DISONANCIAS is a platform that liaises and promotes relationships between artists and companies, research centres or public organisations in order to foster innovation in all its aspects and transmit to society the importance of developing creative environments.

It is based on the idea that artists are, by definition, researchers and can contribute to proposing new and different paths of innovation, introducing detours and discords in the normal processes of thought and action, contributing creativity and work methodologies and serving as a catalyst for the members of a team.

Who should apply

DISONANCIAS gives priority to the involvement of artists who: are committed to their environment; are interested in stimulating interaction between different cultural and social systems; and who can contribute to collective work. The programme is open to artists working with any type of medium and in any discipline.

The selection process is open to artists of any age, nationality or place of residence, either presented individually or as a group. Candidates can present themselves before a maximum of three bodies, and must send one candidature dossier per body, specifying that they are presenting themselves to other bodies/another body in each dossier.

It is essential that the artists accept the fact that they will not be developing an autonomous creation project, but rather one related to and based on certain concepts and prerequisites defined by each participating entity, and that the main objective is research into and/or development of a prototype, procedure or idea that complies with these conditions.

Selection process

The artists will be selected after an international call to which they have to present at least one preliminary project that adapts itself to the research fields previously defined by the participating companies and centres. All the details about the selection process are in the Rules and Regulations document.

Candidates must fill in the registration form and write a document in PDF format, containing the following information (in this order), in English, Spanish or Basque (no more than 10 A4 pages and 3MB):

- a brief description of their view of the role of the artist in society today, and their motivation for participating in the project;
- preliminary plan (s) (maximum of two by entity), in relation to the investigation formulated by the organisation;
- résumé of their artistic career (if possible, in a literary style; avoid CV format); specificying activities carried out in similar contexts (companies or equivalent), the degree of collaboration and the lessons drawn from the experience.
- availability during the collaboration period and work schedule.

The registration form and PDF document should be sent by email to izenematea[at]disonancias.com before 09.00 (Spanish time) on Monday 7 July, 2008. For enquiries or additional information, the DISONANCIAS organisation will answer by email (izenematea[at]disonancias.com) from 28 April to 3 July, 2008.

Websites

http://www.disonancias.com/en/next-round-%5b2008-09%5d/call-for-artists/