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Spaces

Participants sought for the art project ’Short Cut Leuven’ by Stijn Van Dorpe

Short Cut traces an imaginary straight line (a ’short cut’), via a group of walking people, through Leuven. The aim is to form a line and walk a trail between Naamsevest and Engels Plein, straight across private property, public buildings, streets and squares. In this way Van Dorpe reconnects the private to the public, while making us think about topics like “living in the city,” “loss of privacy” etc. More info.

Wat is stroom?
STROOM is een cultuursubsidie van de provincie Limburg die kansen geeft aan creatief talent. Deze subsidie geeft beloftevol talent een duw in de rug om een nieuwe stap te zetten in hun professionele ontwikkeling.

Stroom geeft power via twee beurzen.

Under the LSM program (Limburg Sterk Merk: Limburg strong brand), the MAD-faculty in Hasselt and Genk (Belgium) obtained substantial fundings in order to stimulate the research at the MAD-faculty (PHL and MDA) through doctoral fellowships, starting in Jan. 2011. In total it concerns 7 full-time PhD-fellowships for four years in arts & design research.

The proposed project and research question of the applicant will have to match the theme of one of the MAD-faculty research groups, among them Social Spaces (see our mission statement under ‘About’). In addition, there has to be a potential for upgrading the Limburg region. There are several substantive criteria that the application must meet. The detailed call with the assessment, template, LSM file and multi-year plan of the research group Social Spaces, will be made public during the first week of July 2010.

Interested? Contact MSterckx [at] mail.phl.be or liesbeth.huybrechts [at] mda.khlim.be

The research project Interface-Our-Space (research group Social Spaces, Media & Design Academy Genk) develops a mapping tool to create an overview of creative processes. Within this research we are looking for examples of mapping practices (use of post-its/icons/collages/…) as part of a creative proces (i.e. in brainstorm sessions).

If you would like to collaborate in this research, send an image, text (50 – 500 words) and contact information that illustrates your mapping practice before Monday April 19th to priscilla.machils@khlim.be.

We will contact you regarding a future publication.

Contact: priscilla.machils@khlim.be or +32 (0)89 300 850

www.interface-our-space.be

Before the 15th of April 2010 artists, designers and theoreticians can apply for a research and production residency at the Jan van Eyck Academy. You are free to come with your own proposal or you can choose for a subject proposed by the Academy. In any case the institute offers an inspiring cross-disciplinary environment for research and development.

The call by Jan van Eyck Academie:
The Jan van Eyck Academie is an institute for research and production in the fields of fine art, design and theory. Every year, 48 international researchers realise their individual or collective projects in the artistic and critical environment that is the Jan van Eyck. In doing so, they are advised by a team of artists, designers and theoreticians who have won their spurs globally. The researchers can also avail themselves of facilities that support their projects from first concept to public presentation.