What if Climate Change was Purple?

The project will provide:

• Some funding to support artist’s participation in the What if Climate Change was Purple? Workshop to assist with any travel, accommodation or daily living costs, as required. We encourage those artists & scientists who have access to institutional backing to use it, otherwise we will consider funding to support participation.
• Some seed funding towards the period of research and development between the artist(s) and the scientist(s) targeting the early development of the artworks.
• Some seed funding towards further development of works that go through the initial in-house showing and on to a public showing of work-in-development in Wellington in early 2021.
• It is expected that both artists & scientists actively apply for additional funding, supported by Track Zero, to enable the work to be supported in early development, and to go from the early research and development stage to the work-in-development public showing in early 2021.

Call for Applications – Guidelines and Form

To apply please complete the online Application Form.

We welcome entries from Aotearoa New Zealand residents aged 17 years and older.

Enter by yourself, or as an artists’ collective or a team of scientists.

Call for applications open: Wednesday, 28th August 2019
Call for applications close: Friday, 4th October 2019, at 5pm
Selection notification: Monday, 21st October 2019

What are we looking for?

• Artists & scientists passionate about finding different ways to communicate the science behind climate change and the climate crisis that resonate with people.
• Artists & scientists who may have a project in mind or want to come fresh to the workshop.
• Artists & scientists who want to collaborate and learn from each other.
• Artists & scientists from all specialisations. For instance the physical, social and indigenous sciences.
• Artists who create quality works that communicate with people. These projects can be in any art form, for different audiences, involve communities in the participation, be indoors or outdoors, and a host of other things – but all should inspire change.

Selection criteria

All applications will be judged by an expert panel of scientists & artists and members of the Track Zero Board on their:

• stage of career (emergent/mid-career or established);
• history of work quality;
• likely inspirational impact;
• ability to collaborate with others and work across disciplines;
• successful history in applying for funding.

Guidelines for entry

• Artists that apply on the basis of working on an existing work that has already won, or is under consideration for, a competition, are not eligible. Artists can have projects that have been thought of, but this is not necessary.
• The project is open to all artists and scientists resident in Aotearoa New Zealand aged 17 years and older.
• One place is held for emergent artists and early career scientists, subject to meeting the application criteria.
• Applications will be processed electronically. They should be formatted at 1.5 line spacing and a minimum of 12 point font size. Applicants submit a completed Application Form and CV . Any additional attachments eg. images are optional, but must be less than 500MB in size.
• Multiple entries are acceptable, for instance as an individual and as a collective/team.
• A collective of artists or team of scientists (covering a range of specialisations) are encouraged to apply.
• It is a condition of application that, if selected, you participate in the one and a half day workshop in Wellington on Thursday 28th November and Friday 29th November 2019.
• It is a condition of application that, if you are selected, you grant permission for Track Zero to put parts of your work on the Track Zero website and social media – and for Victoria University of Wellington to do the same on its website and social media – and that it can be used by Track Zero for future marketing (after discussion with you) for Track Zero and the subsequent events, and for other reporting documentation. Submission of an entry will constitute acceptance of this condition. All artists & scientists would see all their work that is put on any media prior to it being released.
• The closing date is Friday, 4th October 2019 at 5pm NZT. Late entries will not be accepted.
• All applicants will be notified if they have been successful or not on Monday, 21st October 2019.
• The Selection Panel’s decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into.
• Track Zero staff, contractors and board members, and their families, are prohibited from entering.