CALL for T-R-A-C-E-S residencies and Symposium

T-R-A-C-E-S.net residencies: between March 21 and May 31, 2011; duration: 4 to 9 weeks; for artists willing to produce site-specific (locally found material, alternative concepts of Nida Art Colony, etc.) or  sustainable and eco/logic/nomical works; artists are expected to contribute to the INTER-FORMAT Symposium; 2-5 grants for sustainable living, production and travel expenses available. More...
 
Deadline: February 28, 2011; please send T-R-A-C-E-S application to [email protected]
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTER-FORMAT SYMPOSIUM
INTER-FORMAT Symposium: Reinventing Interdisciplinarity > adapting to the future (part of the T-R-A-C-E-S.net project):
May 3-6, 2011, Nida/Vilnius.

Deadline: February 28, 2011; please send your proposals for contributions to [email protected]
The symposium’s goal is to gather artists, curators, researchers and practitioners and reinvent the format of presenting and sharing art, knowledge and experience. One of the key features of contemporary culture is the changing role of the artist, who sometimes assumes the role of a researcher and curator, and vice versa. Where are the borders of these roles? How could a serious researcher and theorist do a performance, and how could a playful artist do serious research and theorize? More...