The Enclosed Garden (TEG) is a nomadic, women-led, transdisciplinary festival combining ecological, artistic, and performative practices in non-institutional, nature-based settings which in 2025 will be held from 9 August to 1 September.
This is an immersive residency in a secluded house in nature, with a full daily schedule of activities (approximately 8 hours per day). The programme is inspired by the embodied practices of Anna Halprin and Meredith Monk, with a focus on endurance, collective living, and care—encouraging the creation of a regenerative space for learning, healing, and transformation. Each day includes workshops in textile arts, weaving, drawing, dance, somatics, visual poetry, singing, writing, hiking, planting, and cooking.
After two weeks of workshops in nature, artists move to the city for an 8-day intensive to co-create a site-specific, multidisciplinary show in an empty building. The space is transformed through collective work across mediums.
The exhibition unfolds live over three evenings. Every hour, a group of 20 visitors enters to witness an evolving experience. Ten artists paint, draw, sing, dance, play soundscapes, share texts and videos, and build installations—shaping the show in real time.
- Retreat & collaborative workshop: 9-20 August, Dsegh, Armenia
- Residency of Creation: 21-28 August, Pioneer Palace, Vanadzor
- Festival & Public Performances: 29-31 August, Pioneer Palace, Vanadzor
- Closing & Reflection: 1-2 September, Vanadzor
Applicants must be involved with visual arts, textile arts, architecture, writing, eco-art, performance, interdisciplinary practices, and be based in Armenia, Georgia, France, Germany, or Greece (due to funding).
Participants receive:
- Travel expenses, accommodation, production costs
- Workshops (free of charge)
- A fee of 500 EUR for each artist for their contribution to the collective show
