17-21st of May, 2012, Nida Art Colony, Neringa, Lithuania, www.nidacolony.lt Over 30 curators, art & residency centres directors and project managers as well as artists are comming together to Nida to discuss and reflect on working and living in remote … Continue reading
CALL FOR PROPOSALS: INTER-FORMAT SYMPOSIUM ON REMOTENESS IN NIDA ART COLONY 17-20.05.2012
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The symposium is a part of a project of the Baltic-Nordic Network of Remote Art & Residency Centers; however, it is open to participants from all over the world. Through the symposium we hope to build a network of remotely located … Continue reading
ARTocracy – A curatorial handbook for collaborative practice
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My new discovery from my visit to Reina Sofia Museum bookshop in Madrid is the book ARTocracy, authored by Claudia Zeiske and Nuno Sacramento. It provides insight into the organisation of collaborative projects through hands-on practice and applied examples. It … Continue reading
Trans Artists: The Notion of Remote
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Trans Artists devoted their December newsletter to ‘The Notion of Remote’. Check out their recommendations on remote residencies.
reflecting on the trip and the notion of baltic “remoteness”
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Stepping through the door In autumn 2002 I made a somewhat irrational and radical decision, to make a tour on a very small budget, through Poland and the Baltic states. I started from Berlin where I was living at the … Continue reading
Serde / Aizpute
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When we arrived it was pitch dark, so the building, one of the main heroes of the story, was not visible. Signe was waiting for us with hot soup and a selection of home brewed beer – Serde specialty. Signe … Continue reading
Start
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I was planing to write a travel diary during the trip, but it was just one of those plans, which stay in the prematerialization stage. So, after two weeks, i am starting the trip anew. Replay. We left Nida Art … Continue reading
TotalDobĹľe in Riga: Art & Residency Centre
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After Estonia we came back through Riga and we stopped in TotalDobĹľe where we have been invited to make a presentation on Nida Art Colony and Remote Network. TotalDobze is located in industrial area (former VEF factory) in Riga and … Continue reading
Sanna Culture Manor
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We have also visited Sanna Culture Manor on our way back from Mooste to Riga.  These are the artistic residencies: No, no, of course not. These are strange little houses for bees or unknown Estonian mamals, which we found walking around Sanna Manor.  The true … Continue reading
SERDE beer brewery and other facilities
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In the morning Signe is showing her partner’s Ugis beer brewery where he experiments with various beer recipes. Beer brewing pot in the yard Signe is preparing aqua vitae from vodka and Traditional Lithuanian Mixture of herbs Three Nines (27 … Continue reading
Estonia – MOKS – Centre for Art and Social Practice
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Second day we stop in a small village in Estonia – Mooste where MOKS is located. The managers of the place and artists meet us with delicious dinner and sauna.
Latvia – Aizpute – Interdisciplinary Art Centre SERDE
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First stop in Aizpute, Latvia. Signe Pucena – the main engine of the place is meeting us with home made beer from Aronia and Black pepper. The soup is followed by a hot soup.
