Gallery Siva in Zagreb, Croatia invites artists, curators and artist collectives to apply to its open call for 2024.
The programme of Gallery Siva is based on presentation, production and education – closely related to street art, graffiti art, design, comics, illustration and other fields of visual art with the main criteria being unconventionality and creating outside of the mainstream.
What distinguishes Gallery Siva from other venues and programmes are Siva’s location and founders. It is located inside of Medika – an old medical factory which was squatted by various subcultural collectives under the umbrella of the Autonomous Cultural Centre Attack, who transformed the old factory into an independent, autonomous social cultural centre. The centre functions as various similar European spaces, by the principle of revitalisation of abandoned venues with an aim of transforming them to venues for production and work of various artistic and cultural collectives, that act by do it yourself principles, and realised primarily by voluntary work. The second specificity arose from fulfilling the needs of one subcultural group – graffiti artists, who formed the gallery in 2012 – to create a space for work and presentations.
Even though one specific subcultural group formed it, Gallery Siva does not have programmatic and conceptual restrictions – one of its main objectives is the affirmation of artists creating in various styles and media, as well as ones who do not have an opportunity, or refuse, to exhibit in institutional galleries.
Gallery Siva’s programme is designed to provide support to artists in the form of a contemporary art gallery venue, and an unconventional Croatian and international cultural / subcultural exchange spot. The featured artists are free to exhibit in different formats – starting from a classical exhibition setup to a total transformation of the whole space by means of 3D scenery, light or paint.
Support from Gallery Siva includes:
- Travel expenses for artists from Croatia, up to 100 euros directly related to the realisation of the programme.
- Travel expenses for international artists, up to 300 euros directly related to the realisation of the programme.
- Accommodation in organisation’s guest rooms in artist in residence programme.
- Partial coverage of production expenses (only for new work produced at a residency).
