Eligibility

8 spaces are available to participate and a wide variety of disciplines are welcome to apply.  (Artists, writers, researchers, etc). No restriction on age or nationality.  If you are under 18, you must provide a letter of consent from a parent or guardian. 

Number of Participants

Collective Attempt is developed in relation to the work of selected 2019 artists-in-residence at Can Serrat, who include Mohammad Alfaraj, Vanessa Donoso, Bruno Caracol, Duncan Gibbs, Natalya Gimson, Floy Krouchi, Yezica Tutic, and Marianne Vieulès. Some of the topics these artists address are connected, but not limited to, community, working locally and with the land, play, permaculture, and environment. Departing from the work of the selected artists mentioned above, Acarín has invited guest curators and practicing artists from the Catalan context Caterina Almirall and Ignacio de Antonio to propose a series of activities, readings, and discussions. In collaboration with the 2019 residents, these exercises will activate topics they address in their respective practices in relation with the Can Serrat community. In addition to the above participants, the open call is aimed at 8 new participants whose work is relevant or shares connections to the themes in the open call.

Deadline

May 14, 2020 22:00 UTC

Selection Results (Announcement Dates)

May 31, 2020 22:00 UTC

Duration

July 26, 2020 - August 02, 2020

Funding

• €500.00 stipend (one-time)

Costs

• €700.00 program fee (one-time)

Facilities

Conference Rooms, Co-Working, Desk Space, Installation Space, Piano, Sculpture Facility, Shared Studio

Housing

Kitchen, Live/Work, Private Room, Shared Bathroom, Shared Room, Tent

Meals

Chef on Site, Coffee, Dinner, Snacks, Tea, Vegan, Vegetarian

Public Programs

Community Engagement , Courses, Critique, Discussion, Forum, Group Dinners, Picnic Baskets, Publication, Readings, Retreat, Round Tables, Self-Directed, Seminars, Workshops

Disciplines

Acting, Activists, Administrators, Architecture, Arts Administrator, Book Arts, Ceramics, Choreography, Cinematography, Collective, Composers, Conceptual Art, Curatorial, Drawing, Dreamers, Fiction, Installation, Interdiscplinary Arts, Journalism, Land Art, Literature, Music, Music Composition, Nonfiction, Painting, Printmaking, Public Art, Research, Sculpture, Social Practice, Sound Art, Thinkers, Visual Arts

Languages

English, French, Spanish

Program Description

Collective Attempt is a week-long workshop at Can Serrat International Residency, an eighteen-century house in the natural park of Montserrat mountain outside of Barcelona. It will be held from July 26- August 2, 2020 and is organized by curator Xavier Acarín. The workshop is dedicated to experimenting with different notions of collaboration and collectivity. In this week-long workshop, we will look at collaboration and collectivity in artistic practices from a performative and ecological perspective. The program will combine study sessions with exploring the surrounding nature, and will be inclined towards ecofeminism, permaculture, cooperation, and conviviality. As a group, we will use these fields of inquiry to explore how we can live together. Sections of the workshop will be elaborated on and presented to the public on the last day, while some of its traces will be gathered in an archive, the format of which will be determined by the group.