Workshop

Registration deadline: 20 November 2022

Easttopics Course dates: 26-27 November 2022 

Location: Budapest, Hungary

Course fee: 50 EUR

Early bird fee: 35 EUR until 23 October 2022

Regular fee: 50 EUR from 24 October 2022

Application process: https://forms.gle/QFoXnHR2JaXY9mxDA

The East Course curatorial course invites emerging curators to work together with professionals in order to gain new skills and perspectives on curating. East Course consists of intense sessions comprising lectures and workshops. The program gives an opportunity to hear the freshest and most powerful voices of the art world and the stories, strategies and goals that inspire them. It expands on trajectories, methodologies and ideas specific to “museum,” rarely addressed, perhaps even neglected within academic and experimental curatorial programs which usually focus on the public and non-profit spheres of contemporary art. 

About Luca Lo Pinto:

Born in 1981, Luca Lo Pinto is the Art Director of MACRO – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea in Rome. From 2014 to 2019 he acted as curator of Kunsthalle Wien. He is co-founder of the NERO magazine and publishing house. He has organised a series of one-man shows with artists such as Simone Forti, Nathalie du Pasquier, Jason Dodge, Tony Cokes, Camille Henrot, Olaf Nicolai, Pierre Bismuth, Babette Mangolte, Lawrence Weiner, Gelatin & Liam Gillick, Charlemagne Palestine and collective exhibitions entitled Time is Thirsty, Publishing as an artistic toolbox 1989-2017, More Than Just Words, Individual Stories, and Function Follows Vision, Vision Follows Reality. His other curatorial projects include Luca Vitone – Io, Luca (PAC); XVI Quadriennale d’Arte (Palazzo delle Esposizioni); Le Regole del gioco (Fondazione Achille Castiglioni); Trapped in the Closet (FRAC Champagne Ardenne); Antigrazioso (Palais de Tokyo); AnderSennoSogno (Museo H.C. Andersen); D’après Giorgio (Fondazione Giorgio De Chirico); and Conversation Pieces (Museo Praz). His written work has been published in numerous catalogues and international periodicals. He has also edited publications with various artists, including Emilio Prini, Alexandre Singh, Mario Diacono and Mario Garcia Torres. In 2012 he edited the publication Documenta 1955-2012.

Museum forgotten by memory /// Lecture

Today, institutions are more and more embedded in the fabric of the culture industry while the museum should be a space where the meaning of things is constantly negotiated.

How to aspire to undermine the cornerstones and principles of the museum? Institutions should be not seen as spaces where to display art objects but as contested spaces that can activate an ongoing process of self-questioning. Imagination is a powerful tool to offer new possibilities of exhibition making by withdrawing from the apparatus of reality.

Structure of the course:

Through this two-day programme, you will investigate different modes of curatorial practice and build your knowledge and skills by engaging in workshops, presentations, case-studies and discussions with curator Luca lo Pinto in person.

The workshops aim to:

identify practices that try to trigger an impulse in local artistic and cultural life in contexts affected by global institutions and events;

highlight how the relationship between these different approaches to art can be problematic, productive or just parallel;

identify common strategies for developing generative practices directly related to these type of contextual situations.

Day#1 MORNING SESSION 10:00-12:00

Lecture and case-study

Day#1 AFTERNOON SESSION 14:00-16:00

Workshop

Day#2 MORNING SESSION 10:00-12:00

Lecture and case-study

Day#2 AFTERNOON SESSION 14:00-16:00

Workshop

Course benefits

You will:

enhance your professional confidence after discovering further nuances and making bolder decisions in your practice;

further develop your understanding of how to manage and edit the different elements composing the creation of a self-led contemporary art project;

acquire new techniques and methodological tools to put into practice;

experience critical, creative and insightful thinking;

interact and network with peers from different backgrounds;

receive an Easttopics Certificate of Attendance assessing that you completed the course.

A two-week electro-etching workshop/residency grants in the island of Gran Canaria, Spain. June and August 2023

Description of residency program

The Electro-etching workshop-residency introduces the artist to an alternative technique of intaglio etching, using a completely non-toxic electrical process. It offers one of the healthiest and most fascinating methods for etching copper, zinc, and iron plates. Among its many other advantages, the electro-etching process does not generate toxic gases, nor does it generate metalic residue that acumulates in the grooves and stops the etching. The mordant does not become exhausted by successive bites and it does not undercut the metal under the varnish. It completely eliminates the harmful spray from rosin or asphalt for aquatints.

The electro-etching residency is held at the workshop and residence of the artist Alfonso Crujera, a master printmaker and specialist in the varied techniques of etching with electrolysis.

The residence is a traditional coastal farmhouse, lovingly restored by the artist. From the naturally lit studio, the residence and the balconies, you can enjoy the magnificent panorama of the sea and surrounding farmland. The area has a very pleasant and moderate subtropical climate all year round, with average temperatures ranging between 12-28ºC. In this natural environment, perfect for reflection and creativity, the artist has transformed the workshop into a workspace that is free from toxic emissions and respectful toward the environment.

The resident artists will be introduced to the fascinating process of electro-etching copper or zinc plates instead of using traditional acids. They will have access to the master’s direct, personal assistance and will get the opportunity to develop upon their current knowledge of non-toxic etching using electricity and applying these techniques to their own work. The artist will also learn how to assemble an electro-etching unit themselves, so they will be able to continue electro-etching in their own studios back home.The workshop is available to the resident artists round the clock.

Grant explanation

Two individual grants for two artists under thirty, Fine Arts graduates between 2017 and 2022 with Experience in intaglio printmaking.

The grant consists of free accommodation for two weeks and the trip to and from the airport to the residence at the beginning and end of the stay. This represents a saving for the artist of €625.

Those selected must pay their travel fares to Gran Canaria, their meals, and profesinal advice in electro-etching.

Workshop and profesional advice: €1,320.

Note: the price does not include papers and plates, which should bring them by the artists.

Health Insurance is obligatory.

Accommodation

There is a separate apartment with single room with private bathroom and shower. You have a kitchen for cooking and free access to Internet with a complete art library.