Kintai Arts is pleased to announce an open call for local and international artists specializing in painting to apply for the artistic residency "Landscape Formations," scheduled to take place from July 22 to August 5, 2024.
During the residency, artists are invited to draw direct inspiration from the Pomeranian coast and its rich cultural heritage, while reimagining the symbols offered by the location through various painting mediums. The residency will also feature discussions on the classical landscape genre and its relevance in today's contemporary art scene. Artists will be encouraged to interpret the theme of "Formation" broadly, exploring topics ranging from ecological challenges leading to changes in regional climate conditions and the transformation of landscapes, to geopolitical crises resulting in mass migrations and environmental destruction. Additionally, individual challenges in the contemporary world such as the pursuit of personal identity, feelings of insecurity, and the quest for existential meaning will be explored.
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The term "formation" (Latin: formatio) signifies the act of shaping or creating. Its primary connotation pertains to the geological process through which rocks are structured under specific tectonic and climatic conditions over prolonged intervals of time. Viewing the landscape through the lens of formation allows one to explore the plein-air motif as a foundational concept while transcending its superficial representation. In essence, it entails commencing with the earth's structural constructs when depicting a landscape and, perhaps, unveiling those constructs to the viewer. formation (lot. formatio) reiškia pavidalo suteikimą, kūrimą. Pirminė formacijos reikšmė yra susijusi su uolienų sandara, susiformavusia tam tikromis tektoninio režimo ir klimato sąlygomis per ilgą geologinio laiko intervalą. Į peizažą žvelgiant per formacijos prizmę galima ieškoti būdų, kaip vis dar atsispiriant nuo plenerinio motyvo, tolti nuo jo paviršutiniškos reprezentacijos. Kitaip tariant, tapant peizažą atsispirti nuo žemės sandaros konstruktų, o galbūt ir atverti juos žiūrinčiajam.
The coastal environment offers an ideal backdrop for exploring themes revolving around landscape formation. On one hand, the region captivates us with its scenic beauty, providing opportunities to observe migrating birds or gaze upon the Curonian Spit across the bay. Beneath these picturesque vistas lies a more fragile reality, marked by the ecological vulnerability of the local population. This vulnerability manifests in the flooding of the Nemunas deltas over inhabited areas, the evolving landscape due to the influx of tourists or temporary residents, and the long-term transformation of nature itself, accompanied by the region's general decline—including dwindling populations and the gradual disappearance of once-sandy settlements in the Curonian Lagoon. Collectively, these elements shape a new landscape.
When working in a residency surrounded by nature, one inevitably begins with the landscape—a classical genre that assumes diverse meanings across different historical periods. Artists will be invited to scrutinize the role and significance of landscape as a genre in the contemporary art scene, along with its potential for evolution.
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Residency activities:
- Excursions exploring local natural landscape
- Open Studios, discussions, and visits to selected plein-air sites.
- Theoretical and artistic overviews of landscape concepts by Dr. Agnė Kulbytė, exploring the transformations of landscape painting from early Romanticism to the present day.
- Visual thinking workshop with art historian Karen Vanhercke.
- Panel Discussion: "The Possibilities of Landscape in the Media Age" moderated by Dr. A. Kulbytė.
- Final Presentation: at the end of the residency, participants will have the opportunity to showcase their work in the Kintai Arts gallery, curated by Kristina Mažeikaitė.
- Additional exhibitions and exhibition events are planned in Kuliai, Plungė county, Culture in Virene and in Latvia, Ventspils county, Museum of Storm (curator - Kristina Mažeikaitė) (September - December 2024).
Artists are invited to submit 1 pdf document including: :
Please send the applications to: info@kintaiarts.lt
- CV (curriculum vitae and description of creative activities)
- Portfolio (documentation of previous creative works, exhibitions, public presentations),
- Brief artist biography and motivation for participating in this residency programme (up to 200 words)
Deadlines: paraiškas rezidencijai teikti iki 2024 m. balandžio 22 d. Sprendimas dėl priimtų rezidentų bus paskelbtas gegužės pradžioje.
Duration of the residency2 weeks. 22 July - 5 August 2024.
Resident Selection Committee:
Kristina Mažeikaitė, artist, researcher (Lithuania) , residency curator
- Dr. Agnė Kulbytė, artist, art historian, associate professor at the Department of Painting, VDA (Lithuania) (art historian for the residency, author of the dissertation "The Possibilities of Landscape in the Media Age")
Karen Vanhercke, art historian, educator (Belgium, Lithuania), educator in residency
Ugnė Vyliaudaitė, art historian (Belgium, Lithuania), residency coordinator
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Conditions and requirements
To present in a single pdf. file:
Residency offers private studios and rooms for 1-4 people equipped with individual bathrooms and kitchinettes as well as the common spaces with shared kitchen, office and meeting rooms.
The residency provides 2 personal and 1 shared studio space for work with a possibility to work on bigger scale sculptural, painting or other projects in the workspaces outside the residency building.
Considering your needs, we can book various places for rehearsals and work: big shared-space studio (~60 m 2 ), three smaller rooms for working (20-35 m 2 ), space for exhibition (~110 m 2 ), hall with stage, lighting, and sound system with some of the musical instruments (~450 m 2 ), barn for dancing, performances, and rehearsals (~200 m 2 ), another barn for works with wood, smaller architecture, sculptures, painting, and installations (300 m 2 ). We are also offering you an opportunity to use the gym, basketball, and volleyball playgrounds. We have shared-space Lutheran Church buildings for rehearsals and concerts. In Kintai, you can find other options: a lot of big walls in public spaces, fields, a forest and, of course, Curonian Lagoon (Kuršių marios), where you can participate in active sports as much as in peaceful leisure, also, in Ventė Cape (Ventės ragas) you can find a place for the monitoring of migratory birds – all of them are perfectly suitable for your creative ideas.
You can also use bikes (20 units) for your trips around the town.
There is a possibility to loan a PA system for sound and musical events.
Residency program contributes to the following expenses:
- Accommodation expenses
- Residency activities
- studio space
work materials (paints, canvases) according to needs agreed with the artists.
The possibility to cover travel costs will depend on the funding received.
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