Announcement of DEFAULT 13
DEFAULT 13
Art, cities and regeneration
Asia and Europe
After a successful first edition in 2011, Ramdom (Lecce, Italy) is proud to present the second edition of the project DEFAULT. DEFAULT 13 is organized by Ramdom in collaboration with Arthub Asia (Shanghai, China) and with the support of the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF), Arts Network Asia (ANA) and Trans Europe Halles (TEH) as part of the program Creative Encounters: Cultural Partnerships between Asia and Europe.
It is a biennial project conceived to address the following key questions:
How do we interact within the framework of broader governmental policies concerning urban regeneration? How can we tackle the increasingly politicized policies that underpin cultural endeavors in revitalizing urban centers and neighborhoods? Do artists, curators and art managers have to default to the increasingly unfeasible regeneration practices entrenched within cultural structures simply because there are no alternatives given?
The project was born at a time when art workers, policy makers and cultural managers started to be confronted by mass funding cuts in the public sector. As the art and cultural communities face the disappearance of cultural regeneration projects, DEFAULT 13 proposes to face the uncertain future of such projects.
The new 2013 edition in particular is a collaborative project between European and Asian cultural institutions, focusing on the promotion of knowledge exchange concerning curatorial and artistic practices between the two continents.
DEFAULT 13 is a multi-part project, composed of:
1. The DEFAULT 13 Masterclass in Residence, Asia _Europe (Lecce, Italy)
Eighteen creatives and artists (9 from Asia and 9 from Europe), selected through an international open call, will be given the opportunity to discuss and try to answer the question “What is next in art, cities and regeneration?” For ten days, participants will develop their research approach in intensive workshops and seminar sessions, they will expand their networks and exchange know-how with the support of a residency curator, and they will meet international leading curators, artists, art managers and representatives of cultural and artistic organizations from both Europe and Asia.
Location: The works will take places at Manifatture Knos and other regenerated spaces in the city of Lecce.
Call for applications: 28th March through the 26th May 2013
2. International Supplementary Events
Six supplementary events will be organized between April and October 2013 in six different cities across Europe and Asia. The events will address the state of those practices adopted within contemporary art fields in Asia and their direct and indirect interplay within European contemporary art practices. The first public panel will take place in Shanghai on the 16th of April 2013.
3. Production of Artistic Urban Regeneration Proposals
Applicants to the Masterclass in residence are asked to submit a creative/artistic proposal addressing the question: “What’s next in art, cities and regeneration?” The best revised project proposals will be produced by Ramdom and Manifatture Knos (Lecce, Italy) after the conclusion of the Masterclass.
4. Final Publication
A publication presenting the DEFAULT 13 project and the Masterclass residences’ content, the participating artists, and their works, statements and proposals, will be edited and made available in the months following the Masterclass.
Current faculty and lecturers include:
Lewis Biggs (UK), former director of the Biennale of Liverpool; Andrea Lissoni (Italy), Xing and curator at Hangar Bicocca; Davide Quadrio (China), curator, producer director and founder of Arthub Asia; Paolo Mele (Italy), director of RAMDOM; Filipa Ramos (Portugal), writer and art critic; Adeline Ooi (Malaysia), curator at Rogue Art; Roberto Paci Dalò (Italy), artist, composer; Alessio Antoniolli (Italy), director of Gasworks in London; Francesca Girelli (Italy), curator at Arthub Asia; Bert de Muynck and Monica Carriço (China), co-founder of Moving Cities; Heba Amin (Egypt), artist; Rori Knudtson (Norway), director School of Critical Engagement; Steen Andersen (Denmark), PB43; Oleg Koefoed (Denmark), co-director of Cultura21; Desire Machine Collective (India); Viviana Checchia (Italy) and Anna Santomauro (Italy), curators at Vessel; Giusy Checola (Italy), curator at Archiviazioni; Rachel Marsden (UK), curator at Chinese Arts Centre of Manchester.
Other guests will be announced soon.
Organizers:
DEFAULT 13 is organized by RAMDOM association (Lecce, Italy) and curated by Arthub Asia (Shanghai, China)
It is presented in collaboration with Gasworks (UK), Rogue Art Asia (Malaysia), Made in Carcere (Italy), Manifatture Knos (Italy), Cultura21 (Denmark), the School of Critical Engagement (Denmark), PB43 (Denmark), Vessel (Italy), the Region of Apulia (Italy), the Municipality of Lecce (Italy).
This project is supported by the program Creative Encounters: Cultural Partnerships between Asia and Europe, promoted by the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) and Arts Network Asia (ANA), in collaboration with Trans Europe Halles (TEH).
This project supports the candidature of Lecce Capital of Culture 2019.
For more information, please contact:
Ramdom association
www.ramdom.net
info@ramdom.net
Paolo Mele, Ramdom President
+39 320 7061409