Kategorie: Projects
13.08.2024
In 2023, a climate group was constituted inside of the European Alliance of Academies and has been working since then about this urgent issue. Writer Cécile Wajsbrot, composer Iris ter Schiphorst, visual artists Liesbeth Bik and Jovana Popic as well as performer Petja Ivanova and supporter Leon Erhorn were driven by the question:
How can the Alliance, as a whole and each art academy or cultural institution in their respective country, come up with new formats to understand, communicate and improve the mitigation of and adaptation to changes required by the climate emergency?
The group decided working on an Atlas of Change, collecting records of the changes wherever it is happening, gathering narrative data on adaptation strategies, creating a European map where as many places as possible will be documented.
The result is a subjective documentation for climatic changes already happening, as well as for effective solutions. A subjective and artistic evolutive map of Europe with texts, photos, videos, each time linked with a specific place, to awake more and more awareness about the climate issue.
All contributions welcome!
7.07.2023
Atlas of Change: Climate Group launches Open Call
as artists, as citizens
we can do something
to draw public attention
to create awareness and understanding
to act together.
At the beginning of the year, a climate team was constituted inside of the European Alliance of academies and has been working since then about this urgent and main issue.
How can the Alliance as a whole and each art academy or cultural institution in its respective country can come up with new formats to understand, communicate and improve the mitigation of and adaptation to changes required by the climate emergency?
*We are currently working on an Atlas of Change, collecting records of the changes wherever it is happening, gathering narrative data on adaptation strategies. Creating an interactive European map where as many places as possible will be documented.
*We are initiating a Café Climate to discuss – around small tables and with a cup of coffee – upon issues and solutions such as :
- Responsibility, generations’ engagement and global heating.
- Democracy and global heating. As individuals and members of a global community we are all implied.
- Culture and global heating. How do the Climate emergency affects art and culture.
*We wish to approach global heating and ecological issues not as usually done, from an economical point of view, but from a cultural and political (in broader sense) point of view. Culture being not only an heritage as UNO puts it but an overgoing process.
If you feel as we feel and think we can do something – then join us! Send an e-mail to allianceofacademies(at)adk.de with your contact data.
10.10.2022
Presentation of Ignorance is Strength? Artistic Expression and Biopower in the Post/Pandemic Age in Zagreb (Croatia)
Presentation and discussion Ignorance is Strength? Artistic Expression and Biopower in the Post/Pandemic Age
Friday – Saturday, 7 – 8 October 2022
Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb (Coratia)
Pop-up exhibition Truth is a Forgotten Memory (Željko Beljan and Rebecca Merlić)
Saturday, 8 October 2022
Ethnographic Museum, Zagreb (Croatia)
In cooperation with Croatian Association of Fine Artists, Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb and the European Alliance of Academies, a project presentation of Ignorance is Strength? Artistic Expression and Biopower in the Post/Pandemic Age took place in Zagreb, Croatia.
On 7 October, 10 artistic positions arising from the call for proposals „Ignorance is Strength? Artistic Expression and Biopower in the Post/Pandemic Age“ were presented to the public in Zagreb by artist Josip Zanki and curator Mihaela Zajec. ith a video stream of the art projects in the Gorgona Hall of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb. On 8 October, fellow Luïza Luz, Alliance member Liesbeth Bik, Cristina Stoenescu, Josip Zanki and curator Leila Topić had an open dialogue with the public about the methodology of artistic research.
For a summary of the panel discussion by Leonarda Fofić, student of the Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb: click here
The two-day event closed with the Pop-Up exhibition of the project Truth is a Forgotten Memory by fellow Željko Beljan and Rebecca Merlić.
The presentation was supported by the City of Zagreb and the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia.
10.10.2022
„LOOM – Interweaving the Arts in Europe“ is online!
The European Alliance of Academies launches LOOM – Interweaving the Arts in Europe, a digital platform for transnational projects and artistic cooperation among the institutions and artists of the network, providing possible answers to current social and cultural questions.
LOOM is a digital space for the cause of freedom in the arts – a space in which artistic positions are juxtaposed with current political challenges. It aims at creating a digital territory that transcends the local reach of artists and institutions and “weaves” artistic practices in Europe, across borders, into a colourful tapestry.
In 2021 – in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic – the European Alliance of Academies developed its first call for projects based on the topic of biopolitics: Ignorance is Strength? Artistic Expression and Biopower in the (Post)Pandemic Age. Digital residencies provided artists who are associated by the institutions of the European Alliance of Academies with the space to reflect on their own practices in the aftermath of the pandemic and in the context of current social and political changes.
The first twelve virtual residents were announced in January 2022 and today with the launch of LOOM – Interweaving the Arts in Europe we proudly present:
Iulian Bisericaru, I prefer the old Green
Larisa Crunțeanu, 12 Years
Cássio Diniz Santiago, Synthax of Care
María José Crespo, Govern yourself accordingly
Luïza Luz, Privilege of Dreaming
Rebecca Merlic, Željko Beljan, Truth Is a Forgotten Memory
Karina Pino Gallardo, Ricardo Sarmiento Ramírez, Mund auf
Dimitrina Popova, The five Houses
Jovana Popić, Controlling Future: Technologies of Resistance
Anahita Razmi, Generics
The international jury was composed of Liesbeth Bik (artist, chair of the Akademie van Kunsten KNAW), Arnold Dreyblatt (artist, composer, musician, member of Akademie der Künste), Kristoffer Gansing (director of the International Center for Knowledge in the Arts – The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts), Anca Poterasu (director of the Romanian Association for Contemporary Art), Cristina Stonescu (curator of the Romanian Association for Contemporary Art), Josip Zanki (artist, vice president of the Croation Association of Fine Artists) and Siegfried Zielinski (media theorist, member of the Akademie der Künste). We would like to express our deep gratitude for this new opportunity for cooperation.
The artists will have the possibility to present their projects at the next conference of the European Alliance of Academies, entitled „Freedom of Art in Times of War“, taking place 15-16 December 2022 at Akademie der Künste, Berlin.
31.01.2022
Virtual Residency fellows of our Call for Projects announced
The European Alliance of Academies is awarding ten virtual residencies to artists for participation in the project “Ignorance is Strength? Artistic Expression and Biopower in the Post/Pandemic Age”. The selection was preceded by a call of projects on the topic of biopolitics, exploring the relation between governments and their citizens, especially in the context of the (post)pandemic crisis.
The virtual residencies will take place from December 2021 until May 2022 and are endowed with EUR 5,000 each. During this period, the artists will create new works that will be shown online on the digital platform LOOM – Interweaving the Arts in Europe. Within the next weeks we will do portraits of the artists on our website to introduce them in more detail.
The selected artists and their projects (working titles) are:
Željko Beljan & Rebecca Merlić
Zidnjaci
Iulian Bisericaru
I PREFER THE OLD GREEN
María José Crespo
A disturbing comfort
Larisa Crunțeanu
Numb-Number
Luïza Luz
The Privilege of Dreaming
Jovana Popić
Controlling Future: Technologies of Resistance
Dimitrina Popova
The 5 Houses
Anahita Razmi
ILL/LOGISTICS
Cássio Deniz Santiago
Syntax of Care
Karina Pino & Ricardo Sarmiento
Mund auf. On the lives of migrant sex workers in Berlin
The call for projects was directed to artists from all artistic disciplines who are associated by the institutions and academies of the European Alliance of Academies. This jury was composed up of Liesbeth Bik (artist, chair of the Akademie van Kunsten KNAW), Arnold Dreyblatt (artist, composer, musician, member of Akademie der Künste), Kristoffer Gansing (director of the International Center for Knowledge in the Arts – The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts), Anca Poterasu (director of the Romanian Association for contemporary Art), Cristina Stonescu (curator of the Romanian Association for Contemporary Art), Josip Zanki (artist, member of the Croatian Association of Fine Artists) and Siegfried Zielinski (media theorist, member of the Akademie der Künste).
29.09.2021
Call for Projects | Deadline extended: 31 October 2021
The European Alliance of Academies launches this call for projects on the topic of biopolitics, exploring the relation between governments and their citizens, especially in the context of the (post)pandemic crisis. The call aims to challenge contemporary artists to reflect on their own practices in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, and in the wake of ongoing societal and political shifts.
The call for proposals is open to all artists associated with members of the European Alliance of Academies. In case of any questions do not hesitate to contact us.
Please read the full proposal outline here: Call for Projects – Ignorance is strength