Open 2017-02-11 -- 2017-03-08

Open call: Contemporary ceramic relief in dialogue with Stig Lindberg.

Stockholm County Council invites professional artists to apply for the public art commission Contemporary ceramic relief in dialogue with Stig Lindberg, at Nacka hospital.

The commission involves using ceramic as a medium to create visual expressions for a total of seven walls at the elevator halls located on seven floors, and nearby locations. These spaces are also entrances to psychiatric wards. By shaping these sites, the tradition of ceramic art at Nacka hospital lives on. The commissioned work should be in direct dialogue with the existing ceramic artwork at the hospital's main entrance, created 1965 by the artist Stig Lindberg.
 

Description of the Art Commission

Nacka hospitals is being rebuilt and renovated in three phases. First of which, the psychiatric wards, is planned to be completed winter 2018. The art commission is an important part of this investment. With artistic expressions, the hospital environment will be vitalized with humanistic dimension.

The commission involves using ceramic relief as a medium to create visual expressions for a continuous wall in the elevator hall that links together seven floors, and nearby locations.

Each floor should be given a unique expression where the artwork will be adapted to its context and be site specific. Suitable techniques for the commission can be, for example, sand-casted ceramic relief, which can be integrated onto the wall with plaster.
General information about our commissioning process and our specific demands on artists we work with can be found in our FAQ.

Conditions on site

A continuous wall at the elevator halls that links together seven floors will be visually shaped with ceramic relief. The commission concerns a total of seven walls each measuring circa 5,3 m wide x 2,4/2,7 m tall. In addition, two smaller, wall-mounted ceramic objects will be created for floor 10 and floor 3. The elevator halls serve as entrances to psychiatric wards. Consideration should be given to the architecture and colour scheme, as well as the hospital’s requests relating to safety and design aspects.

Budget

Fee for proposal: 40 000 SEK excluding VAT.
The budget for implementation of the commission is 750 000 SEK excluding VAT.

The artist is responsible for the budget. All costs for the production of the artwork are to be accommodated within this budget, including the artist's salary, copyright costs relating to the work, material costs, assembly costs, subcontractors / assistants, travel, transport, insurance, and storage until the works of art can be installed on site. Costs associated with the final installation of the work on site are to be paid from a separate budget.

Timetable

2017-03-08 24:00, deadline for submission of application
2017-04-04, decision on which artists will be given sketch assignments.
2017-04-11, start-up meeting for the sketch assignments.
2017-08-15, submission of the sketch assignments for review.
2017-08-29, allocation of the artistic commission.
Production of artwork according to the project schedule.
June-August 2018, installation of the artwork.

Notification of selection for proposal submission

The decision on which artists are to be invited to submit sketch proposals is made by the director of the art department, delegated by the County Council Culture Committee and will be published on the Cultural Administration's website www.kultur.sll.se in April 2017. Those artists invited to submit sketch proposals will be notified by phone or email.

Questions

General information about our commissioning process and specific demands on the artists we work with can be found in our FAQ.
Specific questions concerning applications or the project itself are to be addressed in writing by e-mail to the project manager and should be received no later than 2017-02-28 in order to be answered before the closing date for applications.

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