International Sound Art Competition

In commemoration of the 70 th anniversary of the historical tragedy of ›Reichskristallnacht‹ on November 9, 1938, the Collegium Hungaricum Berlin (CHB), the Hungarian Institute of Culture, announces an international Sound Art competition. Artistic proposals are requested which reflect upon this particular historical event as well as upon the architecture of the CHB building. Both the indoor and the outdoor spaces of the institute offer room for site-specific audio-visual installations, enabling them to become part of the open space of the city.

The exhibition will open on the 70th anniversary of the ›Kristallnacht‹, on November 9, 2008 and will run until December 9, 2008. Further to the exhibition, the CHB intends to host a one-day symposium on Sound Art.

An expert jury will review all entries and select one single proposal. The winning proposal will be provided with a budget of 5.000 EUR for the realisation of the project. The artist will also receive a personal award of 1.000 EUR.

Requirements
Proposals are accepted from artists from all nationalities and ages.
A proposal should include:
• a conceptual description for a site-specific audio-visual installation as part of an indoor/outdoor exhibition,
• project sketches, sound files, images, storyboard,
• artistic statement, CV, documentation of reference projects (PDF-/jpg-files, CD, DVD).

The submitted material will become property of CHB, all rights in the material will remain with the artist.

New Application Deadline: June 25, 2008.
All application materials should be sent in two copies to:
Collegium Hungaricum Berlin
›Sound Art Competition11–09–38‹
Dorotheenstr. 12
D-10117 Berlin

Contact
Bettina Wackernagel: klangkunst@hungaricum.de

Selection procedure
The jury will select one single proposal. The decision of the jury will be announced on July 14, 2008.
The  jury‘s decision is final and it cannot be legally challenged.

 

► The Jury:

• Jens Cording siemens art program
• Hans-Peter Kuhn sound artist
• Dr. Sabine Sanio music and media theoretician
• Prof. Dr. Martin Supper Berlin University of the Arts, UNI.K. – Studio for Sound Art and Sound Research
• Tibor Szemző composer

 

► Documents:

The flyer with all information in German, English and Hungarian: (PDF-data: Cover | Text).

The plan of the building: (PDF-data: ground floor | 1. floor | 2. floor | 3. floor | Front)

Information concerning the technical equipment of the house: (PDF-data, 3 pages: info sheet)