12 Oct 2016

UNIDEE-University of Ideas Grants Opportunities

UNIDEE - University of Ideas (www.cittadellarte.it/unidee/) is an educational programme investigating the relationship between art and the public sphere and combining theory with practice.
Through a new programme based on a weekly research and project laboratory under the guidance of a mentor and the active participation of a guest, the residency modules developed for 2016 focus on three new macro topics wich are: research, gift and alteration (www.cittadellarte.it/unidee/statement.html)

During 2016, the programme saw the participation of 80 residents, including established professionals and exceptionally gifted individuals currently completing their BA, MA or PhD degrees, representing 18 nationalities worldwide. They are visual and performance artists, curators, architects, critics, PhD candidates, anthropologists, museum professionals, etc.


LAST OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF THE 2016 UNIDEE PROGRAMME.
HALF GRANTS AVAILABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN:

CARVING OUT THE SPACES FOR OUR COMMONED LIFE: A TRAINING GROUND
(www.cittadellarte.it/unidee/activity.html?id=77)
14/ 18 November, 2016 (bi-weekly module) – Cittadellarte (IT), City in the Making (NL)
STEALTH.unlimited (Ana Džokić and Marc Neelen) with Erik Jutten and Piet Vollaard

What role do artists play in the creation of new mutualism economic systems?
The double-module 'Carving Out the Spaces for Our Commoned Life: A Training Ground' takes different economic principles and workings at its core. In the two weeks we will explore whether we, as artists, designers or cultural practitioners can envision a novel mutually supportive economic 'space' for our lives and work. A daunting task, to which aid we will call some of the forerunners that have already started the transition. But equally a formidable challenge that demands we break down some of the assumptions and workings concerning the economy, delve into areas we usually experience as 'outsiders' and start re-creating them on our terms. Money, debt, insurance, time, services – to name a few.
The module consists of a five-day line of activities at Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto (Biella, from 14th to 18th of November, 2016), and a subsequent five-day line of activities at the Stoking House of City in the Making (Rotterdam, from 21st to 25th of November, 2016).

ELAPSING TIME IN EXPANDED ARTWORK. PRACTICES OF THE UNCONSCIOUS THROUGH MEANS OF ACTIVISM
(www.cittadellarte.it/unidee/activity.html?id=76)
7/ 11 November, 2016
Aria Spinelli with Núria Güell

What is the relationship between emotion and activism?
Focusing on the relationship between emotion and activism, this one-week module looks at how practices of listening and wellbeing enhance collective sensibility within groups.
Spanish artist Núria Güell will not only be a guest on the module but also the initiator of an elapsed time-frame of research in which participants will deeply map the social and political implications of her recent work, La Feria de las Floras (2015).
This workshop ultimately aims at widening the horizon of on-going debates around the relationship between artistic practices and social movements by performing and embodying emotionality in a temporary and communal environment. It will touch upon (but not be limited to) concepts such as emancipation, female subjectivity, performance and protest.

TO APPLY FOR HALF GRANTS PLEASE GET IN TOUCH BY OCTOBER 17: www.cittadellarte.it/unidee - unidee@cittadellarte.it


UNIDEE - University of Ideas is made possible thanks to the support of:
Patrons
Fondazione Zegna; illycaffè S.p.A.; Compagnia di San Paolo; Creative Programme of the EU.
Production Residency Collaborations & Scholarships
RESO' Network; A.M. Qattan Foundation (PS); Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation (IN).
Institutional Collaborations & Scholarships
Minister of Culture of the Republic of Albania (AL); Università degli Studi di Torino; Università IUAV, Venezia; Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milano; Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma; Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze; ISIA - Istituto Superiore per le Industrie Artistiche di Faenza; SACI Studio Art Centers International, Firenze; Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venezia; École supérieure d'art et design - ESAD, Grenoble (FR); École cantonale d'art du Valais - ECAV, Sierre (CH); Fundación Universitaria Bellas Artes, Medellín (CO); Instituto Superior de Arte-ISA, La Habana (CU); Queens Museum, New York (US).

Programme Director and Curator: Cecilia Guida
Programme Coordinator: Roberta Bernasconi
Assistant Director and Curator: Giulia Crisci

Programme developed by Cecilia Guida for UNIDEE and Educational Office of Cittadellarte, in collaboration with Juan Esteban Sandoval (Art Office), under the supervision of Paolo Naldini (General Director)