Open Call: JRC SciArt Summer School 2022 in Ispra (IT),
Artists across creative disciplines, countries and at any stage of
their career are invited to submit an application to participate in
the Resonances IV Summer School.
As a melting pot of perspectives and disciplines, the Summer School
will be a fertile ground for fermenting ideas on the theme of
NaturArchy: Towards a Natural Contract.
The programme reaches out to artists producing work in the rich lands
between art and science, whose work engages diverse audiences, and who
show strong interest in scientific inquiry.
Deadline: 15 February 2022
The summer school: The purpose of the summer school is to invite
artists to explore and be inspired by the challenges of doing science
for policy. JRC scientists and policy-makers will be part of this
group, jointly discussing and discovering the theme of NaturArchy in
its contexts and perspectives.
Through this process, we wish to create a safe haven where artists and
JRC scientists have the possibility to engage in high-quality
pioneering collaborations.
We hope these exchanges will lead to inspiring projects and works of
art at the intersection of the arts, sciences, and society.
Of greatest interest are works that spill over from art and research
cenacles into the streets.
A maximum of 20 artists will be selected and invited as experts
according to European Commission rules to participate actively to a
summer school workshop.
At the end of the summer school, they will be invited to submit a
project proposal that combines research and production in view of a
more extensive residency at one of the JRC sites in Europe.
If selected, the proposal will be produced and showcased at the JRC,
with the possibility to exhibit, subsequently, in a major European venue.
Curatorial Statement: NaturArchy: Towards a Natural Contract
Trees, forests, rivers, mountains, seas, stardust, DNA — imagine the
environment not as the backdrop of our activities, imagine objects of
nature not as items to be appropriated or exploited, but as subjects
with intrinsic value and full juridical rights. Cancel the tired
subject-object dichotomy between person and environment, the obsolete
opposition nature and culture that does not hold in view of modern
scientific discoveries; do away with conditions of mastery,
appropriation, and submission; reimagine human concerns as
unreservedly dependent on the natural world, integrated within nature.
Only such a shift in our conceptualisation of nature can change our
deep relation to the matter, species, ecosystems around us. A real
Green Deal requires a systemic change of ground.
Pushing beyond Rousseau’s social contract, NatureArchy: Towards a
Natural Contract, calls for a more inclusive and equitable contract
with our environment. Establishing a different relation with nature is
a prime condition to acquire the necessary attitudes and skills to
combat global warming.
More information about the JRC SciArt project you find here:
https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/event/other-event/resonances-iv-sciart-summer-school
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