Lo Schermo dell’arte Film Festival presents the sixth edition of VISIO - European Programme on Artists’ Moving Images.
VISIO consists of an exhibition and a series of seminars and meetings dedicated to expanding the vision and themes of artists, who use moving images in their artistic practice. By promoting encounters and international mobility, VISIO has favoured the development of a wide network of institutions, artists and professionals working with moving images.
The VISIO Programme, curated by Leonardo Bigazzi, will be held in Florence, within the context of the 10th Edition of Lo schermo dell'arte Film Festival (15th - 19th November 2017). The participants will be 12 young European artists, who work with moving images; they will be selected with an open call, in collaboration with some of the most important European Art Academies, Schools and Artist Residencies. The deadline to apply is September 28th 2017.
On the occasion of its 10th anniversary, Lo schermo dell’arte Film Festival will organize a new exhibition project to celebrate its engagement in promoting, producing and exhibiting the works from a new generation of visual artists. Titled Directing the Real: Artists’ Films and Video in the 2010s (14th Nov – 10th Dec, 2017), the exhibition will present one video work for each of the 12 selected artists along with a selection of works from VISIO’s previous participants and nominees of Lo schermo dell’arte Film Festival Prize. The exhibition will take place at Palazzo Medici Riccardi and in other locations in Florence and is produced and organized by Lo schermo dell'arte Film Festival in collaboration with FST- Mediateca Regionale Toscana.
Confirmed for the third edition is the VISIO Young Talent Acquisition Prize that will be assigned to one of the participating artists and consists in the acquisition of one of his/her video works by the Seven Gravity Collection, a private Italian collection that focuses on video works by contemporary artists. Through this Prize Lo schermo dell’arte Film Festival, thanks to the partnership with the Seven Gravity Collection, aims to support young artists by promoting the practice of collecting moving images works and video installations.
VISIO is creating a significant archive by mapping a new generation of artists working with film and video and based in Europe. Over 400 visual artists have applied to participate in the first five editions of the Programme. While maintaining its original identity as a training and networking project, VISIO has now developed into a much wider exhibition and research platform that is generating new opportunities and collaborations on an international level.
As a result of the research and debate generated by the Programme over the past five years, an extensive publication will be published by https://www.moussepublishing.com/">Mousse Publishing. The book will feature contributions by leading international curators, artists and critics and a section dedicated to all the artists that have participated in the programme.
The Festival and our partners
Lo schermo dell'arte is a project founded in Florence in 2008. The Festival is dedicated to the exploration, analysis and promotion of the links between contemporary art and cinema. Among many international artists, who have attended the Festival are Hito Steyerl, Isaac Julien, Omer Fast, Simon Starling, Alfredo Jaar, The Otolith Group, Phil Collins, Melik Ohanian, Adrian Paci, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Sarah Morris, Shirin Neshat and Runa Islam.
VISIO - European Programme on Artists’ Moving Images is promoted and organized by Lo schermo dell’arte Film Festival with the generous support of Regione Toscana nell’ambito di “Toscanaincontemporanea2017”, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Comune di Firenze, and Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze.
The project is organized in collaboration with Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi and FST-Mediateca Regionale Toscana and is also supported by Nuovi Mecenati, Nouveaux mécènes – Fondazione franco-italiana di sostegno alla creazione contemporanea, the Institut français Firenze, the Seven Gravity Collection and Famiglia Cecchi.
The selection of the participants is conducted in partnership with the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, Kingston University (London), De Ateliers (Amsterdam), HIAP – Helsinki International Artist Programme, Pavillon Neuflize OBC research lab of the Palais de Tokyo (Paris), the Royal College of Art (London), the Universität der Künste Berlin, Viafarini (Milan), WIELS, Contemporary Art Centre (Bruxelles).
Structure
VISIO - European Programme on Artists’ Moving Images has a 6-part structure:
1. Directing the Real: Artists’ Films and Video in the 2010s the exhibition will at Palazzo Medici Riccardi and in other locations in Florence (14th November – 10th December 2017) and will present one video work for each of the 12 selected artists along with a selection of works from VISIO’s previous participants and nominees of Lo schermo dell’arte Film Festival Prize.
Curated by Leonardo Bigazzi, the exhibition is an overview on the practice of a new generation of visual artists working with moving images in Europe. The selection will reflect the diversity of mediums and formats in contemporary moving image practice: from analog to digital works, single-channel video and films and video installation and multichannel works.
2. Festival: the participating artists are invited to attend screenings, meetings and lectures of the Festival's official program, and are encouraged to actively participate in the discussions. The main topics will then be expanded and developed during the seminars and conversations with the curators and artists hosted by the Festival. This year’s edition will feature works by Hassan Khan, Roee Rosen, Yael Bartana and Ben Rivers among others.
3. VISIO Young Talent Acquisition Prize: the Prize will be assigned to one of the participating artists and consists in the acquisition of one of his/her video work by the Seven Gravity Collection, a private Italian collection that focuses on video works from contemporary artists. The Prize will be assigned by the Founding Members of the Seven Gravity Collection and the winning artist will be announced during Lo schermo dell'arte Film Festival.
4. Artists Presentation: the participating artists will be asked to introduce their work in a 15 minutes presentation at Cinema La Compagnia in Florence. Here, they will have the opportunity to present the fundamental themes of their artistic practice to the other participants and to a selected audience.
5. Seminars: a series of seminars will be conducted by artists and curators who will speak about various aspects of their artistic practice and research methods with the participants. The seminars, which will last 2 hours each, will be structured in such a way as to allow also moments of discussion and sharing of experiences between the professionals and the participants. In the previous editions the seminars have been conducted by Isaac Julien, Marine Hugonnier, Philippe-Alain Michaud, Filipa Ramos, Deimantas Narkevicius, Mark Nash, Maria Lind, Alain Fleischer and Heinz Peter Schwerfel, Sibylle Kurz, Sarah Perks and Erika Balsom.
6. Conversation room: in this informal environment participants will meet, in 45 minutes round tables and individual encounters, artists, curators, critics, producers and directors of international institutions hosted by the Festival. Ranging from the presentation of their own portfolios to simple conversations, these moments are conceived as an occasion for encounters and exchanges that can foster the participants' professional growth and extend their networks of international contacts.
Selection:
Candidates must be visual artists who:
- work with moving images as part of their artistic practice
- are under 35 years old
- are citizens or residents of one of the 47 member countries of the European Council (for the complete list, see http://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/47-members-states)
- have a degree (M.A. or equivalent) or have had at least a solo-show in the last two years
- have an excellent knowledge of the English language
Application and Deadlines
Please download the Application Form:
http://www.schermodellarte.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/APPLICATION2017.pdf
Together with the Application Form you need to submit also the following files
documents in order to complete your application:
Curriculum vitae (specify date of birth and nationality and/or country of residence)
Portfolio with web links to previous video works and if available exhibition photos
One photograph of the artist with a resolution of at least 300 dpi (format: JPG or
TIFF)
Applications must be sent to Carolina Gestri at visio@schermodellarte.org by September 28th 2017. The 12 selected artists will be notified by October 16th 2017 at the latest.
The official opening of the sessions will be at 5.30 p.m., on Tuesday November 14th, and will end at 11:30 p.m. on Sun., November 19th.
Participants must attend all meetings for the whole duration of the Programme.
All meetings and seminars will be in English.
The selected artists will be granted:
- Pass providing access to all parts of the Festival (screenings and lectures)
- Participation in all the Programme’s Sections
- Hotel accommodation (November 14th -20th, 6 nights)
Transportation to and/or from Florence is not included
VISIO European Programme on Artists’ Moving Images
6th Edition
Florence, 14th - 19 th November 2017
Promoted and organized by Lo Schermo dell’Arte Film Festival
curated by Leonardo Bigazzi
in collaboration with FST – Mediateca Regionale Toscana and Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi
with the support of Regione Toscana nell’ambito di “Toscanaincontemporanea2017”, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Comune di Firenze, Nuovi Mecenati, Nouveaux mécènes – Fondazione franco-italiana di sostegno alla creazione contemporanea and Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze, the Institut français Firenze, the Seven Gravity Collection and Famiglia Cecchi.
PH. Omer Fast, Continuity, 2012 (film still). Courtesy of the artist and James Cohan, New York