Projekty pro Národní centrum současného umění v Kaliningradu

Kaliningrad Branch of the National Centre for Contemporary Arts
with support of the Federal Agency for Culture and Film and the Ford Foundation 

ANNOUNCES

Open international competition for support of artistic projects

TOWER KRONPRINZ: SECOND ADVENT

 
TOWER KRONPRINZ: SECOND ADVENT - is a new program of the Kaliningrad Branch of the National Centre for Contemporary Arts aimed at promoting among local population and professional artistic community the future residence of the NCCA in Kaliningrad - the cultural and historical monument of the middle XIX century, fortress tower-redan "KRONPRINZ".

Defensive barracks Kronprinz (built in 1843 - 1849) were a part of a second defensive ring in Königsberg. At different times elite units of Königsberg garrison, living quarters, Königsberg police, military treasury of Wehrmacht, warehouses and various communal services were located there. In April 1945, battles took place near to the walls of barracks, however it was not attacked and stayed surrounded by Soviet troops right until the general capitulation. After the War the tower was occupied by the penalty battalion that took part in the battle for Königsberg, then by a tank repair regiment, navigation school, later by a dormitory, organisations of fishing industry, warehouses and shops.

Today barracks Kronprinz are the monument of the military and engineering architecture, the object of cultural and historical heritage of federal importance protected by the state. In 2003 a part of the defensive barrack - tower-redan Kronprinz - was given for operation to the National Centre for Contemporary Arts for development of a museum, exhibition, research and information centre for actual culture in Kaliningrad. 

At the time being, with support of the Federal Agency for Culture and Film reconstruction of the tower is underway. At the same time Kaliningrad Branch of the National Centre for Contemporary Arts with support of the Federal Agency for Culture and Film and the Ford Foundation announces a competition for support of three artistic projects that have to demonstrate possibilities proposed by the contemporary art, facilitate actualisation of this new cultural space for local and international artistic community as well as to provoke new artistic interpretation of the tower. . 

CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION:
The following projects are eligible for the competition: developed by Russian and international artists for implementation in the period from December 2005 to May 2006, newly created and never shown before, related to the tower Kronprinz and meant for demonstration on its territory.

APPLICATIONS ARE TO BE SUBMITTED IN A FREE FROM IN RUSSIAN OR ENGLISH AND SHOULD NECESSARILY INDICATE:
· Name of the author, date of birth, CV, address, E-mail, phone.
· Project description (supplementary pictures, drawings, electronic images in jpg, mpeg, PC system are welcome. Each message should not exceed 1 Mb)
· Detailed budget
· Technical rider

CRITERIA FOR SELECTION:
· Creative approach to the space of the tower KRONPRINZ, its actualisation and new artistic interpretation 
· Novelty of the idea and visual solutions  
· Relevance of the project to the conditions of the competition
· Realistic technical implementation
· Realistic budget

APPLICATIONS ARE TO BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY UNTIL 10 OCTOBER 2005 to: ybardoun@ncca.koenig.ru (project co-ordinator - Julia Bardun)

CONDITIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECTS:
· Three artistic projects will be supported. They should be implemented in the period from December 2005 to May 2006. Particular dates are to be discussed individually upon the selection procedure. 
· Authors submitting projects should take present-day condition of the tower Kronprinz into consideration. Conservation and anti-damage works are currently underway and are to be continued in 2006. In the three-storey building ceilings have been preserved only between the ground and the first floor, there are no windows, which makes public access to the interior space of the building impossible. However, there is a possibility for working with the exterior space and appearance of the tower.
· Historical memo, plans and photographs of the tower KRONPRINZ can be downloaded from www.ncca-kaliningrad.ru/kronprinz-competition
· Maximum amount of funds requested for materials for implementation of one project should not exceed  $1000.
· Additionally organisers cover travel, accommodation and meals for 6 days in Kaliningrad.
· Materials and travel expenses are to be paid by organisers directly. Money is not to be transferred to authors.   
· Authors of the three selected projects come to Kaliningrad for set up, take part in preparation and opening. Set up should last no longer than 6 days. Authors of the projects selected for implementation receive fee equivalent to $ 200 each.
· The organisers will provide part of equipment for implementation of the project. 
· The results of the program will be presented in a bilingual catalogue (Russian, English) that is to be published in June 2006.
· Organisers reserve the right to use materials submitted for the competition for informational, educational and other not-for-profit purposes. All projects submitted for the competition will be published on www.ncca-kaliningrad.ru/kronprinz-competition and included into a video presentation in tower Kronprinz in June 2006.

SELECTION COMMITTEE:
Yury Avvakumov - artist, architect (Moscow)
Leonid Bazhanov - curator, art historian, Artistic Director of the National Centre for Contemporary Arts (Moscow)
Valery Bugrov - artist, General Director of the International Building Company "ROSSBAN" (Kaliningrad)
Ivan Chechot - critic, curator, associate professor of the Philological Department of the St.-Petersburg University (St.-Petersburg)
Alexander Popadin- writer, cultural researcher (Kaliningrad)
Irina Tchesnokova - curator, senior researcher of the Kaliningrad Branch of the National Centre for Contemporary Arts (Kaliningrad)
Elena Tsvetaeva - curator, director of the Kaliningrad Branch of the National Centre for Contemporary Arts (Kaliningrad)

CONTACT:
236000, Russia, Kaliningrad, P/O Box 1582
Kaliningrad Branch of the National Centre for Contemporary Arts
tel/fax: +7-0112-595105, tel. +7-0112-595109
Communication: Julia Bardun - ybardoun@ncca.koenig.ru