Aimed at Portuguese or foreign artists residing in Portugal.
Today we launch a second 'open call' directed to young artists, Portuguese or residing in the country, working in the field of video, for a national competition, with a prize totaling €2.000,00, which will be shared by the top two selected artists. The final decision, uncontested and irrevocable, will be taken by an independent juri composed by Eduardo Guerra and Miguel Ferrão (Musa paradisiaca), Diana Policarpo and Tiago Alexandre.
All portuguese artists residing in Portugal and foreign artists with residence in Portugal can participate.
Only one application may be submitted by each artist or collective.
Artists will be notified by email if their video is selected as of 1 August of 2021
Applications must be submitted online, in their own form, until 11:59 pm on 31 July of 2021.
The selection of the videos in the contest is the responsibility of the Jury. The videos are online for a certain period.
The jury consists of:
Videos should be sent by WeTransfer to files@balaclavanoir.pt and the link inserted in the form.
On August 7th the 2 winners will be announced. Balaclava Noir acquisition prize in the total amount of € 2,000 + VAT to be divided equally by the two best videos, corresponding to € 1,000 + VAT for each awarded video.
Musa paradisiaca is a dialogue-based project by Eduardo Guerra and Miguel Ferrão. Founded on temporary partnerships with individual and collective entities of varying competence, it assumes different shapes, while always maintaining a discursive reference. Hence, it proposes to gradually construct a thinking family which is revealed by many voices. www.musaparadisiaca.net
Diana Policarpo is a London based visual artist and composer whose work consists of both visual and musical media, including drawing, score, sculpture, acoustic composition, performance and multi-channel sound installation. She graduated from Goldsmiths College with a MFA in Fine Art in 2013. Her work investigates power relations, popular culture and gender politics, juxtaposing the rhythmic structuring of sound as a tactile material within the social construction of esoteric ideology. She creates performances and installations to examine experiences of vulnerability and empowerment associated with acts of exposing oneself to the capitalist world.
Tiago Alexandre was born in the 80s in Lisbon.
He has a degree in Painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon, since 2012. In the same year, he was the author of the artistic residency Pé de Cabra: Its Not Basel But It Could Be, in Lisbon, raising questions about the role of environmental agents artistic, namely about the place occupied by artists and curators.
As a multidisciplinary artist, he uses various formal resources and media in his work, such as video, painting, drawing, sculpture, among others.
Open call closed!
Thank you for your participation