Difference between revisions of "TESLA Award"

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Designed to facilitate the realisation of new artworks, the TESLA Award is actually a curious mix of an award, a grant and a residency. The recipient is given not only a financial reward but also offered production and technical support, a residency space and an organised exhibition. First awarded in 2017, TESLA straddles the fields of new media and interdisciplinary arts.

The award was initiated by MoTA Museum of Transitory Art as a part of the Artecitya platform, co-funded by the Creative Europe programme. In 2017, a research residency at the MoTA LAB in Ljubljana was complemented by a 6-to-8-week residency at the V2_Lab for the Unstable Media in Rotterdam.

Concept

An acronym for "Transdisciplinary Explorative Slovenian Art", the name TESLA also alludes to Nikola Tesla, a maverick innovator and thinker born in 1856 in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in today's Smiljan, Croatia.

The award is firmly rooted in an understanding of the needs of the artistic field in the Balkan region, in which a thorough and consistent institutional support for such artistic endeavours is somewhat lacking. One of the aims is thus to improve the conditions of artistic production, with another important dimension being that of forefronting younger, still unrecognised artists in the early stages of their career.

The applicants – who must be under 35 years old – should apply with new, previously unrealised project ideas. In 2017, applicants were restricted to Slovenians, but in the years to follow people from the wider region have also been eligible to apply for the award.

Awarded projects and artworks

Artists can submit project ideas for works such as interactive sculptures, generative and AV installations, sound art, AV projects, kinetic artworks, light art, tactical media and other forms of art combining traditional and digital media. The winner is selected by an international jury.

The realised artwork becomes a part of the Impermanent MoTA Collection. By applying, the artist grants permission to MoTA to exhibit the work locally and internationally. Also, the new artwork will be presented at the City Museum of Ljubljana, a partner at the project.

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-The [[TESLA Award]] is in fact a funding and residency project, initiated by [[MoTA Museum of Transitory Art]] in [[established::2017]]. It awards new ideasas of yet unproduced and as such foremost acts as a motivator for realisation of ideas that would otherwise be difficult to complete. It covers the fields of the new media and interdisciplinary art and is the only such an award in Slovenia. It is a part of the Artecitya project, co-financed by Creative Europe.
+Designed to facilitate the realisation of new artworks, the [[TESLA Award]] is actually a curious mix of an award, a grant and a residency. The recipient is given not only a financial reward but also offered production and technical support, a residency space and an organised exhibition. First awarded in [[established::2017]], TESLA straddles the fields of new media and interdisciplinary arts.
-The curios point is that the recipient is given not only a financial reward but also brings creative mentorship as well as production and technical support in addition to a monetary award. It sets up a research residency at at MoTA LAB in Ljubljana and (in 2017) a 6-8 weeks residency at the V2_Lab for the Unstable Media in Rotterdam.
+The award was initiated by [[MoTA Museum of Transitory Art]] as a part of the Artecitya platform, co-funded by the Creative Europe programme. In 2017, a research residency at the MoTA LAB in Ljubljana was complemented by a 6-to-8-week residency at the V2_Lab for the Unstable Media in Rotterdam.
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 ==Concept==
-TESLA Award is an acronym for Transdisciplinary Explorative Slovenian Art Award. However, it also alludes to the creative spirit of Nikola Tesla, a maverick innovator and tehnician, born and raised in the remote area of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire.
+An acronym for "Transdisciplinary Explorative Slovenian Art", the name TESLA also alludes to Nikola Tesla, a maverick innovator and thinker born in 1856 in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in today's Smiljan, Croatia.
-Based on the understanding of the needs of the artistic field, the award aims to facilitate artists to start or continue with their best ideas and projects. It tries to expose the new generation of artists and to support those in the early stages of their professional career. It aims to empower emerging them on their way to professional career. As such it is the instigator of artistic projects which interrogate and illuminate contemporary issues in art, science, technology, and society. The aim of the award is to improve the conditions of artistic production in the field of transdisciplinary art and thus respond to the growing interest in research-based practices in the region.
+The award is firmly rooted in an understanding of the needs of the artistic field in the Balkan region, in which a thorough and consistent institutional support for such artistic endeavours is somewhat lacking. One of the aims is thus to improve the conditions of artistic production, with another important dimension being that of forefronting younger, still unrecognised artists in the early stages of their career.
-The applicants &ndash; who must be under 35 years old &ndasH; should enter a new, previously unrealised project idea. The applicants must be Slovenians in 2017, but later this will be broadened so as to include also people from the wider Balkan region.
+The applicants &ndash; who must be under 35 years old &ndash; should apply with new, previously unrealised project ideas. In 2017, applicants were restricted to Slovenians, but in the years to follow people from the wider region have also been eligible to apply for the award.
 ==Awarded projects and artworks==
-A wide range of new media or intermedia practices, ranging from Interactive Sculptures, Generative and AV Installations, Sound Art, AV projects, Kinetic Artworks, Light Art, Tactical Media and other forms of art combining traditional and digital media and using diverse strategies. Winner is to be selected by a jury of representatives from 3 different media art organisations and an independent curator.
+Artists can submit project ideas for works such as interactive sculptures, generative and AV installations, sound art, AV projects, kinetic artworks, light art, tactical media and other forms of art combining traditional and digital media. The winner is selected by an international jury.
-The realised artwork will be part of the Impermanent MoTA Collection. Mota offers production and technical support in the process of creating the artwork. By applying, the artist grants permission to MoTA to exhibit the work locally and internationally. Also, the new artwork will be presented at the [[City Museum of Ljubljana]], a project partner at the award.
+The realised artwork becomes a part of the [[MoTA_Museum_of_Transitory_Art#Impermanent_Museum_collection|Impermanent MoTA Collection]]. By applying, the artist grants permission to MoTA to exhibit the work locally and internationally. Also, the new artwork will be presented at the [[City Museum of Ljubljana]], a partner at the project.
 == See also ==
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+[[Category:New_media_art_courses,_workshops_and_residencies]]

Difference between revisions of "TESLA Award"

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