Voltaire Lab will open its doors to 4 artists invited to carry out different residencies whose purpose is to provide the Basque and
international artistic context with new tools and support for the development of their project within the graphic arts and specifically screen printing.
A cycle of 4 artistic residencies with individual exhibition is proposed. During the residency each artist will have total freedom of use and enjoyment of all the tools and resources available in the workshop to carry out an artistic project within the expanded serigraphy and exhibit it with a duration of one month.
The residency:
Voltaire Lab, with the help of Eremuak and the Basque Government offers 4 artistic residencies to be developed in the premises
located at 35 Atxuri St., Bilbao. Atxuri 35, Bilbao. The workshop is fully equipped to accompany artists and designers in their
screen-printing projects and has an open-plan space for an open-plan exhibition space. 4 artists will be selected, regardless of their
sex, age, origin or place of residence to produce one or more screen-printed works to be exhibited at a later date. Screen printed
works to be exhibited in the exhibition space together with other complementary works already produced by the selected artist.
The workshop:
The workshop is fully equipped for the realization of any screen printing project in various formats and supports. The following machines and tools are available:
- Insolating table for formats up to 120 x 85 cm.
- Manual stamping table with vacuum format up to A2
- Semi-automatic printing table with vacuum for format up to 120 x 85 cm
- Textile printing press 4 colors 4 stations
- Cleaning bath with pressurized water pistol
- Color mixing table
- Auxiliary work table / desk
The exhibition space:
- 20 m2 3.20 m high Walls plastered and conditioned
- Lighting with adjustment rails
- Sockets for projections or TVs
- Tools necessary for assembly (levels, drill, hammer, etc.)
- Plans closet to support sculptural work or room sheet.
Selection criteria:
During the 5 years since Voltaire Lab was born we have developed numerous editing projects together with artists from diverse
contexts and artistic practices. We are aware that most of the artists and designers with whom we have worked do not have the
experience or the resources have neither the experience nor the necessary resources to develop a silkscreen edition, but that should
not be an impediment.
It doesn’t matter if your artistic practice is based on photography, painting, dance or sculpture. That’s why we consider ourselves as translators since we try to transfer the artistic approach and the visual resources within the artistic practice to develop our projects. Knowing this, we will select the 4 projects according to the following criteria:
- Artists will be selected regardless of gender, identity and origin.
- Each selected artist will have to prove their experience and previous artistic trajectory by attaching catalogs, portfolio or website.
- Each specific project proposed for the artistic residency and its viability within the parameters of publishing and silkscreen printing will be evaluated.
- The commercial potential of each project will be assessed in order to provide an outlet for the works produced during the artistic residency.
Present your project between 15 September and 15 October and send them to taller.voltairelab@gmail.com
More information: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tRz5jyzjVBm9_VILbHtTNOdRdkSAzGl5
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