Open Call

Summer school for Land and Environmental Art

Alps Art Academy

With Funding
Tenna, Switzerland

Eligibility

We encourage proposal submissions from artists working with landscape and the environment across genres and media, as well as from theoreticians, facilitators and curators engaged in research on the topic of Land Art. We welcome applications accompanied by a concrete concept that can be realized during the period of the summer school. The concepts should reflect the 2020 Alps Art Academy theme “ANALOG – DIGITAL.”

Number of Participants

Gathering circa thirty participants over a period of ten days, the Academy offers a rich program of workshops, seminars, field trips, artist talks and presentations, as well as a thematic symposium. Participants have the opportunity to explore what does it mean to create in, and interact with, the Alpine landscape and apply their experience in their work. Participants work together with international instructors who offer practical and theoretical mentoring. The Academy is linked to the Land Art Biennale Art Safiental (July 4–October 18, 2020) and offers an opportunity to present final projects.

Deadline

Selection Results (Announcement Dates)

Duration

June 25, 2020 - July 04, 2020

Funding

  • $10.00 travel budget
  • $10.00 stipend (one-time)

Costs

  • $1,200.00 program fee (one-time)

Facilities

Conference Rooms, Library, Wood Shop

Housing

Hotel

Meals

Breakfast, Chef on Site, Coffee, Dinner, Lunch

Public Programs

Courses, Discussion, Exhibition, Mentors, Seminars, Workshops

Disciplines

Choreography, Collective, Conceptual Art, Curatorial, Digital Media, Installation, Interdiscplinary Arts, Intervention, Land Art, Literature, Moving Image, Music, Pedagogy, Performance Art, Photography, Public Art, Sculpture, Social Practice, Sound Art, Virtual Reality, Visual Arts

Languages

English, German

Program Description

Fee The fee entails 10 days academy, accommodation in double room, board, excursions during the academy: Travel expenses to and from the Academy is not inclusive and have to be carried by the participants. For participants in need of a financial support there is the possibility to apply for a funding. Funding The academy is committed to a diversified group of participants (age, gender, origin, underrepresented groups). Lower-income applicants may apply for a reduction of the tuition fee and / or a travel funding. Details on website.

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