OPEN CALL 'THE GREAT MACHINE VI' EXHIBITION AND EMBARRAT AWARDS 2019
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OPEN CALL ‘THE GREAT MACHINE VI’ EXHIBITION AND EMBARRAT AWARDS 2019 The modernist buildings that house the Trepat Mu- On 7 February 2019, we open the international call seum in Tàrrega, origin of the social and industrial to select the artists that will compose the exhibition transformation of the lands of Lleida, will be the ’The Great Machine VI’ and will opt for the Embarrat venue of the third iteration of EMBARRAT - Festival 2019 awards. of Contemporary Creation. The main objectives of this event are to disseminate throughout society the The deadline to submit the applications concept of art and thought as critical and engaged is on 10 March 2019. attitudes, and to incentivize artistic creation and promote cultural heritage.
Topic on which the proposal should be focused: THE PROGRESS In 1914, from a modest foundry in Tàrrega , Josep ideologies of capitalism and liberalism, which promo- Trepat promoted the production of the first harves- te individual gain over the interests of the commu- ters and winnowing machines, therefore contribu- nity, the law of minimum investment was imposed in ting to the mechanization of the Catalan and Spa- exchange for maximum performance, without taking nish countryside. Twenty years later, the growing into account global repercussions, as the depletion implementation of technical innovations triggered of natural resources and the consequent develop- the construction of the metallurgical complex of J. mentalism that gradually broadened the distance Trepat industries. Today, it has become an example between the industrial centre and the agricultural of industrial archaeology, housing a Museum, of the periphery, as well as between developed and under- same name, in addition to the Embarrat festival of developed countries. These are the same dynamics contemporary creation. that in the medium and long term will inevitably lead The drive shaft (embarrat) system, which the festival to the collapse of the system. is named after, distributes the force generated by a single central engine to the rest of the produc- ’The Great Machine VI’, based on the title of this open tion machinery. This is a period machine that contri- call, PROGRESS, invites artists to question the logic buted to the rise of the factory in Spain during the of the capitalist world-view, as well as anthropocen- second third of the twentieth century, but that was trism, which are based on capital, the actions of hu- quickly surpassed by autonomous proposals whose manity, the accumulation of power, with the aim of increased power rendered them more profitable. In exploring other possible paradigms that restore the fact, their failure to replace the characteristic ener- mandate of progress to the service of the collective, gy transmission system of the drive shaft, resulted and take into account the impact of the system’s in the eventual closure of the factory in 1985. This resulting inertia on the stability and sustainability is how facilities that had been made thanks to the of the same. We intend to take the plunge into the process of industrialization became overwhelmed by revolutionary opportunity that the current scene is the same dynamics that led them to their initial birth offering us (in areas such as industry, transport, con- and expansion. sumerism, health, education, tourism, etc.), together From the first industrial revolution, the idea of pro- with what Walter Benjamin predicted in the following gress has been unequivocally associated with tech- terms: “Marx says that revolutions are the locomoti- noscientific development which converts farmers ves of world history. But the situation may be quite into machine handlers, optimising their production different. Perhaps revolutions are not the train ride, and advancing the economy. If, ancestrally, the evolu- but the human race grabbing for the emergency tion of instrumental manufacturing, energy capture brake.” or mobility pursued objectives related to the welfare of the species; From this moment on, they were to Cèlia del Diego substantially shift their focus. Hand in hand with the Curator ’La Gran Màquina VI’
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
Participation is free • A conceptual description of the work/artistic pro-
ject (Maximum 12 lines).
Who can participate? • A factsheet or description of the work’s charac-
• The call is open to individual artists or artist teristics, suggesting, if necessary, the kind of
groups. mounting required for the exhibition space.
• All participants must be adults, but may be of any • Photographs of the work or works to be exhibited,
nationality. if necessary.
• Residents outside the European Union may par- • A short artistic CV and a copy of the artist ID or
ticipate only with audiovisual works. passport.
•
About the works About the works
• The works must touch on the proposed theme: • It is the curator’s responsibility to make the final
“The progress”. selection of projects and artists and to determi-
• Submissions can consist in artworks of any disci- ne the appropriate exhibition space for each ar-
pline: video art, performance, photography, audio, twork.
installations, illustration, etc. • In addition to the artistic criteria, the curator will
• Participants may submit one work, or a set of consider the conceptual rigor of each project, its
works under a single title. adjustability to the proposed topic (disused) and
the feasibility of adapting the artistic proposal to
Closing date for submissions Museu Trepat’s exhibiting spaces.
• 10 March 2019. • The artists will assume the cost of the work pro-
duction.
Submission of proposals. Application form • The festival will assume shipping costs.
• Each participant must fill out an application form • Reception of the selected artworks: The selected
online on the Festival’s website, attaching a small artworks must be at the festival’s office no later
dossier (PDF) that explains the art project (maxi- than 10 March 2019.
mum of 4 MB).
Remuneration for exhibition rights
The PDF dossier should contain • Each selected artist (group of artists) will receive
• On the first page: the artist’s name and surname, 100€ for rights of exhibition (taxes included).
phone number, email, webpage and the name of
the project that appears on the sign-up form.Rights
The works exhibited remain the property of their the work of the winning artist.
authors. The latter will provide EMBARRAT repro- • The selected artist must present an exhibition
duction and publishing rights with the aim of pro- project to the IEI no later than 31 October 2019.
moting the festival, whether by internet, printed • The dates of the exhibition will be set by the
press, audio-visual means and/or the publication IEI and the artist must meet the agreed
of catalogues or any other promotional material. deadlines.
• The award is the production of the exhibition
EMBARRAT AWARDS 2019 and there are no fees involved.
A qualified jury will assess the exhibited works in • In the case of disagreements between the
‘The Great Machine VI’ and will award two prizes: artist and the IEI, the institution reserves the
right not to produce or cancel the exhibition.
• • The Embarrat-Museu Trepat award has a • For its part, if the selected artist doesn’t
economic endowment of 1,000€ (taxes inclu- agree with the IEI criteria, he/she may, if it so
ded) and will be released to the best work wishes, decline their participation.
presented at the exhibition ‘The Great Machi-
ne VI’. Acceptance of the conditions
• Participation in the call for entries implies ac-
• The EMBARRAT-IEI Award. Production of a solo ceptance of these conditions.
show: the award will distinguish the best ar- • In the case of disagreements between the ar-
tist among those shown in the exhibition The tist and the Festival, the organisation reserves
Great Machine VI. In 2020 the Institut d’Estu- the right to cancel his/her participation.
dis Ilerdencs (IEI) will produce a solo show in
its ‘Sala Gòtica’ exhibition space to showcaseEMBARRAT «The Great Machine VI»
From 24 to 28 May 2019 Opening: 24 May 2019
Dates: From 24 to 28 May 2019
Museu Trepat Place: Museu Trepat de Tàrrega (Spain)
Av. Josep Trepat Galceran, 11
25300 Tàrrega
www.museutrepat.cat
hola@embarrat.org
Embarrat www.embarrat.org
Direction: Jesús Vilamajó
Production: Montse Balcells
@embarrat
Cultura Tàrrega
@embarrat
Jaume Espinagosa
Amanda Cardona
@embarrat
Oriol Martí
Roser Miarnau
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