Open call for the APQHome - MAAT art installation

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APQHome - MAAT
http://www.maat.pt/pt/exposicoes/apqhome-maat

Contact
APQHome - MAAT
Av. Brasília, Central Tejo
1300-598 Lisboa
Portugal
Ana Pérez-Quiroga
apqhome@gmail.com
t +351965058052
http://www.maat.pt/pt/exposicoes/apqhome-maat

The open call for the APQHome - MAAT art installation is now open.

OPEN CALL: APQHome – MAAT

We are looking for: Artists, curators, critics, art historians, architects, filmmakers, performers, theater practitioners, choreographers, writers, musicians, textile designers, food artists, interdisciplinary collectives, & other related areas.

APQHome is a project consisting in a domestic space-a house and its objects-and a garden, inside the MAAT exhibition space. It is a total work of art that requires the participant's intervention in an immersion that, in a 48-hour period, aim to perform the everyday life, in a total art/life fusion experience. The participants will have the opportunity to spend two nights at the museum, occupying this domestic space in a program taking place between May 16th and July 30th , 2017.

Open call: Starting on March 8, registration for APQHome is open until June 8, 2017.

APQHome - MAAT is a total work of art that requires the participant's intervention in an immersion that, in a 48 hour period, aim to perform the everyday life, in a total art/life fusion experience. APQHome is an ongoing project by Ana Pérez-Quiroga started in 2012 and that is embodied in the website www.anaperezquirogahome.com - An Archive of Daily Life #8 – The accumulative schemes of objects and their determinants.

The artist will be present at the participants arrival for this everyday life performance.

There is also the possibility of having a meal with the artist, inside the art installation, in a scheduled performance.
A participation certificate will be issued after completion of the residency.

Applications should include:

Airbnb registration – English profile with a target audience framework + artist website + a brief motivation letter. Any other relevant information.

The applications can be either for two artists or for a single artist and an accompanying person

At the end of the stay, the participants will write a small essay on their APQHome-MAAT experience or on a subject that approaches it.

Other information:

This is 2 nights stay, from Wednesday till Friday or from Friday till Sunday.

Max. of participants: 2

Check in/check out – 2pm to 8pm/10am

Application through the Airbnb – www.airbnb.com/rooms/17473686?preview

Check calendar for availability.

Price per night: 25€. Total price: 50€

During the stay, the participant will have to count on the visits of the general public, as well as guided tours and of the museum's Educational Service, between 12am and 8pm.
Opportunity to enroll for a group lunch, price per participant 30€ (up to 10 participants).

Accommodation Facilities:
Participants will sleep inside the museum, in an art installation/house with a garden, including the following amenities: a double bed, a wardrobe, a counter cabinet, one large and two small sofas, a table and seats, chairs, a gambling table, two side tables, shelves, illumination, other objects, a bathroom (WC and shower), a kitchenette equipped with: plates glasses cutlery, toaster, coffee machine, kettle, microwaves oven and a mini-fridge.
Also included: Bed linen, bath and hand towels, hygiene products.