Residency for artists and anthropologists

COMMUNITY - RESIDENCY FOR ARTISTS AND ANTHROPOLOGISTS Osservatorio Scientifico Regionale "Edward C. Banfield" Community Residency for artists and anthropologists Chiaromonte (Italy) 14-23 September 2017 CALL FOR ARTISTS AND ANTHROPOLOGISTS Organization Scientific Regional Observatory “Edward C. Banfield” Municipality of Chiaromonte University of Basilicata, Italy Coordination Tatsuo Inagaki (artist, Hosei University, Japan) Francesco Marano (anthropologist, University of Basilicata, Italy) Concept The residency will be focused on community, a concept always active and debated in the anthropological studies and used in contemporary art. The concept of community is related to the book The Moral Bases of a Backward Society by Edward C. Banfield, the American anthropologist that enquired the local society of Chiaromonte in 1954. The residency is based on the dialogue between contemporary art and anthropology. It wants explore the wide range of meanings of the concept of community in Chiaromonte: sense of belonging, civic commitment, solidarity, ethical economies, construction of identity, etc. Participants will be encouraged to collaborative methods involving the inhabitants of Chiaromonte and the migrants temporary living in the town. The participants will be supported to create artistic-ethnographic works: public art projects, community art, installations, exhibitions, video, photo-reportage, performance, software, etc. Useful links Chiaromonte: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiaromonte. Edward C. Banfield: https://edwardcbanfield.wordpress.com/ The Moral Bases of a Backward Society: https://coromandal.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/edward-c- banfield-the- moral-basis- of-a-backward-society.pdf Tatsuo Inagaki: http://www.tatsuoinagaki.com/ Francesco Marano: www.francescomarano.info Who can apply Application is open to artists and anthropologists interested in the dialogue between art and anthropology. Knowing English and Italian is required. Max 10 participants will be admitted. How to apply Submit your CV and/or portfolio, above all specifying your experiences of participation to artistic projects and/or your interest in art/anthropology. Send your application to: comunechiaromonte@rete.basilicata.it (Subject: RESIDENCY) Applications will be valued by Tatsuo Inagaki and Francesco Marano. Deadline Applications should be sent within 30 June 2017. Conditions of participation Accommodation (in double or single bed room) and dinner will be offered by Municipality of Chiaromonte. Lunch is not included. Breakfast can be prepared in the communal kitchen with food provided by the organizers. Travel and other costs are in charge of the participants. Laptop, photocamera, videocamera, mic, editing software and other tools will be not provided. Agenda Coming: 13 September 2017. First day of the residency: 14 September 2017. Latest day of the residency, presentation of the works: 24 September 2017. Departure of the participants: 24 September 2017. More info Write to francesco.marano@unibas.it (don’t send your application to this email address, please) The list of admitted participants and other info will be published in this web page