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Founded by the Godot Contemporary Art Institute (GICA). Godot Catalyst Award Its aim is to provide support to visual artists working in the national public arena, giving them momentum.. The budget for the project and the exhibition is 10 million forints.
for the award held every two years over 35 years Artists and artist groups that have been operating for a minimum of 5 years may apply; from among them a professional jury will choose the finalists and, ultimately, the winner of the grand prize. main prize An independent exhibition at the Budapest Godot Contemporary Art Institute with a 1 million forint fee. The finalists present their works in a group show. From among them, the audience chooses a winner by on‑site voting, who receives a fee of 500.000‑Ft.
The Godot Contemporary Art Institute functions as a catalyst not only for emerging young artists but also for those at the peak of their careers and well‑known figures in the visual arts scene. In addition to the newly founded award and its financial support, the prize provides winners with exhibition opportunities in the Institute’s impressive premises. GICA supplies the curator, on‑site construction crew, playback equipment, lighting, the transport of artworks between studio and GICA, insurance costs for the works, catering for the opening, the opening personnel’s fees, and the costs for the frame programmes. Working with the winning artist, GICA creates the exhibition’s graphic and communication design, as well as PR and press work.
The award ceremony time— 2022. May 5.
Location: Godot Contemporary Art Institute, Budapest 1036. Fényes Adolf Street 21.
The application material must contain:
Hungarian‑language professional résumé
concise, Hungarian‑language, professional, digital portfolio (containing the details of the works included: title, year, technique, size, other required information)
the title of the forthcoming exhibition
up to two pages of Hungarian text presenting the applicant’s works concept on how his works would be combined into an exhibition in the spaces of GICA. (It is not mandatory for the artist to formulate this, the involvement of a historian of art or curator is recommended).
visualisation plan about the exhibition concept. When developing the exhibition concept, it is not compulsory to utilise all of the space. The floor plan can be downloaded from the following link: https://www.gica.hu/floorplans - internal height 4 metres
It is necessary to attach reproductions, technical drawings or a script for at least six works to the visual plan (title, year, technique, dimensions, other information), which will be displayed at the exhibition if selected by the applicant. Please state the main details of the works in the filename. Also indicate the required technical equipment.
budget for the planned exhibition (in the case of new works material costs, packaging costs, assistant wages, set designer wages, copywriter wages, etc.). Maximum 2.000.000.- forints.
A summary text in English briefly presenting the artist’s works and the specific concept. No more than 1 A4 pages.
Submitting applications:
Deadline: 2022 February 10 midnight
Applications are accepted exclusively electronically, the [email protected] Following registration at the address, applications may be submitted in the manner described below. Applications received after the deadline cannot be accepted. The works must not be older than 5 years at the time of submission and must be in the artist's possession.
How to apply:
Registration: We request that the applicant send an email to [email protected] to the address, including the applicant’s full name and contact details. A subjectplease indicate inside: REGISTRATION 22 . The final deadline for registration 2022 January 30 midnight
Upload application materials: In reply to the received email the applicant will receive a link to a Google Drive folder where they can upload the documents and files required for the application. For reproductions and video works the file name will contain the work’s details (title, year, technique, size).
Closing: After the application deadline the applicant will no longer have access to or be able to edit their folder. We cannot accept incomplete applications or those received after the deadline.
Contact:
Borbála Laczkovich
Godot Contemporary Art Institute
artistic director
email: [email protected]
The jury process:
The jury will select, online, those artists whose portfolios and submitted documents they wish to interview in person. The times for the personal presentations are... 2022.03.01 (Tuesday), after which the jury makes its decision. The results are communicated to applicants no later than 2022.03.04.
The professional jury selects the works for the competition. After deliberation, the Godot Contemporary Art Institute contacts the artists. Following the hearing of the finalists’ personal presentations, the jury and the GICA staff begin organising the group exhibition.
Deadlines:
Registration deadline: 2022. January 30 midnight (Sunday)
The application exhibitionIts deadline: 2022 February 10 midnight (Thursday)
The first round of jurying: 2022. February 15— we will send a notification to those affected.
winner applicants The hearing of the presentation: 2022 March 1, (Tuesday)
Results announcement: 2022 March 4 (Friday)
Opening of the finalists’ exhibition: 2022 March 24 Thursday 18 o'clock, Godot Contemporary Art Institution
Exhibition of finalists: From 2022 March 24 to 10 April
Ceremonial award presentation and the Godot Grand Prize winner applicant its exhibition: 2022 May 5 – August 7
Awards:
Godot Catalyst Award: 1.000.000.- Ft honourarium and a solo exhibition at the Godot Contemporary Art Institution. The construction and marketing costs, as well as the insurance costs of the works of art, will be covered by the Godot Contemporary Art Institution for the duration of the exhibition.
Finalists: Their works will be shown at the Godot Contemporary Art Institute group exhibition.
Public vote: Among the finalists, a winner is chosen by popular vote and will be entitled to an honourarium of 500.000.- Ft.
Zsűri members:
The applications are judged by an independent professional jury.
Sebastian Baden, curator and director of Frankfurt's Shirn Kunsthalle.
German Kinga, art historian, university senior lecturer, MOME Budapest
Nemes Csaba, fine‑artist, university lecturer, University of Pécs
Norbert Lobenwein, festival organiser, art collector
Laczkovich Borbála, art historian, head of the Godot Contemporary Art Institute
Conditions of participation:
Applicants accept the decision of the professional jury, as well as that the jury’s decision regarding unsuccessful applications. Sorry, I need the Hungarian text to translate. justifies.
The applicants cannot influence the jury during the selection process; if a artist or their representative does so in any form, the applicant is immediately excluded from the competition.
If the applicant is selected by the jury for the award exhibition, the artist acknowledges and agrees that:
- without any further remuneration it shall make available for the duration of the exhibition the works listed in the application material and selected by the jury.
The organiser may use the artist’s exhibited works freely and without charge in all communications related to the Godot Contemporary Art Institution prize, provided that the presentation does not damage the artist’s reputation.The winner of the award undertakes to:
- A separate written agreement will be drawn up regarding the payment of the prize amount and the details of the collaboration.
- Applicants accept that their data provision is voluntary and that by submitting their application they allow the organiser to handle their personal details for the duration of the assessment.
- By participating, applicants acknowledge and accept the conditions of participation. Violation of these may result in exclusion from the competition.
