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GEORDNETE VERHÄLTNISSE I
ORDERED STATES
FESTIVAL OF REGIONS 2005

CALL FOR SUBMISSION OF PROJECT PROPOSALS
Deadline for submissions: Sunday, 6 June 2004, Duration of Festival: June/July 2005
Law, order and other systems of regulation are integral components of societies and thus their cultures. As unambiguously
established normative systems or as temporary social conventions subject to continual change, they shape
everyday life, politics and culture. Laws, usages, customs, moral precepts and artistic canons may be constantly put
into question, but their existence is an undisputed part of living together. Universal human conventions as well as
local or regional peculiarities are revealed in them.
From local rituals and formulas for greeting up to catalogues of human rights, present-day law-and-order policies and
aesthetic categories present a complex spectrum in which cultural practices are embedded along with the most
inconspicuous routines of everyday life. Utopian potentials are also often based on ideas of order just as much as
they oppose them. They give rise to controversial debates, theoretical discourses, artistic strategies and cultural
dynamics. The transdisciplinary practice of the Festival of Regions thus provides an ideal framework for questioning
these concepts.
The Festival of Regions is interested in projects in art, science, everyday culture, politics and related cultural areas
which are concerned with the present-day significance and forms of laws and social orders in their respective social
environments and is inviting interested individuals, groups, cultural initiatives, associations and institutions to submit
proposals for projects.
International participation, interdisciplinary co-operation and proposals for collaboration are expressly desired.
Special emphasis is put on projects which demonstrate a direct connection with specific local situations or which
will be realized in direct communication and/or with the participation of the general public. A well-balanced
representation of projects from women and men is aimed at.
In line with the theme, one of the regions of focus for the Festival of Regions 2005 has been defined as the region of
Böhmerwald near the borders of Austria, Germany and the Czech Republic. This region is characterized by new
structures and changes in the most recent past. One or several additional focal regions will be decided upon based
on the results of the proposals submitted. Cultural initiatives are expressly invited to make a submission with project
proposals outside their immediate area of work.
The Festival of Regions is one of the largest contemporary festivals of culture in Austria. It has been taking place
every two years since 1993 at decentralized venues in the federal state of Upper Austria with its capital, Linz. At the
interface between art and everyday life, the festival's projects involve the general public in the discussion of social,
political and artistic questions. Outside the centres the Festival of Regions connects contemporary cultural work and
forms of art with local traditions, histories and their peculiarities.
Who can make a project proposal?
Anyone with an idea on the theme: individual artists or artists collaborating in a team, laypersons and professionals, individuals
working in the area of culture and society, initiatives, associations or municipalities, no matter whether they are from Upper
Austria or not.
Who will select the projects?
The board of trustees and the director of the Festival of Regions with the support of an independent advisory council. The
decision will be made whilst excluding recourse to legal action.
How will projects come about?
The initiators of selected projects will be invited to make their ideas more concrete and to present the financial planning in more
detail. The collaboration between the project's initiator and the Festival of Regions will be laid down in a contract which specifies
the mutual rights and obligations. As a rule, the development and realization of the project will be the responsibility of the project's
initiator. The Festival of Regions will assist this development in an advisory capacity; it will provide resources and will guarantee
a major part of the advertising.
Where can I get advice?
A detailed presentation of the Festival of Regions and its individual projects can be found at www.fdr.at. All potential project
initiators who have an idea or a local starting-point and are looking for a means of artistic implementation should contact the
festival team, which will be glad to give advice. This applies also to project authors who have an idea adaptable to a region and
are looking for production partners.

What should the project proposal include?
The project's idea
Description of this idea, its realization and the planned timetable for realization
Demonstration of the connection with the festival’s theme
Presentation of the project’s authors and initiators
A concise short-description of the project (1,000 characters)
Organizational framework
The project’s initiators, e.g. association, organization, etc.
Timetable for project development and realization
Project director including address, telephone number and e-mail address
Place of realization or presentation insofar as this is already known
Rough financial plan
What expenditure will be incurred (artists’ fees, costs of materials, rents, social security levies, advertising costs, etc.?
What income can be expected (admission, sales and other proceeds, contributions from municipalities and sponsors, etc.?
What amount (difference between income and expenditure) is the Festival of Regions expected to contribute?
The project proposal can be submitted in either English or German.
Miscellaneous
The Festival of Regions cannot accept any responsibility for the documents submitted. The rejection of a proposal does not give
the authors of the project any claim on the Festival of Regions or any other persons acting on behalf of the Festival. In particular,
the Festival is not liable for any expenditure which the authors of projects have incurred with a view to their potential participation
in the Festival.
Submission
The project proposal should be sent by mail in 12 copies (Din A4) or by e-mail in the preferred format of a PDF file up to 2 MB
and should be a maximum of seven pages long. Additional materials cannot be taken into account.
Festival of Regions, Marktplatz 12, A-4100 Ottensheim or office@fdr.at
Tel: +43(0)7234 85 2 85, Fax: +43(0)7234 85 2 85-4, www.fdr.at
Deadline for submissions: Sunday, 6 June 2004
Duration of Festival: from the end of June to the beginning of July 2005
Who is organizing the Festival of Regions?
An independent association called the Festival of Regions with support mainly from the State of Upper Austria, the arts section of
the Federal Chancellor's Office of the Republic of Austria, the city of Linz and individual financial sponsors.
The association’s board of trustees is composed of Uli Böker, the mayor of Ottensheim and cultural worker, Claudia Hutterer,
cultural communicator, Karin Rumpfhuber, music journalist and advertising writer, Doris Weichselbaumer, economist at the Kepler
University of Linz, Josef Ecker, cultural director for the state of Upper Austria, Siegbert Janko, cultural director fzor the city of
Linz, and Christine Schöpf, from Austrian Radio in Upper Austria.
Festival director: Martin Fritz
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