CALL FOR ARTISTS / International Painting Camp - Tescani 2009

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Apel de participare / Termen limita prelungit: 30 mai 2009

Tabara Internationala de Pictura - Tescani 2009
Proiectul Spatii citate

MUZEUL NATIONAL « GEORGE ENESCU », in colaborare cu Sectia „Dumitru si Alice Rosetti - Tescanu - George Enescu” (Tescani, Bacau) si Complexul Muzeal „Iulian Antonescu” Bacau, invita artisti din Romania si din strainatate sa participe la Tabara Internationala de Pictura - Tescani 2009. Instituita organizatoare va asigura artistilor participanti, cazarea integrala si masa, precum si materiale de lucru.
Perioada si locul de desfasurare: 1 - 21 august 2009, Sectia „Dumitru si Alice Rosetti - Tescanu - George Enescu”, localitatea Tescani, jud. Bacau
Locuri disponibile: 12, dintre care 6 pentru artisti straini si 6 pentru artisti din Romania
Data limita de inscriere: 30 mai 2009 (data postei)

Date generale
Proiectul face parte din seria programelor de rezidente artistice pe care Muzeul National „George Enescu” le desfasoara incepand cu anul 2007 si a caror finalitate o reprezinta incurajarea creatiei contemporane in domeniul muzicii, literaturii si artelor plastice. Organizate sub forma unor ateliere de creatie, rezidentele se desfasoara la sediul Sectiei „Dumitru si Alice Rosetti-Tescanu – George Enescu" si presupun importante participari artistice, nationale si internationale, precum si parteneriate cu diverse institutii: ProHelvetia, Institutul Cultural Roman si Complexul Muzeal „Iulian Antonescu” Bacau.

Concept / Finalitate
Proiectul de fata urmareste sa genereze si sa faciliteze schimburile culturale si artistice, promovand mobilitatea artistilor si interactiunea, ca modalitate unica pentru artist de a-si imbogati experienta. Proiectul este destinat artistilor interesati de diversitatea mediilor de exprimare in pictura, grafica si ilustratie. Se subliniaza importanta procesului de elaborare, ca element determinant în explorarea unor noi modalitati de expresie. In cadrul taberei, artistii rezidenti au posibilitatea de a dezvolta proiecte personale, pornind de la tema propusa, precum si de a colabora cu artisti locali si internationali. La finalul proiectului este prevazuta organizarea unei expozitii de grup in Bucuresti, precum si realizarea unui catalog.

Tema
Spatii citate
Tema face referire la conceptul general de spatiu, din perspectiva fenomenului de extindere a spatiului urban, fapt ce presupune o reinventare si o recontextualizare a notiunii (de spatiu). A gandi un spatiu inseamna a-l organiza. Tema propune explorarea diferitelor perceptii asupra spatiului, sugerand interpretari deconstructive, abandonarea cadrului, interferarea, s.a., fara sa excluda metafora sau calitatile iluzioniste. Se incurajeaza specularea tuturor tipurilor de tensiuni, reactii si emotii ce apar atunci cand sunt confruntate conventiile istorice de reprezentare si descriere a spatiului, cu perceptiile subiective si arbitrare.
Termeni cheie: imagini manipulate, elemente care subliniaza natura arhitecturala a spatiului, utilizarea unor module figurative sau abstracte care sa sugereze spatii în miscare.
* Sampling (or. engl.)= arrangement of existing visual or audio material with the main intention of playing with the material’s formal characteristics. Rather than quoting from the material, whose sources are often unclear, sampling aims to reformulate it. Extras din Art Now /Uta Grosenick & Burkhard Riemschneider/2005/ Taschen

Dosarele de inscriere pot fi trimise prin e-mail la urmatoarea adresa, pana pe 30 mai

2009:transfer.tescani@gmail.com sau, direct prin posta, la adresa de mai jos.
Dosarele de inscriere trebuie sa cuprinda:
- un curriculum vitae (inclusiv date de contact)
- o fotografie recenta
- o propunere de proiect pe marginea temei ( max. 1 pagina)
- 7 fotografii cu lucrari reprezentative, recente (in format jpeg, pentru aplicatiile trimise pe e-mail)

Institutia organizatoare
MUZEUL NATIONAL « GEORGE ENESCU » cuprinde, pe langa sediul central din Bucuresti, alte două sectii, institutii muzeale dedicate compozitorului George Enescu, anume : Vila Luminis (Sinaia, jud. Prahova) si Sectia « Dumitru si Alice Rosetti Tescanu – George Enescu » (loc. Tescani, jud. Bacau) . Sectia „Dumitru si Alice Rosetti Tescanu – George Enescu”, Tescani, jud. Bacau Plasata într-un cadru natural deosebit, în apropierea unei zone montane de interes turistic, sectia funcţionează într-un fost conac boieresc, care a apartinut Printesei Maria Cantacuzino, soţia compozitorului George Enescu, donat de catre acestia statului roman in vederea infiintarii unui asezamant cultural. Astazi, sectia „Dumitru si Alice Rosetti Tescanu – George Enescu" este cunoscuta ca fiind un spatiu consacrat, care, prin istoricul si imprejurimile sale, prezintă o oferta bogata în materie de peisaj si cultura.
Sectia gazduieste, anual, programe internationale de rezidente pentru artisti plastici, scriitori, muzicieni, stagiuni de concerte, precum si diverse ateliere si scoli de vară, festivaluri si conferinte.

Cazare si conditii de lucru
Institutia organizatoare va asigura artistilor selectati cazare integrala, incluzand 3 mese pe zi, materiale de lucru, cheltuielile de transport pe teritoriul Romaniei, un atelier comun, utilat.
Facilitati
- cazare in camere single (in regim de pensiune)
- 3 mese/zi (bucatarie romaneasca si internationala)
- materiale de lucru
- un atelier comun, echipat
- suport tehnic: computer, laptop, dvd player, tv, video proiector
- cheltuielile de transport doar pe teritoriul Romaniei
aici pot fi vazute imagini cu spatiile de cazare: http://transferproject2008.blogspot.com/2008/06/blog-post.html
Eligibilitate
- Artisti profesionisti din Romania si din strainatate, activi in domeniile: pictura, grafica, ilustratie, interesati de dezvoltarea extensiilor picturale in procesul tehnic si tematic.
- Nu exista limita de varsta
- Participanţii vor fi selectati de catre un juriu format din curatori si critici de arta.
Conditii de participare
- la finalul proiectului, fiecare participant va trebui sa ofere institutiei doua lucrari, destinate colectiei muzeului
- fiecare participant va semna un contract cu institutia organizatoare, prin care va accepta conditiile de participare
- abilitati de comunicare in lb. engleza
- artistii straini vor trebui sa-si asigure cheltuielile de transport, precum si sa-si procure asigurarea de sanatate
- Participantii la proiect vor semna un contract cu institituia organizatoare, privind respectarea regulilor ce tin de buna desfasurare a proiectului
Copyright:
Drepturile de copyright ale lucrarilor realizate de catre artisti in cadrul proiectului, vor apartine atat autorilor cat si Muzeului National George Enescu si presupun urmatoarele aspecte:
a) posibilitatea fotografierii si filmarii video a lucrarilor realizate, precum si libera publicare si difuzare a acestora (publicatii tiparite si online)
b) expunerea lucrarilor sau proiectarea video, in cadrul expozitiilor sau proiectelor destinate publicului larg, realizate de catre institutia organizatoare
c) includerea lucrarilor in albume, cataloage si brosuri de specialitate, impreuna cu alte lucrari de arta si libera distributie a acestora

Adresa postala:
MUZEUL NATIONAL « GEORGE ENESCU » Bucuresti, Calea Victoriei, nr. 141, sector 1 ROMANIA
Tel: (021) 318.14.50
e-mail: office@georgeenescu.ro
http://enescumuseum.blogspot.com/

Persoana de contact:
Silvia Costin - artist & coordinator de proiect
e-mail: transfer.tescani@gmail.com Echipa de proiect
Silvia Costin - artist & coordinator proiect
Mariana Petrescu - PR
Gabriela Ilas - asistent proiect
Aurelian Popovici - grafician
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Call for artists

International Painting Camp - Tescani 2009
Sampling Spaces Project

Where: Romania, Bacau, Tescani - “Dumitru and Alice Rosetti - Tescanu – George Enescu” Department
Period: August 1 - 21st, 2009
Extended Deadline: May 30th, 2009

The “George Enescu” National Museum (Bucharest), together with the „Dumitru and Alice Rosetti - Tescanu – George Enescu” Department (Tescani, Bacau) and The Museum of Art Bacau, invite artists from all countries, including Romania, to apply for the International Painting Camp – Tescani 2009 : August 1 – 21st, 2009.
The host institution will provide during the camp (21 days) the complete accommodation, including food and working materials, for 12 selected artists ( 6 from Romania, 6 from abroad). The closing date for submissions is May 30th, 2009 (postmark)

General information
The project is part of a series of residencies programmes developed by The ''George Enescu” National Museum since 2007, intented to stimulate the contemporary creation in the field of music, literature and visual arts. The residences are held at „Dumitru and Alice Rosetti - Tescanu – George Enescu” Department and comprises important artistic involvments, from Romania and abroad, as well as partnerships with different cultural institutions, like ProHelvetia, Romanian Cultural Institut, The ''Iulian Antonescu” Museum, Bacau.

Concept/Programme
The project aims to generate and facilitate cultural and artistic exchange, promoting the mobility and interaction, as a unic way for an artist to enrich his experience. Artists from all countries, including Romania, working in the field of painting, graphic and illustration, interested of various forms of painting intervention, are eligible to apply. Selected artists will have the chance to work on a proposed project, but also to reconsider their current practices. They have the opportunity to directly familiarise themselves with the work of local and international artists, to exchange future projects. The works done within the project will be presented in group exhibition in Bucharest and will be published in a catalogue.

Topic
Sampling spaces
This idea covers the wide notion of space as it is perceived in light of the extension of urban space. The latter implies a new contextualization of what one understands by “space”. To mentally perceive space means to organize it. The current theme offers towards assessment various conceptions of space, suggesting deconstructive interpretations, abandonment of context, interference, and so on, without leaving out metaphors or illusory characteristics. One will encourage speculation of the whole range of tensions and emotional reactions which are brought forth when historical agreement on representation and description of space meets subjective and random perceptions.
Key words: manipulated images, quoted lines, elements emphasizing the architectural nature of space, the usage of figurative or abstract modules suggesting spaces in motion.
* Sampling (Engl.) = arrangement of existing visual or audio material with the main intention of playing with the material’s formal characteristics. Rather than quoting from the material, whose sources are often unclear, sampling aims to reformulate it.
Excerpt from Art Now, edited by Uta Grosenick & Burkhard Riemschneider, 2005, Taschen

How to apply
You can apply via e-mail, not later than May 30th, at the following address:transfer.tescani@gmail.com or you can send the application directly to The “George Enescu” National Museum at the down address, together with the following documents:
- a curriculum vitae, comprising contact details (Word or PDF format)
- a recent photograph
- a work proposal, related to the project’s topic (not to exceed 1 page)
- 7 photographs of recent works (jpeg format for e-mail applications)

More pictures with the past edition of the project , 1 -21st August 2008 , including participating artists:http://transferproject2008.blogspot.com/2008/09/transfer-project-tescani-2008.html

Organizing institution
The “George Enescu” National Museum (Bucharest) is dedicated to the greatest Romanian composer – George Enescu. The museum has three departments, the main in Bucharest (Cantacuzino Palace) and two other departments, that are also dedicated to George Enescu’s memory: Memorial House „Villa Luminis” (Sinaia, Prahova) and „Dumitru and Alice Rosetti - Tescanu – George Enescu” Cultural Centre (Tescani, Bacau). Host institution The Department “Dumitru and Alice Rosetti - Tescanu – George Enescu” is situated in Tescani county, 40 km from Bacau, a beautiful touristic region, surrounded by mountains and hills. The department hosts a Memorial House dedicated to George Enescu, being located in a former manor, that belonged to Princess Maria Cantacuzino, the composer’s wife. Due to its surrounding area, that offers an interesting setting in terms of landscape and culture, the department hosts, each year, international programmes of residencies for writers, visual artists and musicians, as well as concerts, exhibitions, conferences, summer schools.
Accommodation / Working conditions
The organizing institution will provide, as mentioned above, the complete accommodation, single, comfortable room, including 3 meals/per day and working materials. Artists are offered a shared equipped workshop and a plenty of space in open air, in the surrounding area.
see here pictures with venue & accommodation: http://transferproject2008.blogspot.com/2008/06/blog-post.html
Facilities
- complete accommodation, single comfortable room
- 3 meals / day (Romanian and international cuisine)
- working materials
- a shared equipped workshop
- access to technical support: computer, DVD player, video projector, screening and TV
- the transport costs only for Romanian area (from the airport to Tescani, and for the way back)

Eligibility
- Professional artists having a certain experience and achievement in the field of painting, drawing, illustration, are eligible to apply.
- No age limit
- Guest artists should be open to exchange with international artists.
The participants will be selected by a jury of curators and art critics.
Requirements
- Working knowledge of English or French is required
- At the end of the project, each participant must deliver two works (done within the camp) for The „George Enescu” National Museum’s patrimony.
- Each participant must sign a contract with Terms of Agreement, accepting the project’s conditions of participation.
- Foreign artists must provide their own health insurance, as well as the travel costs
Acceptance of the rules of the camp:
The participants will sign a contract with Terms of Agreement, accepting the rules regarding the development of the project in good conditions.
Copyright:
All copyrights of the works remain with the artist together with the George Enescu National Museum and concern the following:
a) the possibility of printing photographs of each works and their free distribution to art critics, journalists, and the public
b) the public (free) exhibition and the projection of the videos of the works in different locations/venues or projects chosen by the organizing institution
c) the printing of the work together with other artworks in a special album/brochure and their free distribution to the public.
Postal address:
MUZEUL NATIONAL « GEORGE ENESCU » Bucuresti, Calea Victoriei, nr. 141, sector 1 ROMANIA
Tel: (021) 318.14.50 e-mail: office@georgeenescu.ro
Contact person
Silvia Costin – artist & project coordinator
E-mail: transfer.tescani@gmail.com
Project team
Silvia Costin - artist & project coordinator
Mariana Petrescu - PR & co-coordinator
Gabriela Ilas - project assistant
Aurelian Popovici - graphic designer
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Note:
- Selected artists will be announced by June 15th, 2009
- The applications sent by post cannot be returned
- Please read carefully. Only complete applications will be considered.

International Experimental Painting Camp – Tescani 2008 - TRANSFER Project I Exhibition I Artists I Statements

TRANSFER / pictura &instalatie / 29 aprilie - 13 mai 2009 / Galeria Sub_Carturesti / Bucuresti
TRANSFER / group exhibition / painting & installation / April 29th - May 13th 2009/ Sub_Carturesti Gallery / Bucharest

Despre proiectul Transfer 2008 / About Transfer Project 2008

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Muzeul National „George Enescu” din Bucuresti, in parteneriat cu Muzeul de Arta din Bacau a organizat in perioada 1 – 21 august Tabara Internationala de Pictura Experimentala – Tescani 2008 - Proiectul TRANSFER. Evenimentul s-a desfasurat la sediul Secţiei „Dumitru şi Alice Rosetti-Tescanu - George Enescu” (loc. Tescani, jud. Bacau) reunind 13 artisti din Romania, Marea Britanie, Italia, SUA, Republica Moldova si Spania.

Proiectul TRANSFER s-a raportat la discursul artistic contemporan, în aceeaşi măsură în care, la nivelul elaborării sale prin execuţia în sine a lucrărilor, şi-a propus să urmărească participarea simultană şi succesivă a mediilor specifice de lucru. Astfel, pictura, fotografia, desenul, instalaţia, arta video, s-au putut intercala schimbându-şi efectele prin extensii pluraliste. Translările de expresie şi specificitate, deopotrivă cu caracterele mixte, uneori cu o finalitate neîmplinită – pentru a putea lăsa deschisă calea ipotezelor de formulare, s-au regăsit în aceeaşi idee a dinamismului.
Silvia Costin, artist, coordonator proiect
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Tabăra Internationala de pictură de la Tescani are scopul de a crea un climat favorabil discursului experimental contemporan, într-un spaţiu real destinat dialogului artistic şi dialogului intercultural. Noua echipă din cadrul Muzeului Naţional George Enescu din Bucureşti, sub conducerea doamnei Laura Manolache, director general, propune un proiect pertinent, coordonat de Silvia Costin: Tabăra Internaţională de Pictură Experimentală, cu tema Transfer. Numeroşi artişti internaţionali au răspuns pozitiv acestei invitaţii deschise, iar proiectele selectate au pus in valoare atât relevanţa experimentului ca mod de căutare şi reperare a altor soluţii vizuale, cât şi interesul pentru complexa problematică a transferului. Arta este un fenomen dinamic, iar pictura nu rămâne un mediu de expresie pur convenţional, deschizându-se către animaţia video, fotografie, instalaţie ca argumente vizuale pentru reprimarea oricărei prejudecăţi asupra limitelor picturii contemporane. Mediile de lucru converg, pluralismul tehnic accentuează factorul conceptual, iar artistul contemporan intervine eliberat de cauza sistematic bidimensională. Experimentul rămâne un exerciţiu necesar care are forţa de a restitui încrederea celor care suspectează pictura şi orice altă formă artistică de iminenţa epuizării. Prezenţa şi activitatea artiştilor din diverse spaţii culturale la Tescani reprezintă un argument solid în favoarea necesităţii unei practici experimentale în pictură, plasând tabăra de la Tescani în circuitul fenomenului artistic contemporan.
Olivia Niţiş, critic de artă şi curatoare - membră juriu
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The “George Enescu” National Museum (Bucharest) in partnership with The Museum of Art (Bacau) developed the International Experimental Painting Camp – Tescani 2008 - TRANSFER Project, held between 1- 21st August at „Dumitru and Alice Rosetti - Tescanu – George Enescu” department (Tescani/Bacau)। The event gathered 13 artists from Romania, Italy, Spain, UK, Republic of Moldova, USA.
The Transfer Project has related to the contemporary artistic movement as well as it tried to follow the simultaneous and successive participation of the specific working environments, at the level of its elaboration and the very own execution of the works। Thus, painting, photography, drawing, installation, video art could interpolate by changing their effects through pluralistic extensions. The expression and specificity translations, along with the mixed characters, sometimes with an unaccomplished finality - in order to leave open the path of the enunciation hypothesis, were all recaptured in the same idea of dynamism.
Silvia Costin, artist, project coordinator
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Tescani Painting Camp intends to create a favorable climate for contemporary experimental discourse, in a space really destined for artistic dialogue and intercultural dialogue। The new team from George Enescu National Museum in Bucharest, led by Laura Manolache as general director, comes forth with a pertinent project, coordinated by Silvia Costin: Internatinal Experimental Painting Camp with the theme of Transfer। Many international artists responded to this open call and the selected projects revealed the relevance of experiment as a research method in finding new means of expression, and also the interest for the complex problematic of transfer। Art is a dynamic phenomenon and painting is no longer a conventional media of expression, opening towards video animantion, photography, and installation as visual reasons to repress all prejudice over the limits of contemporary painting. The mediums converge, technical pluralism marks the conceptual factor and the artist interferes liberated by the sistematical cause of bidimensionality. The experiment remaines a necessary exercise that has the power to restore trust to those who are suspecting painting or any other kind of artistic form with the iminence of consumation. The presence and activity of the artists from different cultural areas in Tescani represent a solid proof in favour to the necessity of experimental practice in painting, placing Tescani in the circuit of the contemporary artistic phenomenon.
Olivia Niţiş, Art critic and curator - Member of Jury

Artisti participanti / Participating artists:
Ilie Boca (Romania – invitee of honour), Emanuel Borcescu (Romania)
Iurie Cebotari (Republic of Moldova), Elvira Cemortan Volosin (Republic of Moldova)
Silvia Costin (Romania), Helen Darlington (UK) , Simona Dobrescu (Romania)
Marcin Dudek (UK) , Volkan Diyaroglu (Spain) , Jan Eugen (Romania), James Green (UK) , Lisa Lazzaretti (Italy), David Lindsay (USA)

Project coordinator:
Silvia Costin, artist & curator
transfer.tescani@gmail.com
tel : (+4) 0751132242

Project team :
Mariana Petrescu /public relations/ The “George Enescu” National Museum, Bucharest/ Gabriela Ilas/conservator/"Dumitru şi Alice Rosetti-Tescanu - George Enescu” department Tescani/ Bacau / Aurelian Popovici /graphic designer /The “George Enescu” National Museum, Bucharest/ Carmen Murariu /The Museum of Art Bacau

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here are some images with works & artists:
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Ilie BOCA (Romania)

Two family pictures (after old photos belonging to Rosetti-Tescanu family), 2008, tempera on canvas, 80x80 cm each canvas


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Jamie GREEN (UK)

Romm08082 (construction with masking tape), 2008, mixed media on canvas, 100x80 cm
Rop08087 (Romoffice), 2008, mixed media on canvas, 120x120 cm

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Marcin DUDEK (UK)

Danke Bacau, 2008, oil&lack on canvas, 100x70 cm
Construita I, 2008, oil on canvas, 180x150 cm

Nonstop painting (painting/video/installation), 2008, mixed media on canvas, 180x150 cm
installation views (different stages of the work developed in two locations)


Using language of painting and video animation, I explore border between static image and animated installation. The painting it is an instrument of initiation in the creative process.Recorded integration and disintegration of new materials in different spaces, growing, stagnation and destructive face of nature process, a living sculpture erected by time and energy. Marcin Dudek, artist
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Silvia COSTIN (Romania)

works&views from the final show
To be continued... (3 works from a series of 5 canvases) - 2008, oil, collage on canvas, 100x70 cm

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Emanuel BORCESCU (Romania)

works & views from the final show in Tescani (the kitchen of the center)


Wissen , 2008, oil on canvas, 50x80cm

Muzeum 1, 2008, oil on canvas, 100x150cm

Rose clouds, 2008, oil on canvas, 50x80cm (view from the exhibition)

Wissenschaft TV (triptique), 2008, oil on canvas, 100x100 cm each piece (view from the show)

I comment on “science for the science’s sake”, the pleasure of enjoying yourself through the information exces, the “absolutist” and “allmighty regime” of science. My images use symbols of power or sexual joy, talking about the absurdity of this “regime”, sometimes with irony and sometimes with brutality. For me, the topic of the painting camp, “the transfer”, has meant the way from the real world information processing to the transfiguration into a world in which the meanings are elevated to the surreal. Emanuel Borcescu, artist

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Jan EUGEN (Romania)

Assembly (drawings by Jan Eugen & Maria, his daughter/monotypes/c-prints on canvas mounted on wood frames), 2008, installation / mixed media (views from the show)

Recording, 2008, monotypes, different sizes

Daily round of images, of eyes hurried passing by, of progressive slowness. Form a certain point forward the foil is covering directly the nose, the chin, the cheek of the other. It reveal him without kowing him and most of all without deconspiring him. The crash is limited to the long series of atoms from one point to another and back again. This is the way we are and derive one through another. I have asked Maria if she wants to change one another and meet at one meter and a half in three weeks. Who we are asking ourselves on what is made our rhythm of time. How many are we and in how many pieces can we multiply ourselves during each second.I have built a path that I can remake each time I heavy tread it and paint it in printed ink
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Simona DOBRESCU (Romania

What structure do you belong to? (a series of 5 works)
Protected identity, 2008, acrylic & collage on canvas, 80x80 cm

Lost identity, 2008, acrylic & collage on canvas, 60x80 cm



Subject = about IDENTITY in a lyric view
Canvas = structure of identity transfer
Prints = reflexive images of identity
Composition = story board about identity
Painting = identifiable symbol

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Helen DARLINGTON (UK)
Transfer series (3 works from a series of 4 canvases), 2008, oil on canvas, 60x80 cm each canvas

Within this project I explore how images are received and digested. I begin with a series of “bad” photographs – photos that are usually deleted or discarded as blurred, overexposed or otherwise flawed. Helen Darlington, artist

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Elvira CEMORTAN VOLOSIN (Republic of Moldova)

Untitled, 2008, mixed media on canvas, 60x80 cm each canvas


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Iurie CEBOTARI (Republic of Moldova)
Light and shade, 2008, oil on canvas, 80x80 cm



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Lisa LAZZARETTI (Italy)

She's in parties, 2008, acrylic on canvas, 60x80 cm
Elettronica, 2008, marker on pvc, 196x210 cm (view from the final show & detail)


I tried to have a perception of circular endless movement by drawing endless visual paths. My main visual influences are Japanese animations twisted bodies and manierismo. Lisa Lazzaretti, artist

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Volkan DIYAROGLU (Spain)
works & views from the final exhibition in the park of the center

Ahtapotlar, 2008, mixed media on canvas, 150x330 cm

Rumburak syndrome (fire in fire), 2008, mixed media on canvas, 148x190 cm (detail)

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David LINDSAY (USA)

She lays crumpled on the floor (detail), 2008, oil on canvas mounted on wood structure, 70x66x30 cm
I am particularly fond of red wine, 2008, oil on canvas mounted on wood structure, 68 x 65 x 30 cm

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the openning of the final show on 20th August in Tescani
the exhibition involved all the space, including the kitchen, the gallery and the park

CALL FOR ARTISTS /International Experimental Painting Camp – Tescani 2008

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Where: Romania, Bacau, Tescani
Period: August 1 - 21th, 2008
Deadline: May 20th, 2008


International Experimental Painting Camp – Tescani 2008
Project TRANSFER

Call For Artists

The „George Enescu” National Museum (Bucharest), together with „Dumitru and Alice Rosetti - Tescanu – George Enescu” Cultural Center (Tescani, Bacau) invites artists from all countries, including Romania, to apply for an international painting camp: August 1 – 21st, 2008
The host institution will provide during the project/camp (21 days) the complete accommodation, including food and a part of materials, for 12 selected artists ( 6 from Romania, 6 from abroad).
The closing date for submissions is May 20th, 2008 (postmark)

Concept/Programme

The project invites professional artists from all countries, including Romania, working in the field of painting, interested of various forms of painting intervention, experimental painting techniques which may include collage, non conventional materials, object.
The project intends to create a platform for artists with a real interest in developing painting’s extensions both technically and thematically.
The programme aims to facilitate artistic and cultural exchanges, promoting the mobility of artists interested to pursue a personal research in the field of painting, in the framework of a certain topic.
The project is organized as a camp, lasting 3 weeks.
The surrounding area of the host institution, offers an interesting setting in terms of landscape and culture. The selected artists have the chance to work on a proposed project but also to reconsider their current practices. They have the opportunity to directly familiarise themselves with the work of local and international artists, to exchange future projects.
A catalogue and an itinerant exhibition are planned after the end of the project/camp. Each participant will receive a catalogue.
The jury will select 6 artists from abroad and 6 artists from Romania.
At the end of the project, each participant must deliver two works (realized in the framework of the camp) for The „George Enescu” National Museum’s patrimony.

Project’s topic
TRANSFER
The theme relates to the extended concept of “transfer”, conceptually and technically speaking. The project underlines fusion as sign of altered realities (becoming something else, other) and encourages the mixture and blends between all conceptual and practical levels read as reciprocity. The key words are pluralism, mixture, accessibility, incongruence, scanning multiple identities. The theme focuses on developing cultural and artistic contemporary resources.

Institution
The „George Enescu” National Museum (Bucharest) is dedicated to the greatest Romanian composer – George Enescu. The museum has three departments, the main in Bucharest (Cantacuzino Palace) and two others cultural centers, that are also dedicated to George Enescu’s memory: Memorial House „Villa Luminis” (Sinaia, Prahova) and „Dumitru and Alice Rosetti - Tescanu – George Enescu” Cultural Centre (Tescani, Bacau).
Host institution
„Dumitru and Alice Rosetti - Tescanu – George Enescu” Cultural Centre is situated at Tescani, 40 km from Bacau, a beautiful touristic region, surrounded by mountains and hills.
The center hosts a Memorial House dedicated to George Enescu, being located in a former manor that belonged to Princess Maria Cantacuzino, the composer’s wife.
Annually, the center develops programmes of residencies for writers, visual artists, and musicians, that are addressed both to foreign and Romanian participants.
The centre also hosts many concerts, exhibitions, conferences, summer schools.

Accommodation / Working conditions:
The organizing institution will provide, as mentioned above, the complete accommodation, single, comfortable room, including 3 meals/per day and a part of materials - 5 canvases (different sizes)
The center provides a shared equipped workshop and a plenty of space in open air, in the surrounding area.
Facilities:
- complete accommodation, single comfortable room
- 3 meals / per day (Romanian and international cuisine)
- a part of materials - 5 canvases ( different sizes)
- a shared equipped workshop
- internet access
Eligibility
Professional artists having a certain experience and achievement in the field of visual arts, especially in painting, from Romania and abroad, are eligible to apply. Guest artists should be open to exchange with international artists.

Requirements:
- Working knowledge of English or French is required
- At the end of the project, each participant must deliver two works (realized in the framework of the camp) for The „George Enescu” National Museum’s patrimony.
- Each participant must sign a contract with Terms of Agreement, accepting the project’s conditions of participation.
- Foreign artists must provide their own health insurance.
- Travel costs are not supported.

How to apply: send the application directly to The „George Enescu” National Museum at the down address, together with the following documents:
- a curriculum vitae (comprising contact details)
- a recent photograph
- a work proposal (not to exceed 1 page)
- 7 photographs of recent works (jpeg format for e-mail applications); don’t send originals
or apply via e-mail, not later than May 20th,, at the following addresses:
transfer.tescani@gmail.com
silviapictor@gmail.com
Address:
MUZEUL NATIONAL « GEORGE ENESCU »
Bucuresti, Calea Victoriei, nr. 141, sector 1
ROMANIA
Tel: (021) 318.14.50
e-mail: office@georgeenescu.ro
http://enescumuseum.blogspot.com/

Contact person :
Silvia Costin – curator & project coordinator
Tel: (+4) 0743554185
e-mail: silviapictor@gmail.com
http://silviacostin.blogspot.com/

Project team -- The “George Enescu “ National Museum:

Laura Manolache, General Director - ldmanolache@yahoo.com
Silvia Costin, curator & project coordinator – silviapictor@gmail.com
Mariana Petrescu, PR - mariana.petrescu@yahoo.com
Aurelian Popovici, graphic designer - titi_popovici@hotmail.com


Note:
Please read carefully!
Only complete applications will be considered.
Selected artists will be announced about June 10th, 2008


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Tabara Internationala de Pictura Experimentala – Tescani 2008
Proiectul TRANSFER


Apel de participare

MUZEUL NAŢIONAL « GEORGE ENESCU » BUCUREŞTI impreuna cu Sectia „Dumitru si Alice Rosetti - Tescanu - George Enescu” (Tescani, jud. Bacau), invita artisti din Romania si din strainatate sa participe la Proiectul Transfer.
Institutia organizatoare va asigura artistilor selectati, cazare integrala si masa pe toata durata proiectului, precum si o parte din materialele de lucru ( 5 panze, diferite dimensiuni)
Locuri disponibile: 12, dintre care 6 pentru artisti straini si 6 pentru artisti din Romania.
Perioada si locul de desfasurare: 1 - 21 august 2008, Sectia „Dumitru şi Alice Rosetti - Tescanu - George Enescu”, localitatea Tescani, jud. Bacău
Data limita pentru depunerea aplicatiilor: 20 mai 2008 (data postei)

Conceptul general al proiectului

Proiectul se adreseaza artistilor profesionisti din Romania si din strainatate, cu o activitate artistica semnificativa in domeniul picturii, interesati de formele variate de interventie picturala (colaj, materiale neconventionale, obiect). Sunt invitati sa participe artistii care au un interes in dezvoltarea extensiilor picturale in procesul tehnic si tematic.
Proiectul urmareste sa faciliteze schimburile culturale si artistice, promovand mobilitatea artistilor care doresc sa aprofundeze cercetari personale in domeniul picturii, pornind de la tema propusa in cadrul acestui proiect.
Proiectul se desfasoara într-un spatiu consacrat, care, prin istoricul si imprejurimile sale, prezintă o oferta bogata în materie de peisaj si cultura.
In acelasi timp, programul incurajeaza schimbul de idei, transferul cultural, colaborarea în vederea realizarii unor proiecte comune, precum si familiarizarea directă cu creatia celorlalti artisti.
Este prevazuta realizarea unui catalog final si o expozitie itineranta.
Juriul va selecta 6 artisti din Romania si 6 artisti din strainatate.
La finalul taberei, fiecare participant va trebui sa ofere 2 lucrari patrimoniului MUZEULUI NATIONAL « GEORGE ENESCU » Bucuresti.

Tema proiectului
Transfer
Tema aduce in discutie conceptul extins de „transfer”, atat in plan conceptual, cat si in cel al mediilor de lucru. Proiectul subliniaza fuziunea ca semn al alteritatii si incurajeaza intrepatrunderea tuturor nivelurilor conceptual - practice in sensul imprumuturilor reciproce. Termenii cheie sunt: pluralism, mixtura, scrutarea identitatii multiple, accesibilitate, incongruenta.
Tema focusează asupra dezvoltarii resurselor culturale si artistice actuale.

Institutia organizatoare
MUZEUL NATIONAL « GEORGE ENESCU » cuprinde, pe langa sediul central din Bucuresti, alte două sectii, institutii muzeale dedicate compozitorului George Enescu, anume : Vila Luminis (Sinaia, jud. Prahova) si Centrul Cultural « Dumitru si Alice Rosetti Tescanu – George Enescu » (loc. Tescani, jud. Bacau) .
Sectia „Dumitru si Alice Rosetti Tescanu – George Enescu”, Tescani, jud. Bacau
Plasata într-un cadru natural deosebit, în apropierea unei zone montane de interes turistic, sectia funcţioneaza intr-un fost conac boieresc, care a apartinut Printesei Maria Cantacuzino, sotia compozitorului George Enescu.
Centrul organizeaza anual programe de rezidente pentru artisti, scriitori, muzicieni, din Romania si din strainatate, gazduieste scoli de vară, tabere internationale, concerte, conferinte.

Cazare si conditii de lucru

Instituia organizatoare va asigura cazare integrala, masa si o parte din materialele de lucru ( 5 panze, diferite dimensiuni)
Artistilor li se pune la dispozitie un atelier comun utilat, precum si un spatiu foarte extins in aer liber, in arondismentul centrului.
Facilitati
- cazare integrala
- 3 mese/zi (bucatarie romaneasca si internationala)
- o parte din materialele de lucru (5 panze, diferite dimensiuni)
- un atelier comun, echipat
- acces internet

Eligibilitate
- Artisti profesionisti din Romania si din strainatate, activi in domeniul picturii in special, interesati sa cunoasca si sa colaboreze cu artisti internationali.

Cerinte
- abilitati de comunicare in lb. engleza sau lb. franceza
- Fiecare participant va semna un contract cu institutia organizatoare, prin care va accepta conditiile de participare
- Artistii straini vor trebui sa-si procure asigurarea de sanatate
- Cheltuielile de transport nu sunt asigurate

Aplicatiile pot fi trimise prin posta la MUZEUL NAŢIONAL « GEORGE ENESCU » la adresa de mai jos, si trebuie sa cuprinda:
- un curriculum vitae (inclusiv date de contact)
- o fotografie recenta
- o propunere de proiect pe marginea temei ( max. 1 pagina)
- min. 7 fotografii cu lucrari reprezentative, recente (format jpeg pentru aplicatiile trimise via e-mail)

Aplicatiile pot fi trimise si prin e-mail, pana pe 20 mai 2008, la urmatoarele adrese :
transfer.tescani@gmail.com
silviapictor@gmail.com

Adresa:
MUZEUL NATIONAL « GEORGE ENESCU »
Bucuresti, Calea Victoriei, nr. 141, sector 1
ROMANIA
Tel: (021) 318.14.50
e-mail: office@georgeenescu.ro
http://enescumuseum.blogspot.com/

Persoana de contact:
Silvia Costin - curator & coordonator de proiect
Tel: (+4) 0743554185
e-mail: silviapictor@gmail.com
http://silviacostin.blogspot.com/


Echipa de proiect:

MUZEUL NATIONAL « GEORGE ENESCU » Bucuresti
Laura Manolache, Director General - ldmanolache@yahoo.com
Silvia Costin, curator & coordonator de proiect – silviapictor@gmail.com
Mariana Petrescu, consilier relatii cu publicul - mariana.petrescu@yahoo.com
Aurelian Popovici, grafician - titi_popovici@yahoo.com

Sectia „Dumitru si Alice Rosetti -Tescanu - George Enescu”

Gabriela Ilas, conservator - gabriela.ilas@yahoo.com

participating artists & jury

Selected artists:

Emanuel Borcescu (Romania)
Volkan Diyaroglu (Spain)
Simona Dobrescu (Romania)
Helen Darlington (UK)
Jan Eugen (Romania)
James Green (UK)
Marcin Dudek (Pol/UK)
Lisa Lazarretti (Italy)
David Lindsay (USA)

apart from the selected artists:

Ilie Boca ( invitee of honour, founder member 1976, Romania)
Two bursary winners of the exhibition-contest Saloanele Moldovei, 2007/ organized by The Museum of Art Bacau: Iurie Cebotari & Elvira Cemortan (Moldova)
Silvia Costin (artist&project coordinator - Romania)

The Jury Members:
Liviana Dan /art critic & curator/Head of the Department of Contemporary Art/Brukenthal National Museum
liviana@brukenthal.com
http://www.brukenthalmuseum.ro/
Olivia Nitis/art critic & curator/olivia_nitis@yahoo.com
Silvia Costin/visual artist & project coordinator/The "George Enescu" National Museum transfer.tescani@gmail.com
Aurelian Popovici /graphic designer /The "George Enescu" National Museum titi_popovici@hotmail.com

The department "Dumitru & Alice Rosetti-Tescanu - George Enescu", Tescani county

some views of the landscape - the road to Tescani

the surrounding area of the center



accomodation: room, living-room, bathroom

a part of the team (Gabriela Ilas & Aurelian Popovici & Silvia Costin)