BALATORIUM is launching an artist residency programme for 2023 for artists working in a variety of fields and artistic media.
The aim of the residency programme is to bring in artists who would create new works of art in collaboration with researchers, experts and ecologists active in the Balaton region, based on site- and context-specific research, in line with their own practice and methodology, thus promoting a dialogue between art and science.
BALATORIUM is a series of cultural events and a science communication project, which is part of the Veszprém-Balaton 2023 European Capital of Culture (VEB2023 ECOC) programme. It presents key ecological challenges and processes related to Lake Balaton and its region, along with the key concepts that help to understand them, through unique cultural programmes and relevant content that are specifically reflective of the region, widely accessible and experiential.
The nearly two years long series of events presents various formats: performative landscape tours, interactive public interventions, exhibitions, talks, sound plays and artist-in-residence programmes.
In addition, interviews, short background studies, text and video entries, infographics and toolkits will be used as a result of professional background work in order to raise awareness of the vulnerability of the Balaton region as an ecosystem and to promote a significant shift in public perception.
Within the framework of the BALATORIUM programme, PAD Foundation participates as a co-production partner, working together with several other relevant professional actors in this field.
A BALATORIUM Artist Residency programme’s second event will be organized in the spring of 2023, in collaboration with the Balaton Uplands National Park Directorate. The artists will have regular consultations with the researchers of the institutions and other local experts during the residency programme. The researchers and experts will contribute to the process as mentors for the artists of the residency programme.
For more information: bazis.balatorium.hu
