30 Mar 2009

Call for applications - Art Workshop by x Luxembourg – Forum d'art contemporain

Call for applications

The 7th Asia-Europe Art Camp – Art Workshop for Visual Arts 2009/2010 is a joint initiative by the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) and the Art Workshop organised by x Luxembourg – Forum d'art contemporain and University of Luxembourg to bring together 9 European and 9 Asian visual artists, who will be selected by an international jury comprising workshop leaders and organisers through this open call for application. It will take place at x Luxembourg (Luxembourg) from 5–19 July 2009 and in Shanghai (China) from 9–14 April 2010 and from 8–17 July 2010.

Workshop leaders:
Sylvie Blocher (artist, lives and works in Saint-Denis, France)
Paul di Felice (curator, publisher, teacher researcher at the University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg)
Workshop leader from China to be determined soon.

Lecturers:
Françoise Vergès (researching professor at the Centre for Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths College, London, United Kingdom)
Bernard Stiegler (philosopher and author, director of the Institute of Research and Innovation at Centre Pompidou, Paris, France)

Moved, Mutated and Disturbed Identities has been set as this year's theme to challenge European and Asian artists to work on realities and identities in both China and Luxembourg.

In general, the representation of identities is complex. Only parts are visible, because presentable. Reading between the lines, looking behind the façade is made difficult. When represented, thus simplified, identities create fronts and barriers, disturbed ones may open up spaces for negotiation, change, infiltration, segmentation, transformation, alienation, discovery, re-appropriation …

Movement, mutation and disturbance of identities can happen at micro and macro scales. Individuals, groups, communities, citizens, cities, states etc. can be the subjects or objects concerned by these acts and affected to become constructed identities, changing identities, fake identities, multiple identities, lost identities, split identities, refuted identities, hidden identities, repressed identities etc.

During this international post master residency programme, the artists are invited to respond to the theme through local contexts, states and situations. Several lectures will be organised. The selected participants are expected to present their works, to engage in art-making and fieldwork, and to produce individual works for an exhibition in Luxembourg and one in Shanghai. They will also have to make a presentation at the Luxembourg Pavilion during the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai. Accommodation, daily fees and travel costs will be covered by the organisers.

For more information, please visit www.artworkshop.lu