Hotel Pro Forma (Denmark) | A residency programme for international artists

Deadline: 1 February 2015

Applying artists must be professional and have documented experience in developing interdisciplinary work. Preference will be given to applications that fit into the theme of ART+SCI (art+science), as this will form the basis of the works presented at Atelier Hotel Pro Forma in 2015.
Applicants must submit a concrete project proposal to develop during their residency.
Based on their projects, the chosen applicants will participate in producing work(s) for Hotel Pro Forma Lounge, our monthly exhibition at the Atelier.
The work that are presented may be either work-in-progress or already completed.

Artists-in-Residence must be able to finance their own travel and accommodation although in some cases funding will be possible to cover some of these expenses.

Only Nordic and Baltic artists can apply for residencies in Fall 2015. Danish residents may only apply if they are living in another Nordic or Baltic country.

The Application
Applicants must fill in the E-form and include project description, expectations for the residency, their project’s relevance to Hotel Pro Forma and an artist statement.
Supplemental material (portfolio/CV) MUST be uploaded in the e-form as one pdf-file and be no larger than 15MB. No other file formats will be accepted.
The application deadline is 1 February 2015: at 23.59 local Danish time (GMT + 1:00).
Applications sent after deadline will not be taken into consideration.

Period of residencies:
6-12 weeks between the months of September- December 2015.

Hotel Pro Forma offers:
- access to our organisation and network of artists and producers
- help with finding accommodation in Copenhagen and locating funding sources
- to apply for funding here in Denmark to cover accomodation, travel and a small bursary
- evaluation of your project on a conceptual, artistic and organisational level
- an interesting, inspiring and open environment to develop artistic work

For more information, please contact us at mail@hotelproforma.dk or
t. +45 32 54 02 17.

Louise Bourgeois "Alone And Together">>Faurschou Foundation Denmark

Louise Bourgeois
Alone And Together
6 September 2013–14 February 2014


Faurschou Foundation presented the exhibition Louise Bourgeois: Alone and Together, curated by Jerry Gorovoy, who was Bourgeois's assistant for close to 30 years. This exhibition was originally shown to acclaim at the Foundation's space in Beijing earlier this year. The title Alone and Together is taken from a diptych gouache that Bourgeois made in 2007 that deals with the feelings of existential loneliness and the complex emotions that emanate from the dialogue with the Other. This retrospective exhibition, which has works from various decades of Bourgeois's career, explores the themes of loneliness, identity, sexuality, birth, family and motherhood.

Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010) is recognized as one of the most respected artists of our time. She was born in Paris and moved to New York in 1938 when she married the American art historian Robert Goldwater. They raised three sons. She lived and worked in New York until her death in 2010. Bourgeois came to wide recognition with her retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in 1982, and since that time has exhibited in major museums all over the world.

Her influential body of work, produced over seven decades, in a wide range of materials and scale, has exerted a major influence on contemporary art, and has contributed to our knowledge of the fields of psychoanalysis and feminism. Her autobiographical and symbolic art reveals the complex and ambivalent emotions of being in the world. In her large aluminum hanging sculpture The Couple we see attempts of affection and intimacy, as well as the expressions of dependency and the futility of being fully understood by another.

The exhibition also includes the large, aggressive Crouching Spider. Bourgeois identifies the motif of the spider with her mother, who was a tapestry restorer and provided one of the most significant relationships of her life. Like the spider that continually weaves its web, Bourgeois is compelled to give form to her memories, emotions and corresponding bodily sensations.

A catalogue will be published in connection with the exhibition.

Faurschou Foundation
Faurschou Foundation consists of two privately funded exhibition spaces open to the public in Beijing and Copenhagen, established by Luise and Jens Faurschou. For 27 years they have mounted exhibitions of internationally acclaimed artists both in Denmark and abroad. With passion and an eye for quality Luise and Jens Faurschou uncompromisingly pursue their ambition to present highly esteemed contemporary art to the public. With confidence in and commitment to the artists chosen, they develop their art collection. Their collection is now partly accessible at the two exhibition spaces, where they curate exhibitions in collaboration with some of the world's best artists, curators, museums and galleries.
Admission to the exhibitions is free.


Faurschou Foundation
Klubiensvej 11
2150 Nordhavn
Denmark
Hours: Tuesday–Friday 11am–5pm

T +45 33 91 41 31
www.faurschou.com