Part of the puntWG Open Call Series

atelierWG Foundation is offering artists the opportunity to present new projects at puntWG. This initiative serves as a platform to stimulate dialogue between artists and their work, and as a meeting place for communities to share ideas and knowledge. 

For our 2025 open call puntWG is exploring a new way of working by experimenting with a new kind of open call! Artists will be selected based on their portfolio and interest in presenting work through collaboration and interaction with other artists and the public. 

We ask you to send in a portfolio and artist statement/bio to get an idea of who you are and what your work is about in hope to find an interesting match with another artist(s)! These will mainly be duo’s, but may extend beyond that too. We are looking for artists who want to explore an experimental and collaborative way of working together. 

Selected artists get access to PuntWG for one month, and can explore how they want to use the space during this time (use it as a working space with presentation moments/public program, prepare the exhibition before and use puntWG as an exhibition space only, etc), as long as there a public presentation during this time. 

Support: 

The organisation of both puntWG and Foundation atelierWG almost fully depends on volunteers. While we provide the use of the space, basic equipment and professional photo documentation, selected artists are responsible for the installation and deinstallation of their shows, as well as invigilation. All exhibitions and side programmes will be shared on our website and Instagram page. To further aid the realisation of each exhibition, puntWG will issue successful applicants with acceptance letters for external funding applications.

You can find the puntWG floor plan HERE.

Application guidelines: 

Please send ONE pdf (max 10 mb) which includes the following documents in your email submission. (Please do not include text in the body of your email as part of your application):

• Full name, date and place of birth, postal address, phone number, e-mail and website

• CV, max two A4 pages

• An artist statement and short bio (max. 250 words) 
  
  
• A short motivation for showing work at puntWG in a collaborative format (max. 100 words)
  
  
• A maximum of ten supporting images or links to moving image, sound, or performance pieces, (max. 5 mins each) for each participating artist. Please do not send website links.
   
• Indicate your preferred months for the exhibition and the times when you are not available. The more accurate you are, the better we can organise the calendar.

Proposals to be emailed to opencall@atelierwg.nl

The submission deadline is October 20th 2024 by midnight (23:59 CET)

All applicants will be notified before November 30th 2024.

For general information and questions regarding puntWG, contact: opencall@atelierwg.nl 

Organisation and programming of puntWG: Nina Harra, Julia Dahee Hong, Susan Kooi, Lily Lanfermeijer and Smári Róbertsson. For this open call they will be the matchmakers.

About

Following the relocation of the hospital Wilhelmina Gasthuis in 1984, now the AMC – Academic Medical Center – artists, small business owners and residents have shaped and preserved the unique character and special site of WG in Amsterdam. Today a large number of artists are living and working on the grounds, including those who are part of atelierWG (in Pavilions 18 and 19).

Established in 1989, AtelierWG Foundation houses 120 artists studios as well as initiating projects in the fields of art and culture, including international exchanges and Open Studio routes.

In 2006, puntWG was created as an interdisciplinary exhibition space and platform for the arts, with a lively program of exhibitions, performances, concerts, lectures and discussions with the aim of initiating an open and broad discourse between artists and the public. PuntWG was initiated by the artists of atelierWG, who finance the space and organise its programming.

airWG, an artist-in-residence, opened in September 2015, hosting a guest studio for national and international artists with an emphasis on research and collaboration.