How did the application & selection process work?
There were two application rounds, one took place in April 2009 and the second application round in November 2009. There was a standardized application form for all participants (see below). Please note that only employees of Trans Europe Halles centres that take part in Changing Room (see list) could take part in the programme.
Unfortunately it was and is not possible for cultural operators outside the Changing Room project to take part in the Staff Exchange trajectory!
Staff Exchange Application Form
Just for reference, and the last few slots that are still available, please find the list of hosting opportunities below.
If you should have any questions about the application process please get in touch with me via annette[AT]melkweg[DOT]nl
If you should want to know more about the hosting opportunity of a specific centre, please get in touch with the TEH delegate of the specific venue.
HOSTING OPPORTUNITIES
- L’Avant Rue, Paris, France
Areas for hosting:
1) Technical Department
2) PR/marketing especially regarding
relationships with local community (mediation)
3) Administration
Good to know about L’Avant Rue:
L’Avant Rue has a small team, so the experience will be very hands-on.
More information on L’Avant Rue:
http://www.teh.net/TEHMembers/MemberContact/tabid/217/Default.aspx?organization=66
or
- Fabryka Trzciny, Warsaw, Poland
No specific information available yet, but Fabryka is planning an international project for whom they might need support, more information is to follow.
Please have a look at this links to find out more about the centre:
http://www.teh.net/TEHMembers/MemberContact/tabid/217/Default.aspx?organization=71
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- Interzona, Verona, Italy
Areas for hosting:
1) Volunteer strategies
2) Logistics
Cannot host: after December 2009
Best moment to host: Several small scale festivals in November 2009 (video art / theatre). Hosting would be best during these mini-festivals – so please apply as fast as possible for this opportunity!!
More information on Interzona:
http://www.teh.net/TEHMembers/MemberContact/tabid/217/Default.aspx?organization=85
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- Mejeriet, Lund, Sweden
Areas for hosting:
- Månteatern (who works with producing theatre)
- Mejeriet (adminstrations and PR/Marketing)
- Folkets Bio (works with showing film and arrange things around film)
- Repeater (they arrange concerts with
pop and rock music)
Would like to host: in the period of 15 January - 15 May 2010
More information about Mejeriet:
http://www.teh.net/TEHMembers/MemberContact/tabid/217/Default.aspx?organization=46
or:
- Moritzbastei, Leipzig, Germany
Areas for hosting:
1) Technician, bar staff or music programmer from 14.3.-28.3
2) Technician or bar staff from 22.5.-5.6.
3) Administration (no specifically indicated time)
4) Production in preparation to TEH Meeting at Moritzbastei (no specifically indicated time)
Good to know about Moritzbastei:
Annually around 300,000 guests visit the impressive vaults to attend one of the 600 events which take place here. The MB has something for everyone, from rock and jazz concerts
through readings and play performances to exhibitions and discussions.
More information on Moritzbastei:
http://www.teh.net/TEHMembers/MemberContact/tabid/217/Default.aspx?organization=49
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- Mains d’Oeuvres, St. Ouen, France
Areas for hosting:
1) dance programming
2) visual art programming
3) new media technology
More specifically, real-time interaction technologies within the arts department; Centre de Ressource Art Sensitif (CRAS). The Art Sensitif Ressource Center welcomes publics who wish
to learn and test real-time interaction technologies in Art : artists, students, teachers and all artistic and technological partners. The CRASlab consists of a show-room dedicated to the demonstration and self-learning on sensors and actuators and a research
& development laboratory. The CRASlab accompanies also educative programs about free hardware and free software like Freeduino, CUI, Processing and Pure Data.
More information on Mains d’Oeuvres:
http://www.teh.net/TEHMembers/MemberContact/tabid/217/Default.aspx?organization=45
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- Melkweg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Area for hosting:
Melkweg is interested in specifically hosting a production manager or producer to prepare the Summer Academy, the final event that will close the staff exchange programme,
in August 2009.
Hosting period: July/August 2009, for 2-4 weeks
Good to know:
The exchangee will mainly work with Annette on the preparation and execution of the Summer Academy taking place in Amsterdam, concerning planning, logistics, information flow, flight/accommodation booking etc. Ideally the exchangee has experience in producing (international) conferences and meetings and speaks fluent English.
More information on Melkweg:
http://www.teh.net/TEHMembers/MemberContact/tabid/217/Default.aspx?organization=47
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- OZU, Monteleone Sabino, Italy
Areas for hosting:
1) initiating new events and activity
2) recycling old stuff for new purposes
3) improvise in solving problems
Cannot host: during the months of November ‘09 - December ‘09 - January ‘10 - February ‘10 and March ‘10
What you should know about OZU:
Ozu is a relatively new centre that has been trying to find its path and define its audience and aims. As such, and since the people who operate this facility are all volunteers, we have realized that we have been good at offering people a good starting point for new initiatives and activities to be performed and presented to the local audience. We are also good at recycling old stuff for new
purposes, and last but not least is our excellent ability to improvise and solve problems as they pop up quite often. We are flexible and open to new concepts. We fully collaborate with artists who wish to come and stay with us, and use our facilities and wonderful improvisational abilities.
We definitely haven’t yet been able to offer any strict framework to what we are doing. i.e. we aren’t good at offering a well defined organizational structure, and even though we have been organizing very successful events, we haven’t yet found a way to turn them into an ongoing tradition that would yield the proper financial resources for our next activities.
Another important fact to consider is that, apart from the activities that we plan during the year, a lot of interesting things happen without planning them: our centre is an excellent place for meeting a large variety of people with different skills, and we are open and ready to catch sudden opportunities which constantly pop up, to host people and offer them our support .
To sum this up, We are very good in inventing, initiating and generating new events and activities in response to the needs of the audience. So if someone is searching for a place rich in creative inputs, he will find in OZU a good hosting center. If someone is searching for a very well organized center, he will not have a good experience in OZU as we are still learning and trying to improve in this sense.
Even more information on OZU:
http://www.teh.net/TEHMembers/MemberContact/tabid/217/Default.aspx?organization=74
or:
- P60, Amstelveeen, The Netherlands
Areas for hosting:
1) Bar management
2) Production
3) Technical department
Cannot host before: beginning of 2010
More information about P60:
http://www.teh.net/TEHMembers/MemberContact/tabid/217/Default.aspx?organization=51
or:
- Pekarna, Maribor, Slovenia
Areas for hosting:
1) Building youth policies
2) Community outreach/voluntary work
3) Education of youth workers
Cannot host in: November / December 2009 / January 2010
Specific events:
End of February 2010 onwards (tbc), when most activities start to take shape/place. In April 2010 a Festival of youth/voluntary work will be taking place (exact dates to be announced).
More information about Pekarna:
http://www.teh.net/TEHMembers/MemberContact/tabid/217/Default.aspx?organization=50
or:
- Polymer, Tallin, Estonia
Areas for hosting:
1) public relations (especially establishing media contacts, creating identity for outbound communication
2) visual identity/web/marketing (product, positioning on the market)
3) personnel management/volunteer coordination (creating job descriptions, time-planning, motivation packs)
Cannot host before: beginning of 2010
Best time would be: prior to Culture Factory Festival in August 2010
Good to know about Polymer:
Polymer is a low budget and voluntarily managed place. The building is not renovated - do not expect great comfort or unlimited financial means to fulfil plans. Languages spoken are English, French, Finnish, Swedish
More information on Polymer:
http://www.teh.net/TEHMembers/MemberContact/tabid/217/Default.aspx?organization=57
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- Pro Rodopi Art Centre, Bostina, Bulgaria
No specific information available yet, please have a look at these links to find out more about the centre:
http://www.teh.net/TEHMembers/MemberContact/tabid/217/Default.aspx?organization=62
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- Röda sten, Gothenburg, Sweden
Areas for hosting:
1) art education
These activities are the focus of our organization and we do projects with kids from 4 years to a youth project for graffiti interested youth that had law problems to adults and senior members of the organization. We have a workshop, and we do guiding, seminars and other educational programme.
2) production and administration
Optional time can be April to May 2010 but also other times can be possible.
3) technical production
Every year in May we are working with a BA students exhibition (students from the Gothenburg University of Photography) and it use to be very interesting installations if someone is interested in a wide range of different techniques related to fine Arts (from video installations to sculptures to film projectors to paintings…) The following exhibition in June is an own production which most probably means the opportunity to follow an international artist installing an working with an site-specific piece as an assistant.
The best time is May - June 2010.
Best time for hosting: Any time agreed between March- June and August – November
Good to know:
Please, note that all productions we make are contemporary art exhibitions and art education. We don’t produce any performing art!
More information on Röda sten:
http://www.teh.net/TEHMembers/MemberContact/tabid/217/Default.aspx?organization=77
or:
- Kulturzentrum Schlachthof, Bremen, Germany
Areas for hosting:
1) design department
2) media department
3) event technics
Specific events / timing:
The design workshop is preparing und building the stage design and additional decoration for the big Bremen Samba Carneval (www.bremer-karneval.de) which takes place in the streets but the party takes place in all rooms of the Schlachthof February 6th, 2010. An exchangee could come January 1st until February 6th.
The media workshop could host someone after Easter when they start preparing our summer festival (end of July). Content is not discussed yet.
The event technicians can almost always host someone for a week, but it would be too detailed to list all the weeks that are possible or make sense.
More information on Kulturzentrum Schlachthof:
http://www.teh.net/TEHMembers/MemberContact/tabid/217/Default.aspx?organization=43
or:
http://www.schlachthof-bremen.de
- Stanica, Zilina, Slovakia
Areas for hosting:
1) education through art
We have some experience in this field, as we organize workshops for children. but we would like to work on a next and more complex strategy of education (children up to 12) that we would like to apply in next years. it should be more integrated with productions that are presented within cultural programme of Stanica; this includes also communication and cooperation with schools
2) technical issues
Light design or sound operation (we canboth share our knowledge but we would also like to organize a workshop of light design for our staff); or a more experienced person can help
us to produce truss system or other equipment in our new theatre venue.
3) European grants
How to raise money from different international foundations (in this field we would rather need to learn).
Good to know about Stanica:
Stanica would prefer to host someone from 2 weeks to 1 month, and everyone at the centre speaks English. The Stanica crew does not feel as professionals - there is still a lot to learn in all the fileds, so it would be rather about sharing our experience than giving knowledge to someone. In the
best case scenario, we will work together on a project that will be contribute to both.
More information on Stanica:
http://www.teh.net/TEHMembers/MemberContact/tabid/217/Default.aspx?organization=52
or:
- Subtopia, Stockholm, Sweden
No specific information available yet. Subtopia has a big international project for which they most probably look for a producer. Details to be confirmed by Subtopia.
More information on Subtopia:
http://www.teh.net/TEHMembers/MemberContact/tabid/217/Default.aspx?organization=73
or:
- UFA Fabrik, Berlin, Germany
Areas for hosting:
- PR/International Development
- Bar
- Sustainable Development
Cannot host: before March 2010
More information on UFA Fabrik:
http://www.teh.net/TEHMembers/MemberContact/tabid/217/Default.aspx?organization=55
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- Verkatehdas, Hämeenlinna, Finland
Areas for hosting:
- Technical department
- Construction planning & management
- General management
More information on Verkatehdas:
http://www.teh.net/TEHMembers/MemberContact/tabid/217/Default.aspx?organization=60
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