Call for Applications: International Residency Program Ed. II by Khoj |
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Residents
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Artists-in-residence or critic/writer-in-residence
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Delhi, India
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Duration |
August 16 – October 4, 2016 (Final residency dates are subject to change. Selected applications will be informed of the residency dates after the selection process has been completed.)
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Background
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Khoj began as a proposition: a space for artists, run by artists.
From its modest beginnings in 1997 as an annual workshop, Khoj has established itself as a not- for-profit, contemporary arts organisation based in Delhi which provides a financial, physical and intellectual space for artists through its various programs. It has built an international reputation as outstanding alternative arts incubation space. It plays a central role in the development of experimental, interdisciplinary, and critical contemporary art practice in India– constantly challenging the established thinking about art. |
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Residency
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Khoj invites applications from artists and cultural practitioners for the second edition of an international residency, as a part of the ongoing Coriolis Effect Project: Currents across India and Africa. This is a project which seeks to activate the social, economic and cultural relationship and historical exchange which exists between India and the continent of Africa. Coriolis Effect will not only use the present context of 21st century migrations, but equally refer to various moments of exchange through history; from the recent past of the Non-Aligned movements in the 20th century, to the cultural relationship shared exchanged by Indians and Africans from the 1st century AD onwards.
This project was grown out of a response to the negations and spaces of encounter visible in Khoj’s neighborhood of Khirkee Village; a dense urban- village environment in New Delhi that is home to a stream of immigrants from within the Indian Subcontinent, as well as from nations across the Global South. People move here seeking education, access to healthcare, opportunities for employment, political asylum or simply a new beginning. Arrival is often accompanied by tension and experiences of discrimination based on race and social difference. This moment is not exceptional to the experience of entering Khirkee as an outsider, but is indicative of a greater universal encounter. Migration and Memory In this past year at Khoj, they have been deeply contemplating Migration – the voluntary or involuntarily movement of peoples from one place to another. Globally, we have borne witness to the forced displacement of thousands of people from their homelands, and locally we have first hand experienced the trauma of re-location. We are caught in a paradoxical moment in which we witness growing religious extremism and intolerance towards difference, while simultaneously experiencing an abandonment of traditional definitions of community and inherent culture. Khoj is also extremely interested in the formation of memory – both individual and collective. They invite artists to look back at the past and comprehend the present. What happens to your identity when you lose your place of belonging? What are memories of home and place that you carry with you? How does the collective memory inform a sense of belonging? In light of these global phenomenons, the 2016 Coriolis Effect will focus on Migration and Memory. For information on the 2015 edition of Coriolis Effect, please click here: http://khojworkshop.org/programme/coriolis-effect-currents-across-india-and-africa/ |
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Prerequisites
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This application is open to practitioners from all fields including the visual and performing arts, music, literature, anthropology and the social sciences. Through this project, they are also interested in the topics of trade & labour flow, language & musicscapes, informal communities, asylums and voyages in the context of India and Africa.
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Logistics
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Selected applicants will receive a production budget, daily living allowance, studio space and accommodation at Khoj, as well as curatorial and administrative support to realize proposed projects. Khoj supports national and international travel for selected applicants where possible. International applicants are encouraged to seek support for travel where possible.
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Application Deadline
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July 1, 2016
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