INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR SNOW AND ICE ARTISTS
10th Annual Snøskulptur Hovden , Norway
January/February 2012
Application Deadline August 30th 2011
All accepted artists meet at Hovden on jan 22th 2012 by 5 pm.
Work starts on Monday jan 23th.
Work ends on Friday jan. 27th
Opening on Saturday 28th of jan. 2012 at 5 pm
Departure 29th of jan.
Hovden 2012 will be our 10th year. It will be celebrated with a large and exciting exhibition taking place in 2012.
Applications for projects accepted from July 1st 2011
All applications are due August 30th 2011
Artist are notified by October 15th 2011
We accept applications from leading artist, assistants and beginners.
We invite professional sculptors in snow and ice, assistants and beginners to participate in our sculpture project at Hovden, Setesdal, in the mountains of Norway.
We are building an annual snow sculpture exhibition and aim to become the leading resource centre for snow and ice sculptures of high artistic standard in Northern Europe.
Snøskulptur Hovden is a project organized by Bykle Kommune, Destinasjon Hovden AS and Project Manager Ole Morten Rokvam.
2012 will be our 10th year.
This year we plan to build at least 10 sculptures in snow and ice. All sculptures will be located at the Centre of Hovden.
There will be prefabricated blocks of packed snow ready to be worked (3x3x3meters, special sizes can be arranged. We expand in sections of 1,5 meters in height and 3 meters in length. Max 6 meter high) and ice. We will also have a lunch lecture each day made by the professional artists.
Check out Hovden at www.Hovden.com
Look at our homepage www.snoskulptur.no
We are looking for experienced, assistants, and beginners in Snow and Ice Sculptoring; Apply for one of the 3 categories:
1. Experienced Snow/Ice Sculptors¸ Leading Artist.
We are looking for artists with experience in making snow and ice sculptures that can lead and teach a small team of artists in making one stunning sculpture.
Apply with images of previous work in snow and ice. Enclose at least one drawing or model of a sculpture for Hovden. We are also open for suggestions on special projects like combination of different materials, e.g. integrating photo and ice.
We offer you honorarium of NOK 18 500, transportation (Max NOK 4500), room and board. We will pick your 2 assistants, it is also possible to bring your own assistants or request two.
You are responsible for:
Teaching your team necessary skills to make your idea come true. Teach about the material and how to work the tools safely. It is important that you are able to communicate your ideas and techniques so that you include your team in the creation of your sculpture. You must give one lecture on your previous work in snow and ice. Snøskulptur Hovden will provide the most commonly used tools, but please bring your own special tool. We accept no proposals from artists without previous experience in snow or ice in this category, please apply for assistant or beginner.
Your proposal must include: 1 document, max 5MB
Content in this order only:
- Your Name
- Address/phone/email
- Category you apply for; Leading Artist
- Describtion of your sculpture including cube size/ice needed.
- Drawing or picture of model
- Drawing or picture of model
- 5 pictures of earlier works/projects in snow/ice
- Your picture in print quality
- Resume
- Special requirements
2. Assistant Snow/Ice Sculptors.
We are looking for artists with previous experience in snow and ice that would like to learn more before they take on their own project. You will be assigned to work on a team with one of the professional snow/ice artists, assisting in the creation of one sculpture.
We offer you transportation of maximum NOK 1500, lectures, free room and board. All participants must be in good health as work is physically challenging.
Your application must include: 1 document, max 5MB
Content in this order only:
- Your Name
- Address/phone/email
- Category you apply for; assistant
- 5 pictures of earlier works/projects in snow/ice
- Your picture in print quality
- Resume
-Specialrequirements
3. Beginner Snow/Ice Sculptors.We are looking for artists with a keen interest in getting first hand experience in working with snow and ice sculptures. Our intent is to build your skills and experience to make it possible for you to return another year with your own proposal! We offer you a daily lecture on snow and ice, free room and board. All participants must be in good health as work is physically challenging.
Your application must include: 1 document, max 5MB
Content in this order only:
- Your Name
- Address/phone/email
- Category you apply for; beginner
- 5 pictures of your art work
- Your picture in print quality
-Pictures of current work
- Statement of intent
- Statement of intent
- Resume
- Special requirements
The Artistic Committee at Snøskulptur Hovden selects all artists. Their decision is final.
Schedule of events:
15th to 28th of January 2012
Please send all proposals to Project Manager: Ole Morten Rokvam
olerokvam@yahoo.com
Mark: Application Hovden 2012
Applications for projects accepted from July 1st 2011
All applications are due August 30th 2011
Artist are notified by October 15th 2011
