THE ECOLOGY OF ART – fifth edition
Collaboration / funded project (talks, workshops, performances and film screening). 2019
AADK Spain (Centro Negra)

Contemporary Practices – The Ecology of Art

“Contemporary Practices is an annual event organized by AADK Spain to analyse the production models in contemporary art. It opens up a space for knowledge exchange and new collaboration networks. Every year people from different backgrounds and different sectors – the public, the private and the independent – are invited in order to rethink art production models and circuits in a more sustainable way. Moreover, the event seeks to generate and/or connect ‘new epicentres’ of contemporary cultural production.”

Summary:
Collaboration with studio close to the residency site / working with a remote art centre

Moderators:
Björn Säfsten – Choreographer and Curator (Stockholm, Sweden)
Elena Azzadín – Artist and Director AADK Spain residency programme (Madrid, Spain)

Collaborator:
Luce Choules – Artist and Curator (France-Spain)

Guests:
Andrea Neiderbuchner – Cultural Manager (Berlin, Germany)
Javier Cuervas – Director of Tenerife LAV (Canary Islands, Spain)
Jesús Alcaide – Independent Curator (Córdoba, Spain)
Jonatan Habib – Independent Curator and Writer (Stockholm, Sweden)
Meriem Berrada – Artistic Director of MAACAL (Marrakech, Morocco)
Nefeli Myrodia – AiR Onassis Foundation (Athens, Greece)
Pedro Portellano – Independent Curator (Madrid, Spain)
Sofia Zuluaga – Director of NARA-Residency (Villa de Leyva, Colombia)
Tamara Brito – Independent Artist (Canary Islands, Spain)

With:
Abraham Hurtado – Director of AADK Spain (Spain-Germany-Greece)

Keywords:
Environmental Art, Curated Landscapes, Cultural Tourism, Physical/Human Geography, Ecology, Survey, Fieldwork.

Funded by:

Link to AADK Spain website (Contemporary Practices page)

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AADK Spain Contemporary Practices 2019 poster

Click here for AADK Spain Contemporary Practices 2019 press publication

AADK Spain is an artist-run platform that develops spaces for research and contemporary creation. With a focus set on experimental processes, its primary interest is to explore the notions of body, territory, and spatiality. The platform advocates the decentralization of culture and the access to contemporary art in non-urban areas. It addresses local issues as means to understand global problems. Currently based in Centro Negra (Blanca, Murcia) it holds several programs among which its Artist Residency Program and Cruce Program stand out. “As a team, we believe that all artists we host are an active part of our platform. Therefore, we foster networks with other cultural and artistic enterprises, helping to promote our mobility at national and international circuits.“