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.

Deadline
2 June 2024
Participate

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.