Open Call : Default #1

nadine and Foamlab are composing an expedition team for Default#1 Default is a journey of discovery for pioneers driven by sun, wind, and muscles to develop a new culture of traveling and nomadic technologies. Artists, designers, technologists and collectors are working whilst traveling by bike through Europe along a straight line from Ireland to Spain and Portugal in August and September 2013. Default is the straight line that derives from a fold in the map of Europe. It provides guidance, a well-defined area within which new ideas, creations, research and inspirations may arise in relation to the landscape and local culture. Default.re is a line which enables the expedition members to wander along a specific defined geographical area, straight wandering. Each team member is basically self-sufficient in terms of research, tools and energy; Default is off-grid. After the trip nadine and Foamlab will organise two exhibitions, one in Brussels and one in Amsterdam, presenting the specific format of Default, artistic research of the artists and the work that was created during the project.

Practical information

– Default starts on August 16 – the participants gather in Tory Island, Ireland (Default explores a fold of a European trainmap, which runs from Northern Ireland to Morocco.)

– The starting point is located in Tory Island, a small island, right in the North of Ireland. From there we take the boat to the town Meenaclady on the mainland. The fold in Ireland ends in the South in the Bally Cotton Bay right next to Cork. The crossing to North Spain will be via Roscoff (France), Plymouth (England) and then Santander (Spain) and will last 48 hours. The northern point of departure in Spain is Viveiro and the transition to Portugal is crossed near the town of Chaves. The journey ends in Isla Cristina. (Given the project is calculated on a month of traveling, we remain in Europe and the cross over to Morocco will not occur.)

– Considering that there are quite a few boottrips planned, everyone travels ideally with a folding bike. Who wants to take a regular bike, also takes on the cost (and the risk not being able to travel further) that go with this decision.

– Travel light and be autonomous, technical equipment needs to be self-powered

– There is a code of conduct that we already drafted, this can be found here (link).

– Preparatory training on the bike and historical research into the field is recommended, but not necessary.

How to participate

Please send a motivated email with a description of your own research, project or production that you would like to undertake during Default, as well as a short text and visual material in which you present your work and your artistic interest fields to bruna@nadine.be.

Default #1 is part of the European project ALOTOF and is supported by the European Culture Program 2007-2013.