Call for Submissions 2020

The 2020 edition of Art Safiental is dedicated to the theme ‘ANALOG – DIGITAL’ and the relationship between digital culture and land and environmental art. In cooperation with Migros Kulturprozent, up to three production grants will be offered in 2019 for artists working on projects related to the theme of the Biennale. Selected artists will show their work together with 13 other artworks during the curated outdoor exhibition which takes place from July to October 2020. Requirement: applying artists must have Swiss citizenship or live/work in Switzerland for at least the last 6 months. 

The works will be presented throughout the entire Safiental area, largely in non-institutional locations situated in the alpine landscape as well as in semi-public and interior spaces. You can find information about the previous exhibitions here: NEW LAND ART (2016) and HORIZONTAL – VERTICAL (2018).

The deadline for submissions is April 30, 2019. Your project does not have to be finished at the time of application but should be completed by spring 2020. Total funding is up to 50,000 CHF, which is distributed by the jury to 2-3 individual projects.

Funded projects will be announced in June 2019. In the summer/autumn of 2019 selected artists will visit Safiental to determine the final location of the work. Selected projects are to be developed in close dialogue with the curator of Art Safiental. Construction and installation will take place in May-June 2020. The exhibition opens on July 4, 2020, and closes on Oct 18 2020.

Guidelines for application
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Enquiries about the competition: Migros Kulturprozent, Dominik Landwehr
Enquiries about the exhibition: Kuratorium Art Safiental

Analia Saban: Sketch for Rock Painting. Art Safiental 2018