Open Call

Symposium ‘Heaven’. Open Call for applications

Kintai Arts Residence

No Funding
Free / No Costs
Kintai, Lithuania

Eligibility

Utopia is an extremely wide subject, but necessary to ponder for any critical thought. That is the aim of this symposium. Artists and theorists/writers are invited to apply by attaching their portfolio and a short paragraph on the subjects of interest in the wide range of utopian ideas. The preference is given to candidates focusing on social, political, and/or cultural utopias in current societal or academic discourses. The residencies and project development is funded. Possibility for funding travel costs and grants will be specified and announced separately to all interested applicants. Please send your applications to karolina.sadlauskaite@gmail.com until 15 May. The participants will be informed until the 1st of June.

Number of Participants

3 artists 3 theorists/writers/critics 2 mentors

Deadline

Selection Results (Announcement Dates)

Duration

August 24, 2020 - September 15, 2020

Facilities

Conference Rooms, Co-Working, Individual Studio, Installation Space, Shared Studio

Housing

Guest House, Home-Stay, Live/Work, Private Bathroom, Private Room, Shared Bathroom, Shared Room

Meals

No meals

Public Programs

Community Engagement , Courses, Critique, Discussion, Exhibition, Mentors, Online Exhibition, Open Studios, Performances, Professional Development, Publication, Readings, Retreat, Seminars, Visiting Professionals, Workshops

Disciplines

Activists, Architecture, Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, Chefs, Collective, Conceptual Art, Culinary, Dance, Digital Media, Drawing, Dreamers, Entrepreneur , Fiction, Immersive Experiences, Installation, Interdiscplinary Arts, Intervention, Journalism, Land Art, Literature, Moving Image, Multimedia, Nonfiction, Painting, Pedagogy, Performance Art, Public Art, Research, Scholar, Scientists, Social Practice, Sound Art, Thinkers, Video Art, Visual Arts, Web Design, Web Development

Languages

English, Russian

Program Description

Not so long ago we learned of the possibilities that utopian thinking can bring as well as the deeds it can inspire. It’s this almost atomic power we learned to be afraid of and hide from ourselves for a future without disappointment or regret. While applying critical thought with attempts to grasp the edges of intersecting realities, today we are using utopian perspectives in safe microdoses – just enough to keep us moving, believing in a reasonable, non-damaging manner, safe to others and ourselves. Should we identify these utopian expectations? Where do dreams end and realities begin? Aiming to engage locally while simultaneously reflecting on global issues, the symposium will comprise of emerging, though experienced participants from Lithuanian and international backgrounds.

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