Gdańsk 2016 and Gdańsk City Gallery, co-organizers of the “Narracje – Interventions and Installations in Public Space” Festival in Gdansk (Poland), have announced an international open call for the curator of the 4th edition of the Festival scheduled for November 2012.

The curator of the Narracje Festival will carry out his/her duties in close cooperation with the producer, the production team, the organizers and co-organizers of the Festival.  The curator will also help obtain funds for the Festival or look for potential sponsors or entities interested in supporting particular projects/activities/artists participating in the Festival.

Some of the criteria for the post include a minimum of 5 years of documented experience as a curator having organized international artistic festivals or other artistic activities in open public spaces, the willingness and ability to visit Gdańsk during preparations for the Festival from March to November 2012 and constant presence in Gdańsk during the Festival, as well as a fluent command of English.

Entries will be accepted from individual candidates, organizational units, legal entities and curatorial collectives until 21 February 2012 via e-mail to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

The “Narracje – Interventions and Installations in Public Space” Festival is a presentation of large scale projections on buildings and all kinds of creative, innovative and unusual artistic activities taking place in the public space of the city. The curator of the past three editions of the Festival was Bettina Pelz.

The first edition of the Festival (2009) enveloped the heart of Gdańsk and presented visual works based on the technology of light on selected buildings and inside city galleries. The second edition of the Festival (2010), entitled Lost and Found, took place in less obvious locations of the Main Town – courtyards, archaeological excavations, in the vicinity of construction sites. The third edition of the Festival, entitled Nature of the City, was held between 17 and 20 November 2011 and moved mainly into the heart of the Lower City of Gdańsk.

In 2012 the Festival will explore the area of the real Old Town adjacent to the Main Town, with its separated historical parts: Osiek and Zamczysko, located between the Main Town and the Gdańsk Shipyard, as well as the area of the Shipyard itself.

See the full announcement here