-----Original Message----- From: e-flux <[email protected]> To: lslbsc2 <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Feb 3, 2016 8:10 am Subject: Frans Hals Museum | De Hallen Haarlem: call for proposals for Fellowship Transhistorical Curating February 03,2016 De Hallen Haarlem Downloadthe e-flux iPad App Share Call for proposals: Fellowship TranshistoricalCurating Submission deadline March 3, 2016 De Hallen Haarlem Grote Markt 16 2011 RDHaarlem The Netherlands Hours: Tuesday–Saturday11am–5pm, Sunday 12–5pm T +31 23 511 5775 F +31 23 511 5776 [email protected] www.dehallen.nl www.franshalsmuseum.nl Facebook: De Hallen Haarlem / Twitter:De Hallen Haarlem / Instagram / Facebook: Frans Hals Museum / Twitter:Frans Hals Museum Curatorial Fellowship Frans Hals Museum | De Hallen Haarlem calls curators, researchers,academics, artists and cultural producers interested in transhistoricalcurating, to submit a proposal for an exhibition project that challengestraditional art historical notions of periodization and chronology, to berealized within the institutional context of Frans Hals Museum | De HallenHaarlem in the fall of 2017. The Curatorial Fellowship offersthe opportunity to do research and curate an exhibition project exploringthe exceptional collections and buildings of the Frans Hals Museum | DeHallen Haarlem, which span a period of the 16th century up to the present.The Curatorial Fellow will develop a transhistorical exhibition projectduring a one-year working period in Haarlem, introducing new and innovativeways of curating across historical and cultural chronologies andcategories. During this period, the Fellow will become a part time memberof the museum team, actively participating in discussions on topicslike the rearrangement of the permanent collection display. She or he willsimultaneously be gaining first-hand experience of working within theorganization, with access to its collections, program, staff and networks.The Fellowship provides an opportunity for professional development, whilesimultaneously contributing to the institution's long‐term vision. Weseek proposals that question traditional museological modalities andmethodologies, introducing new research perspectives and innovativecuratorial ideas employing a transhistorical approach. Thetranshistorical museum The Curatorial Fellowship is part of along-term institutional endeavour to bring together different perspectives(museological, curatorial, theoretical) on the subject of transhistoricityin a museum context, in order to critically map this domain. In the recentinternational conference "The Transhistorical Museum: Objects, Narratives& Temporalities" (organized in collaboration with Museum M,Leuven), with eminent speakers such as John C. Welchman, Bice Curiger,Catherine de Zegher, and Willem de Rooij, a first attempt was made to tracegenealogies of "the transhistorical" in existing theory and practice.Participants aimed to present new ideas with regards to questions like: Cana transhistorical approach to exhibition making or collection displayproduce relevant new insights into the specific qualities of art objects,by maneuvering them into unchartered contexts—historically,materially, and ontologically? What can we learn from historical artworks,when we study them through the lens of contemporary artisticproduction—or vice versa? How do we read art history forward into thepresent, and use recent practice as a vantage point from which to revisethe past? Fellowship summary: Aimed at curators,researchers, academics, artists, or cultural producers focused ontranshistorical curating in a museum context. A minimum of curatorialexperience is required. Fellowship period: July 1,2016–September 1, 2017 (project opening) Preference forcandidates with some proficiency in Dutch, living and working in theNetherlands (internal museum communication is in Dutch) TheFellow will be assigned a curator as their main contact at Frans HalsMuseum | De Hallen Haarlem for the Fellowship's duration. Participation in the international 2-day workshop Transhistorical Curatingin the week of November 21, 2016, with international curatorial and museumprofessionals, and scheduled field trips to institutions and advisors A total project budget of 80,000 EUR. The Fellow will receive alump sum fee of 15,000 EUR for a minimum of 2 days per week onsite. The Fellow is responsible for his or her own travel and accommodationin Haarlem or the Netherlands. The Fellow is selected on thebasis of a project proposal and a succinct motivation elaborating on thecandidate's interest in a transhistorical approach in curating. Thisproposal should be no longer than 400 words, and can be submitted viae-mail to: [email protected]. Pleaseenclose your CV. Submission deadline: March 3, 2016. Theproposals will be judged by an international jury consisting of curators,academics and museum professionals end of March 2016, after whichshortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview via Skype. TheCuratorial Fellow will be appointed end of April 2016. The 2016Curatorial Fellowship is an updated version of the Curatorial Grant thatwas organized by Frans Hals Museum | De Hallen Haarlem in 2009, 2011, and2013. It is financially supported by the Dr. Johannes Marijnus van Toorn& Louise Scholten Foundation. 311East Broadway New York, NY 10002, USA Contact Unsubscribe
