Meet the Curator: Fatos Üstek (fig-2)

Meet the curator Fatoş Üstek as she talks about the acclaimed fig-2 programme, and invites you to submit proposals for the upcoming open call for students.

fig-2 invites undergraduate and masters students currently studying at a UK college or university to submit a proposal for a week long exhibition at fig-2. fig-2 is a multidisciplinary visual arts programme and applicants can be studying any subject.

We invite you to make a proposal for an exhibition for week 49/50, which will be the penultimate project in the fig-2 programme. The work may be in any media and may address any subject, but must respond specifically to the fig-2 programme to date. Please find information of previous projects at www.fig2.co.uk.

The jury is composed of Fatos Üstek, Curator at fig-2; Mark Francis, Director at Gagosian Gallery and co-founder of fig-1; Katherine Stout, Head of Programmes at ICA; and Jeremy Deller, artist and participant in fig-1.

Projects do not need to respond to the site, but applicants must work within the parameters of the exhibition structure and location in the ICA studio. We invite proposals for new works that have not yet been made, or existing works made in 2015.

Applicants should outline the submission in a proposal that is no longer than 450 words, with up to 5 images (in a PDF no larger than 2MB) and/or with a link to a video (on Vimeo or YouTube). Click here for the the fig-2 Open Call application pack, which should contain all the information you will need. Please email opencall@fig2.co.uk if you have further questions.

Five shortlisted applicants will be contacted by email by 1 September 2015.
Announcement of the successful applicant will be 14 September 2015.
Week 49/50 runs from Monday 7 December until Sunday 13 December 2015.