OPEN CALL:Twelve Windows-12 Different Perspectives To Inspire New Work
The Pfaelzer Hof is inviting applications from female writers, video artists and composers/sound artists to creatively reflect on and interpret the perspectives from the windows at the Pfaelzer Hof, Germany. The building is unusual in its floor plan which is trapezoid in shape, which means there are perspectives from its many windows in every direction, making it a metaphor for plurality.
The third floor apartment (the Atelier), where the selected artist will reside, has ‘twelve windows’ which encompass views of the urban environment, railway viaduct, hillside church, historic castle, surrounding hills, natural woodland and dramatic skyscapes and soundscapes.
Recently US artist Joanna Tam created a series of photos and video works in response to our original ‘Twelve Windows’ call. Her film ‘Wasenstrasse Story’, shot on the streets surrounding the Pfaelzer Hof, was recently selected as a semi-finalist at a film festival in Chicago.
The neighbourhood, once traditional and quiet, is currently in a state of flux, with a changing and growing immigrant population from across the world.
Application information
Please apply detailing your practice and where you are in your studies or career. Please send us samples or links to your work. Please email amber@pfaelzerhof.org
Duration of residency
Four weeks, dates: 6th May 2020 – 3rd June 2020
Application deadline 31/12/2020
Accommodation
The apartment will be shared with another female artist, a painter. The selected artist will have a private bedroom/studio with a desk. More details and photos of the Atelier apartment can be found here: www.pfaelzerhof.org
This apartment affords the best views of the surrounding urban and natural landscapes and artists are invited to enjoy these perspectives and be inspired to create new work.
Disciplines, work equipment and assistance
Residency for a female writer, video artist or composer/sound artist
Studio / Workspace
The selected artist will have a private bedroom/studio with a desk.
Fees and support
This residency includes curator’s support and regional press and publicity. The residency fee for up to four weeks is €1,200.
Expectations towards the artist
Staying in our Atelier apartment you will study, meditate and reflect on the twelve different vistas, asking questions in your own medium as to what it is that you see, perceive and interpret. We are keen to host artists who will take this opportunity and use the support on offer to create a new body of work. We like to share in your ideas and thoughts from the beginning and help you to develop new work. This may be work in progress that you can take away with you and develop further at home. We believe in the creative process and this is an opportunity that is well supported.