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Le Soi Mobile 2018 - Artist’s residency

LE SOI MOBILE ARTIST’S RESIDENCY FOR ARTISTS WORKING IN LITERATURE FILM/VIDEO DIGITAL ARTS Program Presentation 2018 Conseil des arts de Montréal Laboratoire sur les récits du soi mobile Université de Montréal

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Through its Residencies program, the Conseil des arts de Montréal is joining forces with the Laboratoire des récits du soi mobile (LRSM - Université de Montréal / www.lrsm.ca) to offer a residency to a professional artist familiar with interactive writing in the field of literature, film/video or digital arts. The residency will take place within the borough of Saint-Laurent in the summer of 2018. Using the LRSM van, the artist-in-residence will travel throughout the borough mapping its features and realities. With the help of the Lab’s audiovisual equipment, the artist will then give form and substance to the neighbourhoods in a unique work environment. The design project Catalyseur d’imaginaires urbains (CIU) will serve as the linchpin of the residency. This new space, supported by the Ville de Montréal and the Université de Montréal, serves as a place for gatherings, reflections and urban renewal. Located at the corner of Durocher and Atlantic, it lies near the university’s future MIL Campus, a scientific innovation complex. 1- OBJECTIVES OF THE RESIDENCY The purpose of this residency program is to make a research and creation laboratory available to a professional artist familiar with interactive writing. Its objectives are:

• 1. to support a process of research and creation fuelled by the stories of the

borough’s cultural communities;

• 2. to provide a professional artist with a mobile space for research and creation in

the form of the LRSM van;

• 3. to contribute to activities at the design space Catalyseur d’imaginaires urbains

(e.g. conference, presentation on a phase of the project, exploration, etc.). 2- DESCRIPTION OF THE RESIDENCY The residency is for a maximum period of four (4) months, between mid-June and September 2018 (with a commitment to be present for a minimum of 20 days). The artist chosen for this residency will use the audiovisual recording and post production equipment in the LRSM’s van and its facilities at the Université de Montréal. This equipment includes the following:

• Sony cameras (PMW-100 and PMW-300)
• Sony Alpha a99 digital camera and lenses
• iTouch 4
• iPad Air 2
• GoPro Hero 3
• 1 edit station (three monitors, Mac Pro, Adobe Premiere CS6, Adobe CS6

Suite, Pro Tools HD 12)

• Lavalier wireless lapel mikes
• Sennheiser directional mikes
• Microphones
• Boom poles

The artist will be familiarized with all this equipment in order to be able to use it in the

• field. Further support and guidance will be available throughout the residency as

required by the artist.

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Artists interested in this residency must submit an outline of their creative project indicating how they intend to bring their personal approach to bear to achieve the geo- mapping involved in the residency. Proposals must demonstrate a clear plan to map a poetic geography of Montreal, with a view to creating a spatial story. 3- ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA The program is open to professional artists working in literature, film/video or digital arts. Eligible artists must meet the following criteria: → Status and conditions

• must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada;
• must have lived on the Island of Montreal for at least one year;
• must hold a valid driver’s licence and be able to drive a light commercial van

(Mercedes Sprinter);

• must have the skills necessary to use the above-mentioned audiovisual

equipment and post production facilities. → Professionalism

• must have completed their studies at least one year ago;
• must be recognized as a professional artist1;
• must have created and presented in a professional context at least one

interactive work. Artists in the employ of the Université de Montréal or the Conseil des arts de Montréal are not eligible. 4- TYPE OF ASSISTANCE The funding provided is one-time and non-recurring. The Conseil will award the artist a grant of up to $10,000 to be paid in two instalments, one at the beginning of the residency and one at the end, on submission of the final report. The amount of the grant will be determined based on the nature of the project and the budget submitted. The LRSM will cover fuel costs. The van and its equipment are insured in the Université de Montréal’s name against theft and vandalism. The artist is responsible for ensuring the equipment is safely stored and the vehicle is locked and secure. The van must be parked and plugged in, morning and evening, at the drop-off location at the Université de Montréal’s film studies building (Pavillon Lionel-Groulx, on rue Jean-Brillant).

1 A professional artist is one who, whether self-taught or academically trained, has acquired the knowledge

and experience necessary to develop his or her personal practice and is recognized by his or her peers (artists working in the same artistic tradition). A professional artist creates, performs or publishes works for public consumption, is dedicated to the practice of his or her art, and expects to be paid for the works he or she creates.

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5- TIME FRAMES

• May 14, 2018: Deadline for receipt of submissions;
• May 23, 2018: Selection committee meeting;
• June 6, 2018: Meeting of the Conseil des arts de Montréal board;
• June 2018: Announcement of the artist selected;
• June 2018: Planning meeting between the artist selected for the residency and the

LRSM contact person;

• Mid-June to September 2018: Residency period;
• November-December: Presentation of the work;
• Mid-February 2019: Submission of final report and project post-mortem meeting.

6- EVALUATION CRITERIA Upon verification of candidate eligibility, submissions will be evaluated by a jury composed of representatives from the Conseil des arts de Montréal and the Laboratoire des récits sur le Soi mobile, based on the following criteria: Artistic quality: 70%

• artistic quality and innovation of the proposed project as well as its relevance to

the chosen theme;

• quality of the artist’s past work.

Contribution to the discipline and audience development: 15%

• contribution of the project to the development of interactive writing;
• impact on and rapport established with the various communities in the borough of

Saint-Laurent. Project management and financial stability: 15%

• feasibility of the project and practicality of the proposal;
• practicality and soundness of the proposed budget;
• the artist’s capability to complete the project.

7- APPLICATION PROCEDURE Interested candidates must submit a completed application form for the residency (Demande Programme de résidences d’artiste - Le SOI MOBILE, in French only) along with the following attachments in a single mailing (by ZIP file, We Transfer or other compressed file format): ♦ a brief CV (maximum two pages), PDF version; ♦ list of Internet links for visual material showing past works or projects; ♦ a detailed budget for the proposed project, PDF version; ♦ if available, a press file, supporting letters, etc., PDF version. 8- ARTIST’S OBLIGATIONS

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Upon receiving confirmation of the residency, the artist selected must confirm a date in June 2018 for a preparatory meeting with the LRSM contact person to determine the support services necessary for the project and the schedule for access to the LRSM van. Following completion of the creative process, the artist selected for the residency must present his or her work, submit a concise report on the project and his or her experiences, and take part in a program evaluation process. The deadline for the public presentation of the work is November or December 2018, and the deadline for submission of the report is mid-February 2019. 9- APPLICATION DEADLINE AND DECISION The application deadline is midnight on May 14, 2018. Application packages must be submitted electronically to: marie-anne.raulet@ville.montreal.qc.ca. Applications sent after this date or incomplete application packages will not be accepted. The decision of the Board of Directors, which is final and not subject to appeal, will be announced in June 2018. 10- INFORMATION For further information, please contact: Marie-Anne Raulet Cultural Advisor – Film/Video and Literature (514) 280-2599 marie-anne.raulet@ville.montreal.qc.ca