OPEN CALL to Nordic artists wishing to strengthen their network in the Berlin art scene.

Großes Treffen | Stormöte | Suuri kokous | Stort møte | Listastefna | Stormøde is a one day network event that offers the opportunity for Finnish, Swedish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Greenlandic, Faroese and Danish visual artists (also performers, sound artists, artists who create public artworks and interventions as well as designers and architects working within the visual arts field) to do portfolio presentations and get acquainted with key agents of Berlin’s art scene according to their specific interests.

The Nordic Embassies will host the event where 60 to 80 artists will be given the chance to meet a number of prominent Berlin-based curators representing a selection of vibrant art institutions, residency organizers, and festival curators. A jury will preselect the participating artists based on their submitted portfolios (deadline: 21 January, 2014).

Organized by the Nordic Embassies. Concept by Solvej Helweg Ovesen.

Participating Berlin-based REVIEWERS:
Oliver Baurhenn / CTM-Festival, General Public
Katja Blomberg / Haus am Waldsee
Ellen Blumenstein / KW Institute for Contemporary Art
Carson Chan / Program
Rhea Garboe Dahl / Praxes
Matthias Einhoff / ZK/U Centre for Art and Urbanistics
Anselm Franke / Haus der Kulturen der Welt
Kristoffer Gansing / transmediale
Sophie Goltz / n.b.k.
Susanne Husse / District Kunst- und Kulturförderung
Christy Lange / frieze d/e
Nora Mayr / insitu
Doreen Mende / Freelance Curator
Bonaventure Ndikung / Savvy Contemporary
Heiko Pfreundt / Kreuzberg Pavillion
Maud Piquion / Freelance Artist Manager
Aenne Quiñones / HAU Hebbel am Ufer
Lorenzo Sandoval / Altes Finanzamt
Virve Sutinen / Tanz im August
Antje Weitzel / uqbar

Please find more information on all reviewers HERE.

TO APPLY, please email us your application as pdf to grossestreffen@nordischebotschaften.org by 21 January, 2014, consisting of:
- filled out application form (download here)
- portfolio + CV (maximum 10 pictures, 12 pages, and 3 MB)

Please name the application file(s) as follows: first country code (DK, FI, IS, NO or SE), then your last name and first name, e. g. SE_Johansson_ Lars.pdf. If there are more files, please keep the same filename yet add a number in the end.

If you have any questions, please contact us via e-mail:
grossestreffen@nordischebotschaften.org

SAVE THE DATES!
Deadline applications: 21 January, 2014
Confirmation of participation: 1 February, 2014 (Please note that only the selected candidates will be informed about their participation by this date.)
GROSSES TREFFEN Portfolio reviewing event: 27 April, 2014

Participation is free of charge. Travel and accommodation costs must be covered by the participants, who may apply to local arts councils independantly. The respective addresses and deadlines:

Finland: FRAME | www.frame-finland.fi
Application period: 10-31 March, 2014
Norway: Office for Contemporary Art (OCA) |
www.oca.no/grants/international/about-international-support/
Deadline: 1 February, 2014
Sweden: IASPIS Internationellt kulturutbyte | www.konstnarsnamnden.se
Deadline: 5 February, 2014

Team:
Concept, Curator: Solvej Helweg Ovesen
Nordic Embassies Team: Birgitte Tovborg Jensen (DK), Lena Kingelin (FI), Soffia Gunnarsdóttir (IS), Ida Svingen Mo (NO), and Mareike Röper (SE)
Artistic Coordinator: Kordula Fritze-Srbic
Graphic Design: Manuel Raeder