Videobrasil launches permanent artistic residency programme at the 16th
Festival

Starting in 2007, a permanent programme supported by Prince Claus Fund
<http://www.princeclausfund.nl>http://www.princeclausfund.nl will
systematise Associacao Cultural
Videobrasil's activities in the field of artistic residencies. Designed to
strengthen the interchange programmes offered in Brazil and create a
rotational dynamic that benefits Brazilian, Latin American, and African
artists, the Videobrasil Residency Programme consolidates a movement that
has intensified in the last five years with the creation of the residency
prizes awarded by the Videobrasil Festival in partnership with Le Fresnoy
Institute National des Arts Contemporains (France), Fundacao Armando Alvares
Penteado (Brazil), and Gasworks (England).

In addition to Fresnoy, the French Consulate in Brazil, Alianca Francesa,
and FAAP, the Programme has a new important partner, WBK Vrije Academie (The
Netherlands). Other collaborators with recognised track records in the field
of artistic residencies are Capacete Entretenimentos and Instituto Sacatar
(Brazil).

The first phase of the Programme offers eight residencies scheduled for 2008
and 2009. The FAAP Digital Arts Prize brings a foreign artist to Sao Paulo;
the Le Fresnoy Audiovisual Creation Award takes a Brazilian artist to the
renowned French media centre; the Videobrasil WBK Vrije Academie Prize sends
four artists to The Hague, The Netherlands; Videobrasil Capacete and Sacatar
Residency Prizes go to one Brazilian and one foreign artist, respectively.

The artists awarded residency placings will be selected by a committee of
representatives from Videobrasil and its partners. The first selection
committee features Solange Farkas and Ana Pato (Associacao Cultural
Videobrasil), along with Tom van Vliet (WBK Vrije Academie) and Marcos
Moraes (FAAP).

The Programme will offer the following prizes:

Le Fresnoy Audiovisual Creation Award - France
Le Fresnoy -- Studio National des Arts Contemporains
<http://www.lefresnoy.net>http://www.lefresnoy.net is a postacademic
audiovisual production and
research centre conceived of and directed by Alain Fleischer and inaugurated
in 1997 at Tourcoing, France. Guest teachers have included Jean-Luc Godard
and Gary Hill. The focus of this prize is on breaching the boundaries
between traditional and electronic audiovisual media and languages. Offered
since 2003 by Le Fresnoy, the French General Consulate in Brazil, and
Alianca Francesa de Sao Paulo, the award gives an artist a three-month term
of residence at the centre, complete with logistic support for the
production of an audiovisual work.

The FAAP Digital Arts Prize
With an aknowledged School of Visual Arts, Fundacao Armando Alvares Penteado
<http://www.faap.br>http://www.faap.br has consolidated itself as a
hotbed of contemporary
production in Brazil. The Foundation stands out for its emphasis on research
and on the formation of professionals forever in the thick of the discussion
on contemporary artistic practices. "FAAP foments artistic experimentation
and this is the reason for granting the prize", says Marcos Moraes,
coordinator of the visual arts course. Based at the Lutetia building in Sao
Paulo, FAAP residency programme is open to Brazilians and foreigners working
in the fields of the visual arts. It has welcomed 20 artists, including the
27th Bienal de Sao Paulo international residents.

Videobrasil WBK Vrije Academie Prize
Vrije Academie Werkplaats voor Beeldende Kunsten
<http://www.vrijeacademie.org>http://www.vrijeacademie.org is an
independent interdisciplinary
postacademic art institute initiated in 1947 by the Dutch light artist and
video pioneer Livinus van der Bundt. Going against the grain of the
classical art academies, the centre encouraged interaction and interchange
among various disciplines: painting, sculpture, photography, and the moving
image. Managed by artists since its foundation, the current director is the
sculptor Ingrid Rollema, with Tom van Vliet, the renowned creator of the
World Wide Video Festival, in charge of the moving image department.
Recently remodelled, the department now offers postproduction and rehearsal
studios for installation and media performance formats. Each of the four
winners will work at the academy as artists in residence for a period of six
weeks.

Videobrasil Sacatar Residency Prize
Instituto Sacatar <http://www.sacatar.org>http://www.sacatar.org runs
an international residency
programme for artists at its premises in Ilha de Itaparica, Bahia. A member
of Res Artis, the Worldwide Network of Artist Residencies, and the Alliance
of Artists Communities, its goals are to facilitate interaction and
collaboration with the community, and boost the visibility and cultural
impact of the city and nation in which it functions.

Videobrasil Capacete Residency Prize
The purpose of CAPACETE Entretenimentos
<http://www.capacete.net>http://www.capacete.net is to
produce conceptual and contextual works that embrace multiple artistic
strategies. Its residencies serve as a career-building platform for the
artist, documenting his/her production and bringing it within reach of the
public. The representation is the content itself.

The Videobrasil Residency Programme will be launched during the 16th
International Electronic Art Festival SESC_Videobrasil, that takes place
between September 30 and October 25, 2007 at SESC Avenida Paulista, Sao
Paulo. Winners of the residencies scheduled for 2008 will be announced
during the Festival.

For more information on the 16th International Electronic Art Festival
SESC_Videobrasil, visit:
<http://www.videobrasil.org.br>http://www.videobrasil.org.br
<http://www.sescsp.org.br>http://www.sescsp.org.br

Press contact:
Tete Martinho
Communications Manager
<mailto:tetemartinho%40videobrasil.org.br>tetemartinho@...

Conception and Production: Associacao Cultural Videobrasil
Undertaking: SESC SP

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