House Conspiracy Inc.
32 Sandon St, Graceville
Brisbane, QLD, 4075
ABN: 49 274 016 338
[email protected]
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08.03.17
House Conspiracy’s Emerging Artist Residencies Program
The Emerging Artist Residencies Program is House Conspiracy’s flagship initiative. Between
February 2017 and February 2018 there will be 17 residency cycles and 68 residency artists
curated within the space. This application form concerns the first four residency cycles,
and the first 16 artists. There are no direct costs associated with undertaking a residency at
House Conspiracy.
Residencies will give artists the opportunity to work in a private studio and across House
Conspiracy’s collaborative spaces (42 Mollison St, West End) to produce new work. If selected
to be part of the Residencies program, artists will receive:
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24/7 access to House Conspiracy for three weeks
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Their own private studio space
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A $300 artist stipend to put towards your practice
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Professional documentation of their work and processes
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Audio- and text-based interviews discussing their practice
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The opportunity to work alongside three other artists during their residency period
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Access to collaborative networks of talented practitioners from different disciplines
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The opportunity to showcase their work in the House Conspiracy space at the
conclusion of their residency
It is worth noting that at this stage House Conspiracy is not facilitating a live-in residency
program, although it is allowing 24/7 access to the space for each curated artist. House
Conspiracy has a basic kitchen and bathroom available for use by resident artists.
There is an expectation that resident artists collaborate with the other creative practitioners
taking part in the same Residency as them, and that they fulfil all necessary documentation
requirements. Residencies will be curated and themed based on the overlap of applicants’
practice.
All those accepted into the Residency program will showcase their work in the House
Conspiracy space at the conclusion of their residency, and will be included in a physical House
Conspiracy publication, due out in mid-2018.
House Conspiracy Emerging Artist Residencies Program
Application Instructions
This application is in three sections:
Section 1: Personal Details
Section 2: Criteria Response Questions
Section 3: Support Material
Across these sections, each question speaks to a combination of the following criteria:
1. Evidence of diverse and innovative practice
2. An articulation of how you wish to develop your practice
3. A willingness to collaborate with other artists and media, and to respond to others' work
4. The nature of the proposed practice, project, or experimentation to be undertaken during
their Residency
5. An understanding of Brisbane's artistic identity, and what it means to you
6. Evidence that you are an ‘emerging’ artist (i.e. that you have not yet ‘emerged’)
7. Evidence of high-quality prior work and experience
8. How you would contribute to and alter House Conspiracy as both a culture and a space
You should also keep in mind the information on the first page. The program’s nature
should frame your entire application.
To submit, please send a single word document including your application and all support
material to [email protected]. The email subject should be “Residencies Round
Two Application”.
Applications are due 11:59pm on Monday, 10 April 2017. Late applications will not be
accepted.
If you have any questions about the application process, please contact
[email protected]. Use the subject: “Residencies Question” However: do not send
your application to this email.
Good luck!
Emerging Artist Residencies Application Form
Section 1: Personal Details
1. General information:
Full Name:
Email:
Phone:
Address:
ABN:
Website:
2. Availability for Residency:
Residency 06
21 May – 17 June 2017
Residency 07
18 June – 15 July 2017
Residency 08
16 July – 12 August 2017
Residency 09 13 Aug – 10 September 2017
Please type ‘YES’ in relevant lines.
3. What is your primary medium of practice / the medium you intend to work in
during a proposed residency at House Conspiracy?
4. Within your primary medium of practice, have you:
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Released more than one professionally-published book?
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Had a key role in creating more than one feature film that opened in limited release?
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Had a key role in more than one show produced by a major production company?
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Headlined more than one exhibition in a professional institution?
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Released more than one album with a major record label?
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Released more than one paid professional project for which you were the key creator?
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Done a combination of more than two of the above?
If the answer to Question 5 is no overall, then you qualify under House Conspiracy’s definition
of ‘Emerging Artist’ for our Residencies program.
If you are unsure if you qualify, because the definition of ‘Emerging Artist’ is notoriously
~vague~, please email [email protected].
Otherwise, please continue with your application.
Section 2: Criteria Response
1. Describe your creative practice, and tell us what makes your work unique,
important, or real darn cool.
(100–150 words)
2. Describe the project or practice you would like to engage with during a residency.
(Note: this does not have to be concrete—be as broad as you need at this point, but the
more detail the better) (50–150 words)
3. House Conspiracy’s Residencies program is focussed on collaboration.
3a. What inputs from other artists would benefit you during your time at House
Conspiracy?
(Bullet points are cool) (50–150 words)
3b. What contribution could you offer to others in a residency context?
(Bullet points are cool) (50–150 words)
4. What is Brisbane’s arts and creative culture to you? What does it have, what is it
missing? What does Brisbane’s arts culture mean for your practice? How do you
fit into this local context?
(100–200 words)
5. How would a collaborative residency at House Conspiracy help you develop your
practice? What are you looking to get out of your proposed Residency?
(100–150 words)
6. One of the most important parts of House Conspiracy is that each artist makes a
physical contribution to the space, regardless of the media they work in. What
physical mark(s) would you leave on the House Conspiracy space?
(150 words)
7. Are there any specific requirements you would need fulfilled in order to practise
within the House Conspiracy space?
(Bullet points are cool) (50 words)
Section 3: Support Material
1. Please provide a 50-word individual bio written in third-person for use on our
website and in marketing if you are selected:
2. Do you have a personal website or online portfolio (i.e. a blog or a YouTube
channel)? If so, please link below:
3. Please list relevant experiences / exhibitions / publications / showcasings /
releases / credits / awards relevant to your work:
Note: consider this the limited ‘CV’ portion of the application.
Year
Item, Honour, Experience, Release, Publication etc.
4. Please attach support material to the end of this word document.
You can provide up to:
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Ten images
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3000 words of prose
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50 lines of poetry
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Ten minutes of video
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Ten minutes of audio
The work you supply should be most representative of your practice and the quality of your
work and artistic output. It does not necessarily need to be linked to your project proposal in the
previous section of the application.
Note: If providing a combination of these things to demonstrate your practice, please use your
better judgement in determining how much material to attach.
--------------------------------------------------Final reminder:
Applications are due 11:59pm on Monday, 10 April 2017. Late applications will not be accepted.
Please send a single word document including this application and all support material to
[email protected]. The email subject should be “Residencies Round Two
Application”.
Good luck!
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