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 areas, on the theme of “remoteness”, with an emphasis on community building, interaction with local inhabitants, and site specificity. 4 days will role on with lectures and workshops, discussions and chats with tea, performances and site-specific artworks.
Day 1 (Thursday, 17 May):
Arrival and warm up: sea, lagoon, dunes, sand and wind
| 17:00-19:00 | Guided tour through art and sightseeing places in Nida (Thomas Mann House and Italian View, Justin Tyler Tate Softwood Basketball Court, etc.) | Vytautas Michelkevičius and Rasa Antanavičiūtė (Nida Art Colony) |
| 20.00 | Welcome by Nida Art Colony: Remote dinner with drinks and Pecha Kucha presentations of participating centers (20 slides, 20 seconds for each slide) | All participants |
Day 2 (Friday, 18 May):
| 9:00-10:00 | Breakfast | At NAC |
| 10:00-10:45 | 1st guest speaker: Irmeli Kokko (FIN) European rural artists’ colonies – past and present routes of artists mobility |
Curator, lecturer |
| 10:45-11:15 | Case study: Skaftfell Centre for Visual Art (IS) by Litten Nystrøm | ‘Say-This! Fjordur’ – inspiring platform |
| 11:15-11:45 | Coffee & chats break | |
| 11:45-12:30 | 2nd guest speaker: Joanna Sandell (SE),Residence Botkyrka – challenging the social in a context specific residency | Director of Residence Botkyrka/Botkyrka Konsthall |
| 12:30-13:00 | Case study: Sanna Culture Manor (EE) | A small spacewalk at the speed of light nearby Nida Art Colony by Hendrik Noor |
| 13:00-15:00 | Lunch at Don Vito | |
| 15:00-15:30 | Case study: Mustarinda (FIN) | Critical Thinking on Art, Ecology and Economy |
| 15:30-17:00 | Discussion moderated by John Grzinich from MoKS (EE) | - internal vs. external communities, dynamics of residency life and local life- artists’ and expectations, why does it sometimes feel like interplanetary communication? |
| 17:00-18:00 | Case study: Serde (LV) & Herbal teas with Signe Pucena | Tasting SERDE residency centre with a cup of Latvian herbal tea |
| 19:00 | Dinner at NAC | |
| 21:00 | Artists’ made Sauna in the yard (Error Collective) |
Day 3 (Saturday, 19 May):
| 9:00-10:00 | Breakfast | At NAC |
| 10:00-10:45 | 3rd guest speaker: Donna Lynas (UK) Structured Openness as a Response to Location | Artistic director of Wysing Arts Centre (UK) |
| 10:45-11:30 | 4thguest speaker/workshop: Adam Sutherland | director of Grizedale Arts (UK),Grizedale arts is a residency and commissioning organisation based on a small-holding in the Lake District of England |
| 11:30-11:45 | Tea and cookies break | |
| 11:45-12:15 | Case study: Kultivator (SE) by Malin Vrijman | The Wedding between Art and Agriculture |
| 12:15-13.00 | 5th guest speaker: Nuno Sacramento on Shadow Curating and Outing – network of rural residencies in Scotland | Director of Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Author of the book “Artocracy: Art, Informal Space, and Social Consequence: a curatorial handbook in collaborative practice” |
| 13:00-15:00 | Lunch at NAC | |
| 14:00-17:00 | Nida Art Colony residents Open Studios | 16:00 Collective guided tour with artists in the studios |
| 17:00-19:00 | Art in public spaces: Bita Razavi & Jaakko Karhunen (FIN) | Visiting site-specific installation Radio Ahlqvist: Can you hear us? |
| 19:30 | Dinner at NAC | |
| 21:00 | Swimming in the sea |
Day 4 (Sunday, 20 May):
| 10:00-11:00 | Breakfast | At NAC |
| 11:00-11:30 | Artist Talk from Nida AIR: John Grzinich (EE/USA) | Audible Geography, Sound and Image Surveys of Nida |
| 11:30-12:00 | Artist Talk: Andrew Taggart and Chloe Lewis (NO) on peripheral museums | Cabin Fever |
| 12:00-12:15 | Coffee, tea and sunbathing break | |
| 12:15-13:15 | Discussion moderated by Melody Woodnutt from NES Residency (IS) | “Residencies and Their Place” |
| 13:15-14:00 | Open space for input by everybody and Wrap-up of the symposium | All participants and audience |
| 14:00-16:00 | Lunch at NAC | |
| 16:00-18:00 | Discussion: Nordic-Baltic Remote Network – to be/continue or not to be/continue | For Nordic-Baltic partners |
| 19:00 | Dinner (at Jonas smoked fish) | |
| 21:00 | Goodbye Chats in the Sauna |
Day 5 (Monday, 21 May):
Goodbye Breakfast and departure
More info at info@nidacolony.lt
Curated by Vytautas Michelkevičius and Rasa Antanavičiūtė
Team Linas Ramanauskas, Yulia Startsev, Sophie Bellot and others
Partners
National Park of Curonian Spit
Neringa FM
Supported by
Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture
Lithuanian Ministry of Culture (Programme for Culture in the Regions)
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