Urban Interventions Brno 2011 – Call

Dear colleagues and friends,

We would like to invite you to participate in the City Interventions Brno 2011 project.

City interventions can take many forms.

The main idea is to try to identify certain points, places, and situations in the city that we believe do not function as they should or do not bring to residents what they potentially could. Often, these are places that everyone seems to have resigned from; no one has found an opportunity for profit in them. However, we do not want to limit this project to merely identifying such places; we want to find real solutions for them. To show that even small changes in an urban context can have a significant effect.

Problems and opportunities are two sides of the same coin. If you have one, you have the other. We offer a platform where critical observation of our environment can be employed for its improvement.

The project is a place where various interests can meet: residents of the city, city officials, architects, artists, pundits, and experts. The project is not intended to generate profit or grand promises; it aims to attempt to change something. At the same time, it represents a way to demonstrate further steps and possibilities in creating public space. It seeks to overturn the traditional method of distributing urban contracts, helping the city and its surroundings without fee claims and without waiting for a call.

The City Interventions project has already gone through two rounds in Bratislava, which sparked a significant response. As a result, there were 63 proposals for specific solutions. The exhibition took place in the Slovak National Gallery, a catalog was created, and a documentary film was made; one of the proposals is being prepared for implementation, and two have been realized. www.mestskezasahy.sk

City Interventions Prague 2010 presented 81 proposals. The exhibition took place in the DOX Centre for Contemporary Art. Currently, three projects have been realized, and another three are in progress. www.mestskezasahy.cz

Based on this success, we decided to organize the project on the same basis in Brno. This time, additionally with direct support from the magistrate, which could ensure better communication with officials for any further development of proposals or even their realization.

If you feel this challenge speaks to you, please confirm your participation promptly via email at [email protected], where we will also answer any questions you may have.

This call includes the terms and deadlines for submission of proposals.

Matúš Vallo, Oliver Sadovský, Adam Gebrian, Jana Kostelecká
City Interventions (civic association)

City Interventions Brno 2011
Concept authors: Matúš Vallo and Oliver Sadovský (Vallo Sadovsky Architects)
Curator: Adam Gebrian (AG-ENT)
Production: Jana Kostelecká
Cooperation: House of Art of the City of Brno
The project is conducted with the support of the Statutory City of Brno
www.mestskezasahy.cz

Assignment
1)
Choose at least one location in the public space within the city of Brno and propose your intervention.
Proposals will be presented in a uniform format.
Format: A1 portrait (if you believe the project will require more space, it is possible to consult the increase in the number of A1 sheets)
Photograph of the chosen location (at least one)
Visualization of the proposal (ideally, a before-and-after variant, i.e., an overlay on the selected photograph).
The proposal may be accompanied by floor plans, sections, views, diagrams, or situations, but it should be easily understandable to anyone, not just professionals. At least one of the visualizations should meet the size of 4000x3000 pixels.
Accompanying text (maximum length of 1300 characters including spaces)
Estimated costs for the realization of the project
Please do not place your company name or contact information on this poster. This information will be part of the label that will be installed with each poster in a uniform form.
 
A model of the proposal is highly welcome, but not required.
 
Delivery format:
1)      print PDF in the required format (for exhibition installation)
2)      individual parts as separate documents (for catalog preparation)
3)      label for the panel in the form of:
Studio name // authors:
Project title:
Address // location of the site:
Estimated costs for implementation:
 
2)
The second part of your participation should involve identifying at least two additional locations that, in your opinion, deserve expert attention. Please document this place with one photograph and a brief description of what kind of location it is.

Deadlines:
16. 9. 2010 announcement of the call
16. 10. 2010 submission of a short annotation of the project (please specify the selected location + briefly about the proposal) to [email protected]
30. 11. 2010 submission via email to [email protected]
 
This call is an open invitation.