The artist from Rio de Janeiro is taking part in JA.CA’s Residency Program 2012/1 which is going to happen throughout june and july. This year, 6 artists are going participate in the program and will develop their work interacting with the local community.

Patchineelam took a master in visual arts at the Konstfack University College, in Sweden. For his residency at JA.CA, the artist proposes the search for what is specific in places that have always been collective-private within large urban centers. The combination of private and public roles is what interests him in this program. The living spaces with other artists will work as a platform for development of plans, actions and meditations. He intends to open his work process to visitors through open workshops and chats.

foto:Vijai Patchineelam

The Canadian artist Meera Margaret Singh got to JA.CA today. She is taking part on a 2 months residency. Next week are also getting to JA.CA: Alejandro Tobón Rojas, Edgar Mazo (Colômbia), Vijai Patchineelam (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Louise Ganz and Ines Linke (Belo Horizonte, Brazil).

With interest in using photography and video as means of social engagement, the Canadian artist Meera Singh, JA.CA’s resident 2012, proposes to work with employees of Belo Horizonte and its surroundings to create a series of pictures and videos that examine the multifaceted relations between individuals. The artist aims to reinterpret and subvert the conventions and traditions of documentary photography by exploiting the multiple realities of each subject.

photographer: Meera Singh

The Australian artist Adam Veikkanen is going to arrive at JACA Center of Art and Technology on the next Wednesday, May 2nd, for a residency period of one month.

Veikkanen is an Australian artist based in Canberra. A capital city with a unique design, Canberra has inspired his work with thoughts of idealism and community living in a national city. Receiving the prestigious Canberra Contemporary Art Space Residency Award for 2009 Veikkanen has embraced the role as a multi media artist. His quirky wit and unique perspective facilitated in the reception of the Qantas Contemporary Art Award, a travelling art prize that will enrich and invigorate his art practice.

JA.CA Center of Art and Technology is pleased to announce the result of the open call for the June and July residency.

We got lots of projects that are consistent with the Center’s mission. The task of choosing a group of 04 artists was difficult. Therefore, the selection committee drafted a set of criteria based on the main objectives of the program, focusing on projects that can produce different reverberations in an artist residency. The panel prioritized projects that were more susceptible to possible collaborations during the experience of sharing a workspace. The selected projects dialogue and complement each other. Despite that, they suggest possible connections with other JA.CA’s parallel projects.

Combining consistent portfolios with provocative proposals around the context of the residency, the artists selected were: Vijai Patchineelam (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Meera Singh (Canada), Alejandro Rojas and Edgar Tobón Mazo (Colombia), Ganz and Agnes Louise Linke (Belo Horizonte, Brazil). The projects take advantage of the opportunities offered by JACA in different ways and should give new shape to researches in each artists production. Besides the issues already highlighted by the poetics of these artists, this will be a good opportunity to reflect on the ways in which the idea of community can be made central to the conduction of experiments in the field of contemporary art.

The selection panel was composed by Paulo Miyada, Beatriz Lemos, Isaura Pena and Natacha Rena, who will follow the development of the projects during the residency. During these two months, JACA will offer several activities open to the interested public: workshops, lectures and readings of portfolios in the Center and other institutions participating in the project.

Located in Jardim Canada, in the city of Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, JACA has been encouraging artistic projects since 2010, using technologies that dialogue with the local reality, either through educational stimulus or provocations and collaborative practices.

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Isaura Pena:
Graduated in Design at the School of Fine Arts of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), she lives in Belo Horizonte and is a professor at the School of Design Guignard, State University of Minas Gerais (UEMG). Pena held several exhibitions in several Brazilian states, and has participated in important conferences and exhibitions of art throughout Brazil and abroad. Among her awards are: XIX Art Salon of Belo Horizonte (1987); VII Funarte National Hall in Rio de Janeiro (1985 and 1988) and at the 45th Salon Paranaense in Curitiba (1988).

Natacha Rena:
Graduated in Architecture at the School of Architecture at UFMG in 1995, Master in Architecture at the School of Architecture at UFMG in 2000 and Ph.D. in Communication and Semiotics at PUC São Paulo in 2006. Teaches undergraduate courses in Design and Architecture at Fumec University and EAUFMG. Natacha is leading the research group DADAA – Differences: Art, Design, Craft and Architecture where she coordinates research projects and extension.

Paul Miyada:
Architect and town planner graduated at FAU-USP, São Paulo, where he took his masters. He was assistant curator of the 29th Bienal de São Paulo and currently coordinates the Center for Research and Curator of the Tomie Ohtake Institute and works as curator of the program Rumos visual arts, Itaú Cultural. At the same time, he held courses and workshops on contemporary art and organizes independent exhibitions as Em Direito, exhibition held at the Oswald de Andrade Cultural Workshop in November 2011.

Beatriz Lemos:
Graduated in Art History at UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, and masters in Social History of Culture PUC-RJ, Beatriz worked between 2002 and 2008 as an assistant in research and curatorship at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Niteroi. She works today as a curator and with research focused on contemporary art and its developments in networks. She is also part of the team coordinating the Terra Una Residency Program in Minas Gerais, Brazil, and coordinates projects for exchanges among art scenes in Latin America, participating in residencies and idealizing exhibitions in Brazil and abroad. She is one of the editors of the Magazine of Art Elástica(www.revistaelastica.com) and creator of the project Lastro – Free Exchanges in art (www.lastroarte.com).

Reporte en castellano!
foto con los 04 artistas residentes, Leandro Nerefuh (Brasil), Luvier Casali (Paraguay) Valeria Anzuate (Argentina) e Martín Barea Mattos (Uruguay).

Artistas, historiadores e investigadores de 4 países recorren y analizan la Guerra de la Triple Alianza.

Residencia en Recorrido – Paraguay AAA, es un proyecto colaborativo entre Casa 13, FAC, Ja.Ca y Planta Alta Residencia / Resistencia realizado dentro del marco de residencias_en_red [Iberoamérica], una plataforma iberoamericana que reúne 27 espacios de investigación, producción y exhibición de arte y cultura contemporánea, vinculados principalmente a través de sus programas de residencias en 13 países iberoamericanos.

En su primer viaje a los campos de batalla recorreremos todo el día sábado 7 de abril el departamento de Cordillera y las cercanías de Asunción, visitando Vapor Cué, donde encontraremos los barcos de guerra varados en el Arroyo Yhaguy, que fueron restaurados y se exhiben en un gran museo al aire libre.

Luego iremos al Cerro de la Gloria, desde donde Bernardino Caballero dirigió la Batalla de Acosta Ñu para luego pasar a Piribebuy, que fue la tercera capital del Paraguay durante el conflicto.

Allí visitaremos el museo histórico de la cuidad, la Iglesia Franciscana y por último el monumento erigido a los caídos en el hospital de sangre de la cuidad. Además, el mismo día visitaremos Ytororo, donde se encuentra el Monumento en homenaje a los caídos en la Batalla de Ytororo. Luego Avay, un espacio verde donde tuvo lugar la Batalla de Avay.

Además Ita Ybate, conocida también como Lomas Valentinas, en donde hay un monumento en homenaje a los caídos en la Batalla de Ita Ybate. Allí culminó la Campaña de Pikysyry de la Guerra de la Triple Alianza. Kuruzu 40, Lugar donde fueron ejecutados y enterrados personajes notables del Paraguay. Para terminar, visitaremos Angostura, lugar de la última resistencia naval del Paraguay contra la armada brasilera.

For the first call in 2012 JA.CA will support 02 Brazilian artists (01 artist residing in Belo Horizonte and an other from a different Brazilian state) and 02 international artists.

The residency will last for two months – June and July 2012. International artists will receive round trip from his home town and accommodation in a single room at the Center. International Artists will also receive an amount of R$ 3,000 (three thousand reais) for production of the selected project and access to all JA.CA’s facilities.

JA.CA will offer production support, promotion to the projects, visits of critics, local and foreign curators, as well as support for the participation in exhibitions.

The selection will take into account originality, consistency of the proposed project and the artistic career of the candidate and will be selected by a panel of curators, artists, and directors of other residencies. The jury could schedule a skype interview with the artists during the selection process.

The residency will begin on June 1 and will end on July 31. Interested artists should apply using the online form until the deadline. The forms can be submitted until 11pm on 05/04/2012.

All applicants, selected or not, will be notified by email. Selected artists will receive a contract to be signed by both parts. Only after the signed contract will the residence begin.

PLEASE CLICK ON APPLICATION LINK ON OUR SIDEBAR FOR RULES AND REGULATIONS AND APPLICATION FORM

Jude Anogwih is a multimedia artist and curator, living and working in Lagos, Nigeria.

Anogwih’s work interrogates the concept of identity, mobility and migration. They take the form of video, photography, photo painting, and producing map and has been featured at several international art exhibitions and projects such as the Festival International D’Art Video de Casablanca, FIAV (2009 and 2010), FestivalMiden, Greece (2009), Old News #6 Malmo, Lagos, Copenhagen, New York (2009 -2010), Visionary Africa Project; Geo – graphics, Brussels (2010), OFFLINE Film & Video Exhibition, Houston, Texas, USA (2010), Green Summary, (2010 – 2011), CologneOFF VII, 2011, Orbitas: A Future Present Series, Houston, Texas USA (2011).

He has been with the CCA Lagos over a period of time coordinating, organising and curating.

Recent curatorial projects include The Green Summary, a retrospect developed around the theme of independence through the eyes of nine contemporary Nigerian artists; Contested Terrains (2011- 2012) at the Level 2 Gallery, Tate Modern and CCA, Lagos, with Kerryn Greenberg of the Tate Modern, London.

Anogwih is an academic staff member of the School of Art, Design and Printing, Yaba College of Technology, Lagos. He is a founding member and co-coordinator of Video Art Network, Lagos (www.vanlagos.org) and member Society of Nigeria Artists, Lagos (www.snalagos.com).

Web links:

http://www.creativeafricanetwork.com/person/5070/en

http://www.vimeo.com/janogwih1599303

http://www.vanlagos.org

His residency is sponsored by the Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos and the Dutch funding organisation Arts Collaboratory. This is the second international residency offered by the CCA Lagos, that aims to promote Nigerian artists through cultural exchange and dialogue.

Leandro Nerefuh

Vive e trabalha em São Paulo Graduado em artes visuais e história da arte, com mestrado pelo London Consortium, trabalha com traduções formais de material histórico num registro triplo: texto-evento-monumento. Apresentou trabalhos no Festival Sesc VideoBrasil; Museu Reina Sofia, Madri; Institute of Contemporary Arts, Londres; Centro de Cultura Contemporanea de Barcelona; Centro Cultural São Paulo, entre outros. Integrou o grupo de pesquisa do Programa de Estudos Independentes de Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Barcelona (2008) e recebu o prêmio Mostra no Exterior da Fundação Bienal de São Paulo (2010). É professor de história da arte da Faculdade Zumbi dos Palmares, São Paulo, e membro-fundador do PPUB, Partido pela Utopia Brasileira.

www.nerefuh.com.br

O JA.CA selecionará um artista brasileiro para participar da residência de um mês no Paraguai:

“Se trata de una residencia – recorrido histórico guiado con el tema La Guerra del Paraguay,
Guerra del Paraguai, Guerra de la Triple Alianza, Guerra Contra la Triple Alianza o simplemente Guerra Grande como se conoce en Paraguay.
Los artistas selecionados visitarán los escenarios de la guerra cronológicamente desde la invasión desde Ñeembucú hasta llegar a Cerro Corá. Habrán charlas, debates, visitas, encuentros, etc. todo entorno al tema.”

Convocatória para Residência Artística Paraguay AAA 2012.
Com o apoio do Centro Cultural de Espanha de São Paulo, Planta Alta Residência/Resistencia de Paraguai, Casa 13 de Argentina, JA.CA – Jardim Canadá Centro de Arte de Brasil e la Fundación de Arte Contemporáneo de Uruguai, convocam a artistas para uma residência de criação em Paraguai no mês de abril de 2012.

A convocatória está dirigida a artistas interesados em desenvolver um projeto interdiscilplinário com a temática da Guerra do Paraguai/ Triple Alianza e busca que os artistas desenvolvam seus projetos, ao mesmo tempo que se integram do contexto multicultural do grupo, com o fim de produzir quatro “diários de viagem” e uma exposição em Asunción.

A residência contempla quatro etapas, as primeiras três de investigação e desenvolvimento do projeto nos antigos campos de batalha, e a última de finalização e mostra dos resultados em uma exposição, completando assim, um mês de residência.

Este edital seleciona 04 residências que incluem passagens, alojamento, tours e uma ajuda de custo de US$ 420.

REGULAMENTO:

1. Somente poderam participar artistas maiores de idade nascidos na Argentina, Brasil, Paraguai e Uruguai

2. O dossiê de inscrição deve ser enviado em cópia impressa por correio para o endereço: JA.CA – Jardim Canadá Centro de Arte y Tecnología Inscrição AAA Rua Santa Rita Durão 321/305 – Savassi Belo Horizonte MG CEP: 30140-110

Somente serão aceitos os dossiês que chegarem ao endereço até o dia 15 de fevereiro de 2012.

3. O formulário de inscrição completo deve ser entregue por correo electrónico: info@jacaarte.org , com o seguinte texto no assunto do email: Residência AAA inscrição.

O dossiê:

1. Curriculum Vitae Resumido

2. Um breve texto que descreva a projetos a ser desenvolvido no contexto da residênca e a motivação e interesse em participar da residência.

3. Um CD/DVD com uma apresentação (portafolio) em formato dos principais projetos desenvolvidos, de até 15 imágens de trabalhos e até três trevhos de trabalhos audiovisuais com máx. De 03 minutos cada.
O disco deve estar identificado com nome do promonente e deverá ser acompanhado de um roteiro de seu conteúdo, onde poderá ser incluído links para mais informações sobre o projeto.
FAVOR NÃO USAR ETIQUETAS ADESIVAS NOS DISCOS.

4. Duas pessoas devem enviar E-mail de referência ao seguinte e-mail: info@jacaarte.org com o seguinte texto no assunto do email: Referência AAA (Nome do proponente)
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