Exciting news kids! Pictoplasma, gods of intellectual burrowings into what a character is, are offering a lucky punter a chance at a residency, as part of the famous Character Walk which they hold each time they have a conference. Not much of a lead time (proposals in by the 26th of Jan) and works to be there by March but a seriously awesome opportunity

"Pictoplasma and DISK/club transmediale offer young and upcoming artists the opportunity to present their character driven work to a wide, international and interested audience.
As part of the official Character Walk, running from the 17th to the 21st of March 2009 and opening the world’s largest festival of contemporary character design and art, the renown project space General Public in the center of Berlin will serve as the perfect stage for the winning proposal.
The awarded artist will receive up to 10 days of accommodation in Berlin from the 11th to the 21st of March 2009, a grant of 500,- Euros to help realize the submitted proposal, all our support to set up the exhibition in the “General Public”, as well as free entry to all of the Pictoplasma Festival and Conference events.
We are open to your wildest, most daring, stylistically sure-footed character exhibition proposals, not limited to any media or style, ranging from video work, photography, performance, installation, painting, print, drawings or sculpture.
We expect to receive a detailed, written exhibition concept, some sketches as a first reference, a selection of the entrants previous work, an artist biography and all contact information via email until the 26th of January 2009. All material should be sent to
pictopia (at) pictoplasma (dot) com
A jury panel composed by former speakers of the Pictoplasma Conference, club transmediale and Pictoplasma will select the winning proposal and inform the future resident no later than the 5th of February. Should any questions need to be clarified, entrants are requested to be reachable via email AND phone during the first week of February.
In 2009, The Character Walk will once more guide numerous international festival attendees, producers and fans through over twenty selected locations in Berlin-Mitte, showcasing different positions of artists working in the genre of reduced figuration.
Artists exhibiting at previous Character Walks include:
Tim Biskup, Rinzen, Nanospore, Moki, Shoboshobo, Juju’s Delivery, Nathan Jurevicius, Gary Baseman, David Shrigley, Derrick Hodgson, Doma, Rob Reger, Jiacong Jay Yan, Genevieve Gauckler, Ian Stevenson, Steak Zombies, Friends With You and many more…
Miro Delija