Open Call
Your project at Off the Grid (Cas-co)
With this OPEN OPEN CALL, Off the Grid (hereinafter abbreviated as ‘OTG’) is looking for artists, curators and collectives who want to give substance to its next two seasons (autumn 2024 & spring 2025). Anyone can register with good ideas or wild dreams, which will be considered by an artistic jury. The proposals can take all kinds of forms: from a comprehensive residency or research project to an exhibition, festival, happening, performance, screening or talk. The selected group of artists, thinkers or makers can have studio and exhibition space, materials, a budget, guidance and communication support at their disposal.
OTG is the name of the residency and presentation platform for artists, collectives and independent curators in Cas-co. The program pays special attention to new voices and profiles that have not (yet) been heard or be seen in a museum context, presentation institutions or the regular arts field. In OTG, every trajectory starts with a period of development — be it mastering a new discipline or skill, starting new research or producing new work, analyzing one’s own position in the field or exploring new collaborations — and gradually translates into a collectively designed public program. The platform branches out from various spaces on the ground floor of Cas-co to the public space around Cas-co. OTG also promotes and presents videos, publications and editions by artists associated with the community.
Put your ideas for Off the Grid into a short proposal of one to two pages and send it to us by June 2nd, 2024 via offthegrid@cas-co.be. The registration must consist of the following elements:
- Share a brief portfolio or 5 separate images
- Introduce yourself and your practice in 5 – 10 lines
- Introduce an existing or project idea to be developed in 10 – 15 lines
A program is created in collaboration and consultation with others. That is why the end result should not yet be completely fixed in the proposal, but we do expect a vision when it comes to the artistic concept, the collaboration, the use of space, time and budget. A focus on joint artistic development and on the relation to Cas-co’s community and environment is encouraged. When selecting residents, Off the Grid focuses on diversity in terms of gender, ethnic origin, social background and age. In addition, we encourage aspiring artists to apply for this residency program.
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