International Prize for Performance. Fourth edition - Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento, Italy

International Prize for Performance. Fourth edition - Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento, Italy
Deadline : August 31st, 2008

Final evenings: October 10th and 11th, 2008

The official announcement of the International Prize for Performance, organized by the Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea of Trento, in collaboration with Centro Servizi Culturali Santa Chiara and with the support of Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio of Trento and Rovereto, is out. The Prize, which counts its fourth edition this year, can be characterized as the first and only prize for performance that exists in the world and proposes the same formula as last years, which saw high participation numbers from both the public and the artists.

All artists of all nationalities, from all formative backgrounds (visual arts, dance, music, poetry, etc.) and born from January 1st, 1973 are invited to participate. The first prize is fixed at 5,000 euros and there will also be minor prizes awarded.

At least one place will be reserved amongst the finalists for the artists born or resident in Trentino-South Tyrol, the province of Verona or the Austrian Tyrol.

The initiative aims to select among the participants twelve young performers from all over the world, who are invited to realize a previously unseen performance on the evenings of October 10th and 11th, 2008 at the Teatro Sociale of Trento. Performances will run under the eyes of a jury composed of some of the most absolute names in the Italian and international contemporary art world, one of whom will be president, the artist and performer Carlos Amorales.


Other members of the jury are specialists with different backgrounds, in order to guarantee the Prize a multidisciplinary character; they are: Carlo Antonelli(music critic and Director of "Rolling Stone" Italia), Helena Kontova (Co-director "Flash Art"), Gian Marco Montesano (artist, Artistic Director of Teatro Stabile dell'Innovazione, Pescara), Catherine Wood (Curator of Contemporary art and performance at Tate Modern, London), Franco Oss Noser (Director of Centro Servizi Culturali Santa Chiara of Trento) and Fabio Cavallucci (Artistic Director of Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea of Trento).

Applications must include all materials, as specified in the official announcement, and be sent via email to performance@galleriacivica.it (posted materials will not be accepted).



The deadline for the application form and materials is fixed at 12:00 PM on Sunday, August 31s t, 2008 (Italian time).

The official announcement is available at http://www.workartonline.net

Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea
Via Belenzani 46
38100 Trento - Italia
galleria_civica@comune.trento.it
http://www.workartonline.net