In collaboration with the American Scandinavian Foundation, OCA offers two studio grants – one for a Norwegian artist and one for a Norwegian curator – at the International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP) in New York City, in autumn 2010/spring 2011. The artist residency has the duration of 9 months, from 1 September 2010 until 31 May 2011. The Curatorial residency has the duration of 3 months, from 1 September until 30 November 2010. Only Norwegian citizens are eligible for these grants. Please notice that the residency is not available for BA or MA students. Applications will be assessed by an International Jury appointed by OCA.
ISCP offers an artist and a curator an opportunity to work independently. Two collective exhibitions are held every year and during the programme there will be open studio sessions. ISCP receives regular visits from curators and gallery-owners, wishing to make contact with the artists/curators.
OCA provides a grant for the artist and for the curator. In addition, OCA supports the cost of the apartment for the artist. The artist will receive a grant of 112 500NOK from OCA. The artist must meet all other travel and living expenses. The curator will receive a grant of 70 000NOK from OCA. The curator must meet all other travel and living expenses including the rent for accommodation. The American Scandinavian Foundation covers the costs for the studios and the fee for the participation of the Artist residency and shares with OCA the costs for the studio and fee for participation of the Curatorial residency.
OCA has implemented an online application system that should be used to apply for the International Studio Programme at ISCP New York City.
To apply for the Residency please got to: www.stikk.no.
Before submitting the Application Form, please ensure that all uploaded information is correct and all fields are completed.
Once an application is submitted, a receipt with the indication of a reference number will be generated on the screen and sent to the e-mail contact provided within the Application Form. This reference number will allow applicants to follow their application process and therefore should be confidential.
Additional visual material can also be sent to OCA by post. This is however limited to artists publications and artists books. All other material including portfolios should
be uploaded within the application form. Please specify if you wish your material to be returned and if this is the case please send a pre-posted envelope with the return address.
All submitted material should be identified in the outside of the envelope with both the applicant's name and the reference number provided in the online application. Please
send additional visual material by post to:
Office for Contemporary Art Norway
Re: ISCP New York City – International Studio Programme
or
ISCP New York City – International Curatorial Programme
Nedre gate 7
0551 Oslo
Norway
Applications will be assessed by an International Jury appointed by OCA. Please note that the Jury's decisions are final and that following the residency, artists are expected to write a brief report to the Office for Contemporary Art Norway about his or her stay.
Lars Laumann is an artist based in Berlin and Oslo. He draws his inspiration from the outskirts of popular culture in the form of found texts, images and objects. By sampling and re-editing, he creates collages, books or videos. Mixing different media and techniques to create idiosyncratic worlds, the results are, at times, absurd and unsettling revelations of our collective modern mythologies. Recently his work has been shown at White Columns, Foxy Productions and MoMA in New York, USA; 5th Berlin Biennial in Berlin, Germany and in the summer of 2009 he will present new works at Trænafestivalen on the Island of Træna in North of Norway.