HMK {HOTEL MARIAKAPEL} - GENERAL INFORMATION
HMK is an artist-run residency and project space in Hoorn, a 16th century town by the IJsselmeer, just 40 km north of Amsterdam. In the old center of the town, in a mediaeval orphanage with adjacent inner garden and Maria Chapel, HMK receives artists from all over the world.
Hotel Mariakapel has grown from the ideal to create a concentrated work- and presentation place, where dialogue and collaboration inform experimental, context-based visual art projects. It was set up and is still run by a dedicated team of artists, assisted by local and international volunteers.
The programme involves artists working in a wide range of media, focusing on installation and context based work, video/film and performance art. Projects are developed both in public space and in the chapel’s exhibition space. Artists arrive on an individual basis or in groups, but the aim is always to create new work and during the process, gain from each other’s vision, questions and experience.
The exhibition/project space in the chapel has a varied history of artists exhibitions and events and been used as a space for experimental art since 1985: first by De Achterstraat Foundation, then as an annex to the Sandberg Institute (MFA of the Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam).
RESIDENCY PROGRAMME
The residency programme at HMK has been in effect since January 2003. Accommodation and living facilities are provided for invited artists/artists groups to complete a period of work culminating in a final exhibition in the adjacent exhibition space. Residencies vary in length and depend on the nature of the work. The resulting exhibitions which are open to the public, usually take place for 3-4 weeks. HMK is responsible for all mail-outs and promotional activity in relation to the shows, which include regional, national and international contacts.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Irregularly, one-day events take place (performances, lectures, small projects.) Forthcoming events are advertised on the website.
FINANCES
Invited artists are offered the residency at Hotel Mariakapel. The length of the residency is agreed in advance. The residency includes use of all facilities (private room, wireless internet, shared kitchen, washing machine / dryer, basic tools). Hotel Mariakapel aims to provide a production and travel budget to resident artists, depending on individual projects, but advises artists to secure additional funding from elsewhere.