Text of the open call

The Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture, in cooperation with the City of Ljubljana, is inviting artists in the field of fine and visual arts to design a new mural on the façade of the building at Trg mladinskih delovnih brigad 7 in Ljubljana. The project will replace the previous mural by the young Finnish artist Pallo Ollap, who painted the façade in 2014 as part of an international European project.

Murals, graffiti and other artistic interventions in the public space are regarded as an important part of the image of a contemporary city. Street art pieces co-shape an artistically plentiful scenography of the city, telling the story of its inhabitants and opening up different views of the variety of urban life. Especially in a time of oversaturation with intrusive advertising billboards and displays, street art facilitates independent creativity and the visibility of an innovative aesthetic, thereby placing itself in the very core of experiencing a city.

Subject of the open call

The author of the selected proposal will receive a net fee of 1000 EUR for painting the mural and will be compensated for material and technical implementation costs. In addition, the selected authors who live outside of the City of Ljubljana area will be compensated for travel costs and three weeks’ residence in Ljubljana. The topic of the mural is open-ended.

Terms of participation

The call is open to inhabitants of Slovenia, the EU Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, Albania and the former Yugoslavian countries. The applicants may be natural persons or legal entities.

Committee members

The received submissions will be reviewed by a committee named by Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture General Manager Simon Kardum and composed of: Prof. Janez Koželj, architect and City of Ljubljana Deputy Mayor, Piera Ravnikar, head of the R – space gallery, and Lara Plavčak, head of visual, audio-visual and intermedia arts projects at Kino Šiška.

Timeline

Submission deadline: 17^th August 2018 by 11 AM
Committee session: between 19^th and 24^th August 2018
Notification of applicants via e-mail regarding the selected mural: by 27^th August 2018
Anticipated term of implementation: September 2018

Required materials and submission procedure
The applications should be submitted in one pdf document and should include:

– the name, surname, address, date of birth, e-mail and phone of the applicant;
– a short biography of the artist;
– photo documentation of a selection of up to 10 completed projects;
– a drawing or visual material of the proposed mural;
– a short explanation and description of the proposed mural;
– a description of the technique and materials used in the implementation of the proposed mural (spray paints, paints, etc.); durability of the material is required.

Additional Information

Mural measurements: height 10.3 m x width 12.9 m.

Link to photo documentation of the previous mural here.

Submit any questions and applications to: lara.plavcak@kinosiska.si.

Official document here.

Photo: Tina Lagler/OSM films

Organisation: Kino Šiška.

Kino Šiška undertakes that the received data will be processed for the sole purpose of communicating the results of the international mural open call. We are bound to handling your data carefully and in accordance with the data protection legislation, and to not transmit it to third parties without your express consent. The personal data is stored only as long as it is necessary in order to fulfil the purpose for which particular data was collected and further used, or until you withdraw your consent. After the end of the period of storage, we shall permanently delete your personal data.