CreArt Artist in Residence in Delft. CarArt Festival AiR June 15th till 15th August

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CreArt Artist in Residence in Delft. CarArt Festival AiR June 15th till 15th August

2014-03-24

In this year edition of id11’s A.i.R. project in the framework of CreArt, id11 will again cooperate
with the Car Art festival (www.carartfestival.nl) in Delft. id11 will take care of the visual arts. Car
Art is a multidisciplinary festival, where cars or car parts are, in its most literal or abstracted
form, the source of inspiration. Car Art takes place at 8,9 and 10 of August at the old glue factory
Lijm & Cultuur (www.lijmencultuur.com) in Delft, The Netherlands.

Art initiative id11
Art initiative id11 organizes artist-in-residence projects in temporarily available spaces such as
vacant shops, office spaces or apartment buildings to be demolished or renovated. From June
15Th till August 15Th , id11 invites 8 professional artists from the CreArt network to create sitespecific
artwork for the Car Art festival in Delft, The Netherlands. The selected artists will be able
to start working at June 15th and work towards the deadline of the Car Art festival at the location
of the old glue factory Lijm & Cultuur. Preference is given to works with a wide variety of media
and diversity of approaches.

Location
Delft is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland (Zuid-Holland), The Netherlands.
It is located between Rotterdam and The Hague. Delft is primarily known for its typically Dutch
town centre (with canals); also for the painter Vermeer, Delft Blue pottery (Delftware), the Delft
University of Technology, and its association with the Dutch royal family, the House of Orange-
Nassau.

Duration
2 months June 15th till August 15th 2014.

Organized by the host
• id11 will assist the artist to get familiar with the city of Delft, her cultural institutions and useful
places and provide the artist with a weekly agenda of art related activities in Delft, as well as in
the neighbour cities of Rotterdam and The Hague.
• id11 will organize a tour to The Hague and Rotterdam and introduce the artists to the art scene
of these two neighbour cities of Delft and connect the artist-in-residence with the artist-inresidence
activities in Rotterdam and The Hague.
• id11 will provide during the whole working period a curator interacting with the artists about
their work.
• id11 will organize every week an artist talk for all 8 participating artists and also an informal
gathering (art café) where the artist-in-residence can meet and mingle with local artists from
Delft.
• id11 will organize during the last week/weekend of the artist-in-residence a final public
presentation of the site-specific artworks created during the residency as part of the Car Art
festival.
• id11 asks the artists to be committed, during the whole working period, to keep the working
space open for the public during day time, to see the work in progress.
- the participating artist have the possibility to install or present existing work during the whole
residence period in a separate space at the glue factory Lijm & Cultuur.

Paid by host
• Travel expenses, reimbursed the travel cost till a certain amount.
• Studio fee at the glue factory Lijm & Cultuur .
• Living accommodation.
• Working budget of €500,- euro a month based on actual costs and cars are available on
request.
• Publicity.
• A catalogue of the project will be published.
Studio information
In 2014 id11 will cooperate again with the Car Art festival and therefore the studio space will be
realised at the festival area at the old glue factory Lijm & Cultuur (www.lijmencultuur.com). The
residence program takes two months (June 15th till August 15th 2014) and will be concluded with a
presentation as a part of the Car Art festival. Participating artists will present their work during
the artist talk and be in dialogue with the public. Other forms of public presentations can be
discussed according to each guest’s interests.

Accommodation information
HET TIJDELIJK VERBLIJF is the name of the living accommodation of the resident artist. In Delft
id11 has no permanent living- or working spaces for accommodation or the realization of projects
but responds to what is available, arises or comes up with a plan for a project. id11’s artist-inresidence
program dependents on the availability of the temporary spaces. During the residence
in 2014 id11 will provide housing in 8 caravans and 1 house with a shared living room, kitchen,
showers and toilets at the premises of Lijm & Cultuur (www.lijmencultuur.com). WIFI also
available.

ARTISTS SELECTED

André Vieira

Bartis Elemer- Marton

Carlos Sanz Aldea

Eddy Kaijser

Fernando Guijar Cadenato

Martina Kartelo

Roberta Menechini


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