Open to the Elements
A weeklong residency intensive at Headlands Center for the Arts
June 3–9, 2011
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Join us for Open to the Elements, an intensive research and design residency presented by Headlands Center for the Arts for those who are and would like to be architects, philosophers, environmental designers, artists, and ecologists.
Headlands’ urban wilderness, situated in a military base turned National Park, poses everyday challenges of balancing human needs with natural and cultural resources.
Led by Observatorium—a Rotterdam-based artist collaborative dedicated to public art and place making—Open to the Elements is a multidisciplinary platform designed to envision the possible future rehabilitation and re-purposing of Fort Barry’s early twentieth century army gymnasium.
Two dozen workshop participants will engage directly in a collaborative creative process in the contexts of shared meals, workshop meetings, studio practice, and guest speaker lectures on specialized topics, all situated in Headlands’ world renowned artist in residence program.
Open to the Elements takes place from June 3 through June 9, culminating in a public symposium and dinner on Thursday, June 9. You’re invited to participate and contribute your visions to the future of this unique site.
“The Observatorium’s design, research, and architecture workshop is an exciting multi-disciplinary colloquium where individuals can both advance and retreat by living and working on the edge of the Marin Coastal wilderness at the Golden Gate, and by finding an optimum in the interdependencies of nature, preservation, and art. Together, we will think about restoration, ecology, sustainability, history, preservation, design, and the gymnasium’s connection to Headlands’ other historic buildings. The gymnasium project also looks forward to the future of the Headlands as a world-class destination for the arts, celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2012.”
—Andre Dekker, Observatorium
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the Netherlands Cultural Services.
To Apply
The following information and materials must be emailed or RECEIVED via post by Monday, May 9.
___ Contact Info (Name, Address, Phone, Email, Website)
___ One Page Personal Statement
___ 3-5 jpeg images of past work with list of title, date, size, media, and, where applicable, conceptual intent.
___ CV
We strongly encourage applicants to apply via email. For snail-mail applications, send one printed copy of application materials to the address below; please include a disc with image files, as well as PDF files of your CV and statement.
opentotheelements [at] headlands.org
Open to the Elements @ Headlands Center for the Arts
944 Fort Barry
Sausalito, CA 94965
Notification of acceptance will be issued by Monday, May 16.
Fees
950 USD for one week (lodging and meals included)
595 USD for workshop participants who live off site (one meal per day included)
About Observatorium
Observatorium—an artist group founded in 1997 by Geert van de Camp, Andre Dekker, and Ruud Reutelingsperger in Rotterdam, The Netherlands—creates sculptures to give new meaning and use to environments in transit. Wastelands, urban wildernesses, and suburban areas are where artists and audiences introduce new uses of the public realm, using sculpture, architecture, and participatory place-making. Highlights are Observatoriums’ Pausa, an exterior museum gallery for the Architecture Biennale Venice; and Waiting for the River, a covered bridge for spending the night on the site of a future river park, which was part of EMSCHERKUNST.2010, the main exhibition of Ruhr Cultural Capital Europe.
Observatorium’s book Big Pieces of Time (010 Publishers 2010) will serve
as an inspiration and guideline for the workshop.
About Headlands Center for the Arts
Headlands Center for the Arts provides an unparalleled environment for the creative process and the development of new work and ideas. Known for the depth and range of support it offers artists at all stages of their careers, Headlands programs have provided residencies, studio space, public exposure, and awards for more than 1,000 regional, national and international artists of diverse backgrounds and disciplines, from emerging talents to the well-known and highly influential.
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