Call for residencies in Sao Paolo

Open Call

Deadline: January 09, 2013

Casa Tomada opens for applications for artistic residency Ateliê Aberto #7, to be held from April 22nd to July 21st , 2013. Young artists and researchers from any area of arts, all nationalities are eligible to enroll the selection process, which can only be done by Internet.

During the three residency months, the residents will work in a collaborative environment that will include critical accompaniment through discussion meetings, texts and/or activities provided by other artists, curators, critics, or guest professionals invited by the organizers.

Link: http://casatomada.com.br/site/?page_id=8750

Casa Tomada was created in October 2009 as an independent space dedicated to practice, investigation and reflections of artistic nature. The project emerged from the desire to build a space that was a convergence point among the various fields in arts, discussing the hybridism of languages in the contemporary artistic processes.

Focused on the proces of production and not just on the final artistic product, Casa Tomada encourages the debate amoungst young contemporary artists, not only stimulating the development of artistic and theoretical work, but acting as a catalyst space of experiences of connections among artists, art thinkers and other independent initiatives.

Casa Tomada hosts the following artistic projects:

Open Studio: Semester program for young artists and researchers (art criticism, curatorship and art history focus). The program proposes interchange among artists and art thinkers, stimulating one another in their own art production.

The House Hosts: A program that stimulates the interchange of independent art spaces and promotes the broadcasting of artistic publications. It has the objective to enhance the networks amongst these artistic centers.

Portfolio’s Cycle: Annual program in which young artists and researchers currently performing in Sao Paulo are invited to present their portfolios taking advantage of the informal infrastructure of Casa Tomada for an open discussion.

Collective Interchange: A program that promotes the interchange of collective artists of different cities in Brazil. It proposes a discussion on group acting in the urban space. (Still in development)

Collection of publications: A collection that gathers publications by artists, independent art centers and small publishers, as well as other publishing initiatives that explore publication as a way of artistic experimentation. It aims to give visibility to this kind of production, which is hardly ever accessible to researchers.

Casa Tomada houses an art library, mostly compounded of donations of catalogues, DVDs and books from various institutions. Therefore, it is a space dedicated to research and study. This space also holds a collection of documents from projects developed within Casa Tomada, such as artist’s notebooks, small publications and the records that register the development of each project. Non-participants – the ones that are not currently engaged in Casa Tomada’s projects – can also have access, by appointment, to both the library and the collection.

Throughout the year, Casa Tomada also offers workshops and courses given by renowned art professionals from various areas such as cinema, performance, music, drawing, and more. In addition, Casa Tomada promotes dialogue and interchange between independent art centers and hosts talks and exhibitions.

T  +55 (11) 2532.7455

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Rua Brás Cubas, 335. Aclimação – cep. 04109-040 – São Paulo/SP – Brasil