Mophradat’s New Agents Programme brings together a group of six people from across art fields from the Arab world to collaborate and learn together and eventually co-develop and realise a proposal for a public encounter.
Over the course of one year, the New Agents take part in:
- online workshops with invited artists;
- one-on-one conversations with an advisor from Mophradat to support them in their individual trajectories; and
- organise and participate in six weekend-long online seminars each curated by one of the participants for the group.
Midway through the programme, the New Agents will be invited for a one-week retreat to work together to produce a complete proposal for the event that will take place at the end of the year.
Mophradat will compose a group whose practices are singular, future facing, and committed to public engagement. What the participants also share is that they come from territories whose pasts are formed by overlapping cultural references and conditions, their present tainted by overwhelming violence, and their future unpredictable.
Regardless of their heritage, the applicant must have significant firsthand living experience in the Arab world, and having travelled in the region will be considered an asset. The applicant should be a native Arabic speaker or have a strong command of the language; and basic use of English is needed.
Mophradat gives curatorial input through regular conversations with the group regarding their seminars and the eventual public event. Mophradat provides each participant with a stipend of 6,000 USD to be used at their discretion, covers the retreat travel costs, and provides a budget for the public event.