GENERATOR # 11 Call for applications

Initiated and carried out by 40mcube, in partnership with the company Self Signal, GENERATOR is a certified, free professional training program for visual artists and an international curatorial residency. A committee of professionals made up of an exhibition curator or an art centre director, an artist and a representative of 40mcube selects four visual artists each year, who have graduated for at least two years, and gives them the means to fully focus on their artistic practice for a period of seven months. They develop and deepen their research work, produce works, build their professional networks and acquire the administrative, accounting, legal and methodological skills specific to their activity.

GENERATOR offers individualized support, a collective studio, financing and privileged meetings with contemporary art professionals in France and abroad. GENERATOR selects two or four curators each year for a one-month prospecting trip in Brittany. They meet artists and professionals who live there and write two texts on the work of the artists in the program. GENERATOR offers each of them a workspace, funding and privileged meetings with contemporary art professionals in Brittany.
With the collaboration of the art centers La Criée (Rennes) and Passerelle (Brest), Frac Bretagne, the Archives de la critique d’art (Rennes), Documents d’artistes Bretagne and a.c.b - contemporary art in Bretagne, this programme combines and provides available to young artists and curators the critical and technical skills gathered in Brittany, a dynamic territory composed of numerous contemporary art structures dedicated to the exhibition, collection, research and publishing.

Professional training for visual artists

Program period From October 7nd, 2024 to April 30th, 2025: The artists are expected to stay in Rennes for the entire training period, i.e. 7 months. A few days’ absence for artistic and professional projects may be accepted by the program organisers.

Program:

• Individualized support in the development of the artists’ work.
• Technical support in the production of works.
• Networking with companies.
• Critical advice by professionals: artists, theorists, directors of institutions, critics,
  exhibition curators, gallery owners, etc.
• Proposals for various professional experiences : workshop, conference,
  exhibition set up, etc.
• Administrative, legal and accounting training.
• Research time. Artists can use the collection of the Archives de la critique d’art,
  the documentation of Frac Bretagne, the library of the Université Rennes 2 and
  the library of the European School of Art in Brittany, in particular

Allowance and support:

• Internship gratification: 5000 euros (before taxes)
• Production costs: 2500 euros (upon presentation of invoices)
• Workshop and equipped collective production platform.

Candidates must send

1. Portfolio with Curriculum Vitae: Exhibition catalogues may be included in the artistic portfolio.
The videos must be visible on the Internet via Vimeo or another similar platform.
2. Cover letter including a research proposal, outlining their plans for the program. This proposal does not have to be definitive and can change during the course of the program.
3. Signed letter indicating the candidate’s availability for the entire program period, i.e. 7 months.

Sending the application form Documents must be sent by e-mail only, in a single PDF file containing all elements. To help them manage your application, please name the PDF file containing
the elements as follows : «NOM_prenom_generator11_candidature_artiste». Please send your application by we transfer to the following address: [email protected]. Deadline : March 24th, 2024 - midnight. There is no charge for submitting applications.

International residency for curators

Residency period: One month : March 3th to March 28th, 2025

Program:

• Meetings with professionals from the artistic scene in Brittany : artists, critics, curators, etc.
• Research time. The curators can use the collection of the Archives de la critique d’art, the documentation of Frac Bretagne, the library of the University of Rennes 2 and the library of the European School of Art in Brittany

Allowance and support:

• Research allowance: 2000 euros (before taxes)
• Transport from and to the usual place of residence (by plane or train)
• Providing accommodation
• Providing a workspace with an Internet connection

Candidates must send:

1. Presentation of the research: Catalogs and other texts may be included in the file.
2. Covering letter

All documents must be sent by e-mail only, in a single PDF file that gathers all the elements. In order to enable the proper management of your application, you should name your PDF file as follow: «LASTNAME_firstname_generator11_application_curators». Your file must be sent with wetransfer to this address: [email protected]. Deadline: March 24th, 2024 - midnight. There is no charge for submitting applications.