Promoted and developed by the international association BJCEM - Biennale des jeunes créateurs de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée and co-funded by the European Union, DE.a.RE is a three-year long research project supported by the Creative Europe Programme. DE.a.RE has the objective of enhancing the competencies of artists, fostering the visibility and circulation of emerging talents and artworks in Europe and beyond and reflecting and debating on the role of artists as vectors of change in contemporary societies.
Uncivilised Paradigms is the first activity of DE.a.RE: a free online course open to 50 participants that embarks from socially engaged practices, New Genre Public Art, critical pedagogy and activism, in dialogue with contemporary artistic practices. The premise of Uncivilised Paradigms is that artistic practices are not only able to deconstruct complex interdependent socioecological crises but are in fact able to develop ideas and stories for reciprocal states of being to dismantle them. Uncivilised Paradigms focuses on moving from debilitating mindframes and narratives.
Through a series of seminars, working group sessions and masterclasses, the programme explores artistic practices, proposals, and research from the Euro-Mediterranean region that can lend themselves as tools to learn from. The aim of this course is two-fold – to reflect on our epistemologies while also developing practical tools that answer the question: what does ‘being ecological’ in times of multiple and converging crises mean? During the course, the participants will be asked to develop their own proposals to raise awareness on the environmental impact of artistic practices, institutions and more specifically, the cultural events of the Mediterranea Biennale.
The course consists of 50 hours of online sessions spread across July to October, with most of them taking place in September/October. Applicants should be under 35 (born in 1987) at the time of application.
Among the fifty selected participants, five will be selected to receive a prize of €500 for their participation and an invite to an international conference to be held in Turin. The conference will address topics explored throughout the course. It is scheduled to take place between November and December 2022. Transportation and accommodation will be covered by BJCEM.
