As part of the Entre Serras – Creative Europe Project, an open call for Humus, a transnational artistic residency between the UNESCO World Geopark Estrela and the Municipality of Digne-les-Bains, in France, is now open.
Spanning a month divided into two fortnights, the work focuses on the theme of shepherding and transhumance, promoted as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO on December 5th. The first part takes place in Serra da Estrela, between June and July 2024. Here, the artist is invited to accompany a shepherd taking his sheep to a higher altitude pasture, on a journey of about 12km lasting 5 hours. The second part occurs in the Alpes de Haute Provence, on dates yet to be confirmed.
Applications are open until February 15, 2024, and the selected participants will be announced on March 8. All contemporary artists, regardless of age, gender, origin, sex, and/or political orientation, with professional experience in recognized contemporary art institutions, are eligible to apply.
You can find all the information about this initiative here.
Projeto Entre Serras – Creative Europe
Under the global theme “Inhabit and move in mountain territories”, the candidature presented by the Entre Serras Project (PES), which joins partners from Portugal, Spain and France, interrogates the relationship between observing and experiencing the landscape.
Having as leading entity the Museu da Paisagem/Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, in Portugal, besides the Aldeias do Xisto, the Municipality of Castelo Branco/Fábrica da Criatividade and Estrela UNESCO Global Geopark are also partners. The French partners are the municipality of Digne-les-Bains, CAIRN, Maison Alexandra David-Neel, Musée Gassendi and the École Supérieure d'Art d'Aix-en-Provence. The Spanish partners are the Museo Vostell Malpartida and the Municipality of Malpartida de Cáceres (Centre for Livestock Pathways).
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