[oberlist] LT* call/symp: On Flux Of Sand and Aquatic Ecosystems in Nida Art Colony

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Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 14:34:34 +0200
From: Vytautas Michelkevicius <vytautasmi at gmail.com>
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Subject: [Renewable] Call For Contributions to Inter-Format Symposium
	On Flux Of Sand and Aquatic Ecosystems in Nida Art Colony



*CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTER-FORMAT SYMPOSIUM ON FLUX OF SAND AND
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS*

*May 22--25, 2014, Nida, Lithuania*

*Deadline for proposals February 15th, 2014*

The Inter-format symposium <http://nidacolony.lt/en/projects/symposium>
is a main yearly Nida Art Colony event which is a merge between academic
conference, art festival and cosy performative meeting of
interdisciplinary professionals. This year it is a part of the
techno-ecologies project
<http://nidacolony.lt/en/projects/techno-ecologies> in cooperation with
RIXC (Latvia).

At Nida in 2014, the Flux of Ecosystems of Sand, Water and Man will be
discussed in depth and performed from sunrise to moonset during
lectures, performances, site-specific artworks, workshops and collective
dinners. The participative nature of the symposium brings together 30-40
professionals for 3 days and nights to spend time in the intensive and
productive sharing and working environment. Artists, curators,
scientists, researchers and people from interdisciplinary background are
welcome to apply. Selected participants are provided with travel grants
(up to 350 EUR), accommodation and catering. However the capacity is
limited and if you could also attend on your own expenses, please
indicates in the proposal.

*Please send your short text/audio/video/image proposal for the
symposium with a short CV and portfolio (if applicable) by 15th February
to vytautas at nidacolony.lt <mailto:vytautas at nidacolony.lt>*

**

*Format*

You should mention the format of your contribution (performance,
lecture, talk, discussion, performative talk or walk, site-specific
intervention, conceptual breakfast/dinner, etc.) and the preferred
length and settings (inside (auditorium, kitchen, etc.), outside (beach,
dunes, forest, town, etc), if any specific equipment is required, etc).
Please indicate in the subject line: "Proposal for Inter-format
Symposium". To get an idea of the symposium's nature and atmosphere
please check it's visual history and previous programmes:
http://nidacolony.lt/en/projects/symposium

*Preliminary topics, questions and keywords addressed*

The symposium is happening in the middle of Curonian Spit
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curonian_Spit> (included in the UNESCO
World Heritage List <http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/994>) which is a
100km long geological formation (peninsula) of sand, dividing the Baltic
Sea with it's salty water ecosystem, and the Curonian Lagoon with fresh
water ecosystem. Therefore the specific issues of the site are raised to
discuss the globally relevant problems.

MAN AS ECOSYSTEM: Exploring liminal passages through interplay of man
and nature.

BRACKISHNESS: Challenges found by probing (dis)balances caused by human
impact on sweet and salt water conditions.

MOVING SANDS: Case studies on local histories of Curonian Spit, from
sand dessert, with XIX century dunes fixation and buried villages to
forestation of dunes and green cube.

TECHNOLOGY-MADE NATURE: Predictions and scenarios of XXII century
futurological forecasts with historical XIX century interventions in
mind, nature as critical inspiration instead of romantic with questions
of technological bridge and divide.

SEASONAL DRAMAS: coastal survival strategies with Nida as exemplary case
to experience desert and frozen landscapes. Both as seasonal phenomena
and by manmade interventions (like UNESCO programs)

FROM COMMUNITY TO COMMUNE TO COLONY: Coping and coexisting with invasive
exotic species, both human and natural, as settlers, artists and
cormorants (birds), issues of isolation, living in (presumed) secluded
communities.

*Keywords:*

*Sea and Lagoon Ecosystems*: changing sea levels, algae, pollution,
brackishness, borders, marine debris / treasures

*Man and Sand-Made Landscape*: national park as green cube, moving /
dead dunes, migration of birds and tourists, artificial/constructed
nature, moose, deer, boar and cormorants

*Food, Energy and Sustainability*: fishing, foraging, sustainable
transport, small-scale farming eg. hydroponics, energy production,
supermarket dominance

*Curatorial Board: *Rasa and Raitis Smits (RIXC, LV), Andrew Gryf
Paterson (Pixelache, SCO/FIN), Erich Berger (Finnish Society of Bioart,
AT/FI), Jacqueline Heerema and Ronald Boer (Satellietgroep, NL)

**

*Curator:*Vytautas Michelkevic(ius (LT)

*Techno-Ecologies
aims to re-approach cultural, social and ecological sustainability
through artistic explorations and cultural innovation.*

Beyond questions of finite resources and obvious forms of pollution and
environmental degradation, Techno-ecologies attempts to develop
sustainable relationships with technology and our living environment
should take into account far more complex layerings of the way we
inhabit our current technological ecologies. Such a deeply informed
ethical and philosophical perspective is indispensable if we hope to
find less hazardous routes into the future.

Techno-Ecologies builds upon the concerns of Felix Guattari about the
lack of an integrated perspective on the dramatic techno-scientific
transformations the Earth has undergone in recent times. Guattari urges
to take three crucially important 'ecological registers' into account
-the environment, social relations, and human subjectivity.

The Techno-ecologies project is designed and implemented by cultural
organizations: RIXC (Latvia), Baltan Laboratories (The Netherlands),
Napon (Serbia), Ars Longa (France) and Finnish BioArt Society (Finland)
together with institutional partners: Finnish Academy of Fine Arts
(Finland), Nida Art Colony of Vilnius Arts Academy (Lithuania), MPLab
(Art Research Lab) of Liepaja University (Latvia), and in collaboration
with their associated partners: Van Abbemuseum (The Netherlands), Museum
of Contemporary Art Vojvodina in Novi Sad (Serbia), Pixelache /
Pixelversity (Finland), Serde (Latvia) and Chant des Possibles (France).

Image Credits: Curonian_Spit and Lagoon Satellite photo by Landsat
(NASA) 2000






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