[oberlist] OPEN CALL for interdisciplinary artists from/based in Serbia or the Republic of Moldova

[Constanta Dohotaru]

*OPEN CALL for interdisciplinary artists from/based in Serbia or the
Republic of Moldova whose work is focused on research or in-situ
exploration related to Eastern Europe*The first edition of Twisted
Lullabies aims to produce a collective exhibition that will take place in 2
locations: MATCA artspace in Cluj-Napoca and one of the spaces of the
partner Maatka Phi Association in Bucharest. The project will connect three
countries - Romania, Moldova, Serbia - along an itinerary approached both
physically and imaginatively - designed to provide research opportunities
or make visible artworks based on research in a context inspired by
transitions, mutations and the "continuous past" of Eastern European
culture.

There are two ways of including the artistic contributions in the
exhibition: 5 artists will travel for research purposes through areas in
Romania, Moldova and near the border with Serbia. At the same time, the
group exhibition will be completed by the contributions of 10 artists from
Moldova and Serbia who will be selected through this open call.

We address this open call to artists who work in various mediums from
video, text, photography, archives, traditional visual mediums, sound, (…),
or artists whose approach are interdisciplinary and can be related to
anthropology, sociology, political studies, activism, architecture, etc.

***info: the 5 artists who will travel for research purposes are already
selected, so this open call is addressed only to 10 artists who propose for
this call already existing works related to the theme of the project -
artists from SRB and MD

The resulted exhibition will focus on traditions, beliefs, customs,
emotions, communities, places, politics of Eastern European culture under a
specific concept called Twisted Lullabies.
Lullaby (etymology - lull + bye-bye) is a metaphor for the common
atmosphere shared by all three countries, imagined as a ghostly soundtrack
played for the things we are preparing to say goodbye to. Each of the three
countries (RO, SRB, MD) share a communist past and retain reminders of this
regime in one way or another. One of the stakes of the project is to
investigate places (rural and urban spaces), intangible heritage (local
legends, history) and relics of the communist regime or early
post-communist atmosphere, which in the conceptual vision of the project
are present materialisations of the past. Once we say goodbye to something,
it does not mean that it is gone.

The curatorial objective of the project is to explore the nostalgia of the
inconsistency, irrelevance and absurdity of the
present-in-continuous-change of these three countries, or the Eastern
European area. Like a sickly (twisted) song heard in the distance, the
project is motivated by investigating the degrading landscape of shared
memories/history and the similarities we share from this starting point,
from where the invitation for artistic contributions emerges.

Some guiding keywords: dialogue between the past and the present,
collective dreams and hopes, expectations vs. reality, archaic society and
traditional beliefs, ruins, childhood vs adulthood in the East European
society, collective habits, (in)equality, relation with technology,
political conflicts, working contexts, labour, exploitation, freedom,
alimentation, collective resources, habits, beliefs, illusions, riot,
truth, etc (…)


HOW TO APPLY:
By sending us an email at matcaartspacecall at gmail.com until the 1st of
September - 23.59 EET; UTC+02:00 // subject: Twisted Lullabies
We accept for this call only already produced works from artists residing
or born in Serbia or the Republic of Moldova.
Submissions should include a pdf. portfolio including recent works - or
website/portfolio link, and a short argumentation of the proposed work,
including the work you want to propose + a short BIO of the artist or
collective who is applying.
You can submit more than one work for the call if you want. Please do not
send us your proposals via transfer platforms that require downloading the
content as we might not get to your work in time before the transfer
expires.
There selected artists will receive a honorarium and there is no fee
required to apply.


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The context in which this project is initiated is the Cultural Management
Academy Bucharest and Belgrade- 2021-2022, based on a microgrant offered by
the Goethe Institute through the support of EUNIC.
Cultural project co-financed by the National Cultural Fund Administration.
The project does not necessarily represent the position of the National
Cultural Fund Administration. AFCN is not responsible for the content of
the project or how the results of the project may be used. These are
entirely the responsibility of the beneficiary of the funding.
Twisted Lullabies is a project initiated and curated by Alexandra Mocan in
partnership with Gordana Vukov and Constanța Dohotaru
Partners: Asociația Maatka Phi, ASUAD Cluj, Artcrawl Cluj, Empower Artists,
Klara i Rosa, Asociația Laolaltă, Asociația La Pătrat
Project powered by MATCA artspace

Cu respect / kind regards,
Constanţa Dohotaru (she/her)



„LAOLALTĂ <https://www.facebook.com/aolaolalta>” Program Coordinator
„Moldova for Peace <https://www.facebook.com/moldova4peace>” Initiative
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dkonstantza at gmail.com / constanta at laolalta.com
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