Open Call kültüř gemma! 2018

Four Scholarships

Due date: 15. April 2018
For the seventh time kültüř gemma! will award four working grants to migrant artists and
cultural producers from all fields and genres.
What will be awarded?
kültüř gemma! will award four working grants for six months, each with 1,300 Euro per
month. During this period of time, the submitted proposal is to be realized, while entry into
the cultural field and networking within this field is to be supported at the same time.

Who can apply?
With the current call for proposals, candidates from all sections of art and culture are invited
to apply. The call is is directed to cultural producers living and working in Vienna, who
define themselves as migrant, Black, Person of Color without any specifications regarding
countries of origin, nationalities or the like. kültüř gemma! understands migrant as a political
concept and as the self-designation of a specific position within a majority.

With which kind of proposals?
Project proposals can be submitted, which deal with current socio-political issues. There
are no specific thematic restrictions at all, so the project don’t have necessarily to deal with
migration or any specific topic alike.
Proposals can be submitted from all areas of art and culture. This means, for example, that
a poetry volume is just as welcome as a temporary intervention in the street, a musical as
welcome as a virtual action with social media, a Super-8 film, or a fashion show.
It is important that the project can be realized in the given time frame and will be presented
to the public in 2018. Apart from a contribution of 800 Euro for the final presentation, no
further money for the production and realization of the project will be provided.

What is to submit? And when?
Interested persons are invited to submit a two-page concept by April 15, in which the – not
yet realized – work proposal is concretely described. Alternatively you could describe your
concept audio-visually, via Video or Audio (max. 5 Minutes). A maximum of three images, etc. may be included.
The application concept is characterized by its feasibility within six months, and has include
the forms and locations of its presentation.
In addition, a biography (one page maximum) should be included, which enables an idea of
previous work in the cultural field (not a classic CV, in other words, but rather a description
in a self-chosen format). Concept and biography should be submitted in English or German,
if possible; attempts will be made to enable a translation from other languages, if necessary.

Who will select the candidates?
A jury of experts already established in various areas of the cultural field will select the four
grantees. Following an internal pre-selection, the jury will meet the finalists personally and
make their decision after these interviews.

What do the grantees do?
The grantees will realize their planned work proposals within six months, continuously accompanied
and supported by kültüř gemma!. The works will be presented in the end during
a public event, the group will plan and realize together.

If you have questions please contact us anytime via e-mail:
office@kueltuergemma.at

You can also call us by telefphone from Monday to Friday, 2 pm until 5 pm, +43 1 208 33 82 or
+43 650 555 02 50.

Submission of proposals by April 15 via e-mail to:
einreichung@kueltuergemma.at
Late submissions will not be accepted.