Audio Foundation Residency program - call for proposals

Audio Foundation Residency program - call for proposals

The Audio Foundation is excited to announce that we are now accepting proposals for our newly established Audio Foundation Artist Residency program! The residency runs for a three week period in Feb 2014. All proposals are welcome and will be considered. We encourage all artists with a sound related practice (emerging to established) to consider applying for this residency – the closing date for proposals is 15th November 2013.

The Audio Foundation Artist Residency program will provide NZ artists with the exciting opportunity to make work in a context free of traditional day-to-day pressures, to focus on their work for a sustained three-week period. The goal of this residency is to produce outcomes in the form of adventurous and well realised new work presented to the public.

The Audio Foundation artist residency is a trial program in Feb 2014

• It is open to all NZ artists who have a sound-related practice.
• The residency provides access to a spacious studio/performance space and PA facilities based in the Audio Foundation (Auckland NZ).
• The artist in residence will work towards an artist-determined outcome to be presented at (and/or in association with) the Audio Foundation and will be encouraged to engage with the local community during the residency period. This may take the form of workshops/presentations/discussion
• The residency is only open to individual artists.
• Airfares, a per diem and a contribution to accommodation will be available to the recipient

The Audio Foundation Artist Residency aims to facilitate the research and development of significant sound-related work – to develop individual art practices and foster professional and artistic opportunities for the participants. Specific goals and expected outcomes for the residency will be determined with the artist on a case-by-case basis, for example: performances, exhibitions and/or recordings. The project would be consistent with the Audio Foundation's aim to assist NZ sound (and related) artists in creating new work that can be presented to the community in a professional context. For established artists, work towards a larger project outcome will be considered. This residency is open to candidates from all of NZ / Aotearoa.

The artist participating in the residency program will be provided with spacious studio space and full PA facilities in the heart of Auckland's CBD, in an arts centre dedicated to the promotion and critical discussion of their works. The Audio Foundation would encourage the artist to engage with the local community during this period in activities such as workshops, sound walks and/or panel discussions. The residency and its outcomes will be promoted by the Audio Foundation.

While the AF will be providing studio / performance space for the artist-in-residence, it will be necessary for the artist to organise their own accommodation during the residency period. The Audio Foundation will lend all assistance possible in finding accommodation for non-Auckland artists.

Please note that we can only pay for travel within NZ.

Proposals will be accepted for consideration up until November the 15th, 2013. The recipient will be selected via peer-review administered by the Audio Foundation.

PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS

• Name

• Address

• Telephone Number

• Email

• Website

• CV

• One page outlining proposal of work for residency including a discussion of the potential outcome of work.

• Sound samples of work (common formats accepted: (wav, aiff, mp3, links to Soundcloud, etc.) with a one-page description of work samples including contextual information as needed (for example, if you are providing excerpts from a larger work, describe the complete piece and contextualize the excerpt for us). If your work samples are collaborations between you and someone else please be clear as to your role in the sample you are presenting to us.

All proposals must be sent by email and all written material to be RTF formatted to prevent platform issues (Mac – TextEdit, PC – Wordpad/Notebook)

Email admin@audiofoundation.org.nz

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