On Thu, 3 Sep 2020 at 12:00, <rohrpost-requ...@coredump.buug.de> wrote:
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(Tsila Hassine) > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Tsila Hassine <tsila.hass...@gmail.com> > To: rohrp...@mikrolisten.de, new-media-curat...@jiscmail.ac.uk, > c...@jiscmail.ac.uk > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2020 23:09:45 +0300 > Subject: [rohrpost] ArtUp Escalator Cycle #1: Call for Applications! > Call for Artists to reinvent innovation and disrupt disruption! > > > > ============================================= > > > > > > > > What? > > > > ----------------- > > > > ArtUp Escalator is an international program with an innovative, > > mentor-based curriculum, curated for the crisis-era artist. The program > > aims to provide artists with the tools and knowledge necessary for > > transforming their artistic ideas into global market disruption. The > > program is based on the tech industry’s standardized startup-accelerator > > model and provides a unique set of tools for artistic interventions in the > > market. > > > > > > Why? > > > > ----------------- > > > > The many crises the art world is currently dealing with—economic, artistic, > > conceptual—were not initiated by the Covid-19 pandemic. The pandemic merely > > reveals them as it accelerates the collapse of the entire cultural sector. > > This now brings the art world to a critical state: while some museums and > > galleries were forced to close their gates, those who remain open are > > experiencing a sharp decline in visitors (related to decline in tourism). > > What’s more, with the looming severe global recession, art budgets > > worldwide are expected to undergo extreme cuts. > > > > It has become painfully clear that in order to survive, artists must > > reposition themselves, across all areas of (art) making. Exhibition venues > > and strategies, audience interaction, medium of production, and, of course, > > funding, all need to be re-thought and revised. This moment of crisis is an > > opportunity to realize some of the “ideas that are lying around”, > > unnoticed, or so far deemed impossible to execute. > > > > We propose ArtUpism as a gallery exit strategy (seeing how those remain > > closed anyway), driving artists to explore new modes of artistic > > exploration and new arenas to interact with audiences. > > > > > > > > How? > > > > ----------------- > > > > The ArtUp Escalator program is a 6-weeks program, bringing together > > contemporary art and technology market experts, as mentors. > > > > Each week will host two sessions. Monday sessions will focus on the > > industry-standard themes as outlined in the program, provided by industry > > professionals. Thursday sessions will analyze the themes from the point of > > view of ArtUpism, accompanied by artists and theoreticians. > > > > > > *BUT WAIT, WHAT IS AN ARTUP?* > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > > An ArtUp is a startup embedding artistic ideology into market logic. > > > > An ArtUp is the process of taking an artistic idea out of the museum, > > finding the use-value of this idea while maintaining its artistic core, and > > re-positioning it in the market as a product. An ArtUp follows the startup > > model in that it is a company or project initiated by an artist in order to > > seek, develop, and validate a highly-scalable business model based on an > > artistic idea. > > > > > > OKAY, SO WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR? > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > The ideal participants in the workshop are artists (working across > > performance, new media, and conceptual art), non-artists, and critical > > thinkers who work individually or in groups, in spaces between art, design, > > programming. > > > > > > > > > > WHAT TYPE OF PROPOSALS ARE WE LOOKING FOR? > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Are you unsure whether your project is an artwork or a product? Are you > > certain no company would want to develop it? > > > > Do you hear the question “but why is this art?” once too often? > > > > The ArtUp Escalator program is looking for artistic ideas that are and can > > be implemented in bigger platforms than the art institution. Maybe your > > idea can be a product! Maybe your work is best experienced as a service in > > the market! > > > > Inspiration can be found—but not limited to—projects and collectives like: > > Google Will Eat Itself (Ubermorgen), MSHCF.xyz, The Yes Men, Peng > > Collective, New Ealam, Dis Collective’s streaming platform, Shmoogle.world. > > > > > > WHAT WE ARE NOT: > > > > -------------------------------- > > > > We do not teach artists how to better showcase their art, nor do we teach > > grant proposal writing or digitization of existing portfolios. While all > > these are very important tools for today’s artists, there are several other > > programs and resources for these purposes. > > > > > > EXPECTED OUTCOME OF THE PROGRAM: > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > The goal of the program is to teach artists how to initiate their own > > ArtUps, and to provide them with the set of tools necessary for such a > > venture. Once our artists master those tools, they will analyze them > > critically to examine how these standard market tools can be subverted and > > manipulated at the service of the ArtUp. By the end of the program, every > > project will receive the necessary tools to continue its path towards > > unicorn glory, or opt for the artistic aura, subverting market culture > > altogether. > > > > https://www.wemakemoney.art FB @ArtUpEscalator ln ArtUp Escalator IG > > artup_escalator > > > > > > > > DATES AND DETAILS: > > > > -------------------------------------- > > > > Application period starts: July 27th > > > > Application ends: September 13th, 23:59 CEST > > > > The decision of the board will be communicated via email in Mid September A > > Zoom Q&A session, for those who are interested in applying to the > > > > program, was held on 13.8.20, see the recording in this link > > > > Escalator start: Mid October (tba) > > > > Program duration: six weeks > > > > Weekly requirements: 2X3 hour online sessions. Home assignments. Working > > language: English > > > > Participation fee for the program is 110 euros, to be transferred upon > > admission to the program (special consideration will be given for > > individual cases). > > > > You can find more about our mission and program in the following videos: > > > > Wemakemoney.art: Exit Through The Appstore > > > > Aleksandra Artamonovskaja (.art Domains) talks to Tsila Hassine, Yoav > > Lifshitz and Gabriel S Moses (ArtUp Nation) about blurring the boundaries > > between artistic action and market disruption > > > > > > ArtUp Escalator launch meetup (including a Q&A session) > > > > For more details about us visit www.wemakemoney.art > > > > For inquiries please contact y...@wemakemoney.art > > > > -- > > rohrpost mailing list > > rohrpost@coredump.buug.de > > http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rohrpost -- sent from my stationary workplace georg ladanyi leopold-von-buch-strasse 24 d-15278 stolpe an der oder germany call german mobile +4915143440660 -- rohrpost - deutschsprachige Liste zur Kultur digitaler Medien und Netze Archiv: http://www.nettime.org/rohrpost http://post.in-mind.de/pipermail/rohrpost/ Ent/Subskribieren: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rohrpost/