TOURS SCHEDULES / HORARIOS PARA VISITAS
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• Fully completed registration form
• Blueprints of the “Talleres Robledo “building
• Pictures of the interior and exterior of the building
• Commitment letter
• Summaries of the juries.
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INTER-VENGA
Call for temporary intervention of the new site of the Museum of Modern Art, Medellin, Colombia.
TITLE: Other ways of inhabiting the MAMM (Museum of Modern Art Medellin) Temporary interventions to open our museum.
INTRODUCTION (THE PROJECT'S PHILOSOPHY)
There will be 31 reasons to be at the MAMM in October. The “Talleres Robledo” building - once part of the old iron and steel factory Simesa- has been restored to be the new location of the Museum of Modern Art Medellin. The place is an industrial warehouse, which has been recycled using the most advanced museum infrastructures of nowadays, something that will allow artistic experiences of all kinds and the highest level to take place there. The museum has decided to create a space for the participation and massive meeting of artists and creative minds of all fields by opening a public international call, through which an important part of the inauguration will be defined. Professionals in the fields of plastic and visual arts, graphic and industrial design, architecture, music, dance and others are invited to participate in this call, so they can intervene our new site by the implementation of an aesthetic experience.
PURPOSE
We are looking for interventions that involve visitors as the main participants. We wish to make a dynamic use of the space by allowing multiple creative or artistic representations.
PREMISES
• The artistic experience is a transversal component of all the projects of the Mamm and offers a revealing life experience for the visitors.
• Economy must be considered as the management of scarcity, the efficiency in resourcefulness and as a premise to confront the crisis, by redefining the paths of art.
• Ecology is an essential requirement of an exhibit that is non polluting, and in which the space is expected to be returned in the same way it is received. Zero garbage –closed cycle.
• Efficiency (viability) and planning is a condition to accomplish assigned deadlines strictly.
• Didactics are a possibility of participation, formation, and transformation of visitors by means of an aesthetic experience.
In this sense, we expect the forwarded projects to be ephimeral constructions that are also low cost, easy to set and dismantle, free of waste, and bonding with the visitors. The topics of the projects are free and allow the articulation of different artistic expressions in one same project, such as music, dance, theater, performance, plastic and visual arts, architecture, graphic design, fashion and industrial design, among others. We even want to include daily practices and crafts, not necessarily associated to a space dedicated to “art”, such as house chores (sweeping, cooking, knitting, playing), sports, cultural events, etc.
SELECTION AND DEADLINES
Under these characteristics two (2) projects for the inauguration program will be chosen and carried out by the museum. The selected projects will have 24 hours for setting and 24 hours for dismantling, and 5 days to be exhibited. They will be recorded during the whole carry-out process. If the participating projects do not fulfill the established criteria, the museum will not assume the obligation to carry out any proposal, and the call will be declared empty. Juries: The jury will be conformed by the technical committee of the MAMM (check information about then in the downloadable documents)
ECONOMIC SUPPORT
The Mamm will accompany the 2 selected projects by taking charge of their production processes and settings. Additionally, the museum will give $3,000 dollars (or its equivalent in Colombian currency) to each winning project, to acknowledge the intellectual work of the creators. This payment is offered so the participant can accompany his/her work during the setting up of it, in case that he/she must travel from abroad, since Mamm WILL NOT pay any travel expenses. The museum will publish a catalogue including the full process of the projects.
REQUIREMENTS
The following documents must be attached to the proposals:
- Registration form fully completed.
- Photocopy of the national identity card of the participant (individual proposals or representatives of groups). - -Short summary of the participants resume or if a group, summary of the group’s production (Maximum of two pages in A4 format).
-Project presentation: Short description of the project (Maximum of three pages in A4 format).
- Document describing the objectives, the conceptual description, setting up technique, working chronogram (taking into account the times assigned for the carrying out of the proposal) budget, and socializing plan in which the pedagogical activities that will bond the proposal to the audience are explained (Maximum of five pages in A4 format).
- Images and blueprints illustrating the use of the space.
- Letter of commitment signed by the participant or by the representative of the group.
The complete project must be forwarded in PDF format, not bigger than 5MB.
Important
- All projects must be new and unpublished.
- The materials for the setting up must be easy to obtain in Colombia, or otherwise, viable and low-cost solutions must be specified. The information sent must arrive to the museum in digital format, to the email address: Inter-venga@elmamm.org
- The proposals that do not fulfill the above requirements will not be taken into account by the juries. Rules for the use of space: Activities that attempt against the structural stability of the building can not be carried out. Activities that cause irreversible changes to the building can not be carried out. Proposals that imply a direct weight burden on the building will not be allowed. The museum will coordinate an alternative system that will cover the needs of the project without affecting the structure.
- The sound, illumination, and security systems of the museum will not be altered.
- The anchoring or securing of elements to the structure of the museum must be approved previously by the direction of projects of the Mamm.
- Any intervention on the space must be repaired wholesomely so that it will be returned in the same condition that it was received.
CHRONOGRAM
Date of release of the call: Wednesday July 1st, 2009 Guided tours for participants to the new site of the museum: The tours are voluntary. Previously inscribed participants interested in the tours may get an appointment from July 6 to 10. To book a tour, write an email to Inter-venga@elmamm.org.
Videos of the installations will be posted in the internet for those who may not attend the tours.
Deadline: Tuesday August 18th, 2009 at midnight of the place where the applicant resides.
Final results: Tuesday August 25th, 2009.
Results will be published in the web page of the museum: www.elmamm.com
Coordination and pre-production of the selected proposals: September 1 – 30, 2009
Setting up: October 2009
Conditions and legal terms
CONTACTS
Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín
057 + 4 + 230 26 22
Carrera 64 b No. 51 - 64
Medellín – Colombia
Inter-venga@elmamm.org
www.elmamm.org
Downloadable forms and reference documents: download
• Fully completed registration form.
• Blueprints of the “Talleres Robledo “building.
• Pictures of the interior and exterior of the building (360 degrees pan scan view).
• Commitment letter.
• Summaries of the juries.
