Eligibility

The Onassis AiR 2020/21 Open Call is intended to artists, designers, activists, curators, collectives, educators who defy the marketable academic establishments, lawyers, performance and filmmakers, economists philosophers, and other practitioners who are interested in a communal exploration of two thematic focus areas we find urgent to explore: identities and ecologies. • It is for those who live & work in Greece or anywhere in the world. • There are no age restrictions. • There is no requirement of formal academic degrees. • It is for those who can clearly demonstrate an extensive engagement within their practice of the two research topics that will be explored in 2020/21. • It is for those who seek collective exploration and co-existence with their peers without hierarchical structures. • It is for those who seek a non-homogenous collective environment composed of groups of practitioners coming from diverse disciplines and practices. • The working language is English.

Number of Participants

The program is divided into 4 Movement Groups of 5 to 6 participants which will engage in an intensive 6-week period of collective study & research in Fall 2020 and Spring 2021. Each of the two Fall 2020 & Spring 2021 Movement Groups will also have one convener - a practitioner in their own right, with an in-depth knowledge of the research topic explored.

Deadline

April 24, 2020 14:00 UTC

Selection Results (Announcement Dates)

June 14, 2020 21:00 UTC

Duration

September 07, 2020 - May 31, 2021

Funding

• €2,500.00 stipend (one-time)

Facilities

Shared Studio

Housing

Apartment

Meals

Lunch

Disciplines

Activists, Choreography, Cinematography, Collective, Film, Interdiscplinary Arts, Journalism, Moving Image, Pedagogy, Performance Art, Photography, Public Art, Research, Scholar, Scientists, Sculpture, Social Practice, Sound Art, Theatre, Thinkers, Video Art, Visual Arts

Languages

English

Program Description

Inspired by the title of a novel by Wilson Harris, The Infinite Rehearsal in Four Movements is conceived as a collective program focused on two research areas we find urgent to explore. In Fall 2020 & Spring 2021 four Movement Groups of five participants will engage in a collective “rehearsal”, bringing their own “instrument” in the form of their existing practice that clearly engages with one of the research topic areas in a radical way. The structure of each proposed research topic will be largely defined by the selected participants of each Movement Group through a collective study and exploration. Fall 2020: Identities Annihilated (Movement I & II) will be convened by performance theorist Hypatia Vourloumis. Spring 2021: Everything Equally Evolved (Movement III & IV) will be convened by writer and artist James Bridle. All accepted participants will receive a research fee, housing & travel to/from Athens if from abroad, collective research budget, and other resources.