Beyond The Border

 Beyond the Border Wales International Storytelling Festival takes place once every two years in the grounds of a stunning fairy tale castle by the sea, just outside of Cardiff, Wales.  The 3 day greenfield event features an International programme of story telling and world music, including Company of Storytellers, Transglobal Underground, Cat Weatherill, She'Koyokh and Fernhill to name just a few, alongside other festival treats including street theatre, shadow puppet workshops, fire show and more.

The site itself is beautiful and you might say almost needs no enhancement, but there's always aplace for clever, interesting different things to look at, and so we are looking for up to 6 pieces of temporary site installation art.  We want to give artists a chance to showcase their skills, prove that story and image go hand in hand, and for them to make a real difference to our festival site in the following ways:

• decorate key points in front of fencing blocking off major access routes (several possible locations)

• camouflage barriers placed to keep audiences away from a drop

• mark the route between camp-site and festival 

• encourage audiences to explore a paved/statued garden space

• highlight the beauty of the welsh language – for example embedding within the work

words or phrases associated with story (for non welsh speakers a suggested list can be provide  – this could be combined with any of the other elements

We aim to appoint 4-5 commissions to artists with some experience of temporary outdoor arts looking to grow their portfolio, and 1-2 commissions to artists with no/limited experience of temporary outdoor arts who would like a first opportunity (most suitable for local artists who can make a site visit at their own expense). Artists who apply in groups or pairs may bid for more than one commission – individual artists will only be eligible for one commission (due to time constraints for on site build, and because we want to maximise variety).

Fee offer (applies to both types of artist):

£500 Fixed fee per piece. This fee is intended to cover all materials and travel expenses. It may also be used to make acontribution to artist time, if materials and travel costs are low.1 pair of weekend passes for the festival or 1 family weekend pass (value £200/£250) (for team build projects we may consider additional passes, but you must convince us of need forlarger team)

Applications:TYPE 1

For artists with experience in this field: Please submit CV together with 2-5 images of previous temporary outdoor work and a short (no more than 1 side A4 and less is fine) statement about the kind of project you would like to develop for Beyond the Border 2012 with an approximate budget split materials/expenses/time. You must also confirm that you have public and products liability insurance in place, and we will need copies of insurance from all appointed artists.  

Application Deadline: 30th  April  Decision: May 4th

 Appointed artists are invited to visit the site at 10am-2pm on May 8th –  expenses for this visi tmust come out of the £500 – however, if artists prefer to work purely from site photos and are unable to visit prior to the event, that is also fine.

TYPE 2

 For artists with no experience in this field: Please submit CV together with 1-3 images of visual arts work and a statement (up to 2 sides A4, may be visual or written) about why you are appropriate for this project and what it would bring to your practice to be involved. You must also confirm that you have public and products liability insurance in place, and we will need copies of insurance from all appointed artists.

A short-list of no more than 5 artists will be drawn up and invited to visit the site on May 8th (at your own expense) and then given 10 days to submit a proposal for installation. Final selection of 1or 2 artists will be made within 1 week of the submission.

Application Deadline:

30th  April  Shortlist: May 4th  Site Visit: May 8th at 10am - 2pm Proposal Deadline:  May 18th  5pm

Submit applications by email to: [email protected]  If you wish to post,please send to Beyond the Border, Baltic House, Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff, CF10 5FH.th 5pm