ENTRE SERRAS (PES), A NETWORK OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN MOUTAIN AREAS
The project Entre Serras (PES), Contemporary Art Network in Mountain Territories, a Creative Europe project (with reference 101100414-PES_CE) belongs to the Research Line 1 - Media, Culture and Technology.
Sinopse: Mountains share similarities and unique characteristics regardless of administrative boundaries. The Project Entre Serras (PES) explores the articulation of image with other artistic practices, focusing on the experimentation of the mountain landscape – regions typically marked by low population density. Between the neglect of the past and the urge to return to the land, mountains are both a privileged field of observation and a meaningful metaphor for questioning the challenges of the future. In the light of postmodernity and the climate crisis, the Project establishes itself as a contemporary art network reflecting on how we affect and are affected by the ecosystems we belong to. The project aims to initiate dialogue, encourage reflection, and eventually generate new axes of solidarity.
Funding: European Commission under the Creative Europe Program
Coordinator: Professor Ricardo Pereira Rodrigues (rprodrigues@escs.ipl.pt)
State of the Project: Active
Activities: 6 residencies (renowned artists and open calls), workshops (with artists, art students, cultural producers, and local communities), 1 artistic walk, 3 gatherings, 3 exhibitions, 3 seminars, 1 Geographic Information System, 1 artists database, 1 book, 1 issue of the art magazine Mésozoaires.
Expected results: Creative portrayals of the territory to foster environmental awareness, mobility and co-creation of European artists, exhibitions in three European countries, engagement of local communities with contemporary art and sensory practices, international exchange and training of cultural producers, inclusion of contemporary art in local organizations' agendas, seminars on art in European mountains, digital mapping of art in European mountain regions, creation of an art network for European mountains, publication of a book and a special edition of the Mésozoaires magazine.
The proposal involves: 3 countries, 8 partners, more than 20 artists, more than 20 cultural producers, over 500 direct community participants, as well as an undefined number of digital platform users, exhibition visitors, and readers of the book/magazine.
Partners:
Polytechnic University of Lisbon (PT) – Coordination
ADXTUR – Schist Villages Tourism Development Agency (PT)
Association Geopark Estrela (AGE) (PT)
CAIRN – Município de Digne-les-Bain (FR)
Câmara Municipal de Castelo Branco – Fábrica da Criatividade (PT)
Centro de Vías Pecuarias – Ayuntamiento de Malpartida de Cáceres (CVP/AMC) (ES)
ESAAIX – École Supérieur d'Art d'Aix-en-Provence (FR)
MVM – Museo Vostell Malpartida (ES)
