Thupelo Workshop

Thupelo Cape Town

IT1268/95

47 - 49 Greatmore Street, Woodstock, Cape Town

PO Box 250, Woodstock, 7915, Cape Town

Tel: 021 447 9699

Fax: 088 021 447 9699

Interventions 2010 Workshop.

The workshop will commence on the 10^th June and finish on the 26^th June 2010. The duration of the workshop is 2 weeks. During this time participating artists will be expected to create art works, interact and exchange ideas with fellow artists, live and collaborate in a communal manner and have the opportunity to exhibit your work to the public in the Great Walk and More Event scheduled for the weekend of the 26^th June 2010.

process plan

In the Project Plan of the Tilburg Triangle International Art Meeting the goals of Tilburg Triangle are described.

This Process Plan describes the productional, organizational and financial ways in which these goals are realized, designed in four phases, each with its own purpose, process and dynamics.

As time progresses, this Process Plan can be developed more accurately regarding to process, planning and finance. Except for Phase 1, this Process Plan should be read in that light.

Phase 1

Creating the focus

• Purpose

Phase 1 focuses on developing the substantive framework within which the Tilburg Triangle International Art Meeting is about to appear.

• Method

From the focus on the Railway Zone different kinds of information is collected that will be available to the participants of Tilburg Triangle as an inspiration. In this research focus is on history, heritage, social context, urban history and future, and on mobility.

For this study, in addition to thorough archival research, there will also be called on scientists, artists, politicians, activists, local residents and other passers-by to contribute to The White Pages in their own personal way.

• The White Pages

The White Pages is a sketch/paste/study/notebook in unfinished form that is made available to the artists who take part in Tilburg Triangle. A book that is created on the Internet as an evolving platform for insights, thoughts, images and reflections on the Railway Zone. A book with repeatedly added blank white pages that require filling, addition, discussion and more pictures.

Approximately half a year before the start of the Art Meeting the book in printed form is sent to the participating artists with the invitation to add thoughts, studies, plans and other preparatory movements to the book as a lead up to the Art Meeting in Tilburg (On the Internet, these additions are always added to The White Pages).

Simultaneously with the presentation of the White Pages to the participating artists, the book is also presented in a limited edition to people in the political, artistic and economic fields in Tilburg, concerned with the Railway Zone.

This presentation of The White Pages is the international kick-of for Tilburg Triangle.

• Planning

August 2009 - March 2010 - Plan development and organizational build-up

April 2010 - September 2010 - Research and realization The White Pages

October 2010 - Presentation first version The White Pages

Phase 2

International outlook

• Purpose

1. Composition of the list of participants

2. Practical organization of the Art Meeting

3. National and international positioning and marketing

• Method

1. After the presentation of The White Pages active approaching begins of potential participants based on the long list that is compiled in consultation with people and organizations active in the international art world.

Selected and confirmed participants receive the sketchbook The White Pages. Their contributions to this book are collected and made public on the Internet.

2. A professional team works out the production plan and its further execution.

3. Actively using the possibilities of 'social media' Tilburg Triangle is put on the market as an international event on art, the modern city and its past.

• Planning

October 2010 - December 2010 - Recruiting participants

January 2010 - June 2010 -Organization of international involvement in The White Pages

January 2010 - September 2010 - Practical organization and public marketing

Phase 3

The International Art Meeting

• Purpose

Goals to be achieved in phase 3 of the International Art Meeting are described in the Project Plan.

Specific, additional goals of the International Art Meeting regarding the arts in Tilburg to be realized in the third phase of the project, the actual meeting of 20 international artists in Tilburg, are:

1. Promoting of international exchange with art colleges in Tilburg

2. Presentation of international art in the specific context of the urban area Railway Zone to the public of Tilburg and the Netherlands

• Method

A professional organization team realizes the practical and organizational development of the International Art Meeting on the basis of a detailed production plan.

Regarding the specific aims in this phase:

1. From the beginning of the project (phase 1) there is an intense contact and cooperation with Fontys University of the Arts. In Phase 3, a number of students are actively involved in the Art Meeting by assisting artists, visitors and public.

Participating artists give guest lectures at Fontys.

2. During the International Art Meeting, special visitors will have access to the Railway Zone area, and to the workshops and studios existing there in this period. These visits are limited to certain groups of visitors, such as local residents, local politicians, student groups or school classes. Always these visits are thoroughly prepared and assisted by students from art schools.

• Planning

The definitive period for the Art Meeting will be chosen in consultation with participating organizations, the city of Tilburg and other partners involved. For the time being the organizers focus on August 2011.

Phase 4

The addition

• Purpose

1. Presenting the results of the Tilburg Triangle Art Meeting to the public in Tilburg and the Netherlands

2. Publication of the results of Tilburg Triangle, especially regarding the development of thoughts about the Railway Zone, its heritage and future, the arts and city planning and other issues which were manifest in Tilburg Triangle.

• Method

1. During the last three days of the Art Meeting the Railway Zone area is open to the public of Tilburg and the Netherlands. Artists will be present to discuss their work.

2. During this period the symposium will be organized (in collaboration with BKKC, CAST, House of World) with as central theme The Modern City and Its Hidden Past.

3. The earlier version of the book The White Pages is reissued now, after being completed with the results of research (Phase 2) and realized work (Phase 3).

• Planning

Symposium and the re-publication of The White Pages will take place during the final weekend of Tilburg Triangle

projectplan

Tilburg Triangle 2011

International Art Meeting in Tilburg

Project plan

Triangle Arts Trust is an international network in which artists organize residencies and workshops with the aim of promoting international artistic mobility, commitment to experiment and ‘fresh thinking’. Nearly 60 workshops with over 3000 participating artists have already taken place in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe. And always the result was: new connections, international cross-overs and a constant flow of new initiatives. In August 2011, the Tilburg Triangle Art Meeting will take place in the Spoorzone (Railway Zone) in Tilburg.

Triangle Arts Trust is a global organization founded by Anthony Caro and Robert Loder in 1982. Tilburg Triangle will connect with Triangle Arts Trust, but in line with the vision of the Trust, it will have its own organization and will be tailored to the own situation.

The Railway Zone (Spoorzone) in Tilburg

In 2011 the former NS Werkspoor site (later called Nedtrain), located in the center of Tilburg, will move its working activities. A huge area of old industrial heritage with a modern future, is now a no man's land, waiting for new ideas. Tilburg Triangle is not organized in just a place. NS Werkspoor guaranteed mobility in the Netherlands for many years. The material of the Dutch Railways was repaired, maintained and partly built here. The 75 acres large area with its impressive industrial heritage is a beautiful scenery and an inspiring setting for this workshop.

The Railway Zone will be the new vibrant cultural heart of Tilburg, with space for artists, theater, perhaps a library, new residents and new business. At Tilburg Triangle the past, present and future of the Railway Zone will be ‘in the picture'. 20 International artists come together to talk about the area, to work, to investigate the stories buried here and the future that has to be built. The artists give shape to the soul of the Railway Zone, and give the city an idea of what was and can be.

Brief plan

In August 2011, the 20 artists from various parts of the world with different cultural backgrounds come together in one location in the Railway Zone in Tilburg. They stay there for a period of three weeks, they investigate this place and respond to it in their work. The organization makes connections to other cities in the province of Brabant, for instance to be able to use workshops and facilities there in carrying out plans of the artists. Education is explicitly involved in the project. During the work period there will be a symposium on how artists think about the modern city and its hidden past. The work period ends with a public presentation, and a publication in which the Tilburg Railway Zone functions as an international studio.

Occasion

Tilburg Triangle is an initiative of Rob Moonen and is organized by Rob Moonen, René Korten and Theo Andriessen in collaboration with the city of Tilburg and several other partners. René Korten and Rob Moonen, artists residing in Tilburg, took part in various international meetings and workshops in different parts of the world, including workshops organized by the Triangle Arts Trust in South Africa and Australia. From personal experience they know that such a workshop can be of great value not only for the participating artists but also for the community in which it occurs. That’s why they commit themselves to organizing such a workshop in Tilburg.

Purpose

Participants are invited to participate in the intense dynamic that occurs when artists are working in close proximity in a stimulating environment. Besides the fact that the participants will study the area, there is room for exchange of ideas and experience on the art practice that is conducted within their own culture and new informal/formal networks will come into existence.

The artists are guests in Tilburg, they immerse themselves in the Railway Zone and its environment and they react with their work. This will bring surprising images and lead to new insights into the city, its history and its future, and provide inspiration for future design and layout of the Railway Zone. Side effect is that the artists who have had this experience in Tilburg will be ambassadors for the city on the global map.

Participating artists

The number of participating artists is 20. Half of them are from various European countries, the other half from countries outside Europe. The participating artists are selected based on the following criteria:

- Quality of their art practice

- Experience in participating in workshops and international exchanges

- Willingness to spend three weeks to live and work in Tilburg

- Show affinity to create artworks in a context

- Skill to create work in situ within the period of 3 weeks by analyzing the site-specific qualities

- Readiness to do lectures about the work and/or participate in the symposium of the project

Internationalization

Tilburg Triangle brings many artists together to underline the meaning of Tilburg as a network city. By committing itself to this project the city of Tilburg becomes part of a global network that promotes the exchange of arts and culture.

The White Pages, Railway Zone in Focus

The first phase of the project involves the composition of the so-called White Pages, a reader, a Textbook, coupled with a website. It explains the background to the project and maps the area. It will provide insight into the origin and history of the Railway Zone, in its people, its economic significance, its development opportunities and the aspirations of the city with the area.

The reader will not only be a handbook for artists but for anyone interested in the Railway Zone. The reader will therefore initially hold literally a large number of blank pages. This may serve as the participating artists’s sketchbook, but can also be provided with content by others (essayists, urban planners etc.). Interested persons and invitees make their contributions, the participating artists can be followed and finally after the work period their findings will be documented here. Gradually, the reader will be increasingly larger and widely variegated. Ultimately after the work period the document is printed and as such it reflects the whole project.

Symposium: The Modern City and Its Hidden Past

Part of the Tilburg Triangle Art Meeting is an international symposium about the artist as designer of the Modern City and Its Hidden Past. International speakers will make the connection between contemporary art practice and urban design, between design of public space and art in public space. It will zoom in on the significance of the past and the cultural and industrial heritage and on the heritage of the landscape. How can that heritage give meaning and substance to the modern city and its design?

Partnerships

Workshops that can be found in the province like Grafisch Atelier Daglicht (printmaking) and Kunstenaarswerkplaats Beeldenstorm (foundry) in Eindhoven, Grafisch Atelier (printmaking) Den Bosch and EKWC ( ceramics) in 's-Hertogenbosch and workshops at Fontys University of The Arts and Audax Textiel Museum ( digital textile workshop) in Tilburg will be involved in the practical support of the artists and their projects. Participating artists may give short lectures at Fontys University of the Arts and its students can assist the artists in the development of their projects. The organization of the symposium will be supported by BKKC (buro for knowlegde in arts and culture) and CAST ( centre for cityplanning and architecture).

Timeline

January 2010-January 2011 - Fundraising

April - November 2010 - Composition The White Pages

November 2010 - Presentation first version The White Pages

December 2010 - Selection artists

January 2011 - Invitation of artists with specification of duties

March 2011 - Processing the feedback of artists

July 2011 - Preparation Art Meeting

September/Oktober 2011 - Implementation