Inspirationsprojekter

Female Prayers is a performative video and sound art installation that blurs the boundaries between audience and scene

International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) i New York kommer att anordna ett evenemang som presenterar nordisk konst och kultur för en global publik

Ett tvärvetenskapligt projekt som syftar till att utforska relationer mellan Sápmi och Nubia

Utveckling av en ny publikation som vill hitta nya sätt att skriva och tänka konstnärlig praxis

Digital plattform som förankras i globalt och tvärvetenskapligt samarbete

Konstnärskollektiv utforskar nya konstnärliga möjligheter i globala sammanhang

Øresundsakademiet is a platform institution for art education and networking catering to artists who actively work in the Nordic countries. In the future, the platform aims to create a bridge for artistic activities and networks that serve new opportunities for artists to connect and collaborate in the contemporary Nordic art world. Opstart will support the first editions of Øresundsakademiet that will be arranged in Germany, Finland, Denmark and Sweden during the project period.

Bridging Borders will gather together several central cultural and societal actors to discuss and develop forms of collaboration in the Nordic Barents region. The Opstart Funding supports the project to research and develop the concept further.

Zoom 2020 is a pilot project that creates a digital poetry festival. It aims to comprehend how the outbreak of COVID-19 has affected poetry both in the Nordic region and internationally. The project asks how poetry can contribute to finding solutions in global challenges.

The project aims to create and establish a trans-disciplinary network that focuses on comprehending development and changes in contemporary Anthropocene. During the project period, the project will be actualised through meetings and workshops across the Nordic region and Balticum.

Freemuse and network partners in Asia, MENA, Africa, the Americas and Europe will build on existing initiatives and experiences in analysing threats to artistic freedom and to improve and develop joint documentation, monitoring and advocacy, nationally, regionally and internationally.

The objective is to strengthen collaborations by understanding the individual partners’ current capacities, focus areas, and strengths as well as the multiple challenges they face.

NAARCA envisions artist residencies as leaders in environmental action by practising sustainable behaviours in spaces where private, professional, and public life intertwine. Their aim is to transform this opportunity into a sector-wide responsibility, advocating for genuine change.

Narratives of Extraction builds and supports institutional capacity by creating an international know-how exchange platform on extractivism and green transition, as seen through a lens of contemporary art and architecture. Narratives of Extraction intertwines North-South perspectives and experiences with the Ukranian and Georgian contexts. The project is a continuation and expansion of two initial phases.

Led by Trans Europe Halles, GET is a global community of practice that brings together academics, architects, designers, cultural organisations, and grassroots communities from 9 countries on 4 continents.

The AI Parties International brings together AI-driven parties and politicians for a large-scale international artistic work.

The objective of Ecologists at Risk (ER) is to open an independent Residency in Mexico for at-risk ecologists. ER is a next-gen residency programme at the intersection of environmental activism and art/culture.

Three performing arts productions each challenge the boundaries between the local and the global in their own way.

How can craft & design shape the future & social landscape in the African continent? The Craft & Design pop up academy prototype will address how experimentation with ancient techniques, new materials and disruptive approaches can improve the peri-urban environment and sharpen our social consciousness.

Pedagogies of the Rural facilitates experimental knowledge sharing across localities and communities in a global network with focus on peripheral art practices, rural community building, land care and alternative pedagogies.

“Arctic Art Forum” will be organised for the fourth time in October – December 2020 with a theme “Ecosystems of the Invisible”. The project will contribute to learning more about sustainability and to create social links which can last after the forum. It connects the Arctic region to global cultural and societal phenomena.