Kakil was unable to travel from Kurdistan-Iraq to meet Anne Bean in London. However, both artists are still working collaboratively, as part of Anne Bean's year-long project, PAVES.
Ramallah Underground
Based in Ramallah, Palestine, Ramallah Undeground is a sound collective founded by artists Boikutt, Stormtrap and Aswatt. The unique sound of Ramallah Underground typically fuses elements of Arabic electronic music, Hip-hop, Trip-hop and Down-tempo.
More information about Ramallah Underground and dates of future performances in the UK.
Accented Residency - Selected Artists
Partner institutions and The Delfina Foundation would like to thanks all applicants. Due to the overwhelming number of applications the selection committee's deliberations were extended to two full working days – May 29 and 30.
The selection committee, including Christine Tohme (Director, Ashkal Alwan, Beirut), William Wells (Director, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo), Alexandru Bougneru (Residency Coordinator, Vector Association, Iasi), Eva Langret (Residency Coordinator, Delfina Foundation, London), Marie-Anne McQuay (Curator, Spike Island, Bristol), Gülsün Karamustafa (Artist, Turkey), Vasif Kortun (Director, Platform Garanti CAC, Istanbul) and Oyku Ozsoy (Residency Coordinator, Platform Garanti CAC) looked at over 200 applications and created a shortlist of 72 artists.
The final selection was made on the basis of the quality of the applicants' work, how these would benefit of an international residency, and how opened their practice would be to development and critical engagement during a residency period.
The individuals selected for Accented 2009 are:
Ashkal Alwan
Ashkan Sepahvand, Iran
Burak Delier, Turkey
Delfina Foundation
Ala Younis, Jordan
Platform Garanti
Maha Maamoun, Egypt
Vangelis Vlahos, Greece
Spike Island
Gordana Nikolic, Serbia
Townhouse Gallery
Sislej Xhafa, Kosovo
Rosalind Nashashibi, UK
Vector Association
Lina Mounzer, Lebanon
For more information about Accented Residency: www.accentedresidency.blogspot.com
Open Call: Accented Residency
Accented aims to develop co-operations in South East Europe (SEE), and the East Mediterranean (EM), North Africa, the Gulf Countries and the United Kingdom with key institutions that focus on artistic research.
The initiative has administered through a relationship between six institutions that include Platform Garanti CAC (Istanbul, Turkey), Vector Association (Iasi, Romania), Ashkal Alwan (Beirut, Lebanon), Townhouse Gallery (Cairo, Egypt), Delfina Foundation (London, UK) and the Spike Island (Bristol, UK).
The first installment of Accented Residency made possible to provide working and living space for nine artists/curators/writers at participating institutions in 2009.
Creative Collaboration grants will be made available to artists, curators and writers from countries mentioned in the below. Selected individual for 2010 will be offered six to eight-week residencies at one of the participating institutions. Travel expenses (one return ticket), accomodation and per-diem during the residency period will be covered by host institutions.
The initiative is open to applicants living and working in the following countries: Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Egypt, Greece, Gulf Region, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Morocco, Palestine, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Syria, Tunisia, Cyprus, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
The deadline for submissions is 30 April 2010.
For more information, and to download an application pack, please visit www.accentedresidency.blogspot.com
The Accented Residency Network is generously supported by the British Council - Creative Collaborations Project Funds.
Coiman y la Ligua de Superheroes, Internet video serial, 2007
Mario Cuesta - Artist Talk
14 April 2009
Instituto Cervantes, Damascus, Syria.
Mario Cuesta explores the dynamics of producing moving image works for on-line broadcasting, and how these have impacted upon his practice as film-maker.
Mario Cuesta is a Madrid-based film-maker, and scriptwriter who has written and directed several short films, documentaries and sitcoms including the internet serial ‘Coinman’ (2007).
Mario is a current Delfina Foundation international resident artist in Damascus, Syria.
Tobias Collier, Model of the universe number 2 (Astro-abluter), Bath tub, books, glitter, 2006
Tobias Collier and Mario Cuesta
Tobias Collier (UK) and Mario Cuesta (Spain) will be international resident artist in Damascus, Syria between March and May 2009, in collaboration with Mustafa Ail Art Foundation.
About Tobias Collier:
By juxtaposing the domestic and the inter-stellar, Tobias Collier's mixed media work lyrically demonstrates how scale, speed and time are relative. Tobias has shown his work internationally, including Haus der Kunst (Munich), GAMEC (Bergamo), Centre Pompidou (Paris) and the Royal Academy (London)
About Mario Cuesta
Mario Cuesta is a film-maker, who has written and directed several short films, documentaries and sitcoms including the internet serial ‘Coinman’. As a writer, he has contributed to publications such as ‘El duende de Madrid’ and ‘Accion’.
Neda Razavipour & Shahab Fotoui, Census, lightboxes installed within the window frames of an incomplete 28-storey building, Tehran, 2003. Photo credit: Iran.com
Artist-to-artist
The Delfina Foundation, in partnership with Visiting Arts, is delighted to announce the launch of Artist to Artist International 2009.
Now in its fifth year, the scheme enables artists from the UK to invite artists from overseas for a week long visit. The selected overseas artist will spend a week with the UK artist, visiting their studio, meeting key contacts, networking and exchanging ideas. Participants will spend a week together from 23 - 29 March.
The selected artists for 2009:
Poshiya Kakil will travel from Kurdistan-Iraq to work with London based visual and performance artist Anne Bean.
Aikaterini Gegisian will host Iranian artist Behrang Samadzadegan in Bristol.
Photographic artist Farshid Azarang will make the same journey, spending a week with Bristol-based Ronnie Close.
Neda Razavipour will travel from Iran to work with Ania Bas in Poole and London.