Festival of Alternative Creative Exchange, Belgrade/Novi Sad, 10-27.8.2005 Savez za alternativno stvaralastvo Kulturanova Preradoviceva 123/231, 21131 Petrovaradin,Novi Sad; Tel/fax: +38121433171 Tel : +381641814539; E-mail: face2005@myway.com web: www.kulturanova.org.yu; Z.R. 310-6235-35 F.A.C.E. festival F.A.C.E. 2005 Festival of alternative creative exchange Belgrade and Novi Sad, 10-27 August 2005. Call for artists International festival F.A.C.E. will gather 80 young and emerging artists in Belgrade and Novi Sad, Serbia in August 2005 from France and the Netherlands (as two EU member states), Bulgaria and Romania (as two candidate countries) and Serbia & Montenegro and Bosnia & Herzegovina (as two states that are not members or candidate countries). Artists will join to develop collaborative site-specific works which reflects their idea of being European citizen. Therefore this festival deals with the role of the city as the central motif. The more specific, but not less significant, frame is an alternative view to understanding of contemporary art its implications in everyday life. Young emerging artists from various fields will be gathered: theatre, music, painting, graphics, new media; all of whom possess a will for other means of artistic exploration, and are open for a spectrum of various implementations ! of their work into other forms of expression. The festival conception is to create specific environment where the artists are creating joint projects, which is the best way to create mutual sharing and understanding and it will lead to real exchange. Therefore, "F.A.C.E." is rich in various events, such as: street performances, video-art installations, interactive painting exhibitions etc; often encompassing much of the mentioned into a compact expression. This platform will probably lead to establishing better links among youth NGOs in the field of culture, and we are planning to organize next meeting in Strasbourg and Paris, France in 2006, then in Romania in 2007, the Netherlands in 2008 an! d Bulgaria in 2009. After that we will have more partners from the region as well as from EU. The previous edition of this festival was held in Sarajevo in 2002 and Strasbourg 2003 where OKUP and AAC Kulturanova have already worked together. This festival will be proof of already successful collaboration. Artists would be invited to present themselves and their previous work (that part of festival will take place in Belgrade) and later on they will be involved in creating joint site-specific works on the festival theme - City (that part of festival will take place in Novi Sad). Applicant artists should present a portfolio of their previous work (max. 2 pages with pctures and short commentary - it does not necessary have to be the work that will be presented in Belgrade) and fill out the application form (that should be site-specific projects open for collaboration with other artists from different countries) TARGET GROUPS The project targets young and emerging artists in the field of performing arts (in a wider sense), who already have some professional experience. THE REGION Candidates from Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia & Montenegro, France and Netherlands will be considered for participation in the festival. ENTRY CATEGORIES Artists coming from music, visual art, video, new media, theatre and dance are eligible (if the proposed project fits criteria: collaborative site-specific works) SELECTING PROCEDURE Artist will be pre-selected by Selection Committees from each of partner countries. First round selection will be finished till 15th December. After that, in January, the representatives of all partner organization will gather in Novi Sad on first preparatory meeting to discuss, beside other things, the implementation of selected works. They will come out with the suggestions for next round selection that will be finished till 15th February. The participants will be selected by the organizers on the basis on their motivation and professional interest. SELECTING CRITERIA a. professional experience & its connection to the topics of the festival b. motivation for participating on the festival at the particular stage of the applicant's career c. motivation to collaborate with other artists from different artistic media. COMMUNICATION Selected artists will be advised to use the web site of the festival as a communication tool. All selected projects will be put on the web-site and it will enable artists to look for the partner with whom they would like to work with, even before the very festival. Beside that, much other useful information will be there, like pictures and videos of proposed spaces of artistic interventions, festival agenda, etc. WORKING LANGUAGE Working language will be English. The applicants should have good spoken English in order to participate actively in development of the joint site-specific works and in the festival conference. French and Serbian will be in use, as well. NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS 35 participants from France, 25 from Serbia and Montenegro, and 5 from Romania, Bulgaria, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Netherlands will be selected for the festival. Due to the limited number of places, late and incomplete applications will not be considered. They will be obliged to participate actively in development of the joint site-specific works and will be advised to take part in the festival conference with the theme: "Practices of European Mobility in the Arts". ACCOMODATION & OTHER Participants will be accommodated in Youth hostel. Accommodation, meals, local transportation and production costs (including the trip from Belgrade to Novi Sad) will be covered by the organizers and other travel costs will be covered by the regional partners. After you have been selected you will be sent a confirmation and an info sheet with details of the hostel and how to get there, you will be asked to give your expected arrival and departure time and expected travel costs. All participants are advised to use the cheapest travel (train or bus) If you feel motivated to take part in this event please fill in application form (you can find it on www.kulturanova.org.yu/face) and send to face2005@myway.com before 15th December for first round selection and, if you are selected for the second round selection, before 1st February. The applicants selected for first round selection will be notified by January 5 (Wednesday), 2005 and for the second round selection by March 2 (Wednesday), 2005. MAILING LIST This year I will not participate but, please, keep me informed about future activities. Address for correspondence (name, family name, No, street, city, post code, country) Telephone Fax E-mail Web site Please, return this to: AAC kulturanova; 123/231, Preradoviceva st. Novi Sad 21000 - Serbia & Montenegro; ?el. / Fax (+ 381 21) 433 171; E-mail: face2005@myway.com / www.kulturanova.org.yu or contact our regional partners Kind regards Milan Vracar board president AAC kulturanova www.kulturanova.org.yu address:Preradoviceva 123/231, 21131 Petrovaradin,Novi Sad; tel/fax: +38121433171 tel : +381641814539; mail: bruga@EUnet.yu kulturanova@kulturanova.org.yu web: www.kulturanova.org.yu; Z.R. 310-6235-35