ScrapEden SF: Request for Proposals
Composting
Contraption $10,000-$15,000
Timeframe:
Proposal Due to BRAF 3/15/10,
Grant
Award Announced 4/1/10
Project Completed by 6/1/10
The
Black Rock Arts Foundation
(BRAF), in partnership with the
San Francisco Department of the Environment, is seeking artists to develop another public art
project for ScrapEdenSF, an ongoing program pairing
artists with community groups to create artworks that are
designed to inspire and motivate residents to recycle and
compost more effectively. BRAF is currently requesting
proposals from San Francisco Bay Area artists for the
Composting Contraption.
com⋅post [kɒmpɒst] is a combination of various decaying
organic substances that are being decomposed largely
through aerobic decomposition into a rich black soil.
con⋅trap⋅tion [kuhn-trap-shuhn] – a mechanical
contrivance; gadget; device.
Imagine inventor Rube Goldberg meeting up with biodynamic
farming pioneer Rudolf Steiner.
The Composting Contraption will be a human-powered,
interactive, kinetic artwork designed to inspire, motivate
and educate San Francisco residents to increase the practice
of composting at home and to take better advantage of the
City’s green bin organics collection programs serving the
residential, commercial, and institutional sectors.
This new work of art will travel to local festivals,
street fairs, farmers markets and schools to increase
awareness of composting (and recycling to some extent) and
change the composting behavior of San Francisco artists
and residents to divert recoverable resources from being
disposed of as solid waste, in keeping with the City’s
zero waste goals. The artist is not expected to bring the
contraption all around town, but will work with a local
community group to train them on its use so they can tour
it around in an educational campaign.
Materials used for this new mobile sculpture MUST
primarily be made of reclaimed, recycled or reused
materials diverted from local landfills.
This artwork must educate the public about the process of
composting in a dynamic and whimsical way, while
referencing the variety of ways that the public can (and
now by SF law MUST) participate in composting, from
backyard to curbside pickup.
After selection, artists will be contracted to provide:
A public art piece delivered on time.
A signed
commitment to work towards the ScrapEdenSF goals.
A
plan for involving the community group in the creation and
implementation of the project.
How to Apply
Proposals must be received by BRAF no later than
5:00pm Monday, March 15, 2010.
Please submit a proposal outlining your project and be
sure to address the requested information and questions
below. Be sure to include any sketches, photos or any
other supplemental materials that will best highlight your
design concept.
1) Applicant Information
Name
Organization
Mailing Address
Daytime
Phone
Email Address
Website
2) Project Information
Project Description. Summarize the proposed project in the
space provided. Address the following: What will you
create? Does your project have an interactive element as
part of the finished product? What materials will you use?
(Please remember materials must be predominantly recycled,
reused, or salvaged)
3) Project Realization
Summarize integral elements of the project’s realization.
Address the following:
i) How will you obtain your
materials? Have you worked with these materials?
ii)
In what ways will your process be collaborative? Are you
part of an artists’ collective or do you have an existing
team/crew? How do you plan to integrate and involve
community members in the creation of your project?
iii)
Do you have a physical space available to work on this
project? What resources do you have available? What
resources do you require?
4) Project Experience
Summarize your previous experience and role working on
large projects. Address the following: i) Have you
previously worked collaboratively on a large project?
Describe the project, it’s scale, and your experience.
ii)
Have you previously acted as a lead on a large project or
been part of the key project management team? Elaborate.
5) Accomplishments
What are your accomplishments? List relevant
accomplishments/projects and corresponding websites or
other resources. Please detail the qualifications and/or
accomplishments of key artists participating
6) Project Expenses
A. Salaries & Fees
B. Space Rental
C.
Project Expenses
Submission Instructions:
Submit the proposal as an attachment to an email by 5:00pm
Monday March 15th, 2010 to:
scrapeden_sf @blackrockarts.org
Submit any supplemental materials (also due 5:00pm Monday
March 15th, 2010 to:
Black Rock Arts Foundation
Attn: ScrapEden SF
Applications
3450 3rd Street, Suite #2A
San
Francisco, CA, 94158
If you have questions, please send an email to:
scrapeden_sf @blackrockarts.org
Or call the BRAF office at 415.626.1248.
The mission of the
Black Rock Arts Foundation
is to support and promote community interactive art and
civic participation.
ScrapEden Program
The Black
Rock Arts Foundation’s ScrapEden Program is the
fruit of collaborative efforts between the San Francisco
Department of the Environment and BRAF. We pair artists
with neighborhood groups in a creative partnership that
illustrates the messages and practices of recycling and
reuse through community art installations. The community
and the artist work together to produce temporary art
installations displayed in community parks. Past projects
include the installation of public art in Civic Center
Plaza, the Panhandle, Hayes Green, the Embarcadero, and
Hunters Point.
To learn more about ScrapEden
Prior blog posts About ScrapEden
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And even the dogs came out to enjoy the party photo: George
Post
LadyBee, Chris Bently and Helvetica Hahne enjoying the
festivities photo: George Post
Gaucho Gypsy Jazz
The Lester’s came out to enjoy the sunshine, the
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