Renzo Piano holds the belief that culture should serve the public, and this principle is embedded in his architectural career as he strives to create public spaces that truly belong to and serve the community. With this belief, he built OōEli for Hangzhou city.
With the aim of allowing the public to experience the small town like charm of OōEli, BY ART MATTERS RESIDENCY 之驻 invited five local arists near Hangzhou to collaborate with OōEli and its residents as inspiration in the spring of 2022. Together, they created interactive works that explored the surrounding scener of the area.
At the turn of spring and summer this year, we once again invite you to use OōEli as your canvas to carry out a public art practice. Take your art as invitations to office workers, merchants and the public in OōEli to join the art practice, to share some beautiful moments in the summer of 2023.
Duration of the residency:
Time1: June-August, 2023
Time2: August-November, 2023
*Select one time period only
Expected Outcomes:
A public ar project in OōEli
At least 1 public event led by you, in the form of sharing sessions, workshops, talks, etc.
An open studio day for the public to visit.
Paricipation in the Riot Kitchen no.2 public project with other residency arists.
Eligibility:
Arists of any nationality who do not reside in Hangzhou are eligible to apply. The type of work to be created is interactive or public art that can be displayed in the complex. This can include installations, video works, sculptures, paintings, and any other type of artwork.
Support:
A free 100 sqm studio and necessar creative equipment support
Offcial social media publicity provided by BY ART MATTERS 天目里美术馆
Convenient and well-equipped living facilities in OōEli
Transporation: actual reimbursement (Domestic:up to 3,000 CNY, International: up to 10,000 CNY, any excess covered by the arist)
Living allowance: up to 2,000 CNY per month
Creation suppor: up to 8,000 CNY
Application method and material submission:
1. Proposal (please briefly explain the public art idea you want to realize in OōEl)
2. Resume and past portfolio
3. Motivation letter
4. Personal Information Form
Submission Deadline:
Time1: May30，2023
Time2: June30，2023
*If submitted after the time, it will be considered invalid
*Please submit the above proposals in both English and Chinese, and email to residency@byarmatters.com with the subject line: Residency Application The Nearby Scenery.
*Please download the personal information form from the BY ART MATTERS 天目里美术馆 Media Center
https://www.byartmatters.com/press.html
Please combine all materials in a PDF document with a total size of no more than 30MB, and provide a valid online viewing link for larger images or video files, with a password.
All applications will be selected by the committee of BY ART MATTERS RESIDENCY 之驻, and the selected candidates will be notifed by email, and the fnal selection will be announced on the official website of BY ART MATTERS 天目里美术馆.
Contact information:
BY ART MATTERS RESIDENCY 之驻
Address: Building 17, Tianmuli , No.398 Tianmushan Road, Xihu District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Email: residency@byartmatters.com
Organization Profile:
BY ART MATTERS 天目里美术馆 is a contemporary art museum located in the OōEli campus, designed and built by Renzo Piano Building Workshop with a world-class museum standard. It opened to the public on December, 2021. The museum will continue to provide exhibition and publication opportunities for artists, to provide a third space for the public outside of everyday living and working and become a leading atelier of creativity.
BY ART MATTERS RESIDENCY 之驻 aims to provide a sharing space for emerging artists and curators to exchange their experience, memories, knowledge and feelings. We encourage our residents to improvise, experiment and interact in and beyond their studios. We hope the coming residents will bring memories around the world to Hangzhou, while also taking their impressions of Hangzhou elsewhere.
Residency Space:
BY ART MATTERS RESIDENCY 之驻 has approximately 2000 square meters, with a total of 10 floors. There are 8 residency studios, an exhibition hall, a blackbox, a communal kitchen, a workshop, a laundry room and a pantry.
The exhibition hall, located in the basement, has about 165 square meters and provides a space that can be used for daily activities and exhibitions. The exhibition hall connects to a garden designed by leading Japanese garden designer, Shunmyō Masuno. As an inner courtyard garden, it’s hidden out of sight, with a unique charm.
There is also a workshop in the building, providing basic practical tools and printing facilities. The black box, located on the fourth floor, is a dark room reserved for showing moving images and audio works, while also providing use for other works that require a dark space.
Each studio is about 100 square meters, equipped with a separate bedroom, kitchen and bathroom. There are three types of studio that cater to the needs of a single artist or an artist group of two. Other facilities from the museum BY ART MATTERS 天目里美术馆 and the OōEli campus – a library, theatre and auditorium – are also available to the residents, in order to support the production and documentation of worldwide contemporary art.
