2001-12-12 - Czech Republic
CESTA s eighth international arts festival of interdisciplinary collaborations
Festival Application Deadline: February 15, 2002
Art and violence both seem to stem from the abstract: that place beyond logic, the realm of the emotion. When they intersect we are simultaneously repelled and attracted, frightened and excited. Historically this meeting has been wrought with complexity, and as cultural violence in every society increases, we are prevented by paranoia, censorship and ethical demands from asking, and sometimes even posing, some of the most important questions violence and art together and separately produce: how is violence represented, and what or how much of it do we need to resist the cultivation of fear and the encouragement of dependency? Is violence a tool, a process or a result? When are artistic portrayals of violence justifiable? As intellectual exercise, ritual, or spiritual enhancement? For other purposes? Or are they never justifiable? Is violence in art an action, reaction, or reflection?

For VIOLENS we are informed by, but not limited to, defining art as social discourse and violence as the display of power and the expression of dominance. CESTA invites artists from all disciplines to explore through collaboration violent portrayals, acts or themes towards critical analyses of their origins, impact and meaning.

CESTA's festival themes and parameters of cross-national interdisciplinary collaborations represent the center's commitment to improving communication through creative expression. We base our selection of artists on a review of applications resulting from our annual open call. Applicants request CESTA to connect them with collaboration partners or apply as a pre-formed collaboration group. For VIOLENS all final festival collaboration groups must contain:

1) more than one artistic medium
2) more than one nationality
3) work created exclusively for VIOLENS
4) artists with experience in artistic collaboration
Festival Application Deadline: February 15, 2002
For an Open Call Application Form or more information, please contact us at:
CESTA
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39001 T bor, Czech Republic
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