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Deadline: Friday November 30, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n Since the first edition of VIVA! Art Action in 2006, the VIVA! Kitchen<\/em> has been at the heart of the festival\u2019s programming. Now expanded into a three-week residency, this unique artistic platform allows an artist (or a collective) to weave their contemporary performative practice into a functioning community service. As such, the VIVA! Kitchen<\/em> provides both an artistic experience and accessible meals to participating artists, workers, and the public.<\/p>\n The VIVA! Kitchen<\/em>\u2019s artist in residence will take charge of the platform and invest the meals, the menu, or the service with their performative practice. In the past, artists have used their experiences in the kitchen to build a single stand-alone performance, others performed as they served the food, and some took a more relational approach by locating the performance in the way people had to share and consume the prepared food. What unites these possible approaches is that the meals,\u00a0and the context in which they are shared, become the way\u00a0in which the public encounters the artwork.<\/p>\n VIVA! invites artists and collectives with performative practices that involve working with food (cooking, serving, or eating) to submit a proposal for this unique residency opportunity. <\/strong><\/p>\n Logistical information<\/strong><\/p>\n Within the framework of the residency, the selected artist(s) will develop the menu and be responsible for the preparation, production, and service of the meals for the duration of the festival. Officially, service lasts 1 hour and the public performative meal is given a 90-minute slot that begins each evening of programming. Expect to serve approximately 150 dinners per evening.<\/p>\n In addition to the public performative meals, we The artist(s) in residence will receive performance presentation fee of 700$ (doubled for duos and collectives), a residency fee, and a daily honorarium for their labour.\u00a0 In addition, a team of kitchen staff will be hired to support the artist(s) during the festival and volunteers will help with the dishes.<\/p>\n Proposals must include:<\/strong><\/p>\n – A letter of intent describing your interest in the VIVA! Kitchen<\/em> residency and relevant past experiencesr<\/s>equire that simple food be available during the day for hungry artists, staff, and volunteers. The artist(s) will be given a modest budget to set up the kitchen with basic staples, as well as a daily budget to purchase additional elements for the meals. The artist(s), with the support of the festival, will also be responsible for seeking out relevant sponsorships.<\/p>\n
\n– A brief artist statement
\n– A CV (max. 3 pages)
\n– A maximum of ten images and\/or videos (including a descriptive list of this material)<\/p>\n