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Rhodesworks Design Studio
BRIEF
Resolute Arch is a granite sculpture conceived by Richard Rhodes, Principal of the Rhodesworks Design Studio. The Rhodesworks Team will install the 20’6’’ (6.1m) tall sculpture at Burning Man (Black Rock City, Nevada) in August 2018. Afterwards, the arch will travel for three years to different locations around the world.
Rhodesworks Design Studio invites emerging artists to propose any form of ‘contextualization strategy’ that generates a place-specific narrative for the sculpture Resolute Arch.
Proposals shall identify provocative sites, conditions, and/or events in which Resolute Arch may be installed at some point over the next three years. It is essential that entrants suggest contexts with which they have personal familiarity; preference is awarded to those whose proposals are located in their home town, or city.
The proposed strategy should reflect on the relationship between Resolute Arch and the recommended location, as well as the legacy that the artwork will generate in relation to the suggested context. Submissions should include a project proposal, identifying a social, political, or business approach; local partners or institutions; as well as an argument for the installation of the arch in the context proposed.
Resolute Arch intends to generate diverse meanings and interpretations as it engages with each successive installation site. What meaning can a site give to the arch? What meaning can the arch give to a proposed site?
The proposed location and context for Resolute Arch should trigger different meanings and conversations depending on its institutional status, accessibility, as well as its position within global, and local, structural, infrastructural, and geopolitical systems.
What do “site-specificity” and “context” mean today? The context is not only the physical terrain where Resolute Arch will be located, but also the political setting, collective imaginary, and its relation to the global movements of materials, people and information.
What will the proposed context mean for Resolute Arch? What will it add or take away from its biography? How will the location and proposed artistic tactics inform the legacy of Resolute Arch?
How would Resolute Arch transform or reinforce the narrative of place at the proposed location? What sort of scenario would be sparked by the interaction between the sculpture and its context?
SCHEDULE
1 April, 2018 : Launch of the Open Call
1 May, 2018 (23:59 PST) : Application deadline
15 May, 2018: All applicants receive a jury decision regarding their proposal
24 August, 2018: Winners arrive at the Resolute Arch Art Support Camp in Black Rock City, Nevada, via Reno, USA.
6 September, 2018: Winners depart from Black Rock City.
2018-2021: Resolute Arch is installed in five different locations around the World.
AWARDS
Five entries will be selected as winners. Authors of the five winning proposals will join Resolute Arch Art Support Camp at Burning Man in Black Rock City, Nevada, USA.
Each winner will be given an early-entry ticket to Burning Man 2018, and a $1,500 (USD) stipend for logistical support and travel to the event.
Each winner will be responsible for making their own visa and travel arrangements, including insurance. Rhodesworks will provide a letter of invitation if needed.
All applicants will be contacted via e-mail regarding the results of their application by 15 May 2018.
FEES
The competition is free of charge.
JURY
Richard Rhodes, Rhodesworks Design Studio
Himali Singh Soin, Writer/Artist
Liva Dudareva + Eduardo Cassina, METASITU
Kuba Snopek, Research Urbanist
Pierre Escobar, Architect and Founder at L’atelier
WEBSITE
http://rhodesworksdesign.com/competition/
