MIRA and MASSIVart invite national and international artists to develop a proposal for a permanent public artwork to be located in the public plaza of MIRA’s latest real estate development in Mexico City:Neuchâtel’s Cuadrante Polanco.
A total budget of 6,000,000.00 MXN Pesos will be allocated to the art installation’s project to give artists the opportunity to create an iconic landmark for Mexico City while beautifying the urban public landscape.
The call for artists will be two-phased:
- The first stage will shortlist three to four applicants based on qualifications demonstrated from the applicant’s Curriculum Vitae, portfolio of work, and preliminary artistic approach.
- In the second stage, each of the three or four artists or artist teams/collectives will be given a compensatory fee to create a detailed artist proposal including written information, a budget, sketches and renders, preliminary construction plan and other descriptive presentation materials as needed to fully describe the concept intent.
The artists selected during the 1st phase will be aligned with the artistic direction of MIRA and MASSIVart as well as the vision of Neuchâtel Cuadrante Polanco, which is led by a desire to create an iconic and timeless art installation that has the power to engage passersby.
This artwork must coexist harmoniously with
urban structures that include offices, apartments, and retail at the street level with open spaces. With this iconic space, MIRA will unite a larger set of cultural destinations,including the Soumaya and Jumex Museums, Inbursa Aquarium, Plaza Carso and the Cuernavaca Railroad Line Park.
The proximity of these destinations will help Neuchâtel Cuadrante Polanco to become a major destination, taking advantage of this critical mass to attract visitors and establish a new center of gravity in Nuevo Polanco.
Themes
The following list consists of themes that can be
explored by the artists when conceiving the
artwork. These are not mutually exclusive and
can be combined.
- Urban Wellness
- Mexico City’s cultural heritage and/ or modernity
- Community
Eligibility
- This commission is open to professional, emerging and consolidated artists 18 and over. Each applicant may submit only one proposal.
- Artist teams may apply and must designate one artist as the lead contact.
- All artists must have a minimum of five (5) years of demonstrated professional visual art experience. Examples of work submitted must be original, recently completed artwork (within the last 10 years)
- Artists must have experience producing artworks similar in scale and complexity to this project. It is preferable but not necessary for the applicants to have experience creating, fabricating and installing permanent outdoor public artwork, and working within the public process.
