Community space Litmus was established as a place where the people such as artists, critics, exhibition planner, social activists, workers and immigrants get together to experiment with new forms of life and art.
2012 COMMUNITY SPACE LITMUS INTERNATIONAL RESIDENCY
Earth Calling_Thinking otherwise
○ Date: 6.7.2012-9.9.2012
○ Where: LITMUS and Wongok dong area (Ansan city, GyeongGi, Korea)
○ Hosted: COMMUNITY SPACE LITMUS
○ Organization: COMMUNITY SPACE LITMUS INTERNATIONAL RESIDENCY PROGRAM TEAM
○ Supported: GyeongGi Cultural Foundation
Open call to artist for international residency program in Community Space Litmus, which is located in Wongok dong(multi-culture area), Ansan city, GyeongGi, Korea
○ Invetation for artists
Litmus expects ‘Thinking otherwise’ rather than art of institution and white cube. The concept is ‘Earth Calling_Thinking otherwise’. What is artistic answer of problem of definite of reality of local in planetwide? We do not have the answer of definite. However, we should face a matter squarely rather than avoid it. Therefore, Community Space Litmus expects creative and conative attending form participation. 2012 international residency program ‘Earth calling_Thinking otherwise’ will focus on progress of the concept on the below.
1) Art work and Activity's hybrid
2) Research of boundaries between micro-politic and art
3) Experiment of activity of sight-specific and sight-occurrence
4) Artistic research of contact in between different languages
5) Approach to urban ecology and natural ecology
6) Approach to urban space’ privatization and restoration of collectivity
Global Alternative Art Forum will progress during the residency program welcome to attention
Manege outline
-Participation
foreign artists 4 and Korea artists 4
-Activity support: LITMUS
organize Local information, communication
accommodation and stdio(for foreign artist)
twice of tour program , twice of party
orientation and team workshop(4times)
-Program time table
06,07,2012(Friday)
enter(foreign artists) organize the accommodation
08,07,2012(Sunday)
participant workshop and welcome party
09,07,2012(Monday)~30,08,2012(Thursday)
progress the work
01,09,2012(Saturday)~26,09,2012(Sunday)
exhibition of residency report result and organized data for sourcebook
31,08,2012(Friday)~07,09,2012(Friday)
exhibition of residency report result
*Opening 31,08,2012(Friday) 2pm
02,09,2012(Sunday)
data and packing
10,09,2012(Monday)
departure day(foreign artists)
17,09,2012
sourcebook publish
-Mission of program
mutual culture and share interest
research and observation Won-gok area
progress local project, education program with resident and citizen
also try multi artistic intervention
publish sourcebook of process of program and exhibition of residency report result
-Outcome
publish sourcebook and exhibition of residency report result
Open call outline
-Conditions
foreign artist: 1200000won (=$1000) for flight and stay
-Accommodation: LITMUS, Won-gok dong area (Ansan city, GyeongGi, Korea)
-Eligible to apply
open-ended to the artist who have belief and capability to do 2012 residency program
foreign artists have to speak English
give preference to who have not been to Korea or Ansan city
-Deadline
30, May, 2012
-How to apply
a letter of self-introduction(MUST write address and contact number), work planning of 2012 international residency program and portfolio * does not have partiquar form.
Send to Community Space Litmus E-mail: cslitmus@gmail.com
-Artist selection
Litmus selection committee will deliberate and select the artist.
-The results will be notified individually after 30, May, 2012
ABOUT COMMUNITY SPACE LITMUS
THE MAIN PURPOSES OF LITMUS
Community space Litmus was established as a place where the people such as artists, critics, exhibition planner, social activists, workers and immigrants get together to experiment with new forms of life and art.
Litmus, which is located in the ‘Borderless village’ at Wongok-dong, Ansan city, reflects the multi-cultural characteristic of the area, where up to 70% of the population is immigrant.
Litmus was established in this area, where serval Asian immigrant communities are concentrated, to creative and exchange culture, by developing and operating various programs, respecting each others differences, and creating a space where people of various nationalities and ethnicities can meet using culture as a medium.
The utopia objective of Litmus is the creation of this type of community, which is open but standardized. Therefore it can be called a ‘community of life’, that participated in the process of formation as well as destruction.
THE OBJECTIVE
Cultural change experimentation through various cultural exchange
An art space that mediates contemporary art
An alternative art academy that ponders upon alternative art
A community space that works based on the local characteristics
The formation of lasting international network based on horizontal international exchange
Questioning and experimenting the public spirit of art
A program to unify the minority with the majority
PROGRAM AND ACTIVITIES
-Residency
The international residency program focused on the local characteristics of Ansan, where Asian immigrant workers are concentrated, and it proposes site-specific creative activities, and hope to provide an opportunity where the artists can intervene and propose their ideas about Asian issues. The program also wished to make possible the close exchange and
communication between Asian artists, and for this to result in culture and art exchange.
-Project
The project team of Litmus was formed to organize and run projects to intervene and communicate in an artistic way regarding various social issues. Beside our own projects, we will also continue to look for various ways to collaborate with other local art cultural institutions and groups.
-Exhibition
The exhibition program of Litmus strives for experimentation to find new possibilities in visual art by connecting artists’ imaginations with the various social phenomena of the era, letting them collide as well as interchange. We wish to expend the use of our community space to also include foreign artists, so that Litmus undertakes it’s role as a place where international exchanges of artists and cultures actively take place.
-Studies and Publishing
The academy and publishing enterprises consists of the following: Independently promoting academic activities and publishing publication that are in conjunction with the main purpose and basic ideas of Litmus. Academically and theoretically supporting various Litmus activities such as exhibitions, academics, international residencies, developing of multi-cultural education enterprises. Undertaking the planning and making of publications that are published by Litmus.
-Festival and Party
By collaborating with various immigrant groups, we wish to develop a new multi-culture festival model. And based on this, we wish to arrange a Wongok-dong festival where everyone is joined together by overcoming radical and cultural differences.
Community Space Litmus
(425-846) 경기도 안산시 단원구 원곡동 786번지
(425-846) Wongok-dong 786, Danwon-gu
Ansan City, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Tel. +82 31 494 4595 / Email. cslitmus@gmail.com
