The project assistant positions are an opportunity for students or recent graduates to gain 1 or 2 month long first-hand work experience and contribute to preparing and producing a major art event. This is a paid opportunity that promotes cooperation between the Nordic and Baltic countries.
Borderland Poetics, a co-operation programme between Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art, Rupert (centre for arts, residencies and education in Lithuania) and Icelandic Art Center, is inviting emerging art professionals of the region to apply for the 2023 project assistant position. This year, we are looking for 2 assistants to work with the Sequences art festival (Tallinn, Estonia and Reykjavik, Iceland) and one assistant to work at Rupert (Vilnius, Lithuania).
The Programme offers a scholarship of €2400 and additionally covers return travel expenses for each participant. Accommodation agreements must be made by the participants themselves but the programme will partly cover these expenses depending on the price. The applicant must be willing to work 1 or 2 months in Tallinn, Reykjavik or Vilnius.
The assistant will work closely with an appointed supervisor, supporting them in various responsibilities related to exhibition and event production, management and communication. The training will take place during Autumn 2023.
Application process
Deadline for applications is 14 May 2023 .
Please send your
application opencall@cca.ee and specify your preferred
location of assisting (for more information about each institution, see below).
A jury, consisting of representatives of the partners, will select three
applicants, each of whom will work at one institution.
Documents to be submitted before the deadline (in
English):
- CV;
- Motivation letter stating the preferred
institution and outlining the applicant’s interests in the selected
institution/event; - Recommendation letter. We encourage an academic
reference or a letter from a previous colleague or superior stating the
applicant’s skills and experiences within the field of contemporary art
(optional)
Please note that in 2023 we are looking for
Icelandic and Estonian applicants.
Requirements:
- Higher education (at least BA level) in the
field of arts; - Fluent English speaker;
- Must be based in or from Estonia or Iceland;
- Job experience in the visual arts will be
regarded as an advantage.
About the 2023 partner institutions
Sequences XI Art Festival (Tallinn
& Reykjavík)
Sequences is an artist-run biennial in Reykjavik,
Iceland. This edition will be curated by the team of curators from Tallinn,
Estonia who work together at the Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art. This is
why the assistants programme would take place in Tallinn and Reykjavik
simultaneously. The selected assistant from Estonia would work in Reykjavik in
October 2023 during the festival period, the selected person from Iceland would
be working in September in Tallinn and in October in Reykjavik. The assistant
would gain knowledge in producing an international art festival, providing a
chance to gain hands-on production and communication experience.
The 11th edition of Sequences centers around the
notions of ecologies, imagined mutations and transformations within a liquid
understanding of time. Past, present and future are intertwined while we are
looking into geological layers or microscopic events. With this edition we want
to explore new perspectives and ways of seeing. The exhibition will be divided
into chapters, starting from standing on a ground, on top of soil and earth,
then move below the surface of the earth to reflect the many unseen elements
and areas of the natural that we are all living with but maybe don’t always
realize and experience. We take the below surface as a window into metaphysical
realm, where we could find new ways for seeing ourselves in the natural
world.
Website: http://www.sequences.is/
Instagram: @sequences_art_festival
Rupert (Vilníus)
Rupert is a privately initiated and
publicly-funded centre for art, residencies and education. Its activities began
in 2012 and in 2013, it moved into ‘Tech Arts’, a creative hub designed by
architect Audrius Ambrasas.
Rupert’s mission is to establish close cooperation
between artists, thinkers, researchers and other cultural actors through
transdisciplinary programmes and residencies. Rupert is committed to
integrating with the social and cultural life of Vilnius and Lithuania, while
also maintaining a strong international focus.
Rupert manifests this mission
through three related programmes: the residency programme,
the alternative education programme and the public
programme. They are all dedicated to creating platforms
for conversation, research and learning. Through these programmes, Rupert
supports local and international thinkers in realising their projects and
establishing their creative practice on an international scale.
The placement is set to take
place in autumn 2023 for two months. The
selected project assistant will be supporting the development of the three core
programmes at Rupert, more specifically public artist talk event, several
lectures, final exhibition of the alternative education programme and
potentially the reader of alternative education programme. The project
assistant will actively engage with the participants of the residency and
alternative education programmes and have a chance to take part in the activities
tailored for them. This varied work placement will provide an insight into
institutional structure, the local art scene as well as a chance to gain
hands-on curatorial, administrative and communication experience.
Website: www.rupert.lt
Facebook: Rupert
Instagram: rupert_residency
The programme is supported by the Nordic Culture
Point.
Kaarin Kivirähk
Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art
opencall@cca.ee
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