Language:
English
Founded:
2015
Duration:
2 weeks
Paid by host:

​​​​​​The fee covers the use of office facilities, participation in workshops, guest lectures, entry fees of museums and special events, the use of public transport in Budapest, inland transport for provincial venues and regional transport for Bratislava.

Paid by artist:

Participation fee: 1200 EUROS

The fee includes the use of office facilities, participation in workshops, guest lectures, entry fees for museums and special events, the use of public transport in Budapest, inland transport for provincial venues, and transport to/from Veszprém.

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Easttopics

Easttopics

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Since 2019, Easttopics organizes curatorial residency programs that are among the first ones to focus on the contemporary art scene of the Central Eastern European region. Their curatorial residency programs offer a unique opportunity for emerging curators to gain a comprehensive insight into the CEE contemporary art scene by examining its characteristics and understanding them in a broader, regional context.

Programme structure and values:

  • unfolding as a 2-week intensive programme
  • providing access to a strong network of diverse, visionary, and agile practitioners in the field of exhibition making and institution building, shaped by our alumni and advisors
  • offering the opportunity for highly-motivated individuals from distinct social and cultural contexts to come together, collaborate and find ways to learn from each other and from leaders in their chosen field
  • before, during, and after the residency, we pay special attention to ensure that the selected residents would have increased visibility on our social media platforms, become active participants in our future projects, and provide space to promote their individual activities
  • allowing participants to intensively expand their professional knowledge and practice by conducting in-depth investigations of contemporary exhibitions
  • comprising self-reflexive discussions and debates examining how the residencies can help young curators to develop in a professional way
  • getting introduced to case studies of leading curators and their engagements,
  • taking part in curatorial workshops
  • visiting artists' studios, and exchanging, and discussing with each other during their stay
  • sharing the experimental and theoretical best practices of leading contemporary art museums, galleries, and research centers
  • offering to the participants a unique chance to develop project ideas, conduct research of their particular interests, enrich connections and networks internationally as well as elaborate discussions with contemporary art professionals active in CEE

Core topics:

  • The contemporary art scene and its player in Budapest and other CEE countries
  • Emerging and established contemporary curatorial practices and the issues, and topics they address
  • Cultural, historical, and political backgrounds allowing a better understanding of contemporary issues addressed by art
  • The region’s art market and collecting practices
  • Networking with artists, curators, art critics, and directors

Who is this program designed for?

  • Emerging curators who engage with art and contemporary culture and wish to take up the challenge of contemporary curating as an artistic, social, and critical commitment
  • Applicants with a study background in any of the following areas of contemporary art: curatorial studies, theory and philosophy of art, art history, art management and art production, visual arts, fine arts, as well as university graduates in the cultural studies field
  • Candidates who have acquired curatorial skills through practical experience in a public institution, a commercial gallery, or independently

The East Call Curatorial Residency offers a unique opportunity for emerging curators to gain a comprehensive insight into the Hungarian contemporary art scene by examining its characteristics and understanding them in a broader, regional context.


Open Call Autumn 2023: 2 – 15 October 2023

Location: Budapest and Veszprém Hungary

East Call is an intensive 2-week program that focuses on the status and practice of artists, contemporary curatorial conditions, institutional situations, and the understanding of issues affecting contemporary art, with a focus on the roles and responsibilities of curators as mediators between audiences and artists, and researchers as theoretical transmitters of knowledge, interpretation, and contextualization.

East Call aims to foster dialogue on issues surrounding curation and to interrogate what constitutes “the curatorial” in the Central Eastern European region. The East Call program focuses on open, horizontal, and conversation-based transfers of knowledge and experience.

The program is designed for emerging curators and curators to be still involved in their studies and expect to work in the field of contemporary art. It intends to introduce participants to current and relevant practices as well as to the mechanisms of curating in relation to exhibitions, institutions, audiences, aesthetics, and cultural-political discourse.

Throughout the two-week program, participants intensively expand their professional knowledge and practice by conducting in-depth investigations of contemporary exhibitions, getting introduced to case studies of leading curators and their engagements, taking part in curatorial workshops, visiting artists’ studios, and exchanging, discussing with each other during the meetings. By sharing the experiential and theoretical best practices of leading contemporary art museums, and galleries, the program offers a unique chance for the participants to develop project ideas, conduct research of their particular interests, enrich connections and networks internationally as well as elaborate discussions with contemporary art professionals active in Budapest and Veszprém.

Outcome

You will enhance your professional confidence after discovering further nuances and making bolder decisions in your practice; further, develop your understanding of how to manage and edit the different elements composing the creation of a self-led contemporary art project; acquire new techniques and methodological tools to put into practice; experience critical, creative and insightful thinking; interact and network with peers from different backgrounds; receive an Easttopics Certificate of Attendance assessing that you completed the course.

Contact information
Addresses

Budapest
Baross utca 36
1086
Hungary

Email
easttopics [at] gmail.com