OPEN CALL PROJECTS 2015:
APPLICATION
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
This document is the application form for participation in Scotiabank Nuit Blanche
2015 as an Open Call Project.
Please carefully review the Open Call Projects 2015: Application Guidelines
separate from this document before completing this application form.
Applications that do not follow the criteria outlined in the application guidelines
will not be accepted.
You will be notified by the first week of February 2015 if your Open Call Project
has been accepted.
Please keep a copy of your application for your records.
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DEADLINE
Deadline for Applications is: Monday, January 19, 2015.
Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted.
Email application and attachments to: ocs@toronto.ca.
INFORMATION SESSION
An information session will be held to help applicants through the process.
Attendance is not mandatory but you might find it helpful to attend.
The information session will take place on Monday, January 5, Metro Hall, 55
John St., Toronto, 3rd Floor, Rooms 308 & 309, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
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PROJECT INFORMATION
NAME OF ORGANIZATION OR ARTIST
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TITLE OF PROJECT
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EXHIBITION
There are three exhibitions in Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2015 available to Open
Call applications.
Please read the descriptions of each below and select one exhibition area only.
 BLACK AND WHITE NIGHT
ARTIST EXHIBITION, STATEMENT BY ARTIST, JR
"I want to turn the city inside out for one night with the help and energy of
the community, so that Toronto creates a powerful image that will be
remembered." – JR
 THE WORK OF WIND
CURATED BY CHRISTINE SHAW
In The Work of Wind, the Beaufort Scale of Wind Force will become a
geopoetic diagram of prediction and premonition. Created in 1807 by the
British sea admiral Sir Francis Beaufort, the scale is a 13-part index
measuring the effects of wind force and was first used for the practical
navigation of 19th century ocean space. The scale, in an exquisite 110
words, captures the dynamic nature of wind and its potential to compose
at sea and decompose on land. While the title, The Work of Wind, might
suggest a weather project, it is not about wind but of wind, of the forces of
composition and decomposition aligned with social, economic, and
environmental change in the 21st century. Drawing on the language of the
scale – breaking, scattering, drifting, tumbling, rolling, driving, whistling,
rustling, extending, raising, swaying, inconveniencing, impeding,
damaging, uprooting – The Work of Wind will unfurl the 13 forces from 0
(Calm) to 12 (Hurricane), and punctuate Toronto’s Waterfront with 13 artist
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projects moving between modes of allegory, documentation, and creative
adaptation strategies. From works of manifest tangibility and poetic
materiality to more activist, conceptual approaches, the combined effects
of this zone will offer an operatic experience of the elemental forces,
compositional forms, and geopolitical processes of our contemporary
times.
 HTOUS / HTRON: THE NEW COORDINATES FOR AMERICA
CURATED BY AGUSTIN PÉREZ RUBIO
This open call is intended for artists who are interested in proposing work
that deals with the new inversion of the Americas. Following the writings of
Torres Garcia, the Uruguayan painter and thinker: “Our North is the
South,” this project intends to overthrow the idea of centre and periphery
that rules in the Americas since post-colonial studies by trying to invert
both time and space. In this regard, the main focus of the projects
presented should not only deal with the realities between North and South
in the Americas, but also with their different political, social, intellectual,
religious and sexual conflicts. This idea of displacement, changing time, of
inversion, relocation and confrontation could be a suitable breeding
ground for the creation of at least 12 hours of instability in the city of
Toronto. The most important thing would be to keep the concepts of
geopolitics and time as determinants, and also to provide a detailed
description of where the project would take place.
EXHIBITION AREA SELECTION
Please select the exhibition you would like your project to be considered for
remembering that your application should be consistent with the curatorial vision
for that area.
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If you have not already done so, please read the application guidelines before
completing the next section.
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PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Please provide a general overview of your project, explaining the artistic vision
and how it is related to the curatorial vision, your concept and structure of your
project. Include any and all information required to fully describe your project to
someone for the first time.
Refer to Areas of Assessment in the application guidelines. In particular, focus on
your project's relationship to current contemporary visual art practice, its merit,
presentation and originality and its feasibility. Please describe how your
programming will extend for the duration of 12 hours. Your description should
articulate what you plan to do and how you plan to do it. The word count for
this description is not allowed to exceed this page.
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BIO OR CONDENSED CV
Provide a brief Artist or Organizational biography. This biography should be a
short summary highlighting professional achievements and the history of your
contemporary art practice. Use only the space provided in this application for
your bio/CV. The word count is not allowed to exceed this page.
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BUDGET
Please provide a very basic outline of your proposed budget. Please include all
sources of revenue and project expenses.
You must be able to deliver your project regardless of whether projected income
from grants or other sources of funding are successful or not. See application
guidelines. The word count is not allowed to exceed this page.
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
All personal information is collected by the City of Toronto with strict adherence
to the Municipal Freedom of Information Act and Protection of Privacy Act and its
regulations.
NAME OF ORGANIZATION OR ARTIST:
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PRIMARY CONTACT (IF THE APPLICANT IS AN ORGANIZATION OR GROUP):
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PRIMARY CONTACT TITLE: CLICK HERE TO ENTER TEXT.
ADDRESS: CLICK HERE TO ENTER TEXT.
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SUPPORT MATERIAL
You can submit a maximum of four supporting materials (such as images,
videos, sound clips) together with this application form.
Please ensure that at least one of these is an artist rendering or mock up of your
project.
SUPPORTING FILE SPECIFICATIONS
Images must be in .JPEG format, at a maximum resolution of 300 dpi.
All images must be named following the model:
[number]_(exhibition name)_[artist/group name]_[title of work].jpg e.g. 01_Black
and White Night_Artist_TitleofWork.jpg
Video works must be in .MOV, .MPEG, .WMV or .AVI format
Audio must be in .MP3 or .WAV format
If at all possible host audio or video files on web sites such as YouTube or Vimeo
and provide those links in the form below.
Other formats cannot be opened and will not be reviewed.
Supplementary material must be sent as an attachment (if submitting via email)
or as digital files on a CD-R, DVD-R or USB memory stick (if submitting via mail
– these will not be returned).
There is a 5MB size limit for emails. Your application cannot be broken up over
multiple emails.
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OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
INDEPENDENT PROJECTS
If you would like your project to be considered as an Independent Project as well,
you need to submit a separate application.
YES I WILL ALSO BE SUBMITTING MY OPEN CALL PROJECT TO THE
INDEPENDENT PROJECT CATEGORY.
YES I WILL BE SUBMITTING A DIFFERENT PROJECT TO THE INDEPENDENT
PROJECT CATEGORY .
SUBMISSIONS
EMAIL
The ideal method of delivery is by email to ocs@toronto.ca.
When sending your email, use the subject line: "SNB 2015_Exhibition
Name_Artist/Company Name_Title of Project". Your email should contain only
the following:
1. The Application Form (saved either as a Word 2007 compatible file or as a
PDF).
2. Up to a maximum of four attachments (images, video or audio files).
These files must be not be zipped or archived in the email. There is a 5MB size
limit for emails. Your application cannot be broken up over multiple emails.
Emailed applications are due by 4 p.m., Monday, January 19, 2015.
MAIL OR IN-PERSON
You can also send or deliver your application in person by 4 p.m. on the deadline
date, using the following address:
Scotiabank Nuit Blanche Open Call Project Application
City Cultural Events
Economic Development and Culture
City Hall, 6th Floor, West Tower
100 Queen Street West
Toronto, Ontario, M5H 2N2
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If sending your application by mail, please ensure you copy all items and
materials, including the application form and supporting materials, as data on one
CD, DVD-R or USB memory stick.
Send your application by mail or by e-mail (do not send via both). Do not submit
originals with your application. Mailed or delivered materials will not be returned.
Mailed applications must be postmarked no later than January 19, 2015.
FAX
We cannot accept faxed applications.
APPLICATION CHECKLIST
Please ensure you have checked all of the following, before submitting your
application.
To have my project considered for inclusion in Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, I have:
READ THE SCOTIABANK NUIT BLANCHE OPEN CALL APPLICATION
GUIDELINES.
UNDERSTOOD AND ACCEPTED THE SUBMISSION GUIDELINES OUTLINED
WITHIN THE DOCUMENT.
INCLUDED SUPPORT MATERIALS IN ACCEPTABLE FORMAT.
CONTACTED CITY OF TORONTO WITH ANY QUESTIONS I HAD.
COMPLETED THIS ENTIRE FORM AND SAVED IT EITHER AS A WORD 7
COMPATIBLE FILE OR AS A PDF.
SAVED A COPY OF THIS APPLICATION FOR MY RECORDS.
REMINDER OF DEADLINE
Deadline for Applications: Monday, January, 19, 2015.
Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted.
Email application and attachments to: ocs@toronto.ca.
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OTHER INFORMATION
You must send all your information at one time.
Acceptance decisions are made by the Scotiabank Nuit Blanche Exhibition
Curator(s) and City of Toronto.
Due to a high volume of submissions, we are not able to give feedback on
applications.
You will receive an email response to your application within two business days,
if it has been received by our office.
If you do not receive a reply email, please call us to be certain your application
was received.
Thank you!
CONTACT FOR OPEN CALLS PROJECTS
If you have any questions about the Open Call Projects program or are having
difficulty filling out this form, please contact
Umbereen Inayet
416-395-7371
uinayet@toronto.ca
www.scotiabanknuitblanche.ca
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