25 Feb 2020

Open call: Summer School for Land and Environmental Art

ALPS ART ACADEMY
June 25h – July 4th 2020

The third international Alps Art Academy will take place between June 25–July 4, 2020, in the Safiental (Grisons, Switzerland). Located in Tenna, 1650 meters above sea level, the summer school focuses on Land and Environmental Art. In a dialogue with the canonized Land Art of the 1960s–70s, the Academy focuses on contemporary approaches to Land and Environmental Art by bringing them into a relationship with the Alpine landscape. We wish to create a platform of potentialities for the contemporary and future Land Art, which integrates not only natural landscape and the environment but also other 'media' and the wider social context.

Program
Gathering circa thirty participants over a period of ten days, the Academy offers a rich program of workshops, seminars, field trips, artist talks and presentations, as well as a thematic symposium. Participants have the opportunity to explore what does it mean to create in and interact with, the
Alpine landscape and apply their experience in their work. Participants work together with international instructors who offer practical and theoretical mentoring. The Academy is linked to the Land Art Biennale Art Safiental and offers an opportunity to present final projects.

Instructors
Matthias Bildstein (AT), Les Frères Chapuisat (CH), Sally De Kunst (BE/CH), Fragmentin (CH), Gabriela Gerber / Lukas Bardill (CH), Hanna B. Hölling (CH/UK), Richard Saxton (USA), Ella Tetrault (CAN), Lucie Tuma (CH) and additional guests.

Application deadline: March 8th, 2020

Organization
Sponsorship: Naturpark Beverin / The Municipality of Safiental