Res Artis Regional Meeting 2014 to take place in Vilnius and Nida in October

Published on Tuesday, 01 July 2014 14:46

On the 2-5th of October Res Artis regional meeting, organized by Nida Art Colony of Vilnius Academy of Arts in co-operation with Res Artis and Arts Printing House will take place in the facilities of Vilnius Academy of Art in both Vilnius and Nida (Nida Art Colony). The theme of the meeting is "Escape and Engagement: Residencies as Hosts, Producers and Promoters".

The meeting is open to Res Artis and non-members, i.e. present and potential residency operators from Baltic countries, Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan), Eastern partnership countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine), Nordic countries (Demnark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden) and Russian Federation.

Main topics of the meeting:

REMOTENESS – escape, exotic location, cultural tourism, hospitality.

RESIDENCIES’ ROLE – level of engagement in the resident’s life, in the local community, in the art world, in the education and (artistic) research community; reputation and influence, models and ethics of host-guest or curator-artist relationship, diversity of artistic production or residency results, evaluation of results.

As well will this Res Artis Regional Meeting:
- Expose a rather unknown region – former Soviet Union – to its Nordic partners and participants from other parts of the world;
- Provide learning opportunities for emerging residencies and discussion opportunities to experienced residency operators;
- Offer more time to interactive exchange and less time to panel presentations.

Find more informatiom about the meeting here.