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ARTISTS OPEN CALL - HISTORY, WE NEED TO TALK!

Join the conversation on colonial heritage through contemporary art with CONTESTED DESIRES: Constructive Dialogues (CDCD).

Calling all visual artists based in The Netherlands passionate about unravelling colonial legacies! Be part of this groundbreaking transnational initiative funded by Creative Europe.

Explore our shared colonial past with 19 global partners. From Italy to Ghana, Tunisia to the UK, join us in unpacking the impacts of colonialism on contemporary culture.

What we offer - International residencies, exhibitions, and workshops from September 2024 to November 2026 (the artist is expected to participate fully in the program). Project fee, travel, accommodations, and more provided.

Artforms - Participatory and socially engaged visual arts practice (including but not limited to drawing, printmaking, photography, film, digital, sound, installation, performance). Environmentally conscious works adaptable to each location.

Challenge the past, to co-create more inclusive futures through contemporary art.

Open call available here:
https://h401.org/2024/03/contested-desires-constructive-dialogues-open-call/13190/
or via LinkedIn:
https://lnkd.in/eaCQEaRp

Deadline to apply: May 7, 2024.
Contact [email protected] for inquiries.

Contested Desires: Constructive Dialogues Open Call Are you a visual artist based in The Netherlands passionate about unravelling the layers of our shared colonial past and its impact on contemporary culture? This is your chance to be part of a groundbreaking transnational initiative funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.

📢 Open Call for artists based in 10 countries: HISTORY, WE NEED TO TALK! 🌍
Join CONTESTED DESIRES: Constructive Dialogues (CDCD) and be part of a vibrant conversation on colonial heritage through contemporary art. This groundbreaking transnational initiative, funded by Creative Europe, seeks to engage visual artists who are passionate about exploring and unravelling colonial legacies.
🌟 What We Offer: International residencies, exhibitions, and workshops from September 2024 to November 2026 (the artist is expected to participate fully in the program), Project fee, travel, accommodations, and more provided.
🎨 Artforms: We welcome participatory and socially engaged visual arts practices, including but not limited to drawing, printmaking, photography, film, digital, sound, installation, and performance. Environmentally conscious works adaptable to each location are highly encouraged.
📅 Deadline to Apply: May 7, 2024
Embrace this opportunity to challenge the past and co-create more inclusive futures through contemporary art. Explore our shared colonial past with 19 global partners, from Italy to Ghana, Tunisia to the UK.
🔗 To apply visit:
https://contesteddesires.eu/
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Eccom - Idee per la Cultura D6: Culture in Transit Xarkis - Ξαρκής Museo delle Civiltà Interarts Foundation Bjcem Aisbl Herengracht401 Pro Progressione Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência La Bonne, Centre de Cultura de Dones Francesca Bonnemaison La Fabrique Art Studio Museo Egizio, Torino Creative Court Cyprus University of Technology / Τεχνολογικό Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου D6:EU Larnaka 2030 - European Capital of Culture Candidate City Nubuke Foundation Museo de la Memoria University of Leicester Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου | University Of Cyprus

Welcome this May to the programme series that approaches traumatic heritage and memory from different disciplines.
From Monday 8 May, you can engage with the artists, speakers, curator and scholars about their contributions.

A.o. including:
an impressive audio performance (A Microscopic Burial) that explores 'mourning' and oral storytelling,
the workshop '100 years' which is about what you want to be remembered in 100 years from now,
a lecture on 'Feminisation Rhetoric' and how the Russian government uses it to justify the invasion of Ukraine,
two different artist films made in situ (Sebastián Diáz Morales and Betsy Torenbos),
an investigation of masculinity among trans men in Cuba,
a conversation about three in situ interventions realised with contemporary artists in different places across NL,
the memories of the so-called great transitions that took place in Eastern Europe, Eurasia and the Global South - and more.

For an overview of our events, see: https://h401.org/event/speme-in-amsterdam-1-31-may-2023/
Seats are limited, to secure yourself of a chair RSVP via an email to Micol. We hope to welcome you this month,

In memoriam Yevhen, a soldier of Ukraine Plus NYRB essay, 'Scholzing' and the spectre of President le Pen

9 jonge kunstenaars over de toekomst van Europa: ‘We imagine a Europe…’

Europese politici, luister naar de taal van de Kunsten, schrijft Lars Ebert. Kunststudenten formuleerden een klein manifest. Zijn de beleidsmakers moedig genoeg om daarnaar te luisteren?

lees het complete artikel op Landelijk Kennisinstituut Cultuureducatie en Amateurkunst (LKCA):
https://www.lkca.nl/opinie/9-jonge-kunstenaars-over-de-toekomst-van-europa-we-imagine-a-europe/

Noelia Martin-Montalvo presenteert haar project voorstel: ECO-ANXIETY: the echo of a hopeless future tijdens EUROPE DAY 2022