Competing ideas
Rethinking the social and economic conditions of art.
The upcoming Forum of Essays on Art will host, following a proposal from Jacques Serrano who conceived the event, a first “competition of ideas” on the theme of: “rethinking the social and economic conditions of art * ”
This invitation to rethink the social and economic conditions of art by questioning concepts inherited from the twentieth century seeks to present the art world – as well as the political and intellectual worlds – with two forceful proposals, developed by two European thinkers, be they artists, critics, curators, philosophers, sociologists, economists, legal experts, etc.
*The proposed theme for this first European competition of essays on art covers the visual arts. This competition benefits from a €10,000 subsidy from the Mondriaan Fondation.
Texts (three pages) may be submitted in French, English or Dutch Submission deadline: 15 November 2008
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Rules and regulations
Article 1.- This “competition of ideas” has been conceived by Jacques Serrano and is organised by the Association Forum de l’Essai sur l’Art, 9 rue du Val de Grâce 75005 Paris, France.
Article 2.- The aim is to elicit and promote two forceful intellectual proposals put forward by two European authors on the theme: “Rethinking the social and economic conditions of art”: Towards a new status of art questioning twentieth-century conceptions. This first competition covers the visual arts. Participation is free and unrestricted.
Article 3.- The competition is open to artists, researchers, critics, art students, curators, etc. from all cultural and intellectual fields: philosophy, sociology, art, economics…. Collectively authored texts are accepted.
Article 4.- Candidates should send a three-page synopsis (250 words per page) outlining their proposal. Texts are accepted in French, English or Dutch.
Article 5.- Submissions must be received by 15 November 2008 (midnight local time). A duly completed
entry form (see attached) must accompany all entries, whether submitted in print or by email. Proposals may
be sent by email:
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Or by post:
Association Forum de l’Essai sur l’Art
Concours d’idées
9 rue du Val de Grâce 75005 Paris
Article 6.- The two proposals deemed most relevant will be selected by a reading committee comprised of experts of international standing (critics, philosophers, art historians and curators). The authors of the two selected proposals will have nine months to develop their initial proposals into an essay of a minimum of 100 pages, which will subsequently be published.
Article 7.- The winning authors will be informed of the jury’s decision by mid November. The selected proposals will be made public during the European Forum on Essays on Art at midnight on 22 November.
The proposal deemed most outstanding by the jury will be awarded €10,000, to be paid out in two instalments: €5,000 at the end of November 2008, and €5,000 upon receipt of the final draft of the essay.
The proposal chosen as runner-up by the jury will be published.
The Association Forum de l’essai sur l’art will undertake discussions with European publishing houses to encourage the translation and publication of both essays in different languages. Both selected authors will accept the disclosure of their identities as well as the publication of the content of their proposals.
All texts entered in the competition will be posted on the Internet with the written consent of the authors (a permission form provided by the organisers must be completed and submitted along with the synopsis).
Article 8.- The reading committee reserves the right not to award a first prize if it deems that no essay meeting the aforementioned criteria of quality has been submitted.
Ideas laid bare - Forum européen de l’essai sur l’art
20 - 23 November
A PUBLISHERS’ MEETING | Publishers from all over Europe will present their essays and theoretical writings on art to facilitate the emergence of translation, joint publishing and distribution projects, as well as exchanges between European publishers and essayists.
A EUROPEAN COMPETITION OF IDEAS| Rethinking the social and economic conditions of art The competition is open to philosophers, sociologists, artists, economists, etc. It is organised with the assistance of the French cultural services abroad, and of the cultural services of European countries in Paris.
CONFERENCES | MEETINGS | DEBATES | LECTURES | Philosophers, art critics, sociologists, and jurists will question the invention of modernity and Europe, the social and economic, conditions of art, the end of artistic exception, art criticism in Europe, and the relationship between industry, art and innovation.
Europe, the invention of modernity and art
Thursday, 20 November, 6 p.m. | Patrice Maniglier, philosopher | Françoise Gaillard, historian of ideas | Manuel Maria Carrilho,
philosopher, former Minister of Culture of Portugal | Bernard Stiegler, philosopher.
Friday, 21 November, 2.30 p.m. | Françoise Gaillard, historian of ideas | Alain Touraine, sociologist | Ralph Heyndels,
philosopher | Daniel Lindenberg, historian of ideas | Bruno Latour, sociologist.
Innovation and territorial cooperation | Friday, 21 November, 11 a.m. Donato Giuliani, Cultural Director, Conseil régional du Nord-Pas-de-Calais.
Art criticism in Europe | Friday, 21 November, 6 p.m. organized with the magazine Mouvement | Valérie Da Costa, art historian and art critic | Paul Ardenne, historian and art critic | Vivian Rehberg, art historian and art critic | Vincent Pécoil, art critic | Stephen Wright, art critic. with Team Network, cross-disciplinary European art magazines introduced by David Sanson (Mouvement ), Katja Praznik (Maska ) and Tiago Bartolomeu Costa (Obscena ).
E-paper | Saturday, 22 November, 11 a.m. Anne Kieffer, chief executive Art, Havas | Samuel Petit, Ganaxa.
Putting an end to artistic exception | Saturday, 22 November | 2.30 p.m. Marcela Iacub, legal scholar and Mathieu Lindon, journalist and writer
Modernities outside Europe |Saturday, 22 November | 5 p.m. debate proposed by Stephen Wright, art critic.
The lie in art | Sunday, 23 November | 2.30 p.m. organized by GERMS | Ivan Lapeyroux, philosopher | Jean-Baptiste Dussert, philosopher | Gilles Boudinet, senior lecturer | Ciro Giordano Bruni, chief editor of GERMS.
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75002 Paris | France
Forum européen de l’essai sur l’art
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