Links Hall and Experimental Sound Studio (ESS) join their energies
in an effort to precipitate new collaborations between Chicago-based
sound artists and Chicago-based movement artists. Joint proposals
are now invited for the second year of the CROSSCUT program: three
pairs of newly collaborating artistic partners will be selected
for support with a monetary grant of $5,000 per pair. Proposals
will be reviewed by a committee made up of Lou Mallozzi (ESS),
CJ Mitchell (Links Hall), Ginger Farley and two out-of-area artists,
one from each discipline.
Introductory meeting
Links Hall and ESS will host a “mixer” event at ESS:
Sunday November 18, 2007, at 2pm. Movement and sound artists are
invited to this gathering, where they can meet each other and
learn about the intent of the CROSSCUT program and the specifics
of the opportunity.
Library of work samples
Artists will be asked to submit a five minute work sample and
a one page artist’s statement (with the artist’s contact
information) – these can be brought to the “mixer”
event, or submitted to ESS by December 15, 2007. Only DVD and
audio CD formats are accepted. The samples will be held in a short-term
library housed at ESS until February 15, 2008. During this time
interested artists can look and listen to materials and connect
with others about potential creative projects. Ideas that spark
can be formed into proposals for submission in February. This
process offers a number of levels of possibility for cross-exposure
between artistic communities, potentially stimulating new ideas
and partnerships.
Access to the library is on Saturdays and Sundays 1PM-5PM, or
by appointment, November 18, 2007 to February 15, 2008. Please
contact Lou Mallozzi at ESS to make an appointment, lmallo@saic.edu
(773) 769-1069. Please also contact Lou to confirm opening hours
on holiday weekends.
Note: Proposals are welcomed from artists
that are do not attend the mixer, or submit materials to work
sample library. The event and the library are simply offerings
intended to bring artists together that are unknown to each other.
What is a “new collaboration”?
We would like to foster new collaborations between sound and movement
artists, and recognize that there will be different starting points
and processes in each case. We particularly welcome projects where
both collaborating artists have been involved in the initial conceptualizing
of the project, and are simultaneously embarking on a new process.
(In contrast, we are less interested in a sound artist being attached
to a movement project which has already been under development
for some time without the sound artist’s input, even if
there is a new collaborative relationship now taking place.) We
welcome proposals which demonstrate a strong connection of sensibilities
and interests between the collaborating artists. We recognize
that some projects will be at an early stage of development, and
if that is the case, we encourage you to reflect that in your
proposal; tell us if you’ve only met once. We are more interested
in your collaborative process than the formality of a “project”
plan.
Call for Proposals:
Eligibility:
• Priority will be given to full-time artists.
• Each proposal should be jointly submitted by one Chicago-based
sound artist and one Chicago-based movement artist. If there is
an artistic company involved, please provide details, and clarify
whether it is an individual within that company (eg the artistic
director?) or the full company who is participating in the collaboration.
• Proposals must represent the first-ever collaboration
between the applicants. ie. the sound and movement artists will
not have collaborated together before.
Please address the following items in writing
in your proposal – please do not exceed three pages in total:
• Your names, contact mailing addresses, telephone numbers,
and email addresses. Website addresses are also welcome.
• Describe your current areas of interest as artists.
• A project description, including the goals and expectations
of your collaboration, and a timeline charting the planned development
(and presentation, if known) of the work. Please recognize that
CROSSCUT is interested in fostering your collaborative development
process – within your proposal, please address how participation
in the CROSSCUT program would assist your creative process and
development, and how the CROSSCUT award would be applied in your
project budget.
In addition, please submit:
• Documentation of both artists’ work on DVD or audio
CD, which should reflect the sound and movement components in
each artists’ work. ie. the sound artist’s work sample
should reflect their sound work, and the movement artist’s
work sample should reflect their movement work. Five minutes total
from each artist (indicate cue points if necessary). Please include
written information about the documented projects (eg date, location,
collaborators, funders, presenters, and any background information
to help us understand the documentation). VHS/video tapes, links
to websites, and still images should not be submitted and will
not be reviewed.
• A one page résumé from each artist of your
arts-related experience.
Requirements:
Each selected pair of artists must co-create a work, which will
be publicly presented before December 31, 2009. Funds may be used
as best suits the artists: for production costs, to pay for research
materials, as leverage to seek funding for a large-scale projects,
or to subsidize daily living as artists focus on their work etc.
Selected artists are expected to meet with ESS/Links at least
once to discuss the progress of the work and to do at least one
in-progress showing, public or private. The program does not provide
artists with free use of ESS or Links Hall facilities and equipment,
nor does it imply that artists should use those resources in the
development and presentation of their new work. ESS and Links
will actively work with artists on their strategies for the final
presentation of the work. CROSSCUT intends to document the completed
works.
CROSSCUT Schedule:
• APPLICATION DEADLINE: POSTMARK BY 5PM, MONDAY FEBRUARY
25, 2008 OR DELIVER BY 5PM, MONDAY FEBRUARY 25, 2008
• Notification to selected artists by April 15, 2008
• Meeting with Links/ESS and in-progress showings –
to be scheduled
• Performance dates before December 31, 2009
• A Final Evaluation report is to be completed by the artists
within one month of their presentation.
