20 January 2017
Land Art Mongolia Residencies open 2017
We seek applications from emerging and mid-career artists, for whom appointments as resident artists may make a significant difference to their careers. Experience in environmental art is requested. The Residency Program is designed as a retreat experience to pursue personal creative work and share in collegial interaction within a small community of Mongolian and international artists.
We encourage artists to spend a period of time in a special off-grid environment. It will allow the artist to the necessary time to work on his/her project, unaffected by all external influences and the need for results to be presented.
The LAM 360° Residency covers transportation within Mongolia, the stay in a ger in Murun Sum, full meals and one week accommodation in Ulaanbaatar.
Housing and Meals:
Residents are accommodated in traditional shared gers located in a rural mountains setting and nomadic family neighbours, about 5 km away of the little village Murun Sum and about 4 hours by car/bus from the capital Ulaanbaatar. It is situated in close neighborhood to a professionally looked-after ger camp, providing bathroom with shower, a kitchen, and a studio. A professional cook prepares full meals for the community of artists, and visiting Mongolian artists. The food is traditional Mongolian, vegetarian cuisine available on demand.
Location, Climate, and Transportation:
The Land Art Mongolia Residency is located in a spectacular rural setting in a small mountain range and diversified with steppe, rocks, sand dunes and a river close to the little village Murun / Khentii Aimag District, east of Ulaanbaatar and about 30km from Chinggis City. Daily temperatures in the spring/summer months (May - July) range between 14-25°C. The residency experience centers around its genuine off-grid atmosphere and invites to explore the area by walking or bike. There is limited access to public transportation (though a daily bus to UB). Transportation to Mürun and from/ to the airport in Ulaanbaatar is provided by the Program.
Equipment, internet + cell phones:
The program has a WiFi Internet connection. Electricity is accessible. Artists will be provided with a local sim card.
(2) Application Guidelines for the Residencies, Summer 2017
Application Deadline: February 15, 2017 for the residency in summer 2017
Please note that only successful applicants will be notified in March of the year they applied for.
Eligibility:
National and International visual artists are eligible. Please note the application form, resume and all support materials must be in English. Students are not eligible for residencies.
Admission panel:
Invitations for residencies are extended based on evaluations made by panels consisting of artists and arts professionals. The panel meets once a year to review applicants.
Residency Sessions:
There are 2 residency sessions, lasting for the period of a month each.
Session 1: May 15 - June 15
Session 2: June 15 - July 15
Guests:
Accommodations are limited to selected individual residents only. Accommodations for spouses, partners, or children are available on a basis of a daily fee. For details please contact our team. Residents and visitors have to confirm a good health status.
Requirements for proposal:
Contact details, CV, work plan for residency (one page) up to 6 images of previous work and letter of motivation. All documents must be consist in one single PDF (!) by email to :
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link to residency location
