Watch This Space is a biennial organized by the 50° nord Network around emerging artists. It takes place in the Nord-Pas de Calais region and the cross-border territory (Southern England and Belgium) and consists in coordinated projects and solo exhibitions that members of the Network set up with artists from the euroregional territory. The 8th edition will be held over the November 2015 to January 2016 period. It will comprise about twenty exhibitions, talks, special nights, artist’s trainings and visits for the public, and will be devoted to : Resistance.
An Award is given to one artist participate at Watch This Space #8 by a jury composed of art professionals. The winner will have the opportunity to realize a research residency (studio and accommodation) to Fugitif, Leipzig (DE). He will receive a research grant to the amount of 1000€ at least and will be accompanied on site by Fugitif’s team. Fugitif is a French-German program of residencies, designed to generating links between artistic, scientific and cultural practices.
Each artist selected to participate in the Biennial will be ipso facto a candidate for the Award.
Deadline : 31th mai 2014 to contact@50degresnord.net
