D.I.S.C. the Art. Discover. Innovate. Share and Create. Unique Art residency in Odisha, India. Winter/Spring program 2016.
Type
Residency
Category
Conceptual, Drawing, Installation, Mixed Media, Pa...
Status
Archived
Deadline
October 31, 2015
Application Fee
Not Available
Host
AUSRA KLEIZAITE
Location
Fakirpur, India

Join D.I.S.C. the Art residency and express the need to create and discover! It’s more than Art residency! It's a journey of a soul!


 


The residency is giving opportunity to explore the ancient culture of Odisha, India, develop creative ideas, contemplate and strengthen the artistic practice.


D.I.S.C. the Art is a different type of Art residency as resident artists will be traveling in the unique environment, the rural areas of Odisha, after, there will be an auspicious time at the base camp of the residency. 


Winter/Spring program is 90 days from January 10, 2016 till April 9, 2016.


Deadline for the applications is November 1, 2015.


Visiting artists will have an opportunity to discover unique crafts of indigenous people of Odisha state, ancient arts of India, to know the culture and the daily life style of the people, enjoy the nature and local festivals. To do collaborative work with the masters of ancient arts and crafts.  


The program contains 3 stages – journey, base camp and exhibition at Bhubaneswar, the capital of Odisha :


1. Journey. The moving stage of the residency. Group of 6 international artists will be moving through a beautiful rural places of Odisha state, will be collaborating with local artist’s, collecting the ideas and experiences. We have chosen three types of crafts for resident artists to make acquaintance. One is the craft of indigenous people, one is ancient craft of India and one is craft which is now assimilated with a now a days craft culture. According to that artists will move through three places and will be staying at each place for some time, to generate the ideas given by the context and to know deeper the craft. Also artists will be able to work on their own project’s. At the same time artists will enjoy the local nature, living style, local festivals, music, meeting native people. Resident artists will be offered to visit a places of interest at each area.


2. Work in progress. Settled stage of the residency. Artists will be staying at the base camp of the residency to continue developing their creative ideas, finish their art works and to prepare for the exhibition. 


3. Outcome. Exhibition of the resident artists. At the end of the residency artists will be given an opportunity to show their residency outcome in the exhibition which will be held at Bhubaneswar, capital of Odisha state India.


 


We are looking for the adventurous creative individuals with the strong believe that the dialogue between old and new, contemporary and ancient, tradition and innovation will compliment the Art with the new creative ideas and forms of expression.


Priority is given to the visual artists.