Art and Technology grant program 2018/2019

Garage’s Art and Technology grant program supports artists and art groups who work with information technology, engineering, and in the field of science art.

For the past two years, Art and Technology grants have been awarded in partnership with BMW Group, famous for supporting art and cultural initiatives across the world.

Along with a monthly award of 30,000 rubles, grant recipients receive funding for the project they apply with and an opportunity to visit the BMW Museum at the company’s headquarters in Munich and consult the company’s experts about the technical aspects of their project. The grant is awarded to artists and art groups.

Application deadline: March 20, 2019

Date of the announcement of the winner: April 10, 2019

Grant award amount: 30,000 rubles

Anton Belov, Director, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art;

Dmitry Bulatov, curator at the Baltic Branch of National Centre for Contemporary Art, ROSIZO, artist;

Valentin Diaconov, curator, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art;

Olga Shishko, head of Cinema and Media Art Department at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts.

Age of the artists: 18 to 35

Priority qualities: Award decisions are based on the applicants’ uniqueness of vision, use of new technologies, and cogency of artistic approach.

Deadline for completion of the project: The project must be completed in no longer than twelve months.