top e.V. Residency in Kassel

top e.V. Residency in Kassel

June / July 2012

For 3 Weeks

Deadline: 15/04/2012

Offer: Exhibition- and Action Space in Kassel (Germany),
Accommodation, Radio Broadcasting Slot, PR & Documentation,
no Studio Space

Costs: 600,00 EURO

Documents required: Description of your project (PDF, max. 2 MB),
contact information, download link (URL) of a work sample, no CV

Dates: Between 01/06 and 30/06/2012 or 01/07 and 31/07/2012
(upon agreement)

We are looking for Cultural Producers with an interdisciplinary
approach and affinity to Media from different countries who want to
realise artistically and / or theoretically a thematic or media work
in Kassel in June or July 2012. Our proposal for a Topic is:

"The Big Event"

The city of Kassel in Germany — some say “near Frankfurt” — is known
as the place for the “world’s largest art exhibition”. Every five
years a “circus” comes to town and expulses the normal day life and
wakes a Sleeping Beauty. Thus Kassel is known for the fairytales of
the Brothers Grimm as well as for armament industries. In fact the
exhibition Documenta is an outcome of the cold war depression in this
region and is internally quite inconsistent, since there are some
effects to the population.

Our interest focuses especially on processual works. The themed or
media context is facultative. Our proposed topic is only for
orientation. Mindaugas Gapsevicius, Martin Wrede, Karsten Asshauer
and Dr. Matze Schmidt will decide about the applications.


We provide a public Action or Exhibition Space for 7 days for
presentations, lectures, performances etc. within the framework of the
"POT" project of the association and a 1-Hour-Radioslot on
a Kassel frequency incl. Stream. Furthermore accommodation in a flat
and logistical and scientific support plus agreement devices and
mobility upon agreement. If the budget allows the costs we support a
print- or online publication as well. A flyer is included. The work
will be documented.
We offer to show parts of the project later in Berlin.

The fee goes directly to the top e.V. and covers project costs. The
financing of travel and living (except lodging) and all materials
must be covered by the applicant. We issue an official invitation
letter after the decision and help with grant seeking and immigration
formalities.

Please send a PDF (maximum 2 MB) with a description of your project,
your contact information and if possible a download link (URL) of a
work sample (MP3, Video, Graphics, Text, maximum 100 MB) until
15/04/2012 to:

Residency Kassel, residency(at)top-ev.de

It is required that you note in your e-mail which month you prefer:
June OR July. All hyperlinks to e.g. further audio material or texts
have to be inserted in the PDF-document. We don't expect a CV or a
list of productions, publications, awards or exhibitions. However we
set great value upon a stringent developed content-wise project draft
that depicts which aesthetic and social discussion are intended and
how the realisation may look like, which local references will be
chosen and how the means and environments look like. There is no
maximum age limit.


We send a notice of receipt of your application and decide within
a few days after the deadline.

The nonprofit association top e.V. operates since 2002 in the field
of aesthetic production, see also http://pot.top-ev.de. The
association will be in Berlin again from October on.

For further questions please contact:

Matze Schmidt or Mindaugas Gapsevicius, residency(at)top-ev.de