Open Call

SWIM ACROSS

Farside Collective

No Funding
Leh, India

Eligibility

We are not looking at any specific discipline, but rather people who can create. We invite applications from visual artists, photographers, printmakers, filmmakers, writers, zine makers, researchers etc, who can come together to create art. If you love contemporary arts, graphics, illustrations, creative writing, image making processes, and experimenting with printmaking, you should apply !

Number of Participants

5

Deadline

Selection Results (Announcement Dates)

Duration

July 01, 2019 - July 31, 2019

Costs

  • €650.00 program fee

Facilities

Alternative Processes Darkroom, Co-Working, Darkroom, Desk Space

Housing

Guest House, Home-Stay

Meals

Breakfast, Coffee, Dinner, Lunch, Snacks, Tea

Public Programs

Open Studios, Picnic Baskets, Publication, Workshops

Disciplines

Design, Documentary, Drawing, Installation, Journalism, Land Art, Literature, Moving Image, Photography, Playwriting, Poetry, Printmaking

Languages

English, French, Hindi, Urdu

Program Description

Humans civilisations have grown by coming together of great civilisations. Exchange of cultures have made us grow and understand our world better; when humans from different cultures meet and share lives, barriers are broken. Leh is fortunate to have lived a long history of Silk route trade bringing together Punjabis, Kashmiris, Central Asians, Tibetans and Chinese in this roof of the world. Amidst this sea of travellers, the local population grew and benefitted from the world around. Leh has grown tremendously in last 20 years and tourism has changed the lives of people. While communication has grown, and one can reach Leh under 1 hour from Delhi; today, the multi-cultural ethos of Leh find itself challenged. The division of ‘us’ and ‘them’ is seen evidently and migrants-Kashmiris, North Indians, Nepalis, white or blue collar doesn’t fit in the modern Ladakhi narrative. The migrant working class is unable to find a voice in this new Ladakhi narrative of blue skies and wide lakes, pash

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