:: Call for Curators :: Guest Curator Project 2012-2013

Action Art Actuel [AAA] is putting out a call to exhibition curators. For a fourth consecutive year, AAA is making its spaces available to a curator for a series of exhibitions, enabling him/her to play a crucial role in determining AAA’s 2012-2013 programming.

The curator will have the mandate to present a series of four exhibitions on a theme of his/her choice. The proposed program may include 1 or 2 residency projects for a 6 to 8 week period of research and production. In the selection process, the jury will favour projects that would include performances or off-site interventions during and/or at the opening of exhibitions.

Mathieu Beauséjour, Eric Mattson and Stéphane Bertrand have participated in the guest curator project in previous years and approached the project from a unique perspective. Sound art, considering time as a crucial component of art, architecture and public intervention, each programming year had its distinctive theme. We encourage applicants to go to the gallery’s website to consult the written and visual material for these exhibitions, in order to propose new avenues and themes for 2012-2013.

AAA started this curatorial initiative for the real and virtual movement it can generate. Be it through actual travel or a vaster proliferation of ideas, we hope to support exchanges between various artistic and cultural milieus. Independent curators build bridges that allow the organisation to expand its relevance and to welcome a new voice to the community.

Because of the changing nature of art, curators can play an important role in imagining new concrete or theoretical structures inside of which artistic practices are exhibited. As well as supporting contemporary artistic practices, AAA also supports innovation and research in the curatorial field by continuing its Guest Curator Project for its yearly programming.

THE CURATOR’S MANDATE

An honorarium will be paid to the curator. For more details consult our Web site [honoraria paid, list of equipment, plans of exhibition and work spaces].

The curator must agree to visit the centre before beginning the programming work in order to become acquainted with the spaces.

The curator is responsible for selecting the projects; however, they are subject to the centre’s approval for financial, technical and/or logistical reasons.

PROJECT SCHEDULE

• February 15th, 2012: Deadline for receiving applications;
• February 29th, 2012: Selection of the curator;
• March 10, 2012: Submission of the final presentation text for the curatorial project, and reception of the artist confirmations;
• September 2012: First exhibition, launching of the curatorial project;
• Sept 2012 to June 2013: Presentation of 4 exhibitions and residencies carried out;
• September 2013: The curator submits the final text;

SUBMISSIONS

Submission should include the following:

• A description of the curatorial project, explaining the theme and the choice of exhibiting artists [5 pages maximum];
• An up-to-date curriculum vitae;
• Ten [10] images of pre-selected work [this may be installation views or sketches of works in progress] on CD or DVD, with a description list indicating the name of the artist, the title of the work and the date of production;
• Two published texts [or in the process of being published];
• A press kit.

Submissions must be sent for the February 15th, 2012 deadline BY MAIL ONLY:

• Action Art Actuel
• Guest Curator Project
• 190 rue Richelieu
• Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Qc
• J3B 6X4
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EQUIPMENT LIST

For exhibitions:

• 3 x multimédia projectors
• - 2 x Canon 2000 lumens
• - 1 x Eiki 4500 lumens
• 3 x dvd players
• 3 x flat tv screen (LED)
• - 2 x Sharp 20 inches
• - 1 x Panasonic 32 inches
• 1 x amplifier QSF rmx850-270W

For residencies:

• - basic woodworking tools (circular saw, drill, jigsaw, miter saw, etc)
• - acess to computers (imac) : Adobe CS3
• - 1 HD camera Canon HF200 SD
• - 1 wireless microphone
• - a computer imac (17 inches intel core duo), equiped for video editing (Final Cut Pro)

INFORMATION

Action Art Actuel [AAA] is an artist-run centre devoted to the promotion and development of contemporary art. For more than 20 years, AAA has been active in the Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu region of Quebec, supporting and presenting the work of artists from here and abroad.

AAA offers a stimulating environment for research, experimentation and presentation in which both emerging and established artists can participate in a program of exhibitions, events and residencies. The centre has two exhibition galleries, a studio with residence and a documentation centre of contemporary art.

AAA is a very dynamic artist-run centre, sustained by a smoothly run directive that proposes various means of presentation, research, promotion and production of multidisciplinary works. Several initiatives and satellite activities are carried out in parallel with the exhibition program, such as publications, organized training sessions and public outreach programs. Numerous collaborations are also initiated through curated projects and international exchanges.

[www.action-art-actuel.org]

For more information:

• Julie C. Paradis, director
• [450] 357-2178
• direction@action-art-actuel.org