Call for Artists: BLACK BOX ART COMPETITION

MIKSER FESTIVAL AND THE FACULTY OF APPLIED ARTS IN BELGRADE ANNOUNCE THE "BLACK BOX" ART COMPETITION / MIKSER FESTIVAL I FAKULTET PRIMENJENIH UMETNOSTI U BEOGRADU RASPISUJU UMETNIČKI KONKURS "BLACK BOX" 

Mikser Festival and the Academy of Applied Arts in Belgrade invite authors to participate in the competition for artworks which will be presented at the Mikser Festival, from 25 to 28 May 2017, in Žitomlin silos, at lower Dorćol / Mikser festival i Fakultet primenjenih umetnosti u Beogradu pozivaju autore da učestvuju na konkursu za umetničke radove koji će biti predstavljeni u okviru predstojećeg Mikser festivala, od 25. do 28. maja 2017, u silosima Žitomlina na donjem Dorćolu

ABOUT THE PROJECT / O PROJEKTU

The "Black Box" project was created in 2015 in cooperation of Mikser Festival and Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade as a platform to support the development of young artists in the field of fine arts and the presentation of their work to the general public. With a current topic, 100 authors selected by the competition jury gets presented each year./ Projekat “Black Box” nastao je 2015. godine u saradnji Mikser Festivala i Fakulteta primenjenih umetnosti u Beogradu kao platforma za podršku razvoja mladih autora iz oblasti likovnih umetnosti i prezentacije njihovog stvaralaštva u najširoj javnosti. Uz aktuelnu temu, svake godine predstavlja se 100 autora odabranih na konkursu od strane stručnog žirija.

The aim of the project is to emphasize the problem that burdens the young artists in the contemporary social context, to empower them to publicly express their visions and contribute to the solution of social problems, and improve life in the community / Cilj projekta je ukazivanje na problematiku koja opterećuje mlade stvaraoce u savremenom društvenom kontekstu, njihovo osnaživanje da se javno izraze i svojim vizijama doprinesu rešenju društvenih problema, te unapređenju života u zajednici. 

The project highlights the importance of art installations in alternative urban spaces, their accessibility to a wide audience, as well as the connection between artistic practice with other spheres of life - science, technology, economy and society. / Projekat ističe i značaj umetničkih instalacija u alternativnim gradskim prostorima, njihovu dostupnost širokoj publici, kao i povezanosti umetničke prakse sa ostalim sferama života - naukom, tehnologijama, ekonomijom i društvom.

2017 THEME: "FALL TO THE FUTURE" / TEMA 2017: „PAD U BUDUĆNOST“ 

Black Box 2017 probe vision of the near future of the young generation of artists, under the symptomatic title "The Fall to the Future." Maturing on the ruins of an institutional culture, with no new ideas, plans and visions, plunged into complete hibernation, an entire generation found itself in an endless space without perspective, surrounded by walls of inability and limits for creative work. / Black Box 2017 sondira vizije bliske budućnosti mlade generacije umetnika, pod simptomatičnim naslovom „Pad u budućnost“. Stasavajući na razvalinama institucionalne kulture koja je, bez svežih ideja, planova i vizije, zaronila u potpunu hibernaciju, čitava jedna generacija našla se u bezizlaznom prostoru bez perspektiva, opasana zidovima nemogućnosti i ograničenjima za stvaralački rad. "Black Box" is a synonym for narrowness, but also a chance to accumulate energy necessary for the demolition of the walls. What awaits us behind them is a complete mystery. Is it an inevitable chasm, to which we are giving ourselves in to, in the free fall, or the tomorrow, sufficiently uncertain leaving the a chance for open scenarios for whose denouement we have to take far more ambitious role than a mere observer? Behind the wall is definitely the future, what kind, we'll find out at the Mikser Festival. Crna kutija“ je sinonim za skučenost, ali i šansa za akumuliranje energije neophodne za rušenje zidova. Šta nas čeka iza zidova, potpuna je nepoznanica. Da li sasvim izvesna provalija kojoj se prepuštamo slobodnim padom ili sutrašnjica dovoljno neizvesna da ostavlja šansu otvorenim scenarijima u čijim raspletima moramo uzeti daleko ambiciozniju ulogu od pukog posmatrača? Iza zida je svakako budućnost, kakva, saznaćemo na Mikser Festivalu. Black Box competition invites artists to anticipate the state of the society and the events that follow, defining their position in such a future. The dichotomy that carries this year's slogan: "The Fall to the Future" reflects the main objectives of the competition - raising questions about the relationship of young people towards the circumstances that seemingly they can not influence, and provoking the proactive attitude that is able to initiate change. Black Box Konkurs poziva umetnike da anticipiraju stanje društva i događaje koji slede, definišući svoju poziciju u takvoj budućnosti. Dihotomija koju nosi ovogodišnji slogan: „Pad u budućnost“ odražava glavne ciljeve konkursa - otvaranje pitanja o odnosu mladih prema okolnostima na koje naizgled ne mogu da utiču, te provociranje proaktivnog stava koji je u stanju da pokrene promene. 

THE SUBJECT OF THE COMPETITION / PREDMET KONKURSA 

Artists are invited to respond to the theme of the competition through the micro-artistic interventions on a very limited given space of a black cube, and based on the anatomy of personal intimate visions, to contribute to open a wider subject about possible alternative scenarios for the collective well-being. There is no limit in selection of artistic techniques, but it is desirable to deliver ideas as premiere concepts. / Umetnici su pozvani da odgovore na temu konkursa kroz mikro-umetničke intervencije na veoma ograničenom zadatom prostoru crne kocke, i na osnovu anatomije ličnih, intimnih vizija doprinesu da se otvori šira tema o mogućim alternativnim scenarijima za kolektivni boljitak. Ne postoji ograničenje u odabiru umetničke tehnike, ali je poželjno da dostavljena rešenja budu premijerni koncepti.

THE JURY / ŽIRI

Marko Lađušić - Full Professor at Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade / Redovni profesor na Fakultetu primenjenih umetnosti, Beograd 
Melinda Kostelac - Docent Vice Dean, Academy of Applied Arts, Rijeka / Docent Prodekan, Akademija Primenjenih umjetnosti, Rijeka

Dejan Miljković – Full Professor at Faculty of Architecture in Belgrade / Redovni profesor, Arhitektonski fakultet, Beograd

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION / TEHNIČKI OPIS

Collective setup consists of 100 black boxes of rigid material, the size of 60x60x60cm, which are the subject of individual intervention of the artist and together make up the macro-installation in an industrial complex Žitomlin, available mass public festivals mixer. / Kolektivna postavka sastoji se od 100 crnih kutija od čvrstog materijala, veličine 60x60x60cm, koje su predmet individualnih intervencija umetnika i zajedno čine makro-instalaciju u industrijskom kompleksu Žitomlin, dostupnu masovnoj publici Mikser festivala. / Depending on the nature of the work, the boxes will be placed on mobile carriers, fixed to the walls or draped in space. In consultation with the artists, the works will be arranged at defined positions in the open and in the industrial area of the silo. Projects can be realized whiting the box, or treat the box as a containing object of the work, including the performances that treat the black box/es as the element of scenery, with a conceptually different approaches to their content (by opening one side, perceiving through the openings, through video and audio recording, etc.). / U zavisnosti od prirode rada, kutije će biti postavljene na pokretne nosače, fiksirane na zidove ili razapete u prostoru. U dogovoru sa umetnicima, radovi će biti raspoređeni na definisanim pozicijama na otvorenom i u industrijskom prostoru silosa. Radovi mogu biti realizovani unutar kutije, ili tretirati kocku kao objekat sadržan u radu, uključujući i performance koji crnu kutiju ili više njih tretiraju kao elemente scene, sa koncepcijski različito osmišljenim pristupima njihovom sadržaju (otvaranjem jedne stranice kutije, sagledavanjem kroz otvor, putem video i audio zapisa, itd.)

DEADLINES / ROKOVI

The competition is open until 30 April 2017. /  Konkurs je otvoren do 30. aprila 2017. godine.

Competition results will be published on the website www.mikser.rs / Rezultati konkursa biće objavljeni na web stranici www.mikser.rs

In the period since the declaration of results, until the beginning of Mikser Festival, selected authors will participate in the development workshops in cooperation with the mentors of the "Black Box". / U periodu od proglašenja rezultata do početka Mikser festivala izabrani autori će učestvovati na razvojnim radionicama u saradnji sa mentorima projekta “Black Box”.

Duration of the exhibition within the Mikser Festival: 25th - 28th May, 2017 / Trajanje izložbe u okviru Mikser festivala: 25. - 28. maj, 2017. godine 

APPLICATION / PRIJAVLJIVANJE NA KONKURS

The competition is open to all artists, regardless of their status and formal education. Applicants may be individuals or groups of authors. Each candidate/group may submit multiple works as a separate application. Applications can be submitted by filling out an electronic form available at blackbox.mikser.rs which will be active until 30 April 2017 midnight, with the submission of the project description, technical characteristics and visual/audio materials, drawings, sketches, etc. illustrating the work. By entering the contest, candidates confirm that they are the authors of all the accompanying projects and/or sketches, and that MIKSER has the right to publish the attached projects and/or drawings through all communication channels. / Konkurs je otvoren za sve umetnike, bez obzira na status i formalno obrazovanje. Kandidati mogu biti pojedinci ili grupa autora. Svaki kandidat/grupa može dostaviti više radova kao posebne prijave. Prijave se vrše popunjavanjem elektronskog formulara dostupnog na adresi blackbox.mikser.rs koji će biti aktivan do 30. aprila 2017. godine u ponoć, uz dostavljanje opisa projekta, tehničkih karakteristika i vizuelnih/audio materijala, crteža, skica, itd. koje ilustruju rad. Prijavom na konkurs kandidati potvrđuju da su autori svih priloženih radova i/ili skica i da MIKSER ima pravo objavljivanja priloženih radova i/ili skica na svim komunikacionim kanalima.

AWARD / NAGRADA

The works selected in the competition will be exhibited within a collective exhibition "Black Box: The Fall to the Future" at the Mikser Festival 2017, from 25 to 28 May. In addition to participation in the central art exhibition of Mikser Festival 2017, award-winning authors will have the opportunity to present their creative work to the public and colleagues through talks program at Mikser Festival.Edu Zone / Radovi odabrani na konkursu biće izloženi u okviru kolektivne izložbe “Black Box: Pad u budućnost” na Mikser festivalu 2017. godine, u periodu od 25. do 28. maja. Pored učešća u centralnoj umetničkoj izložbi Mikser Festivala 2017, nagrađeni autori imaće priliku i da svoj stvaralački opus predstave javnosti i kolegama, tokom razgovora u okviru Edu zone Mikser festivala.

THE CHIEF EXHIBITION CURATOR / GLAVNI KUSTOS IZLOŽBE

Marko Lađušić

PROJECT COLLABORATORS / SARADNICI NA PROJEKTU:

Marko Stanković
Irena Hadži-Đorđević
Ana Čarapina

ORGANIZERS / ORGANIZATORI

Mikser
www.mikser.rs

Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade / Fakultet Primenjenih Umetnosti u Beogradu
www.fpu.bg.ac.rs

MORE INFO / VIŠE INFORMACIJA:
blackbox@mikser.rs


APPLICATION FORM / KONKURSNI FORMULAR: 
http://blackbox.mikser.rs/

What Design Can Do

WHAT DESIGN CAN DO | Design Challenge

/Entry Deadline - 20th May 2016/

The What Design Can Do Refugee Challenge is a global design competition that calls on the creative community to come up with game-changing ideas for accommodating, connecting, integrating and helping the personal development of refugees. The challenge specifically focuses on refugees in urban areas, as nearly 60 percent of the world's 20 million refugees now live in urban areas / Šta dizajn može je globalni dizajnerski konkurs, koji poziva kreativce da osmisle inovativna idejna rešenja koja će imati potencijal da u značajnoj meri doprinesu u privremenom smeštaju, povezivanju, integraciji, i pomoći u ličnom razvoju izbeglih lica. Konkurs se posebno bavi izbeglimau urbanim okruženjima, imajući u vidu da 60% od ukupno 20 miliona izbeglih u svetu danas živi u urbanim područjima.

What Design Can Do (WDCD), the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the IKEA Foundation invite designers, creative thinkers and imaginative trouble-shooters from all countries and disciplines, including refugees themselves, to take part. / Šta dizajn može (WDCD), UNHCR, i IKEA Fondacija pozivaju dizajnere, kreativne teoretičare, i maštovite u rešavanju problema, iz svih zemalja i oblasti delatnosti, uključujući i sama izbegla lica, da se prijave za konkurs

Five best entries will receive up to 10,000 euro each, expert advice and our guidance in developing their concepts into feasible plans, ready for implementation. Both new ideas and existing concepts that deserve further elaboration are eligible. Read more about the process or enter now: the deadline for submissions is 20 May 2016! / Pet najboljih rešenja biće nagrađeni pojedinačno sa do 10,000 evra, stručnim savetima i vođenjem u toku razvoja ideja do ostvarivih rešenja, spremnih za primenu. I potpuno nove ideje, i rešenja koja zaslužuju dalju razradu, imaju pravo učešća. Više informacija na stranicama konkursa, u delu proces i prijava. Rok za predaju radova je 20. maj 2016 

WHAT DESIGN CAN DO  REFUGEE CHALLENGE

Young Balkan Designers Competition

Open call for regional design competition:

YOUNG BALKAN DESIGNERS 2015 - “COMMON GROUNDS”

http://balkandesignnetwork.org/ybdopencall2015 (English)

http://house.mikser.rs/sr/vesti/vesti/696/young-balkan-designers-2015 (Serbian)

  

Heritage in contemporary, inclusive usage has come to mean anything, created in the past, that helps us, collectively or individually, to understand the present and create a (better) future. It is a fluid and living concept, and always in the process of being created.

— Matthew Taylor and Clare Devaney

About

Young Balkan Designers (YBD) is a regional talent platform founded in 2011 with the aim to identify, promote and develop creative potential of the Balkan region, in the field of product design. The initiative also aims at unifying regional design scene, bringing it closer to the international market, strengthening its creative potential by offering additional education and practice, while at the same time contributes to the restoration of multi-cultural cooperation in the Balkan region. Calling out for activism and design advocacy, Young Balkan Designers project has gathered vital design forces throughout the region and resulted in foundation of the Balkan Design Network, an innovative platform established with the aim of articulating and providing long-term strategic support for the development and promotion of the Balkan design, both within the region and at European and international level.

Reinforced by the Balkan Design Network framework, YBD’s two-year program consists of the regional design competition(December 2014 – March, 2015), interna­tional touring exhibition of the 20 to 30 winning projects (June 2014 – November 2015),designers mobility program: travel, education seminars and practical work­shops hosted by the key regional design festivals (June 2014 – November 2015), crowned with a series of mentored residency workshops (November 2015 – February 2016) tailored for the final three winners selected by the Jury, pursued in cooperation with the leading regional manufacturers.

Competition theme: Common Grounds

Young Balkan Designers slogan for 2015 – common grounds calls for introspective view on one’s own heritage and cultural values, vernacular roots, authenticities and imperfections, and their intelligent interpretation into contemporary Balkan context.

We challenge you to think about heritage in the broadest terms, from your own personal heritage – ancestry and culture – to our collective heritage as a society, including the places we live in. In your pursuit to define what universal values lie at the intersection of common interest and passion of traditional and progressive urban population, activate the value of cultural assets in and incorporate material and imma­terial heritage in your work.

Competition subject and criteria

Design concepts, products (furniture, lighting, interior elements, everyday objects, home accessories, stationary, aid products), urban services, recycled materials, fash­ion garments, etc. that offer innovative yet rational solutions to everyday problems. Criteria appreciated by the Jury: threads of material and immaterial heritage woven into innovative features of the project that enhance the quality of contemporary com­munity life; ergonomics; rational production costs; use of materials available locally; environmentally friendly production process; significant social impact.

If selected for YBD touring exhibition, submitted projects must be executed as functional pro­totypes. Print outs of renderings and other 2D presentations can be included in the exhibition only as additional illustration of the project.

Jury

president

Konstantin Grcic, kgid, Industrial Designer (Germany)

jury members

Jan Boelen, Product Designer, Design Academy Eindhoven (nl), Z33 house for contemporary art (Belgium)

Nikola Radeljković, Product Designer, Numen / ForUse, president of Balkan Design Network (Croatia)

Jelena Matić, Furniture Designer, Professor at the Faculty of Forestry, University of Belgrade (Serbia)

Project development mentors

Nikola Radeljković, Product Designer, Numen / ForUse (Croatia)

Ivana Borovnjak, Product Designer, Director, Croatian Design Association (Croatia)

Aleksandar Velinovski, Design manager; Founder, Skopje Design Week (Macedonia)

Jelena Matić, Furniture Designer, Professor at the University of Belgrade (Serbia)

Maja Lalić, Architect; Creative Director and Founder, Mikser organization (Serbia)

General terms

The competition is open to all persons aged 35 years and younger, from the following countries: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia and Turkey. Appli­cants may be individuals or groups of creators. Each applicant may submit more than one entry.

Deadlines

The competition is open to 28th February 2015

The jury will announce the winners of the: Competition Level 1: Selected designers for the touring exhibition young balkan designers, on 10th March 2015.

Competition Level 2: Selected designers for the residency workshops and practical training program, will be announced inOctober 2015.

Registration and project submission

Applicants will be able to register and submit their projects by filling in a Young Balkan Designers form online at www.balkandesignnetwork.com

until 28th February 2015 at 23:59.

Award / step 1: touring exhibition “young balkan designers” (20–30 winning projects)

Around ten best projects will be selected among the competition entries to participate in the Young Balkan Designers exhibition which will be on tour to all major regional design festival and selection of international design events including: Mikser Festival in Belgrade (3–7 June, 2015), D Day in Zagreb (25–29 June, 2015); One Design Week in Plovdiv (20–29 June, 2015); Skopje Design Week (September 2015); Wienna Design Week, Tirana Design Week (October, 2015); Istanbul

(November, 2015), IMM Cologne (January, 2016).

Award / step 2: young balkan designers mobility and education program (7 Designers per event)

Thanks to Balkan Design Network and the support of the Creative Europe of the Eu­ropean Commission, each of the Young Balkan Designers 2015 will be able to travel and attend educational seminars and workshops at the organizers’ expense to three design destinations during the first eight months of the project:

1) to attend the grand opening at the Mikser Festival 2015 in Belgrade,

2) visit one additional regional design festival (in Zagreb, Skopje, Plovdiv or Tirana), and

3) participate in one of the international design events (Vienna, Istanbul or Cologne).

Award / step 3: residency workshops and practical training program (3 finalist designers)

Three designers or design collectives that perform the best throughout the mobili­ty program of the YBD will be selected among exhibition participants by program mentors to win a residency in one of the host cities around the region, pursued in cooperation with the leading regional design manufacturers from Serbia, Croatia and Macedonia. Residency program simultaneously takes place in three partner cities: Belgrade, Zagreb and Skopje, it lasts three to four weeks and covers the travel and board costs for the selected designers and includes residency in a local manufacturing facility, practical training at a local design studio and the internship at the organizer’s design institution.

Important notes

By submitting this application, designers commit, if selected to participate in the Young Balkan Designers exhibition, to produce 2 identical pieces of prototypes and secure their transportation to Belgrade, Serbia by 31st May 2015, at their own ex­pense. 2 pieces of prototypes are needed due to the overlapping dates of some of the design festivals at which YBD exhibition will be presented.

Upon the announcement of the competition results in March, the Organizers will con­tact the laureates to provide them with the official invitation letter to accompany their prototypes during the transportation and the detailed information about the delivery location. After Mikser Festival in Belgrade, designers leave their prototypes with the YBD organizational team for the purpose of the touring exhibition for the duration of eight months. The return of the selected prototypes is possible upon request and the return transportation costs need to be covered by the designer.

The decisions of the Jury are final. Any claims arising in relation to the authorship of the design or of possible plagiarism thereof, will be the responsibility of the designer. In the event of non-fulfillment of any of the rules herein, or in the case of inconsisten­cy of the prototypes with the project selected by the Jury, the objects submitted will be excluded from the Competition.

Main organizer

balkan design network

hdd / Croatia / dizajn.hr

mikser / Serbia / mikser.rs

public room / Macedonia / publicroom.org

Info & Inquiries

ybd@balkandesignnetwork.com

www.balkandesignnetwork.com

CALL FOR APPLICATION: GHOST PROJECT 2011

Cultural organization Mikser is pleased to announce that in 2011, the Ghost Project initiative is expanding beyond the Balkans and is calling young industrial designers and architects from all over the world to take part in the competition. Following five years of continuous efforts in discovering and nurturing fresh design talents, the annual exhibition Ghost Project has become the central Talent platform within "Mikser Festival", the biggest Southeast European Festival of creativity and innovation.

The Ghost Project competition is open to all persons 35 years of age and younger from all over the world. Applicants can be individual authors or groups of authors. Each applicant can submit more than one entry.

"NEW SIMPLICITY" is an initiative to multiply networks of progressive activities among young designers, to establish connections between different cultures, among designers and manufacturers, but also man and nature. Above all, the slogan "NEW SIMPLICITY" should encourage designers to take social and economic challenges as inspiration for solutions that open up new possibilities for our tumultuous times.

Applicants will be able to register and submit their projects from 20 February until 4 April 2011. The jury will announce the results within 10 days of the submission deadline.

The Jury:
Jelena Matić, Furniture Designer, Professor at the Wood Processing & Furniture Design, University of Belgrade; Talent Zone Director, Mikser Festival

Mia David, Architect and Journalist; Belgrade Culture Center Director; Conference Editor in Chief, Mikser Festival

Maja Lalic, Architect; Program Director, Mikser Festival

The winning projects will be part of the core Talent exhibition at the Mikser Festival, Southeast Europe's largest regional festival of creativity and innovation.

Link http://www.mikser.rs/news.php?id=30

POZIV ZA MEĐUNARODNI KONKURS: GHOST PROJECT 2011

Kulturna organizacija Mikser, organizator istoimenogfestivala, poziva mlade industrijske dizajnere i arhitekte da učestvuju na internacionalnom konkursu Goust Prodžekt (Ghost Project) za 2011. godinu. Godišnja izložba Goust Prodžekt (Ghost Project) je nakon kontinuiranog petogodišnjeg delovanja u otkrivanju i predstavljanju mladih talenata sa novim idejama, postala centralna talent platforma Mikser festivala, najvećeg festivala inovativnosti i kreativnosti u Jugoistočnoj Evropi.

Na konkurs se mogu prijaviti autori do 35 godina starosti iz celog sveta. Kandidati mogu biti pojedinačni autori ili grupa autora. Svaki autor može da učestvuje sa više radova.

Slogan ovogodišnjeg konkursa je ’’NOVA JEDNOSTAVNOST’’, i predstavlja inicijativu za povezivanje i povećanje aktivnosti među mladim dizajnerima iz celog sveta. Cilj je da se uspostave veze između različitih kultura, između dizajnera i proizvođača, ali i čoveka i prirode. Iznad svega, slogan NOVA JEDNOSTAVNOST bi trebalo da ohrabri mlade dizajnere da trenutne socijalne i ekonomske prilike shvate kao inspiraciju i izazov za nova i inovativna rešenja.

Kandidati mogu da se registruju i prijave svoje projekte popunjavanjem elektronskog formulara Ghost project 2011 na Mikserovom sajtu www.mikser.rs od 20.februara do 04.aprila 2011.godine. Spisak odabranih projekata biće objavljen 10 dana nakon zatvaranja konkursa.

Odabrani projekti će biti predstavljeni u okviru Talent zone Mikser festivala od 24. – 29. maja 2011.godine.

Članovi žirija:

Jelena Matić, dizaner nameštaja; Profesor na Usmerenju Projektovanje nameštaja i enterijera, odseka Prerada drveta, na Šumarskom fakultetu Univerziteta u Beogradu; direktor Talent zone Mikser festivala

Mia David, arhitekta i novinar, direktor Kulturnog centra Beograda, Urednik konferencije Mikser festivala

Maja Lalić, arhitekta, programski direktor Mikser festivala

Link http://www.mikser.rs/news.php?id=30