[open call] SHADOW CASTERS: PROPOSALS FOR COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIP / deadline: 1.09.2008. / Zagreb

BACAČI SJENKI: POZIV NA SURADNJU I NA PREDLAGANJE SURADNJE

Bacaci sjenki pripremaju u sezoni 2008/09 (i nadalje) nove predstave i projekte, uz nastavak rada na projektima u tijeku.

Pozivamo sve zainteresirane na suradnju i predlaganje suradnje unutar produkcije Bacaca Sjenki.

Poziv se, prije svega, odnosi na glumce, performere i ostale profesionalce iz podrucja izvedbenih umjetnosti i filma; vizualne i intermedijalne umjetnike; glazbenike; pisce; fotografe; arhitekte; povjesnicare umjetnosti; interdisciplinarne istrazivace - ali i sve one koji pronalaze srodnost s poetikom i stvaralackom politikom Bacaca Sjenki.

Odabir suradnika&suradnji odvijati ce se u 2 ili 3 koraka:

1. Zainteresirani se mole da pošalju svoje zivotopise, te kratku izjavu o motiviranosti rada s Bacacima Sjenki i, opcenito, svojim zanimanjima, na e-mail: bacaci_sjenki@europe.com ili na adresu: Bacaci Sjenki, Bosanska 10, 10000 Zagreb (Hrvatska).
2. Bacaci Sjenki ce kontaktirati one koji su se javili do 08.09. i pozvati određeni broj prijavljenih na razgovor. Ukoliko osoba nije iz Zagreba i nije u mogucnosti doci, razgovor ce se obaviti putem Skype-a (Internet konferencijskog sucelja).
3. S glumcima i performerima ce, nakon intervjua, biti dogovorena i tematska radionica/audicija.

Poziv je otvoren do 01.09.2008.

::: English :::

SHADOW CASTERS: CALL FOR COLLABORATION AND PROPOSALS FOR COLLABORATION&PARTNERSHIP

In the seasons 2008/09 & 2009/10, Shadow Casters are preparing new performances and projects, while continuing the work on current projects.

We invite all interested parties to take part in our work or propose collaboration within the frame of Shadow Casters’ production.

The call is addressed first and foremost to actors, performers and other professionals in the field of performing arts and film; visual and intermedia artists; musicians; writers; photographers; architects; art historians; interdisciplinary researchers – but also to all those who are akin to the poetics and creative politics of Shadow Casters.

The selection of collaborators/colaborations will unfold in 2 or 3 steps:

1. Applicants should send their CV’s and a short statement on their motivation to work with Shadow Casters as well as on their interests in general to: bacaci_sjenki@europe.com or via regular mail to: Bacači Sjenki, Bosanska 10, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
2. Shadow Casters will contact the applicants by September 8 and invite a certain number of them for an interview. The interview with those applicants who reside outside of Zagreb and are not able to come will be conducted via Skype.
3. For actors and performers: Following the interview, there will be scheduled a thematic workshop/audition.

The deadline for applications is September 1, 2008.

INFORMACIJE O BACACIMA SJENKI / INFO ON SHADOW CASTERS:

BACACI SJENKI je neprofitna medjunarodna umjetnicka i produkcijska platforma za interdisciplinarnu suradnju, stvaralastvo te promišljanje intermedijalnih umjetnosti, posebice u podrucju njihove primjene u urbanim prostorima. Njeno sjediste je u Zagrebu.

BS poticu multikulturalni dijalog stvarajući projekte i platforme za aktivnu kulturnu razmjenu između hrvatskih i inozemnih umjetnika i profesionalaca u umjetnosti, te propituju postojeće koncepte individualnog i kolektivnog identiteta.

BS svojim djelovanjem podsticu debatu o naravi i proturječjima globalizacijskih i tranzicijskih procesa u tijeku i bave se onim drustvenim, politickim i kulturnim temama koje ukazuju na goruce probleme pojedinog drustva u kojem BS djeluju.

Tijekom 6 godine postojanja, BS su ostvarili niz projekata na domacoj i medjunarodnoj razini. Vecina tih projekata, nastalih kao skulpture u vremenu, propituje odnos covjeka i prostora kroz posve razlicite pristupe: kao specificna studija svjetskih gradova, koja poprima oblike poetsko-detektivskih urbanih putovanja (Shadow Casters 2001-2003); kao prozimanje i suceljavanje materijalnog prostora predstave i realnog vremena glumca s virtualnim prostorom i odlozenim vremenom filma (Process_in_Progress: proces_grad, III dio); kao ulazak u mikrokozmos jednog nebodera i visedimenzionalno otkrivanje njegove proslosti, sadasnjosti i buducnosti (Covjek je Prostor: Vitic_plese); kao senzorno-performativna putovanja u kojima se, kroz igru namjernih slucajnosti, preplicu povjesti jednog zdanja i povjesti performera s osobnim povjestima samih posjetitelja (Ex-pozicija: proces_grad, II dio); kao metafizicko putovanje po rubu kolektivne i individualne svesti, kroz predjele sna i smrti kao jedinih sigurnih utocista od povijesti (Odmor od povijesti: proces_grad, I dio); ili kao istrazivanje i arhiviranje umjetnickih i politickih javnih dogadjaja u jednome gradu, koje i samo poprima oblik umjetnickog projekta (Biljezenje grada/Biljezenje vremena; Zidne Novine; Urboteka).

BS su sa svojim projektima ucestvovali na nizu manifestacija i festivala u zemlji i svijetu (Zagreb, New York, Bologna, Ljubljana, Graz, Pisa, Beograd, Dubrovnik, Krizevci, Udine, Bjelovar, Genova, Podgorica, Rijeka, Leiden, Segedin…), te polucili priznanja i nagrade. Svaki od tih projekata dozivio je iznimno zanimanje sire javnosti i medija i imao izvrsne odjeke. Predstava Ex-pozicija bila je nominirana za Nagradu hrvatskog glumista 2006, dok je na beogradskom BITEF-u 2007. osvojila Specijalnu nagradu međunarodnog zirija, te bila izabrana od strane vise domacih i stranih kriticara za predstavu godine.

U dosadasnjim projektima BS sudjelovalo je preko 80 umjetnika iz 16 zemalja svijeta. Projekti su realizirani i predstavljeni na festivalima i manifestacijama u suradnji s lokalnim partnerima (Urban Festival, Dani Hrvatskog Filma, MI2 Institut, ARL i Karantena Festival. CDU, Hrvatska; Exodus Festival i Moderna Galerija, Slovenija; CinemaTeatro LUX, Fabbrica Europa, Stagione di Caccia festival i Orchestra Stolpnik, Italija; Bitef Festival, CENPI i Centar Rex, SCG; Thealter Festival, Madjarska; Kultur Zentrum Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austrija; LFK&La FRICHE, Francuska; Sveuciliste Leiden, Nizozemska; Medijski centar The Kitchen, Dancing in The Streets, Sveuciliste Columbia, USA).

Za detaljnije informacije o Bacacima Sjenki, pogledajte:

http://shadowcasters.blogspot.com
http://expozicija.blogspot.com
http://biljezenjagrada.blog.hr
http://zidnenovine.blogspot.com
http://urboteka.blogspot.com

BACACI SJENKI (SHADOW CASTERS) is a non-profit international artistic and production platform dedicated to interdisciplinary collaboration, creation and reflection within the field of intermedia arts, especially in the domain of its implementation in urban spaces. Its seat is in Zagreb.

SC stimulate intercultural dialogue through creating projects platforms for active cultural exchange between Croatian and international artists and professionals, at once questioning the existing concepts of individual and collective identity.

Through its activities, SC encourages the debate on the nature and contradictions of the on-going globalization process, dealing with those social, political and cultural issues that reveal the “blind spots” and “hot potatoes” of a certain society.

In the course of the 6 years of its existence, SC have produced a number of projects on local and international level. The majority of these projects, created as performative time sculptures, examines the relation of man and space through entirely different approaches: a specific study of world cities that takes on the shape of poetic-detective urban travels (Shadow Casters); amalgamating and juxtaposing the material space of the performance and the real time of actors with the virtual space and the delayed time of film (Process_City, part III: Process_in_Progress); penetrating into the microcosm of one Zagreb skyscraper and the multi-facetted revealing of its past, present and future (Man is Space: Vitić Dances, intermedia project and full-length documentary film); travelling through the material space of memory of a city neighbourhood that turns into a unique travel through one’s own memory, feelings and sub-conscioussness, thanks to the special sensorial conditions of the visitors (Process_City, part II: Ex-position); creating a multimeda archive of urban events that become the tool for studying the hypertextuality of space (Re-collecting City/Re-collecting Time; Wall Newspapers; Urbotheque).

SC projects have thus far gathered over 80 artists and professionals from 16 countries world-wide. The projects have been produced and presented at festivals and manifestations in Zagreb, Dubrovnik, Bologna, Graz, Pisa, Ljubljana, Udine, Bjelovar, Belgrade, Marseille, Leiden, Krizevci, Genoa and New York, in collaboration with local partners (Urban Festival, Croatian Film Days, MI2 Institut, Small Front Festival and Eurokaz festival-Zagreb, BOK Festival-Bjelovar, Indomitable City Festival-Krizevci, ARL and Karantena Festival-Dubrovnik, CDU&Small Front Festival /Croatia/; Exodos Festival and Modern Gallery-Ljubljana /Slovenia/; Festival Conttato-Udine, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Villa Crocce-Genoa, CinemaTeatro LUX-Pisa, Fabbrica Europa-Florence, Stagione di Caccia festival and Orchestra Stolpnik-Bologna /Italy/; BITEF, CENPI and Rex Cultural Centre-Belgrade /Serbia/; Thealter Festival-Szeged /Hungary/; Forum Stadtpark Cultural Centre-Graz /Austria/; LFK&La FRICHE-Marseille /France/; Leiden University /The Netherlands/; The Kitchen, Dancing in The Streets and Columbia University-New York /USA/).

For more detailed information on Shadow Casters and their projects, please check:

http://shadowcasters.blogspot.com
http://expozicija.blogspot.com
http://biljezenjagrada.blog.hr
http://zidnenovine.blogspot.com

Bacaci Sjenki
Multimedia Art Organization
Bosanska 10/II
10000 Zagreb - Croatia
Skype: shadowcasters
Bacaci Sjenki
+ 385 (0)98 165 81 86
+385 (0)1 376 00 26 (01 464 02 62)
fax +385 (0)1 485 57 29
bacaci_sjenki@europe.com
info@covjekjeprostor.net