SOMA Summer - Call for Applications

Six-week summer program for international artists, curators, critics, and art historians in Mexico City.

July 02 to August 11, 2012

Application deadline: Online applications will be accepted until Sunday April 15th, 2012. However, the size of the group is limited to thirty participants. The application review process begins March 1st, 2012.

Application procedures and a detailed list of activities scheduled for this summer can be found at http://somamexico.org/seccion/somasummer/   or via email at info@somamexico.org

Though not exclusively, workshops and seminars this summer will focus on the transformation of labor in artistic practice from the Second World War to the present. They will help the group reflect on the shift from a manufacturing to service economy in developed countries as well as new definitions of labor that have extended beyond all national boundaries. 

SOMA Summer participants will revisit the legacy of conceptual art as a mode of production, the role of craft in contemporary art practices, and the pertinency of learning technical skills in art education. The group will also explore the possibilities of alternative economies, and look closely at the ways in which artists participate in decentralized, global networks of production.