EUROPEAN COURSE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART CURATORS

Promoted by Provincia di Milano, Fondazione Antonio Ratti, European
Commission – Rappresentanza a Milano
Curated by Roberto Pinto and Gabi Scardi
Visiting Professor Zdenka Badovinac
Dates 27 September - 6 October 2007, Milan

Provincia di Milano, Fondazione Antonio Ratti and the European
Commission - Rappresentanza a Milano, promote the first edition of
the European Course for Contemporary Art Curators in Milan, September
2007, in collaboration with Accademia d’Ungheria, Consolato Generale
dei Paesi Bassi, Consolato Generale della Repubblica di Polonia, Dena
Foundation, Forum Austriaco di Cultura, Goethe-Institut Mailand,
Istituto Camões, Instituto Cervantes, Istituto Culturale Ceco and
Curating Contemporary Art - Royal College of Art, London. The Course
gives the opportunity to 11 young European curators to work side by
side with an internationally renowned curator, approaching a critical
analysis of theoretical and practical aspects of curatorship, and
investigating the contemporary art scene.

Structure
The Course is a 10 day seminar, with an intensive schedule of
lessons held by the Visiting Professor, plus presentations of the
participants’ projects, and visits to artists, exhibition spaces and
institutions of the territory. Classes are full time, attendance
compulsory. A catalogue will be published following the Course. The
Course objectives are:
--promote reflections questioning the role of the curator, and
research projects on contemporary art
--set up a working platform that may enable participants to develop
further curatorial works
--support contacts between young operators of the European
contemporary art scene and encourage international circulation of
cultural projects

Contents
Zdenka Badovinac is the Visiting Professor of the first edition of
the Course. Themes investigated during the lessons will be: concepts
of “identity”, “culture”, “territory”, and the relations between
countries of Eastern and Western Europe; the role of museums and new
expositive solutions; the question of history and its redefinition;
relations between art and society.

Visiting Professor
Zdenka Badovinac directs the Moderna galerija / Museum of Modern Art
in Ljubljana since 1993. Badovinac has systematically worked on the
process of redefinition of history and on the traditions of artistic
avant-gardes. Among her exhibitions focusing on these issues:
Form-Specific, 2003; 7 Sins: Moscow – Ljubljana, (co-curated with
Victor Misiano and Igor Zabel), 2004; Arteast Collection 2000+23,
2006. Among her recent exhibitions: Marjetica Potrc – Next Stop,
Kiosk, Moderna galerija, (2003); ev+a 2004, Imagine Limerick, Open &
Invited, in various exhibition spaces, Limerick (2004); Democracies –
the Tirana Biennale, Tirana (2005). Zdenka Badovinac was Commissioner
of the Slovene pavilion at Venice Biennale (1993–1997, 2005) and
Commissioner of the Austrian pavilion at Sao Paulo Biennale (2002).

How to Apply
European Union citizens over 18, of the following countries may send
their application: Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy,
Poland, Portugal, Netherlands, Spain, Uk, Hungary. No study
certificate required. English essential. A committee will select from
the applications one student for every country. The applications must
be posted by 7 July 2007 to the following address: European Course
Contemporary Art Curators, Ufficio Arti Visive – Settore Beni
Culturali Arti Visive e Musei - Provincia di Milano, Via Vittorio
Veneto 2, 20124 Milan, Italy.
The applications must include:
- Curriculum Vitae (with name, surname, nationality, age, postal
address, email, phone) illustrating studies, work experiences.
- a copy of the most relevant published texts and reports of
realized projects.
- a motivational statement illustrating the applicant’s interests
and explaining the reason for the application (max 4.000 characters).
The selected applicants will be contacted via email by 23 July 2007.
Attendance, travel from place of residence to Milan and back, lunches
and accommodation during the Course are free. The material sent for
the application will not be returned. According to art. 13 del d.l.
196/03, personal data of the applicants is exclusively used for the
Course selection procedures and not communicated to others.

The application terms are also on-line on
http://www.fondazioneratti.org ,
http://www.provincia.milano.it/cultura
Info: Fondazione Antonio Ratti + 39 031 233111 / Provincia di Milano
+39 02 77406341